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Kevin Garnett

The deeper meaning of Kevin Garnett's injury

April 17, 2009

The fact that Kevin Garnett will miss the playoffs has been a much-discussed topic. Either that or there wasn't much to discuss with the NBA off until Saturday. The injury clearly hurts the Celtics ability to repeat (assuming, of course, Garnett does not have some kind of out-of-his-wheelchair, miracle, back-in-the-locker-room recovery the way Paul Pierce did last [...]

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Boston's Garnett probably will miss all of playoffs

April 16, 2009

Celtics coach Doc Rivers said on Boston radio today that Kevin Garnett probably will miss the entire playoffs.
"After watching him run, there's no way," Rivers said on WEEI. "So, we're going to move without him. And the way I saw him move today guys, I don't know if he'll be ready."
This is obviously bad news [...]

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Kevin Garnett's status in Boston remains up in the air

April 6, 2009

The Celtics keep saying Kevin Garnett will be fine for the playoffs, that he'll play in Game 1 of the first series. No doubt he will. It's tough to keep a competitor like Garnett out of the playoffs. But Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo opines that there's a lot more uncertainty and wonder in Boston about [...]

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Paul Pierce is NOT Willis Reed

June 8, 2008

Paul Pierce’s saga continues today. The guy who was so injured he couldn’t walk the other night in Game 1 in Boston might or might not play tonight. Pierce needed to be carried off the court and wheelchaired to the dressing room after he hurt his knee in Game 1. Bill Plaschke, a friend and [...]

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Game 5 goes to Boston, and the cheerleaders check in …

May 15, 2008

LeBron James ended his news conference with this statement: “A LeBron James team is never desperate.” It came when someone asked him after the game if the Cavs would be desperate in Game 6 having lost Game 5. It’s one of those silly questions the media asks that a guy can’t win by answering. “Yeah,” [...]

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Cavs lose … and who was that wearing No. 23 on Cleveland?

May 7, 2008

Weird opening game. That’s the kind of probing analysis you pay for and expect, eh?
Who knows? Maybe LeBron James was reading the Boston Globe all day and pondering how great he is. Nah. His shots just did not go in. That happens sometimes. It doesn’t happen often like this with LeBron (2-for-18, 10 turnovers), but [...]

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