Rivers gets revenge; Celtics top Magic
692907
Doc Rivers got a victory for his players, and his players won one for their coach. Rivers steered his team back on course while gaining a measure of revenge on his old squad, and the Boston
763239
At different times, Doc Rivers has questioned which was the shallowest part of his new Celtics lineup. But after Gary Payton jammed his right thumb against a basket support during Monday&#39;s exhibition loss
83875
When, where: Tonight, 8, at Target Center, Minneapolis. TV, radio: CSN, ESPN, WEEI (850). Records: Boston is 37-9; Minnesota is 10-37. Scoring: Al Jefferson 21.5, Rashad McCants 14.9, Ryan Gomes 11.8. Rebounding: Jefferson 12.3, Gomes 5.5, Craig Smith 4.7. Assists: Sebastian Telfair 6.0, Marko Jaric 4.4, McCants 2.3. Head to head: This is the second of two meetings. The Celtics ...
622027
Paul Pierce scored 14 of his 22 points in the third quarter to help Boston take the lead, and Ray Allen scored 10 of his 23 in the fourth when the Celtics pulled away to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 116-89 on Friday night.
110878
Memo to all you fallen-away Celtics fans: It's better. They lost a 100-99 game to the Denver Nuggets at the Fleet last night, but I'm still telling you that things are better.
89030
Hedo Turkoglu shot an off-balance 3-pointer with time running out â when all the host Orlando Magic needed to break a tie against the Kevin Garnett-less Boston Celtics was a 2-pointer.
323100
The Celtics had the right idea as they attempted to set up Gerald Green for the final shot of a 98-96 loss to Memphis last night. But Green, who had almost single-handedly sparked a comeback by scoring 16 points in a span of 7 minutes 36 seconds in the final quarter, could not get open as Sebastian Telfair ended up ...
321774
Paul Pierce scored 37 points and Kevin Garnett added 23 to lead the Boston Celtics to a 104-96 National Basketball Association triumph Thursday over the Seattle Supersonics.
497704
Paul Pierce scored a season-high 32 points and Kevin Garnett had an easy 15 with seven rebounds on Friday night as the Boston Celtics overcame Ray Allen's absence to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 104-82 and match the franchise record with a 12-0 start at home.
219228
The in box was loaded Thursday morning, less than 12 hours after the Celtics' first defeat at home. Where is the backup point guard? Why did Doc Rivers have an ice-cold Paul Pierce take the final shot? Why didn't Pierce wait? What was Tony Allen thinking at the end of the game? Why was he even in the game? Why ...
534526
Coach Doc Rivers had to have liked what he saw in the first half of last night's game against the Portland Trail Blazers.
759458
Paul Pierce had 24 points to lead balanced scoring from the Celticsâ starters on Sunday night, and Boston raced to a 103-91 victory against the visiting Orlando Magic.
345149
Kendrick Perkins scores on a putback with 16.6 seconds left, and Kevin Garnett pokes the ball away from Sebastian Telfair as time expired on Friday night to give the Celtics an 87-86 victory over Garnett's former team, the Timberwolves.
251421
Far be it from me to question Doc Rivers's coaching at this point of the young season, but was anyone else watching the Wizards-Celtics game last Wednesday -- I know you're out there, it's OK to admit it -- and wondering why Al Jefferson was not sent into the game when Raef LaFrentz fouled out?
399810
At what point in the rebuilding of the Celtics will Doc Rivers be given the ultimate blame for coaching Paul Pierce and a bunch of Peter Pans who wonÂt grow up?
268544
The Boston Celtics won their ninth successive game and raised their NBA-best record to 29-3 on Saturday, ending the Detroit Pistons' 11-game winning streak with a 92-85 road victory.
28617
The practice was already scheduled. The long practice was not. But after watching the atrocity in Chicago Monday night, Doc Rivers made the Celtics work a little longer than planned yesterday. The coach conceded it may even backfire.