Celtics Bring It Home- May 31, 2008 AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 30 -- The Boston Celtics were 1-7 on the road in the playoffs when they took the court here Friday night for Game 6. But they were able to win not only their second road game of the playoffs, but come from behind in the fourth quarter to beat the Detroit Pistons and reach the NBA Finals in the process.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053003417.html?nav=r... Celtics Are One Win From Trip To Finals- May 29, 2008 BOSTON, May 28 -- Rick Pitino rather infamously reminded New Englanders in 2000 that Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish never were "walking through that door" again. And while these Boston Celtics still have a long way to go before adding a 17th championship banner to the collection, the new "Big Three" was a reasonable facsimile of the original in an all-important Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052801167.html?nav=r... Right Call, But the Wrong Ref- May 29, 2008 BOSTON Calling fouls in the NBA has always been absurdly subjective. I once watched from 10 feet away as Robert Parish delivered a closed-fist combination to the face of Bill Laimbeer in a playoff game here in the old Garden, and no foul was called. Not only that, but referee Jess Kersey, looking directly at the contact as well, motioned to Laimbeer to get his butt off the floor and play on. The larger point here is that nobody has ever known what is and what isn't a foul in professional...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/28/AR2008052803351.html?nav=r... Still Seeing Red- May 28, 2008 BOSTON This is the first playoff run the Boston Celtics have ever had without Red Auerbach. He's not in the building. Not coaching, not smoking, not ordering somebody to turn the heat up or the lights down in the visitors' locker room . . . well, not that we know of. During those epic battles the Celtics had with the Pistons and Lakers in the 1980s, no matter what was happening on the court, I'd always sneak a peek at Red. He was to the old Boston Garden what Ruth was to Yankee Stadium, what...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052703080.html?nav=r... Locked-In Pistons Flourish, Tie Series- May 27, 2008 AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 26 -- The agony and the appeal of the Detroit Pistons is in their utter unpredictability. Count on the Pistons to bring their championship-caliber form and as often as not they'll disappoint. Count them out after one of their clunkers and they'll usually respond with a victory.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/26/AR2008052600915.html?nav=r... Celtics Take It Away- May 25, 2008 AUBURN HILLS, Mich, May 24 -- The Detroit Pistons have become rather infamous for throwing in a clunker, usually at home and even in the playoffs. But Boston's Game 3 victory here Saturday night, the Celtics' first road victory after six straight defeats away from home, appeared to be more about what they did than what the Pistons did not.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/24/AR2008052402240.html?nav=r... Pistons Create Tougher Road for the Celtics- May 23, 2008 BOSTON, May 22 -- A degree of normalcy returned to playoff basketball on Thursday night: A team won on the road.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052201975.html?nav=r... Allen's Jumper Is Missing in Action- May 22, 2008 BOSTONhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052103156.html?nav=r... Garnett, Celtics Take Game 1- May 21, 2008 BOSTON, May 20 -- Despite being undefeated at home in the playoffs, the Boston Celtics suddenly found themselves in the role of underdog for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night. Their back-to-back seven-game struggles with Atlanta and Cleveland, many believed, left them ripe for the ornery Detroit Pistons in the series opener.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052002320.html?nav=r... NBA Fans in Seventh Heaven- May 18, 2008 Pro football unquestionably has become America's sporting obsession. There's no offseason anymore. There's no month when the NFL isn't front and center in the culture's consciousness. Even a complete non-story, such as this Matt Walsh nonsense out of New England that's little more than Geraldo standing before Al Capone's vault, can hold people's rapt attention for weeks.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/17/AR2008051702605.html?nav=r... |