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| James, O'Neal make dynamic, dominant duo |
NBA Basketball |
10/23/2009 |
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| need to sign the papers with before you play a game. I've always been comfortable being around him. It's not hard getting along with Shaq. His personality is great.'' Cleveland will begin its climb toward the top on Tuesday when the Cavs host the Boston Celtics in a 2009-10 season opener that may preview this season's Eastern Conference finals. The Cavs and Celtics, who exchanged pushes and shoves in an exhibition earlier this week, will battle defending champ Orlando for Eastern supremacy in a conference |
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| Lifelong winner Bird battles Pacers' losing ways |
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10/23/2009 |
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Larry Bird is losing. In these parts, that's hard to believe. This is Larry Legend, the guy who took Indiana State to the NCAA finals, who won three titles and three MVP awards with the Boston Celtics as a player, took the Indiana Pacers to the finals as a coach and even helped the WNBA's Indiana Fever reach the finals as team president this past season. He hasn't been so successful as the Pacers' president. The team has missed the playoffs for the past three seasons, and fans in B |
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| Celtics waive F Mike Sweetney |
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10/22/2009 |
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BOSTON (AP) -The Boston Celtics have waived forward Mike Sweetney. The release on Thursday of Sweetney, the ninth pick of the 2004 NBA draft out of Georgetown, was expected with the Celtics having a deep roster. Sweetney was out of the NBA last season after spending his first two seasons with the New York Knicks and the next two with the Chicago Bulls. The 6-foot-8 Sweetney, 26, signed with Boston as a free agent on Sept. 28 and averaged 3.6 points, 1.2 rebounds and 6.4 minutes in five exhibition games |
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| Garnett's return, Wallace's arrival boost Celtics |
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10/22/2009 |
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BOSTON (AP) -The Big Three lost their biggest piece when Kevin Garnett's knee problems ended his season in March. Now he's back, Rasheed Wallace is here and the Boston Celtics may have a Big Four - and a whole lot more that could add up to a second NBA championship in three seasons. ``The chemistry, I saw it from day one,'' Paul Pierce said. ``The first week of training camp, I was like, `this is something.' `` After losing in the second round of the playoffs, the Celtics moved aggressively to meet t |
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| 2009-10 Los Angeles Lakers Preview |
NBA Basketball |
10/19/2009 |
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| hat "toughness" and no one born outside our borders could possibly have the backbone, nerve or spunk to bang with a monster like Dwight Howard. Well, meet Pau Gasol. Two seasons ago, the Lakers' power forward was the villain as Kevin Garnett and the Boston Celtics pushed him and the Lakers around en route to the title. K.G. was the bully on the beach, kicking sand in the face of the new kid. Instead of buying into the European big man stereotype, turning tail and playing shrinking violet, Gasol learned from h |
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| 2009-10 Boston Celtics Preview |
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10/19/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Don't sleep on the Boston Celtics. Nearly all of the NBA's pundits are debating whether the Los Angeles Lakers will repeat as champions or LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will finally climb to the top of the mountain. Well, the C's are also pretty good people. The 2007-08 champs saw their dreams of a second straight title go up in smoke when Kevin Garnett went down with a right knee injury and missed much of the stretch last season. Boston was able to weather the storm in the regu |
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| NBA 2009-10: Team-by-team capsules |
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10/16/2009 |
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A look at the 30 NBA teams as they head into the 2009-10 season, in predicted order of finish by division:EASTERN CONFERENCEATLANTIC DIVISIONBOSTON CELTICS LAST SEASON: 62-20, lost to Orlando 4-3 in second round of the playoffs. STARTING FIVE: G Rajon Rondo (11.9 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 8.2 apg), G Ray Allen (18.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.8 apg), F Paul Pierce (20.5 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 3.6 apg), F Kevin Garnett (15.8 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 2.5 apg), C Kendrick Perkins (8.5 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 2.0 bpg). KEY ADDITIONS: F Rasheed Wallace (fre |
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| Celtics' Walker has surgery |
NBA Basketball |
10/02/2009 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Boston Celtics second-year swingman Bill Walker underwent successful arthroscopic surgery Friday on his right knee. Walker sustained a meniscus tear in the knee on the first day of training camp. The surgery was performed by team physician Dr. Brian McKeon at the New England Baptist Hospital. No timetable was set Walker's return. The 6-foot-6 Walker, who averaged 3.0 points and 1.0 rebound in 29 games during his rookie season, was selected out of Kansas State by the Washington W |
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| Celtics F Walker has successful knee surgery |
NBA Basketball |
10/02/2009 |
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BOSTON (AP) -Boston Celtics forward Bill Walker underwent successful right knee arthroscopic surgery. The surgery Friday at the New England Baptist Hospital was aimed at repairing a meniscus tear Walker suffered on the first day of training camp. The team said no timetable has been set for his return. Walker also had surgery on the knee last year. The second-year player averaged three points in 29 games last year with the Celtics. He also averaged 18.9 points and 5.3 rebounds in the developmental lea |
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| Pacers extend O'Brien's contract |
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09/25/2009 |
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| under O'Brien. "I appreciate (owner) Herb (Simon) and Larry's confidence as we move toward getting this franchise back to where it belongs," O'Brien said. "I love Indianapolis and all of the fans in Indiana, and I remain committed to bringing a championship to the Indiana Pacers." O'Brien's coaching career includes four seasons at the helm for the Boston Celtics, posting a 139-119 record, with playoff appearances in 2002 and 2003. He then coached the Philadelphia 76ers for one season in 2004-05, going 43-39. |
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