Results tagged “docrivers”

Maybe this will be the one that gets to them. The collapses against Orlando and Cleveland didn't do it. The close loss to LA didn't do it. The having to struggle just to get by Detroit and Washington didn't do it. And the loss to New Jersey didn't do it. more ›

Where do you go after suffering what might be the worst loss in franchise history? (Hyperbole? How many other 5-52 teams have the Celtics ever lost to?) Do you give up on basketball? Walk the Earth like David Carradine and Jules Winnfield? more ›

Well, that was something. Coming after a shaky stretch and an embarrassing collapse against Cleveland, the Celtics delighted a home crowd by playing their signature brand of tough D and opportunistic offense, taking advantage of a historically bad Nets team and rolling off their biggest blowout of the year. more ›

If NBA games were 30 minutes long, we're pretty sure the Celtics would still be talking about 72 wins. more ›

Sure, the Lakers were shorthanded, missing a future Hall-of-Famer whose basket beat the Celtics in Boston back in January. But the Celtics were shorthanded, too, with one backup PG en route to the Knicks and the new one on his way to join the team out West. So the C's sympathize. more ›

It wasn't pretty, but the Celtics will take an unpretty win over an unpretty loss any day of the week. more ›

Sure, our team may have been unceremoniously thrown out of the playoffs. We may be getting older, showing weaknesses, and be in for a few years of uncertainty and anxiety. But for a few hours, last night, it didn't matter that the Patriots were firmly in the middle of the NFL pack, because we got to watch the Colts unravel on national TV on the game's biggest stage. more ›

"We deserved it," said Doc Rivers after the game. When the Celtics have a 16-point lead, and wind up watching the game end on a defensive breakdown, leading to another loss to an Eastern power...it's hard to argue. more ›

Doc Rivers had a Kafkaesque afternoon, but his Celtics rewarded him with one of the comfiest victories he'll ever have. Let's start with the game. more ›

Here's hoping that the Celtics and Bruins rest up and practice hard as they prepare for their Wednesday games in New Jersey and Anaheim, respectively. We don't want to put any undue pressure on the teams or anything, but we could really use a win. more ›

Wednesday's Rondolicious win over Miami really was too much to top so the Celtics didn't even try in another Friday loss to Atlanta, 93-85. Coach Doc Rivers said his team had no "spirit" and was "out for a stroll" in the first quarter. He said Atlanta earned the win. "They deserved the game, " he said. "They're the better team." more ›

While Celtics owner Steve Pagliuca didn't get the win he was hoping for yesterday, he can at least take solace in the fact that his day job is going well, as the C's won their eight straight last night, slamming on the defensive clamps in the 4th quarter to finish off Milwaukee, 98-89. more ›

Let's face it. That was uglier than Minnesota's starting power forward. But if the Celtics are going to make a run at 70+ wins this season (and while PTI and the Globe and others are speculating about the possibility, we say, let's can that talk and let things unfold), they have to win games like last night. Trap games, against young athletic teams, on the second night of back-to-backs. And somehow, finally, the Celtics did. more ›

So says Doc, and it's a little easier to say now, after the Celtics withstood an early barrage from the Cavaliers and came back to win their season opener, 95-89. more ›

"Two mysterious things happened in the universe today," said Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki after last night's game. Well, more than that, but who's counting? more ›

Everybody's still alive. But for very different reasons. Bostonist covered the Celtics and the Bruins live, and they won. Now let's try to figure out why. more ›

The buzz in the Sox training camp these days is Clay Buchholz, the 1324 year-old pitcher who wowed us in 2007 with his no-hitter and in 2008 with his suckiness. That's bad news for Bostonist because his name is difficult to spell. Buchholz has a 0.46 ERA in the Grapefruit League this spring and a killer pick-off move, signs that he's maturing into the pitcher everybody hoped he would be last year. The bad news? The Sox' pitching depth means that the kid might be starting the season in Pawtucket, which is whole lot better than the Instructional League, where Young Clay found himself finishing out last season. He told the Globe, "If I'm still pitching at Triple A, it's a phone call away. I'll be ready to go whenever they do call me." more ›

Who can blame Doc Rivers for blowing his top? The Celtics blew a 13-point lead, they're 4-6 in their last ten games, a few more guys got injured, and he finally got thrown out at the end of last night's 127-121 loss in Chicago. more ›

We're running out of ways to say this. The Bruins are beyond hobbling. Beyond struggling. They've lost 46 out of their last 45 games (to be fair, that's a rough estimate) and not one of their 35 shots made it past goalie Steve Mason as the B's fell 2-0 to the Blue Jackets in Columbus last night. more ›

Last game before the All-Star break. Tough opponent on the road. Trailing by 15. Pack it in? more ›

Did Ray Allen just save the season? more ›

OK. It's oooookaaaaay. So maybe we thought that Doc Rivers' "stay the course" message meant something a little different. We all took it as sticking with a formula that has found success during much of this Celtics season-in-progress. more ›

Sometimes, there's a fair-to-lousy team that just has a good team's number. It happens. The Celtics saw it with the Wizards and Hawks last year. Even in the days of the lowly Devil Rays, they still rose up and beat the Sox and Yankees more than their share. So it's not usually the end of the world. more ›

At what point do we ready the panic buttons? Two legitimate losses to two legitimate good teams (LA, Portland), one stinker that can be chalked up to Laker hangover (G.State)...but then, this, now. The Celtics' eight-game winning streak against the Knicks, which stretched back to those prehistoric pre-KG teams, is over. The C's looked flat, couldn't keep up with New York's speed and intensity, and fell 100-88. more ›

The boy is counseling the man. Except that Rajon Rondo's now The Man. It's confusing. Anyway, Rondo told Kevin Garnett late in last night's game to "relax a little bit" (yeah, good luck with that), and an inspired KG helped carry the C's down the stretch to another nailbiting win versus the Hawks. more ›

Cousy, Russell, Auerbach, Havlicek, JoJo, Cowens, Bird, Parish, Kevin Gamble. In all the Celtics' many many championship seasons, no Green team has ever started 21-2. Until now. more ›

Sure, it's 60 degrees outside. But it's beginning to look a lot like winter - well, maybe spring - in Las Vegas, where it's going to be in the 60s today, but more importantly, where baseball's winter meetings are taking place. And like this wintry scene, the Red Sox have come up empty so far. more ›

"At times we sputtered," said Randy Moss after the game. It's hard to know exactly which times he's thinking of, since the Pats exploded for a 530-yard day and stomped Miami, 48-28. Matt Cassel has his biggest day ever (haven't we already said that about four times this year?), throwing for 415 of those yards and finding Moss for three TDs. more ›

Well, they flipped the switch, and we're still here. Our MVP All-World QB is gone, and we're still here. The Rays are officially going to leave Fenway still in first, and we're still here. And we feel fine. more ›

Proceeds from the auction go to the Shamrock Foundation, a Celtics charity currently partnering with Perkins School for the Blind, Children's Hospital Boston, Horizons for Homeless Children and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) to provide services to children in need. more ›