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Strange as it may seem, this time last year, the Celtics were a big question mark. An intriguing one, sure, but nobody knew exactly what to expect -- Could a team's fortunes really turn around that quickly? Would the "Big Three" hold up...
This is an AP photo. There's not much more that needs to be said at this point: Paul Pierce had the game of his life at the best possible time, helping the Celtics withstand an amazing effort by LeBron James. You can read more about it here , here...
Hard to feel good about it, but yes, the Celtics blew out the Hawks today, dispatching the worst team (record-wise) in the playoffs. It took them three more games than anyone was expecting them to. They'll now face LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers...
The Celtics, who won 66 games during the regular season, have now lost two consecutive games to the Hawks, a team that just barely sneaked into the playoffs with a sub-.500 record. As if that on its own wasn't indignity enough, the Celtics are getting...
Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images, ganked from ESPN.com I'll come totally clean on this: as much as I was enjoying this season, it wasn't until this week that I thought the Celtics were a real NBA Championship contender. Much like everyone...
Back when the Celtics were dominating the easier part of their schedule in November, the skeptics - somewhat justifiably - had trouble taking them seriously as a title contender. "Let's see how they do against the best of the west." Maybe...
Seriously . Maybe we were a bit hasty in planning those NBA Finals parties for next June... This is what happens when you trade basically the whole team away for one guy. I guess getting a bunch of random washed-up guys together worked for Miami in '05...
Photo illustration © Ryan Stewart At first, I was oddly lukewarm on this. Sure, there's the obvious immediate benefits. The Celtics now boast an All-Star caliber trio that could easily run roughshod over the perennially weak Eastern Conference. It's not...
Consolation prize for the C's? In a way, this is good. In spite of what Bill Simmons said yesterday , we don't think Doc and Danny deserved to be rewarded for the way they've run this once-proud franchise into the ground. They've tried to rebuild the...
Kevin Durant and the Texas Longhorns lost to the mighty USC Trojans yesterday in tournament play. Durant, for those who don't know, is the presumed #2 pick in the draft, a power forward who combines Tracy McGrady's scoring touch with Kevin Garnett's intensity...
Celtics great Dennis Johnson passed away yesterday. In tribute, here's one of the defining plays of his career - Bird steals the ball with a few seconds left in Game Five against the Pistons. The man who makes the shot to give the Celtics the victory...
