Sunday, May 27, 2012

Celtics

  • There were no guarantees made, and there were no questions about the loyalty of other teams fan base asked. The Celtics didnt fire shots at their Eastern Conference opponent, the Miami Heat, but they didnt back down from the challenge, either.
  • (Boston Globe)
  • With the back-and-forth series having come down to a winner-take-all Game 7, each team thinks that it has the key E-ttribute on its side. Paul Pierce and the veteran Celtics hope that experience will be the deciding factor.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • BOSTON -- There have been many nights when Rajon Rondo has taken command artistically and turned a playoff game into a kind of concert, in which he, as a conductor, roams the stage from end to end. But this was not that kind of night.
  • (CNN Sports Illustrated)
  • BOSTON—It took seven games against the No. 8 seed in the East. But at long last, with Saturday's bruising 85-75 Game 7 win over the Sixers, the Celtics are finally moving on.
  • (Sporting News)
  • No one can fault the fans for being excited about their team advancing to yet another Eastern Conference finals. especially not in what will likely be the final year of the Big Three era.
  • (FOXSports.com)
  • May 26, 2012 - Dont say you werent warned. It was just about a week ago that many fans of the Boston Celtics had already penciled the team into at least the Eastern Conference Finals, if not beyond.
  • (SB Nation)
  • BOSTON -- For one team and its fans, victory would take them to a place they probably never dreamed of going with a young and incomplete roster.
  • (NBA)
  • Rajon Rondo's 18 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists sparked the Boston Celtics to an 85-75 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers to advance to the National Basketball Association's Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • The Heat will rekindle its long-running rivalry with the Celtics [team stats] in the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. Boston defeated the 76ers, 85-75, in Game 7 of the East semis on Saturday night.
  • (Boston Herald)
  • (Sports Network) - Might as well show up. That could be the Philadelphia 76ers motto as they prepare to face off with long-time rival Boston in the deciding Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at TD Garden on Saturday.
  • (Calgary Herald)

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