Rondo, Pierce each score 16 as Boston (7-1) returns to winning ways New Jersey's Trenton Hassell, left, is fouled by Boston's Kendrick Perkins during the second quarter of the Celtics' 86-76 win Saturday night. Rajon Rondo and...
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ: Boston's Big Three against New Jersey's Great Eight had the look of a mismatch. Instead, the Celtics had to work hard to keep the injury-decimated Nets winless. Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce each scored 16...
I went to a New Jersey Nets NBA game on Saturday. They were playing my favorite team, the Boston Celtics, and the experience became a good lesson in branding. First, some context: As an NBA franchise, the Nets have never really...
Toronto Raptors_ guard Jose Calderon (left) drives on Dallas Mavericks_ guard Jason Kidd during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Dallas, Texas, yesterday. RIGHT: New Jersey Nets_ forward Sean Williams loses the...
On the basketball court, the Boston Celtics are a well-oiled machine, dispatching lesser opponents with ease and style. Celtics' vice president of technology Jay Wessel said over the years he had built up layers of filters and...
By Steve Bulpett Monday, November 9, 2009 - The relevant numbers are eight, 12 and seven, but the Celtics [team stats] don’t want to get muddled in the math. They made it through their season opening run of eight games in 12...
The Boston Celtics bounced back from their first loss of the season to record an 86-76 victory over the winless New Jersey Nets on Saturday. Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo each scored 16 points as the Celtics broke open a close...
Last night’s game against the Nets was downright hideous. By the end of the third quarter at New Jersey’s IZOD Center, a bucket was necessary to have beside my chair while watching an embarrassment of a basketball game. Total...
Nets coach Lawrence Frank discussed his battered, ailing hurting Nets and got philosophical: "As Confucius said, 'Sometimes it's better to laugh than to cry.' " But last night, another philosophy came into play: "We have met...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Boston's Big Three against New Jersey's Great Eight had the look of a mismatch. Instead, the Celtics had to work hard to keep the injury-decimated Nets winless. Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce each...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) ― (File Image) Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/Getty Images Boston's Big Three against New Jersey's Great Eight had the look of a mismatch. Instead, the Celtics had to work hard to keep the injury-decimated...