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The Bill Simmons-Doc Rivers Beef Continues To Heat Up
Oh good, we've reached the "Bill Simmons condescendingly refers to Doc Rivers by his given name" stage of this slapfight. ...

Here Lies Boston Sports Guy: Bill Simmons Reacts To Celtics/Nets Trade
The primary gift and curse of ESPN's coverage of this 2013 NBA draft has been the presence of Bill Simmons, one full year into his mid-career renaissance as a talking head/typing head combo pundit. Getting the world's most vocal Celtics fan to react in real time to the Celtics trading Kevin Garnett ...

Report: Celtics Will Trade Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce To Nets
It is reportedly the end of the Big Three in Boston....

Antoine Walker Really Wants You To Know He'd Like To Coach The Celtics
In case you were wondering:...

Report: Clippers And Celtics Finally Agree On Deal For Doc Rivers
According to Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Clippers and Celtics have agreed in principle on a deal that will send Doc Rivers to Los Angeles. Wojnarowski is also reporting that Rivers has agreed to a three-year, $21 million contract with LA. ...

Flimsy Report: Rajon Rondo Swore At Doc Rivers, Almost Fought Him
Considering all the missing details in this anecdote from Sheridan Hoops, this story regarding Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo and head coach Doc Rivers should be taken with a shaker of salt....

Doc Rivers Isn't Going To The Clippers. Now What?
Those Celtics-Clippers trade talks involving Doc Rivers, Kevin Garnett, DeAndre Jordan and others look to be dead. This is routine for the players involved, but it's uncommon ground for a coach. Are Rivers and the team on awkward terms?...

The Celtics And Clippers Are In Talks To Possibly Make A Giant Trade
The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers both dealt with disappointing exits in the playoffs, so of course they're making moves for next season. In terms of moves to make, though, the possibility reported by Adrian Wojnarowski sounds pretty freaking huge....

The Famous Dominique Wilkins-Larry Bird Game 7 Duel Just Turned 25
25 years ago today, Dominique Wilkins and Larry Bird staged one of the greatest duels in NBA history when they went shot-for-shot in the fourth quarter of Game 7 of the 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals. Wilkins scored 16 of his 47 points in that quarter, but Bird edged him by scoring 20 of his 34...


The Knicks Win A Playoff Series For The First Time Since 2000
It almost didn't happen (again), but the Knicks were able to hold off an increasingly uncomfortable fourth-quarter comeback from Boston to advance past the first round of playoffs for the first time in more than a decade....

Melo's Wife To Jordan Crawford: "You On The Bench For A Reason"
This is really the only comeback necessary....

Kevin Garnett Treats Us To Another Great Postgame Interview
OK, so this doesn't rate as high as the "BAR FIGHT!" or the "ANYTHING IS POSSIIIIIBLE!" interviews, but few things in this world do....

Jordan Crawford To Melo: "That Motherfucker Fucked Your Wife"
You know things have gone horribly wrong when J.R. Smith is the one playing peacemaker....

Matthew Shepard's Mother On Jason Collins's Tribute: "It Made Me Cry"
Sam Gardner of Fox Sports caught up with Matthew Shepard's parents to get their reaction to word that Jason Collins had worn No. 98 with the Celtics and Wizards last season as a quiet tribute to their son. As you might expect, they were quite touched by the gesture....

Security Guard Celebration Is An Homage To Rasheed Wallace
It's natural to focus on all the Knicks celebrating Raymond Felton's huge, buzzer-beating three at the end of the third quarter of today's Boston win. Melo is pumped up. So is Tyson Chandler. Steve Novak is undoubtedly doing a very subtle and very intense discount double check that we just can't see...

Jason Terry Prolongs Celtics-Knicks Series
At the end of the first half, Boston owned a 54-35 lead over the Knicks. With 1:18 left in the fourth, Raymond Felton gave the Knicks their first lead of the day at 84-82 on a pull-up jumper just inside the key. Kevin Garnett immediately tied the game and after a couple misses from Carmelo and anot...

The Knicks Smother The Celtics Into A Historically Bad Second Half
This one looked like the last one. The Celtics came out strong in Game 2, as they did in Game 1. Then, at halftime something happened. Maybe New York mixed up its defensive looks, or maybe Boston felt the effects of its thin roster, or maybe they just forgot how to shoot. But the Celtics once again ...

<em>Chicago Tribune</em> Sports Page Pays Tribute To Boston
Here is the front page of today's sports section....

In An NBA First, The Canceled Celtics Game Won't Be Made Up
The Senators-Bruins game scheduled for last night was called off hours after the Boston Marathon bombings, and tonight's Pacers-Celtics game was the next to go. While the hockey will be made up, Indiana and Boston will finish the season with just 81 games played—and that's a first....