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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 basket. Rondo, who had two fouls, replaced him.
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Ray Allen appears to have found his place. He hit his second 3-pointer … continued »

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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 points and missed a nice pass from KG for what would have been a dunk. Perkins hit a fadeway for … continued »

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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 against Atlanta (C’s won 99-65).
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Referees to tonight’s game are: Mike Callahan, Ken Mauer and Eddie Rush.
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Interesting nugget from … continued »

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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 the questions and comments begin.
My initial thoughts for tonight are this:
Tonight’s game will be a war, probably coming down to … continued »

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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 going, which means lots of fouls called. Then the game will get back to a grind-it-out mode.
Here are five things … continued »

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