Celtics notebook

Erden is plugging along, may fill hole

Center could get the call tonight

Celtics newcomer Semih Erden is trying his best, but he still has a ways to go, according to coach Doc Rivers. (File/Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

By Frank Dell’Apa

Globe Staff / November 2, 2010

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During the Celtics’ final defensive sequence against the Knicks Friday night, none of the team’s regular centers was available, because of disqualifications and injuries. So, Marquis Daniels was sent out to guard Amar’e Stoudemire on the perimeter. Daniels blocked Stoudemire’s shot, but if there had been more time remaining the Celtics could not as easily have withstood a ... (Full article: 827 words)