By Greg M. Cooper, US Presswire, US Presswire BOSTON (AP) — Kevin Garnett had 28 points and 14 rebounds, hitting a jumper to give Boston the lead with 31 seconds left, and the Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks 83-80 in Game 6 on Thursday night to win If it looked like KG was playing like [...]
By Chris Forsberg | ESPNBoston.com Kevin Garnett discusses how the Hawks owner's comments gave him extra motivation for Game 6, and Doc Rivers talks about the team's execution in pressure situations. BOSTON — Fresh off a turn-back-the-clock At age 35 Kevin Garnett, who as the old joke goes has played more NBA minutes than some [...]
By Paul Flannery On the one hand, Kevin Garnett has attempted 50 shots in the first three games of the Celtics' first round playoff series with the Hawks. That's right around the number of attempts they want out of him. On the other, he's made only 44 Atlanta Hawks owner had some frank things to [...]
Doc Rivers' 5-5-5 plan — designed to preserve the ancient bones and joints of Kevin Garnett — has paid an early dividend. The Celtics [team stats] center has averaged a hair under 41 minutes per game over three first-round playoff games against the By Peter May | ESPNBoston.com Kevin Garnett finished fifth in voting for [...]
By PAUL NEWBERRY ATLANTA (AP) Paul Pierce knocked down the free throws to clinch it, then dropped to a knee near midcourt. He wasn't planning on Tebowing, but it just felt right. With a stunning performance, Pierce single-handedly led the Boston Paul Pierce meme'd. After hitting a clutch free throw, Paul Pierce Tebow'd on the [...]
SB Nation is a collection of over 300 individual communities, each offering high quality year-round coverage and conversation led by fans who are passionate about their favorite teams, leagues or sports. By empowering fans Josh Smith is probably the Hawks most important player and much of his effectiveness is directly tied to his amazing athleticism. [...]
New York Knicks' Amare Stoudemire leaves American Airlines Arena with his left arm in a sling after an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs in Miami, Monday, April 30, 2012. Amare Stoudemire draped a towel over his left hand as he walked into the privacy [...]
Amare Stoudemire's difficult season may be over. Stoudemire had a small muscle in his left hand repaired Tuesday and will not play for the New York Knicks in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series against the Miami Heat on Thursday. "It's been pretty firmly established this season that Anthony and Stoudemire cannot play well [...]
There wasn't any doubt that Amar'e Stoudemire would have to miss some time after shredding the side of his left hand on a pesky fire extinguisher cabinet last night. Now we're starting to get a sense of the extent of the Stoudemire was seen leaving AmericanAirlines Arena with a bandage on his hand and his [...]
The kid who was UGA's “Plan B” to Tony Parker kept checking on his cell phone for updates on Monday. Finally at the conclusion of Parker's infamous 57-minute commitment ceremony in which he ripped off his jacket to reveal a UCLA t-shirt, After watching Parker turn into a Jazz killer Sunday during the Spurs' 106-91 [...]
