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James, Wade, and Bosh combined for 83 points and 35 of the Heat's 45 rebounds to take a 3-1 series lead. Miami can eliminate the Celtics on Wednesday in game five. James paced Miami with 35 points with 14 rebounds, Wade added 28 points and nine rebounds.Bosh scored 20 points with 12 rebounds.
With an injection of grit from Rajon Rondo into an absolutely withering defensive effort, the Celtics stopped the Miami Heat juggernaut in its tracks with a memorable 97-81 victory last night to win their first game in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Well, Boston. We wanted the Heat and we got the Heat. Miami was too hot for the Celtics to handle yesterday and the result was a 99-90 win in game one of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Dwyane Wade was the decisive player for Miami with a 38-point effort. James Jones added 25 points and five three-pointers.
Paul Pierce set the tone early for Game Three of the Celtics-Knicks series. Pierce scored seven points in a 9-0 Celtics opening surge and Boston never looked back in a 113-96 blowout that gives them a commanding 3-0 lead.
Josh Beckett was at his absolute best last night and it showed as the Red Sox blanked the Yankees, 4-0. Beckett (1-1) pitched eight shutout innings and finished with 10 strikeouts. Jonathan Papelbon closed the game with two strikeouts in the ninth. Beckett and Papelbon retired the last 17 batters they faced.
It took six games, but the Red Sox finally won a game got a quality start from thir highly-regarded staff. However, Jon Lester's seven shutout innings of work in which he allowed just three hits were not enough in a 1-0 loss to Cleveland.
The Celtics (54-23) tightened up their defense in the second half and allowed just 32 points to the Sixers in the second-half to secure a 99-82 victory. The Celtics led 63-50 in the third quarter after a 16-1 spurt that began in the first half. Well, a change of scenery and opponent made no difference to the Red Sox as they lost to Cleveland, 3-1. And, even worse, fans, ESPNBoston.com said no 0-4 team has ever won a World Series.
Former Sox prospect David Murphy's two-run, pinch-hit double finished off the team who drafted him in a four-run eighth that gave Texas a 9-5 win over the Red Sox on Opening Day.
March is an inconsistent month for the Celtics as they're a very average 8-7 this month, including their current 1-3 stretch after last night's 107-100 loss to the Indiana Pacers.
The Bruins are officially a playoff team for the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs after a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. Ironically, the playoff-clinching win came against the team that eliminated them from the 2010 playoffs. The Bruins play five games in the next 10 days.
The Celtics (50-21) gave up a 66-53 third-quarter lead and lost to the Chalotte Bobcats by an 83-81 score, the team's sixth loss in their last 10 games. Paul Pierce scored 18 points to lead all scorers. Kevin Garnett scored 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Ray Allen finished with 14. Allen and Garnett both missed late shots to seal Charlotte's win.
The Auerbach family will auction off five NBA Championship rings and several humidors owned by Red Auerbach. Paul Pierce talks up meeting with President Obama on his blog. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
We last saw the Celtics in Milwaukee where they won, barely, 89-83. Boston put the game away, despite a shorthanded roster, with a 46-33 surge in the second half. Paul Pierce scored 23 points. New guy Nenad Rstic added 17 and Kevin Garnett finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds. The Bruins tangle with Montreal tonight in Canada with an eye on first place. They're in a three-way tie for second place with 84 points with Washington and Pittsburgh. A win today and a Flyers loss to Edmonton in regulation puts Boston in first place.
A title this year seems unlikely at this point. We know we shouldn't judge anything based on last night's 89-75 loss to Denver. They were shorthanded as their new players hadn't arrived yet. They had nothing left to counter Denver's decisive 14-0 run. Paul Pierce scored 17 points. Kevin Garnett added 14 points and 13 rebounds. The Celtics managed just three offensive rebounds.
Paul Pierce enjoyed the All-Star weekend. But, it's time for #34 and the Celtics gang to get back to work against the Warriors in what could be a trap game. Golden State is a possible playoff team. But, they allegedly give up lots of assists - there is apparently a stat for this - and Rajon Rondo must smile about that.
Paul Pierce wasn't going to have a second bad offensive game in a row after a one-point effort against the Heat. Pierce finished with a game-high 31 points as the Celtics beat New Jersey, 94-80.
The Celtics beat the Miami Heat, 85-82, for the third time in three games this season. Rajon Rondo was the catalyst for Boston as they moved back into first place in the East with the win. Rondo finished with a triple-double of 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists.
The Boston Celtics haven't gone Hollywood, but they showed true grit by beating the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday 109-96. With their emotional leader, Kevin Garnett, bloodied and then bandaged from Pau Gasol's elbow, and the Lakers ahead (54-50) at the half, the Celtics responded with a 59-42 second-half rout of the Lakers.
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.
The Bruins also stayed in the win column for a third straight game thanks to Mark Recchi's late power-play goal. Recchi scored with just 20 seconds left to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-3, on Tuesday.
It was like running with a lit birthday cake. No, it was like running holding a baby with a loaded diaper. No, it was like running with a double handful of Fabergé eggs. Whatever it looked like, it might have been the play of the year. And what's more, the Pats needed it, as they looked like anything but the juggernaut of recent weeks.
Well, the question of whether the Knicks are for real has been answered. They are. A little too real, to the point where the Celtics had to dig deep and hang on for dear life to beat them last night in New York.
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.
On the court? The C's survived a close game against a spirited Milwaukee team, requiring OT to hold off the Bucks 105-102 at the Garden last night.
The high point, as far as posterity will be concerned, was the first of two free throws Paul Pierce late in overtime. The freebie counted as his 20,000th career point, making him the 36th NBA player ever (and the 9th guy who wore a Celtics uniform, though that number does include Shaq and Dominique Wilkins) to reach that plateau. Pierce was aware of how special his situation is: "I was just thinking about all the years I have been here and you don’t see it too often where a player accomplishes that kind of feat playing with one team."
When the Celtics' "Big Three" came together for the first time (we were calling them Ghidorah then, as you may recall), they opened their 2007-08 championship season by blasting the Wizards by 20. Now, you can look at all the things that haven't gone right for Miami this offseason - they didn't have much of a preseason together; they didn't spend two weeks bonding in Rome; they're coached by Erik Spoelstra, who wears the haunted look of a man one losing streak away from being found in the trunk of a Town Car registered to Pat Riley five miles into the Everglades - but the fact is our guys started 1-0. And the vaunted Miami supergroup is 0-1. What does it mean? Probably nothing.
Bostonist was tempted to write just those three words this morning because what can anyone say about Friday night's, uhhh, performance, we guess, by the Red Sox that doesn't involve profanity? Probably nothing.
The Red Sox did a little bit of everything in Wednesday's 7-5 victory over the Angels. Home runs, timely pitching, and help from the LAA powered Boston to a 9th straight win this season over the Angels.