Beyond the devastation to the Celtics, through the haze of an improbable, double-overtime victory over Miami without Rajon Rondo Sunday, there looms a harsh reality: Rondo's season-ending torn ACL could bring an end to the Celtics of this era for good.
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Ray Allen chose Miami over Boston Friday night, agreeing to a three-year, $9.7 million deal with the Heat that closed the book on the Celtics' Big Three era and started a new chapter in a rivalry that will be even more heated than before. ...more
LeBron James scored or assisted on all but two of the Heat's baskets during a deciding 18-4 run in the fourth quarter, sending Miami to the NBA Finals for the second straight season with a 101-88 victory over Boston in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night. ...more
BOSTON -- With a performance as electrifying as any in his career, LeBron James had 45 points and 15 rebounds Thursday night as the Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics 98-79 to even the Eastern Conference finals at 3-3 and force a Game 7. ...more
MIAMI -- Behind 26 points and 11 rebounds from Kevin Garnett, the Celtics rendered the Heat's dynamic duo of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade irrelevant Tuesday night in a 94-90 victory that gave them a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. ...more
Complaints about flopping are on the rise, but offensive fouls in the playoffs aren't. What's going on? The NBA has a flopping problem, but solving it isn't as easy as it seems. ...more
Dwyane Wade, laboring all night and called upon to bail out the Heat with LeBron James on the bench with six fouls, missed a 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer Sunday night as the Celtics held on for a thrilling 93-91 victory that evened the best-of-7 Eastern Conference finals at 2-2. ...more
Despite nearly blowing a 22-point, fourth-quarter lead, the Celtics held on for a 101-91 victory over the Heat Friday night to pull with in 2-1 in the Eastern Conference finals. Now, all they have to do to make this a series is do it again. ...more
Even on an off-night for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, the Miami Heat found away to win in the face of a 44-point onslaught from the Celtics' Rajon Rondo Wednesday night. With the indomitable Rondo playing every second of the game, the Heat beat the Celtics 115-111 in overtime take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. ...more
