One day after Doc Rivers signed a five-year contract extension with the Boston Celtics, he confirmed he'll have throat surgery today in order to remove a non-cancerous growth from his throat. Rivers discovered lesions on his throat after biopsy in October. He can't talk for two weeks after the surgery. He said former Celtics coach Jim O'Brien suggested he get his throat checked. [Herald], [FoxNews]
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When the Celtics were overwhelmed by the Heat on Wednesday and eliminated from the playoffs, many questions lingered. One question has been answered already: Doc Rivers will be back again and maybe for three more years. He said as much after game five. Now it is officially unofficial.
The Celtics victory over the Heat Saturday was quite impressive for a few reasons. Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett turned in dominating performances with their team's season in the balance. The fact of two star players delivering in the clutch is being overshadowed by Rajon Rondo's gutsy return from a ghastly elbow dislocation that looked like a season-ending injury. And Garnett said Rondo inspired them. "He showed a lot of heart, a lot of grit," he said. "And we followed that lead."
As Shaquille O'Neal allegedly readies to play Saturday night - Celtics coach Doc Rivers says the Big DNP is playing; we'll believe it when we see it - in game three of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Miami, Channel 5 and JC Monahan brought us a glimpse into his home life.
A day after Tim Thomas was named a finalist for the 2010-11 Vezina Trophy, he went out and proved why he's up for the title of top NHL goalie. Thomas held off Montreal into a second overtime until Nathan Horton's score lifted Boston to a 2-1 victory and a 3-2 series lead that was highly improbable a few days ago.
When is it not a good day for a Sox game? Usually, the answer is never. However, in 2011 cellar days, the 2-9 Sox welcomed a rained out game. They don't play today. Two days off might be just what the struggling Sox need.
The Spurs and the Celtics face each other tonight and each team is in much the same place. Both teams have struggled lately and look a bit ragged heading into the playoffs. There's an O'Neal in the Celtics lineup tonight! Jermaine O'Neal hasn't played since January and had knee surgery in February, and will give it a go tonight. Doc Rivers is glad to have another player back. "I think getting any guy back helps," said Rivers. "Especially a guy with size, that always helps." Danny Ainge said Shaquille O'Neal could play Sunday or Tuesday.
The guys in green - okay, white - were "reddy" for the Knicks. No, we still know how to spell ready here at Bostonist. However, Ray Allen was bloodied in the Celtics 96-86 comeback win over the Knicks. Michael Capuano must be smiling somewhere.
Bostonist is still thinking about Rajon Rondo's performance in Sunday's win over the Miami Heat. He was the most valuable player on the court. He did a bit of everything, even guarding LeBron James, who has seven inches and about 80 pounds on Rondo. Doc Rivers discussed how an unconventional plan like putting Rondo on LeBron was crucial to the win.
Tim Thomas held off a late rally from the Carolina Hurricanes to give the Bruins a 3-2 win last night. Ray Allen's 22 points, four three-pointers, and a surprising halftime rant lifted the Celtics to a 95-90 win over Sacramento on Tuesday.
Kevin Garnett is kind of intense. You've noticed his usual verbal stylings on court. He's extending his attitude to his shoes. Shortly, out in L.A., KG will debut a shoe specifically targeted for the Celtics-Lakers rivalry. The shoe prominently features the Celtics all-time record (152-120) against the Lakers. Kobe will love it. Ron Artest will need to visit his shrink.
We admit our headline could be an inaccurate summary of the Celtics 88-71 loss to Phoenix last night. They didn't lose on a technicality. Their loss, which featured an incomprehensible six technical fouls from a surprisingly out-of-synch team, was really a total no-show. Perhaps they overlooked the Suns as the Celtics meet the Lakers on Sunday.
Kendrick Perkins returned to action for the first time in seven months, and helped the Boston Celtics beat Cleveland 112-95 on Tuesday with seven points and six rebounds. Doc Rivers implied Perkins' presence in uniform sparked the green. "If you are a guy that works 9-to-5, you’ve got to love Perk because that’s who he is," he said.
The Celtics host the Orlando Magic in short order tonight and they're going for their third straight win. Kevin Garnett returns after a leg injury benched him since December 29. After nine games out, Doc Rivers says KG will start and has no restrictions. Orlando beat Boston on Christmas Day, 86-78, and is 9-2 in their last 11 games. Shaquille O'Neal starts, too.
Rajon Rondo will play tonight against the Toronto Raptors after missing seven games. Doc Rivers planned to sit Rondo, again, but #9 and trainer Ed Lacerte changed his mind.
A disappointing loss in December to a crappy Detroit Pistons squad - crappy is generous - is not a devastating to the 24-6 Boston Celtics in 2010. Doc Rivers gave credit to the Pistons, who led at the end of each quarter, for the 104-92 result. He said it wasn't the green's night. "We just didn’t have it in us today. That happens," Rivers said.
One rivalry is confined to the hot stove. One is buried under the turf at the Meadowlands, at least unless the Jets pick up enough of their shattered psyche to earn a return trip to Foxboro in January. And one can only bubble so much, when the sixth seed in the East is on the line. It's time to start a new Boston/NY fire. And maybe it happens tonight in Madison Square Garden.
The Celtics should have dispensed with Memphis before overtime last night. They didn't. "We didn’t close out the game," said Doc Rivers. They got it done quickly in overtime by scoring seven straight points to put the Grizzlies away, 116-110.
You can say what you want about the Miami Heat - and we will, and we know you will - but they don't get discouraged easily. "We're the best 5-4 team in the league. How about that?" asked Dwyane Wade, who was freed after the game from being tied up, gagged, and thrown in the back of a van during his 5-4 juggernaut's 112-107 loss at the hands of the efficient Celtics.
Yeah, we know it's not really winter; it's that time of year when you put on the winter coat in the morning because it's 40 and wish you hadn't when you leave work and it's 65. (Or is that just us?) But the Bruins finally make a regular season Boston appearance tomorrow, the Celtics wrap up the preseason tonight, and the Yankees are clinging by their fingernails. It's a good time to be in Boston right now.
The Celtics completely dominated Philadelphia before surviving an encounter with the Nets, 96-92, after a Marquis Daniels three-pointer and two Nate Robinson free throws. Two wins in pretend games against two "teams" won't mean much in May.
So Randy's gone. Official Patriot policy is not to speak of a man 30 seconds after he's gone, but Boston media policy is to speak ill of the departed. We'll just say that we knew he was a scorpion when he came here; for all his talent, we knew that there would come a time when Bad Randy would rear his head, but we thought all along that Bill and the brain trust had an exit strategy for when that time came. So good luck, Randy; maybe you can distract Minnesotans from the fact that the Twins are fizzling against the Yankees for the 19th straight year.
The other shoe has dropped. After weeks on life support, the Red Sox learned once and for all last night that their presence will not be expected in the 2010 postseason. Sigh.
Yesterday, we confirmed new Celtics center Shaquille O'Neal found a house in Sudbury. Well, there's more Shaq news. His new digs include a par-3 golf course. Imagine how much better at golf than Charles Barkley the big guy can get now. Dude is also reportedly engaged to, or dating, or something, someone called Nicole "Hoopz" Alexander. We don't know her. She was apparently on "I Love Money" on VH1. Missed that show. Best of all? Shaq reportedly said he'd accept a bench role from Doc Rivers, if needed. Kendrick Perkins must be thrilled.
- Paul Pierce and the Boston Celtics have agreed on a new contract, just days after the captain opted out of his contract. The Herald reported the new deal, which can't be signed until July 8, is a four-year agreement worth $61 million. Pierce joins Doc Rivers in deciding to stay in green.
- Jason Varitek is the newest addition to the Red Sox disabled list with a fractured foot. He's gone for 4-6 weeks. He joins, well, almost an entire team on the DL. Kevin Cash was acquired from the Astros for shortstop Angel Sanchez.
Whatever the roster will look like this fall, it looks like we'll still have the same guy in charge of things. Despite speculation that he'd go home and spend more time with his kids, Doc Rivers will coach the 2010-11 Celtics, saying, "I want another crack at it with this group." "This group", right now, is KG, Rondo, Baby, Perk, and Rasheed Wallace's earthly form. And Doc'll have to do it without Tom Thibodeau, the power behind the throne for the last two Finals runs. But we're glad he's staying.
How did that happen?
How did the Celtics play almost perfect defense and lose? How did they make 2010 Kobe Bryant look like rookie chucker Kobe Bryant for most of the game and lose? How did the strategy of "make Ron Artest beat us" backfire so soundly? How is it that the Lakers are celebrating this morning and we're feeling like this?
The bad news is, if there's one guy in the NBA who could win a game singlehandedly while his teammates stand around like mopes, it's probably Kobe Bryant (yeah, yeah, LeBron, we know you're a regular reader, but still). And Kobe pretty much had to do it all himself last night. But even as he was going on a legendary run - 19 straight LA points, including some shots that cause MIT physics faculty to stay up all night - the Celtics were matching buckets at the other end. Kobe cooled off, as human beings do. The C's...not so much.