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Archive for May 28th, 2008

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I’ll be around for about 10 minutes of halftime to answer any comments or questions.

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Game 5 running II

It appears Sam Cassell has played his final minutes of this series. The defense and pace is too much. He was yanked immediately after less than two minutes into the second quarter (the only two minutes he played) after losing the ball to Lindsey Hunter, leading to a dunk. This came right after another Detroit [...]

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Game 5 … running

A few early notes:
The Pistons are going out of their way to get Chauney Billups going. He scored the first hoop on a short jumper and missed another a minute later. He also made a 3-pointer after a timeout and Pistons trailing 10-5.
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Celtics are working the ball down low to Kendrick Perkins. He has four [...]

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There is a surprise on the Celtics inactives tonight. Tony Allen won’t be dressing. He will be replaced by Brian Scalabrine. It will be Scalabrine’s first playoff game if he plays.
Also joining Allen on the inactives is Scot Pollard and Gabe Pruitt. Callahan refereed Game 4 in Atlanta (Celts lost 97-92). Mauer refereed Game 7 [...]

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Sorry, I had to leave my seat because the Celtics had a “private” walk-through from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Using my Matt Walsh skills I noticed the Celtics worked on a lot of defense. My guess is it won’t help the Pistons that much. And I promise I didn’t tape it.
As for the game, let [...]

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Nothing has changed, other than the fact the Celtics probably have to win tonight in Game 5.
You could tell when these two teams met this regular season that they both knew it would probably come to a seventh game.
As for Game 5, I expect both teams to be fast-paced and very aggressive in the early [...]

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If you have anything you want to discuss before or during tonight’s Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, leave a comment or question.
I will have some pregame notes and thoughts as well.
I will be at the Garden at about 6:15 p.m.

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