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|The Celtics are in first place, can they stay there?
|03.26.12 at 11:38 pm ET
On Jan. 20, the Celtics scored 71 points in a home loss to Phoenix that put their record at 5-9. A month later, they capped off a road trip from hell with a 15-point loss to Oklahoma City that left this proud team talking about moral victories. That's how sub .500 teams talk, which is what they were, lugging a 15-17 mark into the All-Star break.
A month after that, they're in first place after beating the Bobcats, 102-95. The Sixers hold the tiebreaker, so technically the Celtics still have a game to make up on Philadelphia, but the accomplishment is still worth acknowledging. Did anyone really see this coming?
This is a team that showed up out of shape with a makeshift roster constructed for the main purpose of not being here after this season. They've had two five-game losing streaks ' the first time that's ever happened in the Big 3 era — and they lost two crucial players to heart conditions, their starting center to season-ending wrist surgery and just had another get carted off the court in a stretcher.
The last two nights they have been without Ray Allen, as well as his primary backup and invaluable role player in Mickael Pietrus. Sure, they played the Wizards and Bobcats, the two worst teams in the league, but the victories all count the same and for the Celtics to remain in the mix for the division race, these are the game they have to win.
They are 8-14 against teams with winning records this season and more than a third of their 27 wins have come against four teams: Washington, Charlotte, Toronto and New Jersey.
In April, they play 15 games in 26 days with 12 of them against teams who are competing for the playoffs. The other three are on the road on back-to-back-to-back nights. Beginning on Sunday when they host Miami, the Celtics will play the following schedule in eleven days:
Miami, San Antonio, at Chicago, at Indiana, Philadelphia, at Miami (again) and Atlanta. Then they play Toronto, New Jersey and Charlotte in consecutive days.
If they are still in first place after all that, then that will really be an accomplishment because winning the division — so often an afterthought over the last four years — takes on added importance this season. The reward is a fourth seed and homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The alternative will likely be the seventh seed and a first round matchup with the Heat.
Still, the Celtics have reason to feel good about themselves. They've won 12 of 17 games since the All-Star break and they continue to survive whatever obstacle is put in their way. Whether it was the loss of Chris Wilcox, the eight-game road trip, the trade deadline, the lack of big men depth without Wilcox and Jermaine O'Neal and the frightening Pietrus incident, the Celtics have persevered.
Much of the credit belongs to Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, who have stepped forward in the second half of the season and carried the team. Pierce scored a season-high 36 points against the Bobcats and he's been playing like the middle of the season Pierce again. In his last four games, he's scored 102 points and grabbed 38 rebounds.
Garnett continues his amazing renaissance as the team's center. He took 20 shots against Charlotte ' on the second night of a back-to-back ' and it's suddenly not a stretch to think he could be the team's center for the next two years if that's what he wanted to do.
This season has not been about growth or cohesion. It's been about survival and on March 27, they can finally look at the standings in their division and see their names on the top line. In many ways, the hard part is just beginning.
|A tired Paul Pierce explains why Celtics can be a 'tough team to beat' in playoffs
|03.25.12 at 10:06 pm ET
As Paul Pierce was holding court after Boston's 88-76 dispatching of the hapless Wizards Sunday night, the San Antonio Spurs were doing the same to Philadelphia in the Lone Star state.
As a result, the Celtics find themselves just a half-game out of first in the Atlantic Division again, with a chance to make further hay when they take on the 7-39 Bobcats Monday night in Charlotte.
If the Celtics can take care of business, they could actually find themselves in the No. 4 seed in the East despite the mounting injuries to Ray Allen (ankle), Mickael Pietrus (concussion), Avery Bradley (ankle) and Greg Steimsma (both feet).
But for one night – against the 11-win Wizards – the Celtics looked re-energized if not refreshed after dropping their contest in Philly on Friday night.
'I was actually kind of tired to start the game," said Paul Pierce, whose 21 points finished just behind Bradley's game-high 23 points. "You know usually that first game is a rough one but you just try to get your body back adjusted to the time zone, to our home court. When you haven't played on this court in two weeks it feels like an away game. But our crowd did a good job of keeping us in it, and we got off to a great start. That was the key, especially coming off such a big trip when you have a lot of let downs and lulls, but we responded well.'
As for Bradley, Pierce was grateful for the pick-me-up in the first half since he had just eight points on 3-of-8 shooting in the first half.
"It was great," Pierce said. "He carried us in the first half. All the great teams and all the champions always have that player who can step up outside the stars and that's what makes the team, even a better team. And each night we got to have guys, and tonight was Avery. And if that's something we can have consistently throughout the rest of the year, no matter who it is we are going to be a tough team to beat come playoff time.'
Pierce wasn't making excuses for beating an 11-win Washington team.
'This is definitely a game we were suppose to win," Pierce said. "The Washington Wizards are in a rebuilding phase, they traded away a lot of their players, but its just nice to get a win, especially coming off a tough loss and losing Mickael Pietrus.'
|Irish Coffee: Examining Celtics' post-All-Star success
|03.23.12 at 11:40 am ET
A day after John Hollinger's NBA playoff odds indicated the Celtics would be the odd team out of the Eastern Conference playoff race, the C's are statistically entrenched in his top eight thanks to a 100-91 win over the Bucks in Milwaukee. Now, if only they could make the 76ers' odds of winning the Atlantic Division similarly vanish.
The 76ers have an 80.6 percent chance of winning the division, according to Hollinger. The Celtics? 11.9 percent. That could change in Philadelphia on Friday as the C's (25-21) trail the Sixers by just one game in the win column.
If history is any indication, Friday in Philly won't be pretty. The Celtics are 0-6 when they have to travel for the second night of a back-to-back (they did beat the Clippers a night after losing to the Lakers in the same Los Angeles arena), including a 32-point loss to the 76ers earlier this month.
However, the Celtics are 10-4 since the All-Star Game, owners of the league's second-best record since the break — behind only the NBA's No. 1 overall seed Bulls (12-2) and one win better than the surging Lakers (9-4). Who would have seen that coming with eight straight away games spread out over 6,000 miles looming?
But the Celtics will emerge from the season's longest road trip no worse than 4-4, including hard-fought losses to the Lakers and Nuggets (the Western Conference's current third and seventh seeds, respectively).
|Fast Break: Deer in the Celtics headlights
|03.22.12 at 10:22 pm ET
Based on ESPN.com writer/mathematician John Hollinger's latest NBA playoff odds, the Celtics (25-21) are the odd team out in the Eastern Conference playoff race — behind the Knicks (23-24) and Bucks (21-25), winners of five and six straight, respectively. Of course, that projection jibes with the most recent Irish Coffee breakdown.
Regardless, Thursday night's matchup between the seventh-seeded Celtics and ninth-place Bucks was the biggest thing to hit Milwaukee since the filming of "Bridesmaids." But only the Celtics showed up, cruising 100-91.
Paul Pierce (25 points, 9 rebounds) led the charge. Rajon Rondo (10 points, 14 assists) Kevin Garnett (16 points, 10 rebounds) and Brandon Bass (12 points, 10 rebounds) all recorded double-doubles. And Greg Stiemsma (6 points, 5 blocks, 4 rebounds, 4 steals, 3 assists) filled up the stat sheet during his first NBA game in his home state.
The Celtics travel to Philadelphia on Friday night, trailing the 76ers by just 0.5 games for the Atlantic Division lead (and the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference). But first, let's get to the Fast Break.
Pushing for the cushion: The Celtics shot 58 percent from the field, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range, in the first quarter, taking an early 35-29 lead. Pierce scored 11 points in the frame, and Rondo added six. Whenever those two get involved early, good things happen for the C's. At least for the first 12 minutes, they showed they could match Milwaukee's newfound fast-paced offensive style of play. Obviously, it helps when the opposing team doesn't play defense.
Oui, Oui, Oui: It's no revelation at this point, but Mickael Pietrus' ability to make 3-pointers coming cold off the bench is remarkable. He knocked down a trio of triples in the first half, walking the walk after talking the talk. On top of his long-range shooting, a couple tough Pietrus (13 points) takes to the hoop in the fourth quarter helped the Celtics stretch their lead to double digits.
The Bucks stop here: On a nightly basis during this road trip, it seems Doc Rivers has said something to the tune of, "We've got to grind out games." It didn't appear Thursday night's game would play out that way, as the two teams combined for 114 first-half points, but Stiemsma and Avery Bradley led an inspired defensive effort in the second half that turned the style-of-play tide in the Celtics favor.
Turkish terror: For the second straight meeting, Bucks 6-foot-10 power forward Ersan Ilyasova burned the Celtics, totaling 12 points and eight rebounds by halftime (he had 25 and 10 against the Celtics last month). Ilysasova (12 points, 14 rebounds) entered the game averaging 12.3 points and 8.6 rebounds in 27.0 minutes a night. For the record, he becomes an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season (cc: Danny Ainge).
Oh, shoot: It wasn't Ray Allen's night. He finished just 1-of-8 from the field, including 1-of-5 from 3-point range. And it's not like he wasn't getting good looks. Even wide open attempts weren't falling for Allen. Luckily, the C's held Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings (12-of-32 combined field goals) relatively in check.
Paint by numbers: Despite matching the Bucks on the glass for much of the night, Milwaukee owned a decided advantage in points in the paint (50-36). And that was on a night that Drew Gooden played awful basketball. The Celtics can get themselves in trouble when they settle for jumpers while the other team gets to the bucket, but even that didn't seem to matter in Beertown.
|Paul Pierce raffles off tickets to Celtics-Heat game for charity
|03.21.12 at 11:52 am ET
Celtics fans have the chance to watch the Celtics take on the Heat on April 1 from Paul Pierce's personal luxury suite, as Pierce is offering 12 tickets to fans through a special online raffle. Raffle tickets cost $2 apiece with a minimum purchase of five tickets, and all proceeds go to benefit Pierce's Truth on Health Campaign.
Truth on Health is Pierce's non-profit organization that aims to encourage and empower young people to lead healthier lifestyles. Tickets can be purchased online at www.netraffle.org and the winner will be selected on March 30 at 11 a.m. In addition to the tickets, the winner will receiver $500 worth of food and drinks in the suite, a basketball autographed by Pierce, and 12 Pierce activity watches.
'I am thrilled to offer my fans a chance to sit in my suite while helping to raise funds to support my Truth on Health Campaign,' Pierce said in a press release. 'It is critical for kids to understand that staying active and eating healthy are the keys to leading a happy and fulfilling life, and all of the funds we raise will help give kids the tools and information they need to live a healthy lifestyle.'
For more information on Truth on Health, visit truthonhealth.org.
|Paul Pierce looks back after 1,000th game as a Celtic
|03.10.12 at 10:26 am ET
Paul Pierce played in his 1,000th game for the Celtics in Friday night's 104-86 victory over the Blazers. Only Robert Parish (1,106 games) and John Havlicek (1,270 games) have played more games for the franchise than Pierce. Earlier this season, Pierce passed legend Kevin McHale on the all-time list for games played as a Celtic.
"When you think about your first game ever here at the Garden and your just excited to get your career started," Pierce said. "Now so many years have past and I've reached a thousand games. You think, wow, it's a combination of being here a long time and I'm getting older."
In February, Pierce reached new heights in Celtic lure, passing Larry Bird for second place on the franchise's all-time scoring list. Overall, however, this season has been a roller-coaster ride for Pierce, like most of the Celtics. After missing the first three games because of a right-heel injury, Pierce struggled to find his game. This led to speculation that Pierce was involved in trade talks.
The captain regained form when the Celtics needed him most though. Pierce led the Celtics during a critical stretch, when Rajon Rondo was out of the lineup because of a wrist injury, earning Eastern conference Player of the Week honors in early February, and also a trip to his 10th All-Star selection.
For Pierce the milestones seem to resonate in the right way. He wants to retire a Celtic, wants to be mentioned among the all-time greats, but his main goals are rings, not statistics.
"I think the fans will really appreciate another championship more than me passing Hondo,' Pierce said the night he passed Bird. 'So, you know, that's my ultimate goal."
|Trade Rumor: Celtics interested in Michael Beasley
|03.08.12 at 3:06 pm ET
Minnesota forward Michael Beasley turned 23 less than two months ago, and in four seasons in the NBA he's averaged 15.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. He's also making 42 percent of his 3-pointers this season. Beasley has also been durable more than you'd expect. He missed only 14 games in his first three seasons in the league, and while he missed 11 games with a foot injury, he's been back in the Wolves lineup since late January.
But Beasley doesn't really fit with Minnesota, who have Kevin Love entrenched at the power forward spot and rookie Derrick Williams ready for more playing time. He will be a restricted free agent this summer with a qualifying offer of $8.1 million, per Sham Sports contract database. He can be had, but the question is for how much?
Ken Berger of CBS Sports notes the Celtics, Lakers and Orlando are interested in Beasley. A trade for free agent center Jermaine O'Neal straight-up works cap-wise, but the Wolves would certainly want more than an aging center contemplating wrist surgery. The Celtics will have two first round picks in this year's draft — their own and one obtained from the Clippers, via the Kendrick Perkins trade. (The pick is top-10 protected through 2016, but the Clips are headed for the playoffs and have the fourth-best record in the Western Conference).
Celtics president Danny Ainge has never been afraid to take chances on talent that hasn't fit in other places. Beasley was the No. 2 pick in the draft, but was dumped on the Wolves for cash and second round draft picks when the Heat cleared cap space to sign LeBron James and Chris Bosh. Would he be worth a mid to late-round pick in what has been described as a deep draft?
In the same report, Berger also notes that the Celtics are "prepared to entertain offers for Paul Pierce," and that while the Clippers may be interested in Ray Allen, they don't have the assets for a deal. Finally, Berger writes that Ainge would have to be "blown away" for a deal involving Rajon Rondo.
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The word of the day is "stalemate". Last year the Republicans had a chance to accept spending cuts to tax hikes at a 10-1 ratio. They declined. Now president Obama does not want to bargain. Who can blame Obama (except Republicans)? We may disagree, but that is part of the platform that got him elected. The Republicans do not want to bargain either. And who can blame them (except Democrats)?Regardless, Republicans blew a golden opportunity last year and that chance is gone. Obama has the upper hand now, and nothing will change that setup.I certainly am opposed to tax hikes without something substantial in return.Yet, if Obama holds his ground, the only way to have some cuts across the board right now is for the fiscal cliff to happen. Could it be that the best political outcome may actually be the dreaded "fiscal cliff"? The fiscal cliff will hit military spending but why shouldn't it? The US could easily defend itself on half its current budget actually.While pondering those questions and thoughts, please consider Obama Warns of Prolonged Talks as Republicans Rebuff Plan.
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Since intelligent design (ID) advocates claimed the ubiquitous mouse trap as an example of systems that cannot have evolved, mouse trap history is doubly relevant to studying material culture. On the one hand, debunking ID claims about mouse traps and, by implication, also about other irreducibly complex systems has a high educational value. On the other hand, a case study of mouse trap history may contribute insights to the academic discussion about material culture evolution. Michael Behe argued that mouse traps cannot trap mice with any part missing; therefore, they cannot have a precursor with one part less, therefore, cannot have a continuous history, and therefore, cannot have evolved. The patented and seminal precursor of current flat snap traps, however, had one part less, because spring and striker were formed of one wire. Secondly, historical records that reach back into the Bronze Age suggest that its history continued for a very long time. Thirdly, all prerequisites for evolution (variation, transmission, and selection) abound in mouse trap populations. Hence, Behe's triple-jump conclusion about mouse traps is false each step. There is no, in principle, impossibility for mouse traps to evolve. An evolutionary account of mouse trap history also has academic merits beyond its educational value. Three important conclusions can be drawn: (1) reticulate phylogenies of artifact systems may be resolvable as overlapping, but branching, phylogenies of parts; (2) homologous ideas may be realized by analogous material, that is, phylogenies of information do not necessarily coincide with those of material parts; (3) recombination of parts between different artifact systems increases the cumulative nature of cultural evolution.
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DuArt Film & Video is an American dubbing company and voice recording studio that picked up the Pokémon anime, starting with The Rise of Darkrai, taking it over from TAJ Productions. They began handling the series, starting with Tears for Fears!.
They also dubbed the short film Pikachu's Island Adventure, which was included on the DVD of Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, which was dubbed by TAJ Productions.
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Shelving storage is the one thing in most American homes that - as the song says - "there's just too little of." Not enough closet space, not enough shelf space. Simply nowhere to put anything.
Companies are making millions selling storage systems in every size, shape and form that can help you make the most out of every inch of available space. We often have mentioned closet systems in our articles and how they can substantially increase the amount of "usable" storage space at your place. But we haven't spent enough time in the garage or garden. These locations also are very important.
Every time we've moved into a new home, we've followed the same setup routine. The first order of business always has been to organize the garage for maximum storage - installing shelving and a workbench. Once the garage has been organized, moving into the rest of the house is a breeze.
Companies are making millions selling storage systems in every size, shape and form that can help you make the most out of every inch of available space.
In the past we built our shelves and workbench ourselves. We fired up the pickup and made a trip to the local lumberyard where we got the needed plywood, 2x4s, brackets, braces and screws. At this point we were able to begin personalizing every available inch of our new garage. Unfortunately, we have recently discovered that built-in plywood shelving isn't always the most practical alternative. Yes, it is inexpensive and sturdy and it can be fabricated to exactly fit our personal needs, but once it's in, it's kind of permanent, and changing the configuration can get complicated.
Metal shelving always has been available, but was expensive and required hours of assembly. Times have changed. We've discovered that you can now buy prefabricated steel shelving that's improved over what it used to be. It is lightweight, easy to assemble, strong and, best of all, you don't need a truck to get it home. Even with all the advancements, we still want to offer an idea or two and a few precautions about installing prefab shelving of any kind.
First, we want to tell you about the shelving itself, and why it interests us. By volume, steel is heavier than wood. But when it comes to sheer strength, a tiny piece of steel will hold more than a gigantic piece of wood. Therefore, a lightweight steel frame can hold as much as - or more than - a heavy set of wood shelves. So, with steel, "lightweight" doesn't mean weak.
Another appeal of steel shelving is that it comes with instructions for assembly, said Parker Beebe, owner of Beebe's ACE Lumber & Building Supply.
Older-style metal shelf systems were heavy and the ends of the assembly parts were sharp. One could easily be cut. This is no longer a problem. We have found the components to be smooth.
And, best of all, at least for the systems we looked at, you won't need nuts, bolts or washers to connect everything. Just stand four uprights on end and intersect them with interlocking shelves. You might need a rubber mallet, or a hammer and a block of wood, to firmly seat the shelves into the uprights. Even better, shelves can be added, removed or adjusted to satisfy changing storage needs.
Take certain precautions regardless of what your shelving is made of - wood, steel or plastic.
"Be aware of the weight rating on it," said Harry Anderson, hardware expert at Sutherlands. "Make sure you don't overload the shelving. That little bend at the end of a shelf is what makes it strong. If it buckles, it's like a funnel, and it'll all pour off it."
If the shelving is freestanding, it can get top-heavy and topple over.
"If you put heavy stuff at the top and lightweight stuff at the bottom, it'd be easy for it to topple over if someone runs into it," Anderson said.
And top-heavy or not, your shelving should be anchored to the wall for safety's sake, especially if you live in earthquake country. Using approved connectors and heavy screws will hold everything safely against the wall no matter what the condition. Later, if you want to relocate a shelf all you'll have to do is loosen a couple of screws.
This type of shelving is usually about a foot deep and 6-feet to 7-feet tall. In the past we have connected two sets of shallow shelving to create one set of 2-foot-deep shelves. Just place one set of shelves immediately in front of the other, and clamp the two together with two or three self-tapping sheet-metal screws. Takes about 10 seconds and holds like a welded joint. And disassembly is even quicker.
Back to work benches. Today's work benches range from a piece of plywood and a pair of sawhorses to fancy cabinetry topped with countertops made of everything from particleboard to steel. You also can purchase kits that allow you to assemble a modest-sized bench that contains locking cabinets, a small storage closet with a pegboard backing and shelving above. For more tips and information, check our Web site at www.onthehouse.com.
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Commission Election - Saturday, August 6th
Commissioners' three year terms are staggered, so every year at least one Commissioner's term is up for election.This year there were two positions available. One was filled. Nomination papers for the remaining position are available from the Clerk at the Village Hall.
To be eligible to run as commissioner, you must live inside the village limits, be over 18 and a Canadian citizen. Commissioners are volunteers who are willing to give up a little bit of time to make the decisions that affect the whole village and for the benefit of the village as a whole. If you are interested in being involved in a very exciting part of the Village of Pugwash's development and growth as a community, pick up your nominating form as soon as possible.
Pugwash is Number One!!
First conference on nuclear disarmament - Thinkers Lodge, Pugwash 1957
Pugwash Conference shares Nobel Peace Prize - 1995
First community in North America with bilingual street signs - 1951
First memorial to a Canadian-born female in Canada - 1870
Only underground salt mine in Nova Scotia - 1959
Home of the award winning Supertunia Bordeaux petunia - 2004
Communities in Bloom - National winner 2014
Pugwash is an exciting and vibrant village on the North Shore of Nova Scotia offering a variety of activities. Shoppers have a selection of unusual gift stores including Seagull Pewter and Basic Spirit outlets. For art lovers we have The Mixed Palette art group, the Jean Wallace Gallery and Horton House Gallery. Outdoors people can swim at one of our many fine beaches, hike our trails or golf at one of Canada's top one hundred courses.
Natural elements abound, leaving first time visitors in awe. Even local people, who see seasons come and go, marvel at the natural beauty. Mild winters slide into spring then give way to endless summers ... warm water, beautiful days, and crystal clear night skies. Don't forget Indian summer. Its warm days and cool nights are perfect for enjoying stunning fall colours.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Former state Rep. Sue Schmitz is set to
begin serving her federal prison sentence.
Her lawyer, Keith Brashier of Birmingham, told The Hunstville Times late Wednesday that his client was traveling to the minimum-security prison camp for women in Lexington, Ky.
She is to report there by 2 p.m. Thursday to begin serving her
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NEW YORK -- Exactly what was said between Paul Pierce and Quentin Richardson will remain between the two of them, because neither had the nerve to speak up about it afterward.
As for what was said by Eddie House, which the entire Knicks bench reacted to as though they had been summoned for a street fight, all we have is House's PG-rated version:
"Just keep it down," House said afterward, acknowledging that an adjective or two was being dropped. "It was a little more colorful than that, but that's the gist of it."
House infuriated the Knicks when he turned to their bench yelling and gesturing after knocking down a 3-pointer with 2:24 remaining to increase the Celtics' lead to 20 in Boston's 109-93 victory over New York on Monday afternoon.
The Knicks immediately called a timeout, and a majority of them -- led by coach Isiah Thomas -- walked semi-menacingly toward center court as the timeout wound down, a moment that might have gotten out of hand if veteran referee Joey Crawford hadn't stepped over and said something to Thomas before the Celtics came away from their bench after their timeout.
"I have no comment on that," Thomas answered tersely afterward when asked about the exchange between House and the Knicks' bench, which ended up being the final confrontation in a day of snippiness.
"He's always got something to say," retorted House.
Bad blood and an intense rivalry has long existed between the Red Sox and Yankees in baseball, and the New York vs. New England dynamic is in for a two-week workout as the hype builds up toward the Super Bowl between the Giants and Patriots.
The Knicks and Celtics had a strong rivalry of their own back in the old days when they both managed to be relevant at the same time, though it has been dormant for a long, long while.
Perhaps it's back.
Prior to House's shout-out, Pierce and Richardson had been ejected after Richardson was overzealously physical in defending Pierce, drawing four personal fouls -- and causing the refs to call two double-technicals -- in the space of less than 2 ½ minutes midway through the third quarter.
Richardson called back to Pierce and challenged him to fight as he was being escorted off the court, and security guards and assistant coaches kept the peace by keeping Pierce from exiting the court until Richardson was safely out of the way. Several minutes later, security supervisors were scrambling to find enough burly bodies to station in the tunnel between the locker rooms just in case Pierce and Richardson decided to renew their difference of opinion beneath the stands.
"Q and Paul, they have a past of talking trash, and I guess the refs weren't really going to deal with it," Kevin Garnett said. "But there's not a night that we take the floor that teams aren't talking to us. We just have to keep our composure and understand what it is."
What it is, by the way, is a mixture of jealousy and toughness-testing from opponents -- the Knicks being just the latest -- looking to take a measure of just how good and just how composed these NBA-leading Celtics really are. Monday's victory was Boston's third in a row following a span of three losses in four games, meaning the Celtics can still get back to a 70-win pace if they win their next two -- Wednesday against Toronto and Friday against Minnesota, both at home -- before the mathematical midpoint of their season.
Monday's victory locked up a spot for Doc Rivers coaching the Eastern Conference All-Stars -- an accomplishment that was already such a given that owner Wyc Grousbeck revealed afterward that he chartered a plane a week ago to take Rivers and his coaching staff to New Orleans.
Despite the honor, Rivers was unhappy afterward due to the histrionics involving Pierce and Richardson, and later between House and the Knicks' bench.
"The scoreboard will talk. You don't need to run your mouth," Rivers said. "I wasn't happy with that, and I told the guys that this has happened a couple times, and we've gotten away with it."
But can they continue to get away with it? The answer will come as the Celtics are tested both physically and verbally over the second half of the season.
How they respond will be one of the true measures of their composure. And as of now, 70-win pace or not -- it's fair to say they're not always conducting themselves in a championship-level manner.
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ATLANTA -- Don't call it a bench.
It's the white team, according to Portland coach Nate McMillan, and it's a huge reason the Blazers have been such a surprise this year.
We saw further evidence of that on Monday. Portland's non-starters scored 62 points, including a game-winning jumper with 0.9 seconds in overtime by forward Travis Outlaw, to beat the Hawks 111-109 in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day game in Atlanta.
"We don't really say first unit or second unit," said Blazers coach Nate McMillan. "It's just black team and white team."
The designation is based on practice jersey colors, and McMillan said he does it that way because he feels both units are equally important.
"Players get caught up in 'I don't want to be a back-up,'" said McMillan. "But your best five don't necessarily start. I don't want them to get caught up in starting or [not]."
By any name, the unit has benefited from the emergence of one of the league's top sixth men in Outlaw. With Brandon Roy struggling, Outlaw became the Blazers' go-to guy in overtime when he had eight of his team-high 23 points.
Outlaw said the final play was one the team hadn't even practiced before -- isolating him at the top of the key against Atlanta's Josh Smith, and then holding the ball until almost no time remained.
"Two years ago I would have been like 'oh-oh-oh,'" said Outlaw of his ability to stay patient and wind the clock down. "But coach was telling me to hold on, hold on."
In fact, even when McMillan told him to go, Outlaw waited a little longer -- starting his move at the four-second mark rather than at six seconds as McMillan preferred.
"I was [supposed to] get to the rim and get fouled," said Outlaw. "He started backing off me a little bit and I knew the jumper was there, and I'm more comfortable shooting it now."
He's one of the few players in the league who could have got the shot off -- the 6-9 Smith is second in the league in blocked shots and had already altered several Blazer deliveries. But Outlaw is 6-9 himself and a good leaper, making his jumper virtually unblockable.
His shot provided the capper on a huge night for Portland's bench -- er, white team. Sergio Rodriguez emerged from nowhere to provide 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting, and might have doubled his four assists were it not for botched finishes. James Jones (10 points on seven shots) and Channing Frye (nine points and seven boards) also had solid games, helping make up for a low-energy starting unit that put only one player in double figures.
"We don't look at it as the bench, we look at it as the white team and the black team," said Outlaw. "We pick each other up, some nights the white team has it, some nights we're down and they pick us up."
And thanks to his shot, Portland passed another test on the road to "Are You For Real?" with flying colors. The Blazers are now 3-3 on their seven-game Eastern swing, and stand a good chance of being in first place in the Northwest Division when they come home Friday to play Houston.
"Nobody really expected it to happen so soon," said McMillan before the game of his team's success. But the black-and-white reality is that it did.
When Lakers rookie guard Coby Karl checked in with 3:19 left against Denver on Monday, George Karl became only the third NBA coach to have his son face him, according Chris Tomasson of the Rocky Mountain News.
New Orleans Jazz coach Butch van Breda Kolff met son Jan of the New York Nets on Nov. 9, 1976. Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy Sr. has coached 17 times this decade against Mike Jr., now with Indiana. "The opportunity to compete against my son is a dream come true," Karl told Tomasson.
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Ryan Gomes, Wolves forward: The KG trade pays off! OK, not quite. Gomes' career-high 35 points and 11 rebounds gave Minnesota its first road win after 16 straight defeats, a 109-108 win at Golden State.
Jared Jeffries, Knicks forward: Misses all five shots in 24 minutes of action against C's. Signing him was another brilliant Isiah stroke. At least he's a fellow Indiana University guy.
Quote of the Night
"We deserved the techs. We deserved the ejections. We deserved everything we got and we're very lucky to win the game."
-- Celtics coach Doc Rivers, addressing his team's loss of composure in a 109-93 win over the Knicks. • See Monday's daily leaders
-- Andrew Ayres
When the Phoenix Suns play in Milwaukee on Tuesday night, the outcome shouldn't be surprising. The Suns are dominating this series lately. Phoenix has won 29 of the last 33 contests between the two franchises and all four of the losses have come in Milwaukee. Phoenix is averaging 116.3 PPG in their last 8 games vs Milwaukee, while the Bucks are dropping in an impressive 111.5 per contest. Steve Nash has had success against the Bucks.
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Baron Davis of the Warriors is the No. 1 guy on the ESPN fantasy Player Rater. I thought it was going to be the fabulous Chris Paul, and while he's No. 2, that's still second to the best guy. Davis is averaging 22.4 points, 8.1 assists, 4.8 rebounds, 2.5 steals and has 94 3-pointers. Those are sick numbers.
Paul would be a better option to build a fantasy team around, because he's younger and doesn't scare his owners with durability questions. His 21.2 points, 10.5 assists and 2.7 steals are great, but Davis so trumps him in boards and 3s, he's actually more valuable. Again, I was surprised, too. Steve Nash, by the way, is the No. 4 player in fantasy. Three of the four best players in fantasy this season are West point guards.• See the full Karabell blog