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  • Nothing to do With Basketball (Celtics vs 76ers)

    For the Philadelphia 76ers to win this series, to win any game against better teams, they need to forget about playing basketball. They needed to play ugly and simply mess up the game, hoping to come out on top in the scuffle. Allen Iverson set the spark the lighted the fans that pushed them to a 82-75 game 6 win, giving us a final, seventh game in Boston.

  • Rajon Rondo Responsible For Making Celtics Look This Good

    Sounds easy enough – Don’t let Rajon Rondo drive into the paint. Just focus all your defensive energy on that, and you’ll be fine right? The Philadelphia 76ers were good as long as they had the hot hand going for them in the first half. Afterwards? Rondo and Brandon Bass just tore their defense to shreds, giving the Celtics a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Semi Finals.

  • Philadelphia 76ers, More Than Meets the Eye

    The Boston Celtics can’t put on two great games in a row, no matter how much Rajon Rondo penetrates and dishes out; No matter how much respect Kevin Garnett gets for what he does just before his 36th birthday. The Sixers may not have the experience and swag these Celtics do, but they have enough basketball and toughness to win this series.

  • Can Rajon Rondo Lead the Celtics to the NBA Title?

    Rajon Rondo became the sixth NBA player to record at least 8 postseason triple doubles, but his performances have a lot more to do with them than simply stat feeders, leading the Celtics to a 92-91 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of the Eastern conference Semi Final series.

  • Rajon Rondo Loses Last Ball; Loses Cool After Game

    Rajon Rondo doesn’t usually strike people as the nicest player in the world. Maybe he actually is as arrogant and selfish as some describe him to be, in the locker room. He has that swagger and behavior about him on the court as well. After his turnover in the final seconds against the Hawks, he was clearly not in the best of moods.

  • Rajon Rondo’s Triple Doubles Won’t Win a Title for the Celtics

    Rajon Rondo is the triple double king of the NBA. Well, six triple doubles during a shortened season make you that this time around, with no one else having more than two triple doubles. A lost art, indeed. But Rondo’s abilities aren’t enough to make the Boston Celtics a title contender in the East ,despite their recent wins.

  • The Problems of the Miami Heat and the Solutions in LeBron James

    LeBron James had zero assists, and the the Miami Heat looked once again like a team with zero chance of winning a big road game, this time against an opponent not many think can prove much of a threat to any of the contenders come the postseason. But Rajon Rondo thrived with another triple double, leading the Boston Celtics to a 91-72 win.

  • Rajon Rondo Proves His Uniqueness Against Knicks

    Rajon Rondo became only the third player in the last 25 years to record a 15-15-15, finishing with another triple double (18 points, 17 rebounds, 20 assists), despite the trade rumors and the Jeremy Lin hype, leading the Boston Celtics to a 115-111 win over the New York Knicks in overtime.

  • Bulls Don’t Need Rose to Dominate Celtics

    Derrick Rose was MIA for the fourth consecutive game for the Chicago Bulls, but it didn’t stop them from beating the Boston Celtics 89-80, with Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer both leading them team scoring 23 points, while the overrated and too dependent on Rajon Rondo Boston Celtics just didn’t have enough to keep up with a better team.

  • Rajon Rondo Triple Double Doesn’t Make Him Better Than Rose

    Rajon Rondo had what was undoubtedly his best game of the season, leading the Boston Celtics, who have been aching for Rondo to return with this kind of offense, to a 95-91 win over the Chicago Bulls, with Rondo completing his second triple double of the season – 32 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists, as the C’s improved to a 15-12 record.