Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets were pushing the Celtics in Boston. However, following a dominant fourth quarter, the Celtics beat the Hornets 97-87 to improve to 4-0 on the season. The loss dropped the Hornets to 1-2.
The Celtics were led by Paul Pierce’s 27 points. Pierce also had four rebounds, two assists and two steals while shooting 10-for-14 from the field and 3-for-5 from downtown. Ray Allen had 17 points and Kevin Garnett had 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
The Hornets got 22 points and eight assists from Paul. Peja Stojakovic, who is coming off the bench …read more

I got my hands on a box of the new Wheaties Fuel cereal (courtesy of my friends at General Mills). It’s not due in stores until January, but you can get the Collector’s Edition box online now for $10. I joked on the Wheaties_Fuel Twitter that I really needed to find out what a $10 box of cereal tasted like (like John Travolta needed to find out what a $5 milk shake tasted like in “Pulp Fiction”). Of course, Wheaties_Fuel responded with more of an interest in how it made me feel. Needless to say, I was intrigued. And after …read more

The Boston Celtics were NBA champions a short time ago. If you had forgotten, their strong 2-0 start to the 2009-10 NBA campaign should have reminded you. After beating the Cleveland Cavaliers to begin the campaign, the Celtics destroyed the Charlotte Bobcats by a final score of 92-59.
The 59 points scored by the Bobcats represented an all-time low for an NBA team in their season opener. Gerald Wallace led the way for Charlotte with ten points, while they managed to shoot just 31.1% from the field and 52% from the foul line.
When Boston wasn’t playing defense, their offense was clicking. …read more

Glen Davis, known more commonly as Big Baby, has re-signed with the Boston Celtics. His deal is worth approximately $6 million over two seasons.
Although Davis played very well last year in the playoffs, he didn’t get any big offers this offseason due largely to the fact that he was a restricted free agent. With the Celtics saying they planned to keep him, Davis decided to take a two-year deal that will allow him to be an unrestricted free agent at the conclusion of the contract.
In the regular season last year, Davis averaged seven points and four rebounds in 21.5 minutes …read more

Rasheed Wallace has picked where he wants to spend the next two years. While turning down interest from the San Antonio Spurs and the Orlando Magic, Wallace has agreed to sign with the Boston Celtics. He’s expected to get a two-year contract worth approximately $12 million.
With the Celtics, Wallace will likely come off the bench behind the frontline of Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins. He provides Boston with yet another veteran with championship experience who plays well in the playoffs to go along with Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce.
Last year with the Detroit Pistons, Wallace averaged 12 points, 7.4 …read more

Kevin McHale has been with the Minnesota Timberwolves since 1994. But that era is over. On Wednesday, McHale let it be known that the Timberwolves failed to offer him a contract to return as head coach.
During his reign in Minnesota, McHale is known mostly for his failures. Despite having Kevin Garnett on the team for more than a decade, McHale the general manager could never put enough talent around him to make it to the NBA Finals.
Last season, McHale was asked to go from general manager to head coach. He was actually doing a really good job until star power …read more

My 10 observations, er… questions about the NBA playoffs after the first three days of action.
1. Will the Pistons play at least one game where they act like they care?
2. Is Tyrus Thomas becoming a player right before our eyes or is he becoming a player right before our eyes?
3. Is New Orleans-Denver that much of a mismatch?
4. Is it just me or did Andre Iguodala make one helluva difficult shot in game 1 with Hedo all up in his grill?
5. Wait, did Orlando just leave 53 year old Donyell Marshall all alone again?
6. Does it bother you to see Kevin Garnett continually say …read more

On Thursday, Danny Ainge suffered a heart attack. The 50-year-old general manager of the Boston Celtics is said to be recovering comfortably in a Boston area hospital. The Celtics have stated that Ainge’s heart attack appears to have been minor.
The news regarding Ainge hit the news wires shortly after it was learned that superstar power forward Kevin Garnett may miss the entire playoffs due to a knee injury. Garnett was the star acquisition by Ainge last summer that propelled the Celtics to the 2007-08 NBA championship.
Even before Ainge brought a championship to Boston as a general manager, he was very …read more

Out since March 25th, Kevin Garnett is going to have to get ready for the 2008-09 NBA playoffs in a hurry. Doc Rivers, the head coach of the Boston Celtics, said that Garnett will play in only one regular season game the rest of the way. That game is set to be the regular season finale against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, April 15th.
Out of the last 24 contests, Garnett has been forced to miss 20 of those games. He’s suffering from a right knee strain that has hampered his explosiveness and has caused quite a bit of pain.
Even without …read more

I recently updated my b5 profile with the intention of explaining how www.jabandgrapple.com could cover both the scripted fun of pro wrestling entertainment and the unexpected life-threating tension of professional boxing. My answer wasn’t that they both take place in rings and involve some sort of combat.
No, my explanation was that they are bookends of the sporting world with everything else existing in between their emotional bounds. Friday night was evidence of this evocative breadth. WWE’s SmackDown and ESPN’s Friday Night Fights were broadcast simultaneously and my Motorola DVR only allowed me to watch one at a time while taping …read more