And yet the legend of "National TV Rondo" has been passed on to a new generation of Celtics, including Isaiah Thomas, who emerged as the new face of the franchise in the aftermath of Rondo's being dealt to the Dallas Mavericks in December 2014. Chicago is getting hot and healthy at the right time, but do they have what it takes to get past the insane good Celtics team?
"For three quarters, it was a ballgame".
"We came out healthy, we got guys minutes that needed to get minutes and now we've got to get ready for the (post-season)", Bucks coach Jason Kidd said. They do not have the same players either.
Owning a sub.500 record at 40-42, the Celtics trotted out a starting lineup of Brandon Bass, Tyler Zeller, Marcus Smart, Evan Turner and Avery Bradley against the Cavaliers in Game 1 of their first round series. After a basket by Gary Payton II, the Celtics ran off the next 18 points. On top of that, the Celtics and Bulls split the season series 2-2.
Cleveland has a lot of problems - it's unfair to say that they punted the No. 1 seed because the Cavs are so bad defensively right now that it's hard to discern if they tried down the stretch or not - but few question that they're the best team in the East going into the postseason.
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She has to face the charges. "So the situation which was prevailing will continue", Jaitley told reporters. The Supreme Court ruled that the trial must conclude within two years.
Still, the Celtics coach appreciates those accomplishments. "And that's just me watching him when I was younger and before I got in the National Basketball Association". "But that wasn't the deciding factor in any moves". Thomas made Celtics history with his streak of consecutive games with at least 20 points scored, going from November 18 to February 27 without having a single game with less than 20. If they finish second in the East, the most likely scenario for the green, they will draw the seventh seed. I'm very concerned with how we go about it and aren't able to sustain 48 minutes and respect our opponents the way we need to regardless of the score. "I've never been a No. 1 seed".
The team can not afford to lose Thomas, but these five players are also essential to the team's playoff hopes and must play big to go deep into the playoffs.
We'll have up-to-the-minute scoring and stats here throughout the game. The NBA didn't start keeping track of blocks or steals until the 1973-74 season. That's easier said than done against his good friend Jimmy Butler, who averaged 23.9 points per game this season along with 6.2 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. Afterward, he said he was "100 percent". "I always expect for us to be better than what people think we're going to be. Now they've got a confidence that Isaiah is going to have no matter what, so you've got to lock in on everybody".
The rest of the East was already locked into its positions before Wednesday: Toronto at No. 3, Washington at No. 4, Atlanta at No. 5, and Milwaukee at No. 6.
Despite playing without star Giannis Antetokounmpo and two other starters, the Bucks led by as many as 13 points before Boston ran off 14 of the last 16 points in the first half.
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