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Intense practice for C's

Email|Link|Comments (3) Posted by Marc J. Spears, Globe Staff May 11, 2008 05:19 PM

The Celtics have failed to win a game on the road this postseason. After their latest failure, a 108-84 loss to the Cavaliers here in Cleveland in Game 3 on Saturday night, the Celtics had a very intense practice for close to an hour today.

By the sweaty jerseys, it was evident the players had put some work in scrimmaging. Guard Ray Allen said it was the most intense practice the team has had since before the playoffs.

Prior to practice, the Celtics only watched the first quarter of their Game 3 blowout loss. Guard Rajon Rondo, who has been struggling offensively, also shot for about an hour after practice.

Forward Paul Pierce said he is confident the Celtics will win tomorrow's Game 4 because of the hard practice they had today. He said the key is tough defense.

How focused is coach Doc Rivers? He didn't know that ex-Suns head man Mike D'Antoni got the Knicks coaching job until I mentioned it to him after practice. Rivers said he thought D'Antoni going to Chicago was a done deal.

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3 comments so far...

Cedric Maxwell once declared back in, what was it, 1984-85, when New York Knick scoring machine Bernard King was wreaking havoc on the NBA-- and the C's, "we've got to stop the b***ch."

Well, the 2007-08 Celtics have got to STOP the playoffs road losing streak. Now. If it takes intense practices between games on the road, so be it.

66 wins in the regular season, 31-10 on the road (both NBA best records), and it will all mean NOTHING if the trend continues.

Let's see what happens tonight...

Posted by Matt Talvi May 12, 08 09:53 AM

hope you mean Game 4 and not Game 5....

Posted by CelticsThrowtheGame? May 12, 08 12:34 PM

Let's get one thing straight here...KG makes $23M, Pierce and Allen $16M, Perkins $4M and Rondo $1.3M. Since when does the least expensive guy have to do all the heavy lifting. How about PP and Allen contributing! Let's go Celtics!!!!

Posted by Patrick Carey May 12, 08 05:20 PM