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MC KAos;1800752 said:
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The Celtics are Nasty!
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Boston 59-41 at half over Heat on a back to back on the road.
I expect Heat to make a run. They look beaten though and have no answers. Celtics defense is very tough, and big part of this run.
And House and Posey are players off bench...... Both can shoot and Posey is a defensive lockdown player.
I expect Heat to make a run. They look beaten though and have no answers. Celtics defense is very tough, and big part of this run.
And House and Posey are players off bench...... Both can shoot and Posey is a defensive lockdown player.
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Nice win on the road on a back to back - its now 13-2
Boston 95, Miami 85
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By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer
November 30, 2007
AP - Nov 30, 9:25 pm EST
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MIAMI (AP) -- Paul Pierce scored 18 of his 27 points in the first quarter, Kevin Garnett added 23 and the NBA-leading Boston Celtics wasted most of a 28-point lead before beating the Miami Heat 95-85 on Friday night.
Ray Allen scored 17 for the Celtics, who prevailed despite missing 12 of 13 shots over an 8 1/2 -minute span late in the game -- a drought that allowed Miami to make a huge comeback bid.
Boston forced 24 turnovers, which it turned into 33 points.
Boston 95, Miami 85
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By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer
November 30, 2007
AP - Nov 30, 9:25 pm EST
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MIAMI (AP) -- Paul Pierce scored 18 of his 27 points in the first quarter, Kevin Garnett added 23 and the NBA-leading Boston Celtics wasted most of a 28-point lead before beating the Miami Heat 95-85 on Friday night.
Ray Allen scored 17 for the Celtics, who prevailed despite missing 12 of 13 shots over an 8 1/2 -minute span late in the game -- a drought that allowed Miami to make a huge comeback bid.
Boston forced 24 turnovers, which it turned into 33 points.
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MC KAos;1804307 said:
The resurgent Celtics along with improved Orlando are now right up there with West. Not to mention Detroit and Miami have recently won NBA Championships.
As we are now almost 20% into the season, you are starting to look silly trying to put down a team winning damn near 90% of its games!
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Nors;1804130 said:
and they could very well be 11-4.
the 3 in charlotte to win the game off the steal. the 3 in toronto to win the game.
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thekavorka;1804823 said:
Yes and the truth is usually somewhere in the middle at 13-2.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/stats/byteam?cat1=Total&cat2=opponent&sort=329
Interesting stat - Celtics have #1 rated defense. Least points a game allowed and lowest opponents fg% against.
They are winning games both offensively and also on team defense.
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Nors;1804651 said:
me look silly? they have played exactly 0 elite teams this year, they have not played the spurs, pistons, suns, mavs, rockets, hornets, i mean look at the records of the teams they have beat.
besides the point that you are putting WAY too much emphasis on the regular season, and not only that, but the regular season BEFORE DECEMBER!!!
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i wish the mavs coud play the spurs every night
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MC KAos;1805759 said:
right now, i think the mavs would go 4-2 against the spurs. over the course of the season, that's a higher winning % than what they have now.
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Ho hum, its now 14-2
Boston 80, Cleveland 70
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By HOWARD ULMAN, AP Sports Writer
December 2, 2007
AP - Dec 2, 2:14 pm EST
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BOSTON (AP) -- The Celtics easily overcame a slow start. The Cavaliers couldn't overcome the absence of LeBron James.
With the NBA scoring leader missing his second straight game with a sprained finger, Boston beat Cleveland 80-70 Sunday despite limited contributions from two of their stars but with more outstanding defense.
On Thursday, Boston crushed the New York Knicks 104-59. But on Tuesday night, the Cavaliers handed the Celtics one of their two losses of the season, 109-104 in overtime at Cleveland. James scored 38 points, 11 of them in overtime, and added 13 assists.
But the next night in a 109-74 loss in Detroit, James sprained his left index finger in the second quarter. Cleveland lost again Friday night, 91-82 at Toronto.
Boston improved to an NBA best 14-2 and was led by Ray Allen with 20 points and Rajon Rondo with 12. Kevin Garnett had only nine points in 26 minutes and Paul Pierce scored 7 in 30 minutes.
Cleveland was led by Zydrunas Ilgauskas with 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Sasha Pavlovic with 11 points. Drew Gooden had 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Boston took its biggest lead at 77-56. Then, with substitutes on the floor, Cleveland cut the lead in the final five minutes but never threatened.
The Celtics led just 43-39 at the end of a slow-paced first half. It was 48-44 before an 8-point run put them ahead 56-44 with 4:52 left in the third quarter.
That's when Cleveland called a timeout. James, watching from the bench in street clothes, smiled and gestured toward Boston's Scot Pollard, who played on Cleveland's Eastern Conference finalists last season.
The Celtics were the ones who kept having fun.
Boston 80, Cleveland 70
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By HOWARD ULMAN, AP Sports Writer
December 2, 2007
AP - Dec 2, 2:14 pm EST
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BOSTON (AP) -- The Celtics easily overcame a slow start. The Cavaliers couldn't overcome the absence of LeBron James.
With the NBA scoring leader missing his second straight game with a sprained finger, Boston beat Cleveland 80-70 Sunday despite limited contributions from two of their stars but with more outstanding defense.
On Thursday, Boston crushed the New York Knicks 104-59. But on Tuesday night, the Cavaliers handed the Celtics one of their two losses of the season, 109-104 in overtime at Cleveland. James scored 38 points, 11 of them in overtime, and added 13 assists.
But the next night in a 109-74 loss in Detroit, James sprained his left index finger in the second quarter. Cleveland lost again Friday night, 91-82 at Toronto.
Boston improved to an NBA best 14-2 and was led by Ray Allen with 20 points and Rajon Rondo with 12. Kevin Garnett had only nine points in 26 minutes and Paul Pierce scored 7 in 30 minutes.
Cleveland was led by Zydrunas Ilgauskas with 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Sasha Pavlovic with 11 points. Drew Gooden had 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Boston took its biggest lead at 77-56. Then, with substitutes on the floor, Cleveland cut the lead in the final five minutes but never threatened.
The Celtics led just 43-39 at the end of a slow-paced first half. It was 48-44 before an 8-point run put them ahead 56-44 with 4:52 left in the third quarter.
That's when Cleveland called a timeout. James, watching from the bench in street clothes, smiled and gestured toward Boston's Scot Pollard, who played on Cleveland's Eastern Conference finalists last season.
The Celtics were the ones who kept having fun.
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15-2
Great teams beat bad teams on the road.....
Celtics hold off surprising 76ers 113-103
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By DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer
December 5, 2007
AP - Dec 5, 9:12 pm EST
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The 76ers' first game under new management ended like so many of their other ones under former president Billy King: with a loss.
Paul Pierce had 19 points and 12 assists, Kevin Garnett scored 22 points and the Boston Celtics broke open a surprisingly tight game in the fourth quarter to beat Philadelphia 113-103 on Wednesday night.
Ray Allen scored 12 points to make sure that Boston's big three had their usual strong all-around games. But it was Eddie House and James Posey who sank the big 3-pointers that let the NBA-best Celtics remain undefeated in the Atlantic Division and improve to 12-2 in the East.
House and Posey went 7-for-13 on 3s and that was the difference late in the game.
Andre Miller kept the Sixers alive until the fourth with his first double-double of the season, a 26-point, 12-assist effort that was one of his best games in Philadelphia. Andre Iguodala scored 24 points.
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The Sixers gave an inspired effort in their first game with Ed Stefanski as president and general manager. Stefanski left his job as general manager of the Nets to take a similar role in Philadelphia after King was fired on Monday.
Posey hit a pair of 3s in the final minute of the third that helped the Celtics take a three-point lead. He hit another early in the fourth that tied the game at 86.
The Sixers took the lead one last time, 88-86, with two of Miller's free throws. They played hard, played smart, even shot 56 percent from the floor, but they simply couldn't stop the more-talented Celtics down the stretch.
House hit consecutive 3s that sparked a 12-2 run that made it 98-90. Posey hit another 3 later in the fourth that pushed the lead to 103-94 and the Sixers did not have another run left in them.
More performances like the Sixers had in the first half and King might still have a job. The Sixers entered shooting 43 percent from the floor, a number that hardly seemed to suggest they'd make 14 of 19 in the first quarter and take a 32-26 lead.
Iguodala's perfect lob to Samuel Dalembert set up an alley-oop in the second, and Iguodala hit a fallaway jumper as the shot clock expired to get a rise out of a rare strong home crowd. That shot gave the Sixers an 11-point lead and they led 57-52 at halftime.
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Pierce scolded a couple of teammates in the locker room who having too much fun and screaming to some music before the game. "We're trying to play a game," he said. The two players got quiet. ... Pierce said the additions of Garnett and Allen mean he no longer has to play the role of big brother. He said last year he spent too much time telling his younger teammates what to do, where to go, what to eat, how to dress.
Great teams beat bad teams on the road.....
Celtics hold off surprising 76ers 113-103
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By DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer
December 5, 2007
AP - Dec 5, 9:12 pm EST
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The 76ers' first game under new management ended like so many of their other ones under former president Billy King: with a loss.
Paul Pierce had 19 points and 12 assists, Kevin Garnett scored 22 points and the Boston Celtics broke open a surprisingly tight game in the fourth quarter to beat Philadelphia 113-103 on Wednesday night.
Ray Allen scored 12 points to make sure that Boston's big three had their usual strong all-around games. But it was Eddie House and James Posey who sank the big 3-pointers that let the NBA-best Celtics remain undefeated in the Atlantic Division and improve to 12-2 in the East.
House and Posey went 7-for-13 on 3s and that was the difference late in the game.
Andre Miller kept the Sixers alive until the fourth with his first double-double of the season, a 26-point, 12-assist effort that was one of his best games in Philadelphia. Andre Iguodala scored 24 points.
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The Sixers gave an inspired effort in their first game with Ed Stefanski as president and general manager. Stefanski left his job as general manager of the Nets to take a similar role in Philadelphia after King was fired on Monday.
Posey hit a pair of 3s in the final minute of the third that helped the Celtics take a three-point lead. He hit another early in the fourth that tied the game at 86.
The Sixers took the lead one last time, 88-86, with two of Miller's free throws. They played hard, played smart, even shot 56 percent from the floor, but they simply couldn't stop the more-talented Celtics down the stretch.
House hit consecutive 3s that sparked a 12-2 run that made it 98-90. Posey hit another 3 later in the fourth that pushed the lead to 103-94 and the Sixers did not have another run left in them.
More performances like the Sixers had in the first half and King might still have a job. The Sixers entered shooting 43 percent from the floor, a number that hardly seemed to suggest they'd make 14 of 19 in the first quarter and take a 32-26 lead.
Iguodala's perfect lob to Samuel Dalembert set up an alley-oop in the second, and Iguodala hit a fallaway jumper as the shot clock expired to get a rise out of a rare strong home crowd. That shot gave the Sixers an 11-point lead and they led 57-52 at halftime.
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Pierce scolded a couple of teammates in the locker room who having too much fun and screaming to some music before the game. "We're trying to play a game," he said. The two players got quiet. ... Pierce said the additions of Garnett and Allen mean he no longer has to play the role of big brother. He said last year he spent too much time telling his younger teammates what to do, where to go, what to eat, how to dress.
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the mavs just suck right now. they lost to the spurs without duncan.
of course, i never said they'd sweep the spurs.
of course, i never said they'd sweep the spurs.