Filed under: Celtics , Cavaliers , Eastern , NBA Playoffs , Boston , Cleveland In another of our continuing series , five things to keep an eye out for tonight in the Celtics-Cavs Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 6 this evening. Nowhere To Go But...

LeBron James recorded a double-double including a game high 32 points, and put the Cleveland Cavaliers on his back once again Friday night, leading them to a 74-69 victory over the Boston Celtics at the Q Arena in Cleveland. The win kept...

Again, the team that won the rebounding battle won Game 6. We’ve pointed to perimeter shooting and limiting turnovers as two of the biggest keys in this series, but truth be told, the team that has lost the turnover battle is still 2-4 in...

Classic bag job. Dick Bavetta and Co. gift-wrapped this one for the Cavs. See you Sunday. Box Score | Recap

Two he-yuge Game 6’s tonight. Both Cleveland and Utah are fighting for their Playoff lives tonight. Will either still be alive by the time I pass out tonight? The Caveliers kicks off the Friday festivities by hosting the Celtics in...

Well, we had an offensive struggle tonight in Cleveland as the Cavaliers won 74-69, forcing a game seven against the Celtics in Boston. Both sides were excellent defensively in this game, with both teams shooting under 40%. The Celtics forced...

LeBron James willed the Cavs to win over the Celtics. The series is now tied 3-3 and game seven will be played in Boston on Sunday. It seemed just like another typical game in the second round- the home team had the upper hand. They started the second...

Daniel Gibson’s injured left shoulder - he hurt it in the fourth quarter of Game Five in Boston - will keep him out of action for 1-2 weeks. © Marcel Mutoni for SLAM Online , 2008. | Permalink | No comment Add to...

I don't know what to say. Following this team has left me drained and completely spent. And yes I know how pathetic that sounds. Trust me. I know. I'm just looking for the Celtics to go 8 deep, share the ball on offense and bring their top...

At the end of the first half, the Cavs lead the Celtics 42-33. This has obviously been a game dominated by defense, with the Celtics shooting just 37.8% and the Cavs 32.4%. For the Celtics, it’s been all about stopping LeBron James....

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Herald For Celtics, giant ‘Q’ remains Ray Allen’s play is offensive Doc Rivers puts focus on ending series FL's Take: The Celtics definitely need to end the series tonight. They can win a championship without winning on the road, but their

One thing we know… basketball will be played in Boston on Sunday.  The only thing we need to figure out is if we’ll be playing Cleveland… or Detroit.  The Celtics fans I’ve been talking to are feeling confident about...

AT Boston Celtics (3-2) at Cleveland Cavaliers (2-3) Round 2, Game #6 Friday, May 16 8:00 PM ET TV: ESPN, CSN HD Quicken Loans Arena Chat (index.php?option=com_wrapper Itemid=240) l Game Thread...

Whether it be just one more game or 16 more games, one thing about the remainder of this postseason will be different from last year’s magical run: No Daniel Gibson. Boobie will probably miss the rest of these playoffs with a separated left...

The Associated Press reported Thursday that Cleveland Cavaliers reserve shooting guard Daniel Gibson will not be available to play Friday night against the Boston Celtics in game six due to a separated left shoulder. Gibson hurt his shoulder...

ESPN reports: (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3397791) INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- Cavaliers point guard Daniel Gibson has a separated left shoulder and will miss Cleveland's Game 6 against the Boston Celtics. Gibson,...

By Jon Evans Far be it from me to attempt to craft some contrived introduction to this game.  I’m going to assume that Lebron James has made sure you’re paying attention to this pivotal game 5 . PRE An hour prior to the tip, hoards of reporter

David Stern “suggested” that teams cut out all the fireworks.  The Celtics, much to my delight, don’t seem to care much about what he’s suggesting . “We’re going to do our usual show, get the fans fired up, get the...

Here are comments found around the Cavs boards during their game 5 with the Celtics. It is pretty funny that the Cavs fans were talking about the refs being biased and the Celtics getting all the calls but yet the Cavs took 18 more free throws...

  LeBron James said it best: “Without Rondo , it would have been a much tougher game for them to win. He was definitely the player of the game tonight.” MVN’s own Cavalier Attitude credits Rondo as well, in addition to the...

The AP reports: Kevin Garnett had 26 points and 16 rebounds, and Rajon Rondo added 20 points and 13 assists as the Celtics beat the Cavaliers 96-89 on Wednesday night to move within a win of the Eastern Conference finals… “We know it’s a...

Certainly my favorite comment on the Cleveland Plain Dealer today. Maybe its a good lesson for the Celtics fans, whose testicular fortitude in the past few days has certainly been tested. Man up boys, we’re ending this thing on Friday. ...

Remember one of the “key stats” from Game 4? The team that has won the rebounding battle had won each of the first four games of this Eastern Conference semifinal series. That trend continued Wednesday night in Game 5 (disturbingly,...

This is something I’ve thought about for a while now. Of course Bill Simmons’ recent article on the state of the Celtics, which I referenced in my last post, only hammered home that point with the following snippet: "Play hard, feed...

  Sometimes you can the whole story of a game just by the numbers, that was the case in game five of the Eastern Conference Semi-Final series between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers. If you follow the string this series of numbers...

Great game by Rondo. The only thing better would have been if Eddie House got the backup minutes instead of Sam Cassell.  The C's need to go into Cleveland as if it is game 7 and close out this series. I have to be honest, I don't like the idea...

Sometimes you can the whole story of a game just by the numbers, that was the case in game five of the Eastern Conference Semi-Final series between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers. If you follow the string this series of numbers...

Exhale. Take deep breaths. Think happy thoughts. I was doing all those things in final two minutes of this one. The Celtics beat the Cavs 96-89 to take a 3-2 series lead. This was one helluva rollercoaster ride. Cleveland jumped out to a 14 point...

It was a good omen right from the start of this game as Perk won the tip although the first minute was sloppy on both sides with a 24 second violation on each team and a defensive 3 second violation on KG. The Cavs came out strong to begin the...

Filed under: Celtics , Cavaliers , Eastern , NBA Live Blogging , NBA Playoffs , Boston , Cleveland , Featured Stories , The Word Sorry, Celtics fans, but as of right now the only thing 66 wins gets you is a supporting role in LeBron James ' poster....

Filed under: Celtics , Cavaliers , Eastern , NBA Playoffs , Boston , Cleveland In another of our continuing series , five things to keep an eye out for tonight in the Cavs-Celtics Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 5 this evening. 1. This Is Not...

I’m going to try something weird — I’m live-blogging the Celtics-Cavs game over at FanHouse , but I’m pretty sure I can also embed it here … let’s see if this works.

LeBron went off in the first half. He dropped 23 points as the Cavs lead 46-43 at the break. On the plus side, the Celtics have played like absolute garbage and only trail by 3. Ray Allen continues to suck, making us long for Brian Scalabrine in...

A little late on getting this one up. That may be because I'm traumatized by the Celtics right now. And they're not exactly off to a great start. They need this one. Go C's.

Basketbawful is here to do the Hump-day Hump. Which isn't as dirty as it sounds. Unless giving you tonight's NBA playoff preview can be considered pornographic. Cleveland versus Boston: Game 5 Home sweet home, Part I. As stoppable as the Celtics...

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We’ve taken time from some back and forth with Rick from WaitingForNextYear.com .  If you missed it… here’s our first conversation (pre-series) and our second conversation (after game 1). Rick (WFNY):  Well, it’s best..

Tonight is the night that we turn this series around. A win puts Cleveland on the ropes. However, the truth needs to be spoken. The big three really need to step it up, and this starts with Kevin Garnett. While Garnett has done a pretty good job...

This is a comment from ‘MA’ in our last post: I’ll be there - 1 row behind Mommy’s Boy LeBron - screaming my brains out. I wonder what I can do to distract him? I think that’s an excellent question.  Let’s get some...

Doc hasn’t fiddled with the starting line-up all season.  If a healthy Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins have been available, they have always started.  But if you haven’t noticed in this Cavs...

Catch the liveblog on Drivefor17.TV (http://www.drivefor17.tv/) CSN Press Release: BURLINGTON, MA – It’s a best-of-three series and Celtics fans are on edge. Comcast SportsNet offers fans a chance to vent and to quiz its insiders on...

2 @ 2 Round 2, Game 5 Wednesday, May 14 8:00 PM ET TV: TNT TD BankNorth Garden Chat (index.php?option=com_wrapper Itemid=240) l Game Thread (index.php?option=com_smf Itemid=64 topic=17743.0) Here we are, heading into Game 5 of the...

On Tuesday, I sent an email to the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Terry Pluto about this piece that he wrote on Monday before Game 4. Pluto spent a lot of time explaining the way contracts work in the NBA and how it would be very difficult for a...

Can we really lose to LeBron James and his band of role players (I got physically ill watching Wally drain that 25-footer with 2 minutes left last night) in a Game 7 at the Garden? Put a gun to my head and force me to make decision, I’m...

The AP reports: LeBron James scored 32 points—19 in the second half—and the Cavaliers forced a decisive and fitting finale to this home-sweet-home playoff series with a 74-69 victory Friday night over the Celtics, who have gone from regular-season...

This was an ugly game from the start as even the jump ball was no good and had to be thrown up a second time. It was a defensive struggle right from the beginning with neither team shooting the ball well. Paul Pierce missed his first five shots...

Filed under: Celtics , NBA Playoffs , NBA Videos , Boston , The Word , FanHouse TV Elie Seckbach, the Embedded NBA Correspondent, brings his exclusive NBA reporting to FanHouse. Check back here regularly for more videos. In this video we talk to...

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With 3:41 to go in the first half the Celtics trailed the Cavaliers 43-29 and LeBron James was lighting up the TD Banknorth Garden. Boston worked the ball around until Rajon Rondo assisted on a Kevin Garnett jumper that cut the deficit to 12. ...

Herald Home cooking again suits Celtics (http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/basketball/celtics/view.bg?articleid=1094186 format=text) Rajon Rondo’s all grown up...

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Go to this old Bill Simmons article, scroll down to "Question: What was the most disturbing subplot of the season" and check out what he said about Dick Bavetta. It's intriguing. I'll leave it at that. Doc Rivers looked great when he played Glen...

Another road game, another L in the books for the Celtics. In the playoffs so far against the Cavs and Hawks, they are 0-6 away from Boston. Ouch, that is not what the best team in the NBA is supposed to do. This was already discussed before the...

A Daily Babble Production In the wake of last night's Celts loss in Cleveland, my colleague and sleepless chatting pal CelticBalla32 called in to the postgame edition of Celtics Stuff Live (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=8). The ending of...

The Celtics are once again up 3-2 in a playoff series. In the first series, the Celtics were expected to sweep the lowly Hawks and they appeared to be doing just that as they won the first two games at home by an average of 21 points. Then, they...

AT Once again for the second series in a row, the Celtics will try to close out an opponent in a game 6 on the road. The Celtics have yet to win on the road in 5 tries and hopefully the 6th time is a charm. The momentum is in the Celtics favor...

Tonight in Cleveland at eight o’clock eastern, the Cavaliers try to stay alive, trailing 3-2 against the Celtics. So far in this series, the home team has won every game. The Celtics,  the team with the best record in the regular season, are...

Now that the Pistons are on their way to the Eastern Conference Finals Bennie and Jeff talk about Tayshaun Prince's performance in the playoffs as well as posing the question "Boston or Cleveland?" Don't forget you can e-mail Bennie and Jeff at...

Gibson left the game in the 4th quarter of game five against the Boston Celtics. May 15, ESPN: Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson has a separated left shoulder and will miss Cleveland's Game 6 against the Boston Celtics... The team said...

The Basketball Jones — The Fix — Episode 311 (.mp3) On today’s show, Tas and I discuss the Celtics new Big Three, why the Cavs loathe the first 15 seconds of the shot clock, if Boozer is hurting Jazz, Scal’s leather, which current

If we could read his berry: “Not this year.” Boston 96, Cleveland 89: What really hurt was the end of the first half. Rondo hit two three’s and Ray Allen hit one and a 13-point lead with about four minutes left in the half was...

Herald Home cooking again suits Celtics Rajon Rondo’s all grown up FL's Take: Rondo was incredible last night. I am glad Doc left him in for the whole 2nd half and didn't put Cassell back in. That was a good decision on Doc's part. I would...

The Boston Celtics survived a 35 point performance by LeBron James to post a 96-89 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers and move within one win of advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals. Kevin Garnett had his best all-around game of the series (26...

Most important game of the NBA season? We think so. That’ll change if game seven arrives, but for tonight, it doesn’t get any more significant than the league’s best player going against the league’s best team. Clearly,...

The Celtics showed up to this game looking terrible. Lebron was curbstomping the Celtics singlehandedly, the Three Amigos looked tentative, but I*Heart*Celtics favorite Rajon Rondo did everything he could to keep the Celtics in the game. Every...

While I have taken to ripping LeBron in the Celtics series, I just want to note that I am really a huge fan. LeBron this year put up 30-7.9-7.1. There are only 2 other players in the history of basketball who have had seasons where they went 30-7-7 or...

Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge who turned a moribund franchise into the team withe best record in the Association’s regular season was named the Sporting News NBA Executive of the Year on Wednesday. Ainge was...

Danny Ainge, who got Ray Allen from the rebuilding Sonics and Kevin Garnett from the rebuilding Timberwolves, has won the NBA Executive of the year award. He beat Mitch Kupchak of the Lakers, who was handed Pau Gasol from the rebuilding Grizzlies, and...

Well deserved and no surprise: (http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/extras/celtics_blog/2008/05/ainge_named_exe.html) Celtics GM Danny Ainge has been named 2007-08 NBA Executive of the Year by the Sporting News. The magazine...

Huge game by our point guard. Player of the game. Rondo's line: 20 pts., 13 ast., 2 blk, 2 stl., 1 turnover - wow Credit Doc for seeing that Cassell was ineffective and sticking with Rondo the rest of the way. I guess it wasn't time for House to...

I’ve been a huge fan of Sam Cassell since he helped the Houston Rockets win two titles in the mid-90s as a youngster with a number of clutch shots in the playoffs. He’s continued to make a name for himself as a talented scorer with a...