Unexpectedly, Celtics buck recent trend
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MILWAUKEE -- There were three words in capital letters on the erasable board in the visitors' locker room. WAY TO FIGHT. That message greeted the Celtics after they defeated the Bucks, 111-98, at the Bradley Center last night.
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The two best success stories of 2007-08 were in Boston last night. The Celtics, well, were expected to be good, maybe not this good, but still pretty good. The Trail Blazers? After Greg Oden went down for the season, a lot of people figured they'd make marginal gains, if any, over last season (when they went 32-50) and would be ...
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It's all rubber-necking now. The fabled Boston Celtics are a roadside pileup -- 16 cars long -- and fans can't resist slowing down to look at the carnage.
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My sports holiday wish for 2005 is for the Celtics to be relevant again.
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Al Jefferson did not wait for the end of the question. From the moment the final buzzer sounded last night and the Celtics' 103-96 loss to the Pacers entered the books -- stretching Boston's losing streak to 12 games -- Jefferson knew the query was coming.
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There is no substitute for youthful optimism. Minutes removed from finally snapping a franchise-record 18-game losing streak, some Celtics were talking of putting together a winning streak.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Maybe this one will come back to haunt the Celtics on the day the ping-pong balls fall, but in the here and now, yesterday's 96-88 overtime victory over the Nets had an unmistakable feel-good quality about it.
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So far, the Celtics know how the West is won. They defeated the Dallas Mavericks, 96-90, last night at a sold-out TD Banknorth Garden. With Celtics legend Bill Russell sitting courtside, Boston improved to 13-0 against the Western Conference this season.
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What a difference a half makes. The Celtics improved to an NBA-best 32-6 with a 116-89 victory over the 76ers last night at TD Banknorth Garden. Boston, which is 18-3 at home, was outscored, 57-54, in the first half before outscoring Philadelphia, 62-32, in the second.
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Hey, you take them when, and where, you can get them. And that means a road win over the expansion Charlotte Bobcats at the midway point of the 2004-05 season -- a down-to-the-wire, white-knuckle win -- suits the Celtics just fine.
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There was a verifiable Michael Olowokandi sighting yesterday as the Celtics endured yet another Media Day. To say it was a bit of a surprise would be an understatement.
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As far as predictions go, the one Gary Payton made on the Celtics' recent road trip was far from bold. "In 40 to 45 games we'll get it together." That means a month from now Boston should be a measurably improved team, a cohesive unit cured of the inconsistencies that too often lead to losses.
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The Celtics know how quickly fortunes can change in the NBA. In two days, Boston went from first place in the Atlantic Division to fourth. In the span of 48 minutes last night at Air Canada Centre, the Celtics were up in the first quarter, down in the second, on the way up in the third, and back ...
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There was good news and bad news for the Celtics last night at the FleetCenter.
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CLEVELAND -- Boston sports fans have seen a team like this before. Once. Red Auerbach's Celtics, early 1960s.
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There was little fanfare a year ago today as 10,042 fans showed up to see the Celtics defeat the New Jersey Nets, 94-90, in their preseason home opener at TD Banknorth Garden. There wasn't much optimism, either. And the Celtics didn't do much to change those low expectations as they went on to post the second-worst record in the NBA, ...
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Once again down the stretch, there was the sound of 15,000 people squirming in their seats. The Celtics had led the hottest team in basketball from the first quarter last night. They'd been up by 22 points with 11:08 to play. And now, with the spread down to 10, everybody was thinking the same thing: Can these guys blow it ...