By Chris Forsberg Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens gushed about time spent with Rajon Rondo during a visit to the All-Star point guard’s summer camp on Thursday.
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Notebook: Celtics 118, Hawks 107
THE FACTS: Paul Pierce had his third triple-double of the season, and Jeff Green added a game-high 27 points as the Boston Celtics pushed past the Atlanta Hawks for a 118-107 win. Jason Terry chipped in with 24 points off the bench for Boston, as the hosts played inspired basketball in front of Rajon Rondo. The All-Star point guard watched the game for the first time from the Celtics bench since undergoing surgery on his torn ACL last month. Mike Scott had a team-high 19 points off the bench for the short-handed Hawks, who played without star center Al Horford (flu). …read more
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Notebook: Celtics 112, Raptors 88
THE FACTS: The Boston Celtics scored 65 points in the second half, as they pulled away from the Toronto Raptors in the second half for an impressive 112-88 win. Jeff Green had a game-high 20 points to lead a balanced Celtics effort that featured seven players scoring in double figures. With the win, Boston has now posted 10 straight wins at TD Garden, all coming since Rajon Rondo went down with a torn right ACL. DeMar DeRozan had 17 points for Toronto in the setback. …read more
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Notebook: Celtics 83, Pacers 81
THE FACTS: Left for dead two months ago, the Boston Celtics have come fully to life. Jeff Green‘s lay-in on a high-low feed from Kevin Garnett with five-tenths of a second remaining completed an 11-0 run in the final 4:15 that rallied the Celtics to an 83-81 victory over the stunned Indiana Pacers Wednesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Indiana led 81-72 with 4:36 remaining but shot 0-for-7 with four turnovers the rest of the way. Garnett scored 18 to lead the Celtics (33-27), who won their fourth in a row and improved to 13-4 since Rajon Rondo was lost for the season with a knee injury. Paul Pierce and Avery Bradley had 13 apiece. Paul George scored 16 and George Hill had14 to lead Indiana (38-23), which shot 4-for-20 in the fourth quarter. …read more
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Teams Matter, Talent Is Not Enough
By Rich Karlgaard, Forbes Staff
Item: In January the Boston Celtics basketball star Rajon Rondo went down with a blown knee, which ended his season. Lacking their marquee player “these Celtics are done,” wrote a Fox Sports columnist. But the Celtics surprised everyone, winning their next six games and edging back into the Eastern Division playoff hunt. …read more
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Sources: Rondo available but trade unlikely
By ESPN.com news services Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo, who had season-ending knee surgery a week ago, is available for a trade by Thursday’s deadline, league sources tell ESPN’s Chris Broussard. …read more
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Kupchak: No talks on Dwight-for-Rondo trade
By ESPN.com news services General manager Mitch Kupchak denied reports that the Lakers and Boston Celtics were in preliminary talks to trade Dwight Howard for Rajon Rondo. …read more
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Ainge: Rondo seeks options on ACL treatment
By ESPN.com news services Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo continues to explore options on who will perform surgery on the torn ACL he suffered Jan. 25 and how the procedure will be done. …read more
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Celtics win fourth straight since losing Rondo
By Associated Press Paul Pierce scored 22 points and the Boston Celtics held off a late comeback to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 106-104 on Sunday and improve to 4-0 since losing Rajon Rondo for the season.
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Notebook: Celtics 106, Clippers 104
THE FACTS: The Boston Celtics nearly blew a 15-point fourth quarter lead, but managed to get some clutch shooting from Paul Pierce and Jason Terry in the final minute to escape with a 106-104 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. It was the fourth straight win for the Celtics since Rajon Rondo suffered a torn ACL, with all of the wins coming at the TD Garden. Pierce scored 15 of his team-high 22 points for the hosts in the second half, as the Celtics held off a furious comeback from the shorthanded Clippers, who were without Chris Paul (knee) for the seventh straight games. Eric Bledsoe had a game-high 23 points and 10 assists in the setback. It was the Clippers’ second straight loss overall.
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Notebook: Celtics 97, Magic 84
THE FACTS: Paul Pierce nearly finished with second straight triple-double (14 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists), helping the Boston Celtics pull away in the second half from the Orlando Magic for a comfortable 97-84 win Friday night. It was the third straight victory for the Celtics (23-23), all coming without Rajon Rondo who will miss the season with a torn ACL. Stifling defense and balanced scoring was the formula again for Boston’s success against the Magic (14-32), as Jeff Green led all scorers with 17 points off the bench. Six Celtics players finished in double figures overall. J.J. Redick had a team-high 15 points for Orlando. The shorthanded Magic have now dropped eight consecutive games.
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Notebook: Heat 105, Nets 85
THE FACTS: A game-changing third quarter turned a tight game into the Heat’s 105-85 rout over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night at Barclays Center. LeBron James (24 points, nine rebounds and seven assists) and Dwyane Wade (21 points) led the Heat. Brook Lopez paced the Nets with 21 points and seven rebounds on the day he was named as Rajon Rondo‘s replacement on the Eastern Conference All-Star team.
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Celtics go forward without All-Star Rondo
The Boston Celtics return to practice Tuesday without All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo.
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Pierce helps Celtics outlast Heat in double OT
By Associated Press Paul Pierce hit a go-ahead jumper with 31 seconds left and the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 100-98 in double overtime Sunday after learning that All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo was out for the season with a knee injury.
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Celtics' Rondo out for season with torn ACL
Boston Celtics star point guard Rajon Rondo has torn his anterior cruciate ligament.
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Notebook: Celtics 100, Heat 98 2OT
THE FACTS: Paul Pierce had a triple-double and hit the game-winning jumper with 30 seconds remaining, helping to snap Boston’s six-game losing streak with a 100-98 victory over the Miami Heat in double overtime Sunday. The impressive victory and Ray Allen‘s return to the TD Garden was overshadowed by the news that the Celtics will be without Rajon Rondo, who tore his right ACL, for the remainder of the season. He suffered the injury Friday night in Atlanta. Pierce (17 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists) and Kevin Garnett (24 points, 11 rebounds) carried the shorthanded Celtics without their All-Star point guard. LeBron James had a game-high 34 points for the visitors, who had their four-game winning streak snapped.
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Celts' Rondo has torn ACL, will undergo surgery
By ESPN.com news services Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo will have surgery to repair a torn ACL he suffered when he hyperextended his right knee Friday and is expected to miss the rest of the season, the team said Sunday.
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Celtics' Rondo out rest of season for torn ACL
By ESPN.com news services Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo will have surgery to repair a torn ACL he suffered when he hyperextended his right knee Friday, the team said Sunday.
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Rondo sits vs. Heat after hyperextending knee
By Chris Forsberg Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo was a late scratch for Sunday’s showdown with the Miami Heat due to a hyperextended right knee suffered in Friday’s loss to the Hawks.
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Notebook: Knicks 89, Celtics 86
THE FACTS: Carmelo Anthony had a game-high 28 points and nine rebounds as the New York Knicks overcame a triple-double from Rajon Rondo to defeat the Boston Celtics 89-86 at the TD Garden. Boston’s All-Star point guard finished with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, but the remainder of the Celtics offense continued to struggle (40.8 percent shooting), leading to Boston’s season-high fifth consecutive loss. The Knicks also benefited from a strong performance by Amar’e Stoudemire (15 points, nine rebounds) to build a 10-point fourth quarter lead, which was enough of a cushion to hold off the hosts down the stretch.
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