NBA Power Poll: Celtics-Pistons rematch could shift order
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The Sporting News - Since the Pistons beat the Celtics 16 days ago, the top two spots in the Power Poll have not changed. More significantly, neither has the number in the L column for either team. Combined, they are 14-0 since Chauncey Billups fooled Tony Allen into a game-deciding foul and the Pistons came away with a 2-point victory in Boston.
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Not entirely comfortable reviewing the first six weeks of the season, the Celtics nonetheless go back to that point when discussing the origins of their current five-game winning steak. The Celtics contend their recent run of success has its roots in the close and not-so-close losses that resulted in a slow start. When Greg Oden in the lottery seemed more ...
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The Boston Celtics lost their franchise-record 14th consecutive game Friday night, falling 100-89 to Elton Brand and the Los Angeles Clippers. Brand had 26 points, 19 rebounds and four blocks, and Cuttino Mobley added 20 points for the Clippers, who have won seven of their last eight.
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(Sports Network) - The Detroit Pistons start a three-game homestand, as they welcome LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight to The Palace of Auburn Hills.
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With the NBA trading deadline less than 48 hours away, these are strange, gossip-filled days. Out here on the West Coast, talk of the Nets sending Jason Kidd to the Lakers dominates. Last night, before the Celtics played the Sacramento Kings at ARCO Arena, there were whispers about whether Mike Bibby would remain in town. But despite rumors ...
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The NBA playoffs resume tonight at the Palace, where the Detroit Pistons beat the visiting Cavaliers 79-76 in Game One of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals.
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HARTFORD -- On this Sunday afternoon in February we had a break from conference rivalries. Courtesy of CBS, we had North Carolina vs. Connecticut, which means we had ACC vs. Big East and defending national champions vs. would-be successors. Credentials were issued for 22 NBA teams. (Does this mean the eight who didn't send a rep are going to be ...
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It's better to look ahead these days if you're a Celtics fan. It's much more preferable than trying to remember the 40-something-win teams of 2001-02 and 2002-03, let alone the Glory Days. The 2004-05 Celtics are rebuilding. They don't want to say it, but that's what they're doing. All you have to do is watch.The good news is that there ...
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With the Celtics looking far and wide to move the No. 5 pick for someone to bring immediate help to an increasingly beleaguered Paul Pierce -- so far, with no luck -- the question looms: What will No. 34 do if David Stern gets up on the podium tomorrow night and announces that Yi Jianlian, Jeff Green, or Corey Brewer ...
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The Hartford Civic Center has been a house of horrors for the Boston College basketball team, which puts its 11-0 record on the line there tomorrow night against UConn. BC, bound for the Atlantic Coast Conference next season, cracked this week's Top 25 Associated Press national poll at No. 25. UConn is No. 10.
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OK, there's the Pistons in the Palace tomorrow night. That's no day at the beach. But after that, well, it looks like the Celtics have a good chance to make up some ground in the not-so-hot Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference.
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The Celtics weren't surprised by the suspensions handed down to Indiana's Ron Artest (remainder of season), Stephen Jackson (30 games), Jermaine O'Neal (25 games) and Anthony Johnson (five games) and Detroit's Ben Wallace (six games) in the wake of Friday's brawl. &quot;Those are heavy fines, but I don't think anyone's going to say excessive,&quot; said coach Doc Rivers , who'd ...
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(Sports Network) - Ben Wallace will return to fold for Detroit tonight, when the Pistons begin a tough three-game homestand against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
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Richard Hamilton scored 18 points to push the Detroit Pistons into a first-place tie with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Central Division after a 91-61 romp over the New York Knicks at Auburn Hills, Michigan, Saturday.
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Get ready for another 1 vs. 2 showdown in the Big Ten &#151; this time on the hardwood. Wisconsin was the new No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll on Monday and Big Ten rival Ohio State was not far behind at No. 2.
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My sports holiday wish for 2005 is for the Celtics to be relevant again.
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Sports leagues and their television partners will take big ratings wherever and whenever they can find them. But it&#39;s not exactly in the Christmas spirit that the NBA presents Pistons vs.