Monthly Archives: January 2016

The Cs played solid basketball to lead at the half, 58-50. After a lull in the third period, during which they allowed the Magic to cut the lead to 2, they turned up the heat on both ends of the … Continue reading →

A good win tonight as the Celtics overcame an uncharacteristically poor first half by Isaiah Thomas to ride hot-shooting Avery Bradley to a 29-21 first quarter lead and a 55-45 lead at halftime. Kelly Olynyk provided the offensive punch in … Continue reading →

This was a solid defensive effort for the entire game as the Celtics began the game with cold shooting with the exception of Isaiah Thomas but they held the Wizards to 20 points in the first quarter to lead by … Continue reading →

The Sixers are the worst team in the NBA and this should have been an easy win for the Celtics, and it was, after a fairly close first period. They led by 15 at the half and 25 after three … Continue reading →

Thanks to having only one quarter of weak, unenergetic defense, the third, when they gave back half of their hard-earned halftime lead, the Cs defended well and emerged with a comfortable win in the end. Their third-quarter woes were made … Continue reading →

This current group of Celtics are surely slow to learn. Tonight they turned in two horrid quarters of defense, the first and the third. They actually were able to overcome the first 13-point hole but the 40 points they gave … Continue reading →

At the mid-point of the season, the Celtics record is 22-20 which includes 4 or 5 games which they have lost unnecessarily due to a lack of focus and consistent effort on defense. While some may be impressed with their … Continue reading →

The Celtics first unit came unprepared to play with the exception of Avery Bradley and they dug a hole in the first period by only scoring 16 points with poor offensive execution while failing to defend the Mavs, allowing them … Continue reading →

The Celtics put on a disgraceful defensive performance in the first half and only played defense sparingly in the second half before escaping with a 2 point win at the buzzer. To allow this Wizards team to score 117 points … Continue reading →

The Celtics rode a balanced scoring attack, a triple-double by reserve point guard Marcus Smart, and a second-quarter scoring explosion by Kelly Olynyk who netted 13 consecutive points to blow the game open and they cruised to an easy win … Continue reading →