Celtics Dec 2001 Archive

• A Little Webber Can Go a Long Way

  | Dec 31, 2001

  SACRAMENTO - Reports of divisiveness have been greatly exaggerated, it would seem.

• Kings Win and Entertain

  | Dec 31, 2001

  ACRAMENTO - Now that's NBA basketball.

• Kedrick Keeps Pushing

  | Dec 30, 2001

  For the first time since Chris Ford was roaming the sidelines in the early 1990s, a Celtics coach has a solid nucleus to call upon off the bench.

• Fingernail Clipping in L.A.

  | Dec 30, 2001

  LOS ANGELES - There had been two losses to start the trip, and the Celtics found themselves staring directly at a defeat to the Clippers on several occasions yesterday afternoon.

• DJ Likes Celtics

  | Dec 30, 2001

  LOS ANGELES - Dennis Johnson wasn't a happy man after being on the short end of the Celtics' 18th win yesterday.

• Williams Seals the Deal

  | Dec 30, 2001

  OS ANGELES Sometimes not doing something you should be doing leads to good things in the end.

• Eric Unlikely Hero

  | Dec 30, 2001

  OS ANGELES - Put this game in a proper collegiate circumstance, with the packed gym and the bands and the cheerleaders and all the associated trappings, and people would have gone home saying, ''That's the greatest game I ever saw in my life.

• Pierce Wants Whistles

  | Dec 29, 2001

  ther than outscoring the opponent - always the safest route - there have been other bellwether barometers for the Celtics this season.

• Celtics Say Greed Is Good

  | Dec 29, 2001

  OS ANGELES - One-third of the way home and the Celtics are seven games on the plus side? Applying the ol' if-somebody-had-told-you-etc.

• Marbury Sinks Celtics

  | Dec 28, 2001

  PHOENIX - Two games after beginning their holiday tour of the West, the Celtics still have their luggage.

• Pierce's Rimshot No Laughing Matter

  | Dec 28, 2001

  HOENIX - Dan Duquette would have summed this one up thusly: ''Well, we were in the lead for the majority of the game.

• Randy Ready For Waiver?

  | Dec 27, 2001

  SALT LAKE CITY - If you're reading the tea leaves and thinking Randy Brown's playing career may have met an untimely end, don't look for any great reward to the Celtics.

• Celtics Snowed In Utah

  | Dec 27, 2001

  SALT LAKE CITY - With the Olympics about to descend on the city, the Celtics were looking to execute a basketball biathlon vs.

• Coaching Carousel

  | Dec 27, 2001

  ALT LAKE CITY - Jim O'Brien heard the news yesterday.

• Jazz Outmuscle Celtics

  | Dec 27, 2001

  ALT LAKE CITY - The Celtics' maiden voyage out West this season got off to a rocky start.

• Jazz Notes: Russell's return rapid

  | Dec 27, 2001

  Bryon Russell isn"t all the way back, but he"s getting there in a hurry.

• Celts trip and fall: Lose to Jazz to open road swing

  | Dec 27, 2001

  With the Olympics about to descend on the city, the Celtics were looking to execute a basketball biathlon vs.

• Celtics not too Jazzed in Utah

  | Dec 27, 2001

  The Celtics' maiden voyage out West this season got off to a rocky start.

• Utah salts it away

  | Dec 27, 2001

  The Celtics' maiden voyage out West this season got off to a rocky start.

• Making the best of it

  | Dec 27, 2001

  ALT LAKE CITY - Jim O'Brien heard the news yesterday.

• Jazz bench takes care of Celtics

  | Dec 27, 2001

  -- The Jazz can feel their swagger coming back after knocking off the top two teams in the Eastern Conference in consecutive games.

• Jazz Show Team Effort

  | Dec 27, 2001

  Bryon Russell has been hurt.

• Brown injury a taxing issue for Celtics

  | Dec 27, 2001

  Should Randy Brown's career need to be drawn to a close with his latest groin injury, don't look for any great reward to the Celtics writes Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald.

• Tough Road Ahead for Confidents Celts

  | Dec 26, 2001

  In this season of pleasant surprises, new Celtics achievements seem to be chronicled by the day.

• Stardom New For Pierce

  | Dec 26, 2001

  n game days, the black Mercedes would turn onto Manchester Boulevard and glide past Inglewood High School in Inglewood, Calif.

• O'Brien Likes Grizzlies Rookies

  | Dec 24, 2001

  Celtics coach Jim O'Brien isn't surprised by the recent strides made by the Memphis Grizzlies.

• Center By Committee

  | Dec 24, 2001

  The wins keep mounting, but there's a school of thought out there that suggests the Celtics are a center away from breaking bread with the NBA's elite.

• Celts Slop To Win

  | Dec 24, 2001

  The Celtics never make it easy.

• Celts Have a Secret

  | Dec 24, 2001

  aul Pierce would not divulge why the Celtics now win tightly contested games in the fourth quarter.

• O'Brien Charts Course

  | Dec 23, 2001

  In addition to implementing a game plan, Celtics coach Jim O'Brien has a few basic guidelines when he prepares his team for its next contest: Know your opponent; respect your opponent; and never, ever look past your opponent.

• Would Celts Die Without the Three?

  | Dec 23, 2001

  Jim O'Brien has been asked the question many times before: What would happen to the Celtics if the NBA eliminated the 3-point shot? O'Brien's answer is consistent.

• Short Season for Brown

  | Dec 23, 2001

  ALTHAM - Can you miss something you never really had? That's what the Celtics are going to find out.

• Celts On Top

  | Dec 22, 2001

  The Celtics know a little something about haymakers being thrown at a once powerful NBA heavyweight that's seen its better days.

• Nostradamus Leo

  | Dec 22, 2001

  dd accurate prognosticator to the already extensive resume of Celtics director of player personnel Leo Papile.

• New Tune for Old Jazz

  | Dec 22, 2001

  arl Malone used to wonder what it might be like.

• Late Scare From Jazz

  | Dec 22, 2001

  im O'Brien said it would be foolish to underestimate the sub-.

• O'Brien Likes Tight Rotation

  | Dec 21, 2001

  One of Jim O'Brien's first orders of business when he took over for Rick Pitino as Celtics coach last season was to shorten the rotation.

• Celts Not in a Giving Mood

  | Dec 21, 2001

  ALTHAM - Sometimes Celtics practices resemble a life-size chessboard, with the coaches moving the player-pieces into proper defensive position.

• Jazz stars can still pick-and-roll

  | Dec 21, 2001

  When preparing his team for an opponent, Jim O'Brien never pays attention to records.

• Miller Happy in Cleveland

  | Dec 20, 2001

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• Celtics Find Weird Ways to Win

  | Dec 20, 2001

  The Celtics have become infamous the past several seasons for finding strange ways to lose games.

• Walker Goes Inside for Win

  | Dec 20, 2001

  One might assume Antoine Walker's shooting line in the Celtics' 104-98 victory over Cleveland last night at the FleetCenter was the byproduct of his struggles two nights earlier in Philadelphia.

• O'Brien's Math Makes Sense

  | Dec 20, 2001

  The Celtics came into last night's game against the Cavaliers as the poorest field goal shooting team in the NBA at 41.

• Ref Tells His Story

  | Dec 20, 2001

  Remember those NBA referees who were cashing in their first class tickets for cheaper fares and pocketing the difference? If you wonder what happened to them, you should read the story in the Boston Globe about one of them, Ken Mauer.

• The Wild Wild East

  | Dec 20, 2001

  eez, those Celtics just can't seem to overtake those pesky Nets in the Atlantic Division.

• Walker Sticks to His Shooting Guns

  | Dec 20, 2001

  hen shot selection and Antoine Walker are mentioned in the same sentence, controversy and criticism often follow.

• Cavaliers show up late

  | Dec 20, 2001

  Boston - The Cavaliers dug themselves in a hole so deep last night, that they didn't see the light until the final minute.

• Celtics Lose Focus But Win

  | Dec 20, 2001

  ate in the second quarter, as the Celtics' lead over the Cavaliers was heading toward certifiable blowout territory, Erick Strickland reached over and grabbed a cup of beer from a courtside fan.

• Pierce Tells Walker to Shoot

  | Dec 19, 2001

  Paul Pierce had a few words of advice for Antoine Walker during Celtics practice yesterday at The Sports Authority Center in Waltham.

• Celts Practice Threes

  | Dec 19, 2001

  ALTHAM - The Celtics ran through some drills yesterday at their Sports Authority training facility without coach Jim O'Brien, who remained in Philadelphia attending the funeral of his aunt.

• Sixers Roll Over Celtics

  | Dec 18, 2001

  PHILADELPHIA - In what had to constitute a key early season weigh station for the Celtics, they were found to be a few pounds short against the Sixers last night.

• Sixers Coach Likes Celts Strategy

  | Dec 18, 2001

  PHILADELPHIA - The Celtics' heavy offensive reliance on Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker has earned them a few twisted looks from alleged basketball purists.

• Tight Rotation Working

  | Dec 18, 2001

  HILADELPHIA - With the Celtics playing better than expected, it's easy for coach Jim O'Brien to say he had complete confidence his players could perform at their current level, that he never had any thoughts of personnel changes.

• Celtics Get Answered

  | Dec 18, 2001

  HILADELPHIA - Reports of the 76ers' demise have been greatly exaggerated.

• Hungry Sixers chew up Celtics

  | Dec 18, 2001

  Two nights after barely escaping with a victory over the Cavaliers, they thoroughly whipped the resurgent Boston Celtics last night, 99-83, shooting a season-best 53 percent from the floor, building a 46-31 advantage off the glass and leaving the visitors misfiring at a rate of 38.

• Celts Have Patience Sixers Have Patients

  | Dec 17, 2001

  PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia 76ers are off to a 9-14 start after making some heavy roster changes and suffering some key injuries.

• Sixers Still Deserve Respect

  | Dec 17, 2001

  HILADELPHIA - The view yesterday afternoon from atop the Atlantic Division was pretty nice, but as Celtics coach Jim O'Brien said, ''We could be out of first place by dinnertime and we'd have nothing to do with it.

• Celtics In First Place

  | Dec 16, 2001

  CHARLOTTE, N.

• Moiso Tries Another Way

  | Dec 16, 2001

  CHARLOTTE, N.

• Baron Remembers Chubby Pierce

  | Dec 16, 2001

  HARLOTTE, N.

• Fourth Quarter Celts

  | Dec 16, 2001

  HARLOTTE, N.

• Hornets go cold late in loss to Celtics

  | Dec 16, 2001

  The Boston Celtics slipped away in the final two minutes for a 106-97 victory over the Hornets Saturday night at the Charlotte Coliseum.

• Pierce Pulls Out His 38

  | Dec 15, 2001

  For the many who believed the Celtics would run the Bulls out of the FleetCenter last night to avenge their loss in Chicago last week, it didn't happen.

• D Comes Up Big

  | Dec 15, 2001

  here was no mistaking the feeling.

• HORNETS GAMEDAY

  | Dec 15, 2001

  BOSTON (13-7) AT CHARLOTTE (11-11) 7:30 p.

• Pitino Wanted Oak

  | Dec 14, 2001

  Before his unceremonious departure - when he was still thinking of ways to right his listing ship - former Celtics coach Rick Pitino kicked around the idea of trying to bring in Charles Oakley as a security officer of sorts.

• Bulls Are Target For Pierce

  | Dec 14, 2001

  The coach and the co-captain disagree.

• Quarter Pole Surprise

  | Dec 14, 2001

  night, the phone lines for a late-night sports talk show on WFAN in New York lit up with calls.

• Always Room to Grow

  | Dec 13, 2001

  As good as it's been for his team over the first 19 games of the season, Celtics coach Jim O'Brien believes things can get even better.

• Celts Serve Up Treys

  | Dec 13, 2001

  ALTHAM - The question was hypothetical, designed to ruin Jim O'Brien's day.

• Scoring Spree Not Enough

  | Dec 12, 2001

  NEW YORK -- Antoine Walker scored a season-high 42 points and the Boston Celtics caught a break when Latrell Sprewell missed a free throw late in regulation as they beat the New York Knicks, 102-93, in overtime last night.

• O'Brien Gets Technicals Rescinded

  | Dec 12, 2001

  NEW YORK - Upon further review, the league has rescinded the two technical fouls given to Celtics coach Jim O'Brien on Dec.

• Celtics Outbluff Knicks

  | Dec 12, 2001

  NEW YORK - In a cut-throat Manhattan poker game last night, the Celtics essentially said to Latrell Sprewell: ``We'll see your career-high 49 points .

• Celts Come Up Big in OT

  | Dec 12, 2001

  EW YORK - During a timeout with 6.

• Celtics slide

  | Dec 12, 2001

  The NBA season is young, and so is Joseph Forte’s professional basketball career.

• Blowing it in the Windy City

  | Dec 11, 2001

  In addition to disappointing, embarrassing and infuriating for the Celtics, Saturday's loss to the worst team in the NBA was something else.

• Anderson's Visit Will Be Emotional

  | Dec 11, 2001

  As an 11-year NBA veteran, Kenny Anderson is long past the stage of sentimental homecomings.

• New York Not For Erick

  | Dec 11, 2001

  ALTHAM - You can forgive Erick Strickland for not being all that nostalgic about the New York Experience.

• Back to the Drawing Board

  | Dec 10, 2001

  In addition to disappointing, embarrassing and infuriating for the Celtics, Saturday's loss to the worst team in the NBA was something else.

• Celtics Have a Thing for Bad Teams

  | Dec 10, 2001

  hy do bad things happen when the Celtics play bad teams? Coach Jim O'Brien does not lean toward philosophical speculation, so that was probably not a question that kept him up late after the Celtics' six-game winning streak ended with an 87-84 loss to the Bulls Saturday night.

• Co-pilots have Celtics soaring

  | Dec 9, 2001

  It's only taken 10 years, four coaches and lots of pain and agony, but the retirement of Larry Bird may finally have stopped haunting the Boston Celtics.

• Two Duos Duel for Scoring Lead

  | Dec 9, 2001

  In terms of statistics, there's next to nothing that separates the Celtics' scoring tandem of Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker from the Lakers' 1-2 punch of Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.

• Rambo Sheds Tears

  | Dec 9, 2001

  CHICAGO - Randy Brown is a tough guy, well befitting of his nickname, Rambo.

• Bulls Cause Real Pain

  | Dec 9, 2001

  CHICAGO - The Celtics arrived here last night with six straight wins and a locomotive load of momentum.

• Pierce Sees Bulls Loss As Postive?

  | Dec 9, 2001

  HICAGO - The only one attempting to put a positive spin on the events that transpired at the United Center was Paul Pierce.

• Bulls have a 50% record at home as they beat the Celtics.

  | Dec 9, 2001

  Chicago Bulls prevailed when two of the most successful franchises in NBA history, but struggling recently, faced each other.

• No Rambis Glasses for Eric

  | Dec 8, 2001

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• Walker Gives a Huge Tip

  | Dec 8, 2001

  aul Pierce walked into the Celtics' locker room after finishing a couple of obligatory courtside interviews, sought out Antoine Walker, and gave him a hug.

• Recent Win Streak Good Sign

  | Dec 7, 2001

  Given the Celtics' storied history, a five-game winning streak is hardly the stuff of major headlines.

• Piercing the Auerbach Scoring Lead Theory

  | Dec 7, 2001

• Pierce Buries Nuggets

  | Dec 6, 2001

  BOSTON — Paul Pierce needed a little time to find his range against the Denver Nuggets.

• New Heights for Celtics

  | Dec 6, 2001

  There were some strange words floating around the FleetCenter last night - words that haven't been heard around the Celtics since the days when they played in an old dump next door (smile when you say that).

• Celtic Showtime

  | Dec 6, 2001

  Somewhere in the third quarter - somewhere around the time Paul Pierce was making eight of his first nine second-half shots - last night's Celtics vs.

• Pierce Has Peace

  | Dec 6, 2001

  Paul Pierce's torrid scoring explosions have become so routine they are leading to an almost Zen-like calm in the Celtics co-captain's postgame personality.

• Celtics Cruise to Easy Win

  | Dec 6, 2001

  ere is the mop-up quintet coach Jim O'Brien selected to play the final 2 minutes 52 seconds of last night's Celtics-Nuggets game: Vitaly Potapenko, Mark Blount, Joe Johnson, Randy Brown, and Kedrick Brown.

• Nuggets Make Tasty Meal for Celts

  | Dec 6, 2001

  ilestones, by definition, are meaningful events.

• Randy Ready

  | Dec 5, 2001

  ALTHAM - Randy Brown could think of only one thing that would keep him from returning to action against Denver tonight.

• Player of the Week for Pierce

  | Dec 5, 2001

  ALTHAM - It's not often the Celtics celebrate a Player of the Week award.

• Role Players Stepped Up

  | Dec 4, 2001

  The four straight Celtics wins - all on the road - are nice.

• Nice Postcards From the Road

  | Dec 4, 2001

  few postcards from the road.

• Celtics Do It Without Pierce & Walker

  | Dec 3, 2001

  Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker are the NBA's highest scoring duo.

• C's D Up Against Raps

  | Dec 3, 2001

  TORONTO -- The Boston Celtics didn't need Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker to have high-scoring games.

• Celts Don't Use Excuses

  | Dec 3, 2001

  ORONTO - Five hours before tipoff, coach Jim O'Brien called the Celtics together for a meeting.

• Celtic's team play paying off

  | Dec 3, 2001

  The Boston Celtics should be beatable when Paul Pierce scores only nine points.

• Pierce Cuts Down Nets In Overtime

  | Dec 2, 2001

  Frustrated in the first half, Paul Pierce looked as if he was on the verge of tears.

• Perce and Walker Do It Again

  | Dec 1, 2001

  ORLANDO, Fla.

• Celts Need to Heat Up

  | Dec 1, 2001

  ORLANDO, Fla.

• Pierce Goes Wild in 2nd Half

  | Dec 1, 2001

  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.