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Found January 24, 2013 on Boston Sports Then & Now: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Doc Rivers,  Danny Ainge,  Avery Bradley,  Jason Terry,  Jeff Green,  Courtney Lee,  Brandon Bass,  Kevin Garnett,  Paul Pierce,  Rajon Rondo,  Jared Sullinger,  Kyrie Irving
TEAMS: Boston Celtics,  Detroit Pistons,  Cleveland Cavaliers,  Chicago Bulls,  Atlanta Hawks,  Miami Heat,  New Orleans Hornets,  New York Knicks
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Doc Rivers has been unable to find the right ingredients for the 2012-’13 Boston Celtics. Should Danny Ainge dismantle the Boston Celtics roster? The Celtics are still searching for their identity halfway through the season. They are the losers of four straight games with three (New Orleans Hornets, Detroit Pistons, and Cleveland Cavaliers) of those defeats against teams who are below .500. Now the Celtics are in the eighth spot of the Eastern Conference at 20-21. In the 103-88 loss to the Pistons on Sunday, Doc Rivers criticized the team in his postgame press conference and said the team will have to make changes if the Celtics continue to play inconsistent basketball. Everybody thought the Celtics would be better and take off when Avery Bradley returned. Bradley did provide a jolt in the backcourt on defense, but he suffered a rib injury against the Hornets. He missed the overtime defeat to the Chicago Bulls on January 18th. Then he came back to start the game in Detroit, but he i...
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