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Basketball 101 - The Box Out

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The Atlanta Hawks outworked the Celtics in the Gardent tonight and won the game, 97-86. The rebounding and second chance statistics were ugly. Atlanta had 46 rebounds to Boston's 29. 16 offensive rebounds to Boston's 6. 22 second chance points...
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Does Rondo Have Confidence in Jumper?

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It’s coming along slowly. And it’s not like he’s left with much of a choice when it comes to shooting it, especially at crunch time: “While he admitted earlier this week that he’ll always be a pass-first player, Rondo didn’t pass up the opportunity...
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Big plays in 4th propel Celts over 76ers

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More photos » by Mary Schwalm - AP Questionable form, but we'll take it. Browse more photos » It took three quarters for someone on the Celtics to show up and help out Paul Pierce, but finally...
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Playoff Basketball in November

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The Celtics lost to the Magic, 83-78, in a game full of wretched shooting. With that said, the intensity in the fourth quarter was like that of a playoff game.The Celts fell behind by 16 points in the 1st quarter and spent the whole game scratching and clawing their way back. They...
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Celtics/Wolves Preview & Live Blog Promo

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Celtics (5-0) vs. Minnesota (1-3)Game time: 8pm  Target Center, Minneapolis. TV - CSN; Radio - WEEI-AM (850)Team LeadersScoring Bos: Pierce - 21.6                 Wolves: Al Jefferson - 16.5ReboundingBos: Pierce - 6.8                   Wolves: Ryan...
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Ric Bucher Calls Out Paul Pierce

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ESPN's Ric Bucher sets his sights on the Truth in his Offseason Buzz:He has -- or should have -- the most tread left of the Big Three, but he had their same worn-down look in the playoffs, simply unable to summon the necessary energy every game to get the job done....
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Chamillionaire Says MJ Is One Rude Bastard

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Hip-hop artist/rapper Chamillionaire was a huge Michael Jordan fan, until he met up with his Airness at a recent party. Let's just say Jordan wasn't kind to Chamillionaire's request for a photo. According to Chamillionaire, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen witnessed...
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Only LeBron has been better than Paul Pierce

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I have waxed poetic about Paul Pierce before.  I do it a lot.  In my opinion, Paul Pierce is one of the most underrated superstars of our time.  Well, maybe that's changing a little.  Or... maybe it's only the people who really know basketball who understand how...
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Player Projections: Paul Pierce

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Paul Pierce Last year's stats:  37.5 mpg, 20.5 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 3.6 apg, 1.0 spg, 45.7% FG, 39.7% 3 FG, 83% FT Projected Stats: Chuck: 34.5 mpg, 19.4 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 3.8 apg, 1.1 spg, 45.3% FG, 38.8% 3 FG, 82% FT John: 33.0 mpg, 19.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg,...
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Your Morning Dump... Where we're a long way from where we want to be

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Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here... highlighting the big storyline.  Because there's nothing quite as satisfying a good morning dump.“We’re not executing. We’re not trusting each other. We’re going to win games,...
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SLAM: Pierce 17th best in the NBA

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SLAM has been ranking the NBA's best players all summer.  They're up to 17... which is where we find Paul Pierce.Pierce remains one of the very few players who has stayed with the same team for the last ten plus years. The total? Six. Yup, only six guys: Kobe, Tim...
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Player Profiles: Paul Pierce #34

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And now, standing 6'7", from the university of Kansas, playing in his 12th season, the starting Small Forward for your Boston Celtics....PAAAAAAUUUUUL PIIIIIERCE!!!!!!by RunRondoPop quiz--what do Michael Olowakandi, Mike Bibby, Raef LaFrentz, Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter...
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Paul Pierce Needs His Rest

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Marc Spears lays out a very good case for reducing Paul Pierce's minutes this season:During six April games, Pierce averaged 34 minutes, shot 50.5 percent from the field, and made 44.1 percent of his 3-pointers. During 15 games in March, he averaged 39 minutes, shot...
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"Marquis looked good, Rasheed looked good"

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Paul Pierce says so.“It is like first day of school," said Pierce. "You’re excited. You got your new lunch pail, new clothes, showing off. It’s the same thing. You come out here you got new teammates you’re excited about to get back on the...
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Pierce may owe Al Horford money

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So in all the yapping during the 2008 Celtics-Hawks series, Paul Pierce apparently bet Al Horford $10 K that the Hawks wouldn't win a single game.  At least... that's what Al Horford is saying Today, on 790 the zone, Al Horford told a story that happened sometime during...
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Paul Pierce Wants Kids to Get Off Their Asses

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That's Paul Pierce with Bill Clinton and Usher at a political/community event in NYC this week. Pierce's latest off-the-court venture is The Truth on Health campaign - "a national effort designed to bring health and fitness to America's youth"Pierce will...
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Comments from the Other Side - Knicks 11/22

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Eddie Curry's first game back. This is a huge test for Eddy Curry. I wanna see how he does vs. Kendrick Perkins, Kevin Garnett, and Rasheed Wallace. I hate Perkins. I hope Eddy has the game of his life Well the Knicks are on a winning streak.... Celtics are on...
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The Truth Might Not Pick Up That $21 Million Option

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According to Gary Tanguay, Paul Pierce says he's willing to NOT pick up his $21 million option for next season and sign a salary-cap friendly extension.Will a contract in the range of 3-years, $45 million be enough to satisfy Pierce? Is it possible the team won't want Pierce...
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And This is the Best Free Agent Signing of the Season?

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Before the season started, there were a number of articles about the off season's free agent signings and most of them were touting the Lakers' signing of Artest as the best signing of the off season. This guy is such a nut case that I don't see how anyone could feel...
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I Clearly Underestimated KG's Knee Injury

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Earlier this week when Paul Pierce revealed that KG still wasn't scrimmaging, I shot a "say what?" expression back at my computer.Now we're learning the team is being uber-cautious with the knee (courtesy Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports):Garnett began working out at...
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Pierce, Wooden honored

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Paul Pierce and Basketball GOD John Wooden were honored for their off the court work recently. FanHouse has the scoop and the video. It starts with Pierce, but he doesn't say much. But hey, it's Pierce, and he's talking, and...
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Random Thoughts on the Celtics Second Loss

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This one was about effort. The Celtics didn't bring it. I usually look at the rebounds to see what kind of effort this team is putting out. They are perfectly capable of out-rebounding every team every night. Rebounding is about effort and desire. That's how a 6'1...
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Slam Brings Up An Awful Memory For No Good Reason

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For some reason unbeknown to me, Ryan Desmarais of Slam Online decided to write yet another column on Paul Pierce and the night he was nearly stabbed to death.They (the scars) remind us of the police reports, of hearing that Pierce was attacked by a group of men early that morning...
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Celtics Have Some Rough Practices

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Ray Allen is just getting over the 5 stitches he received courtesy of a Kendrick Perkins elbow during a walk through of some of the plays. Now, today we have 2 more reports from practice that indicate just how tough they go at each other in practice. First, from the Globe...
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Pierce, Wallace Called Overrated By Detroit Blog

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Somebody named Kevin Sawyer who writes for a Pistons blog called Detroit Bad Boys has included a couple of Celtics on his All-Overrated Team.C – Rasheed Wallace Honestly, I think he makes Boston worse.  They are already an elite defensive squad, and his mediocre three...
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