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WALTHAM, Mass. -- Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers says there is a strong possibility that Kevin Garnett will miss the whole postseason.
The All-Star forward has missed most of the last two months with a strained right knee. He had been recovering with an eye towards the playoffs, but Rivers said he had to shut Garnett down at practice Thursday morning and "there's no way" he could play right now.
Rivers said on a radio show that Garnett was frustrated but understood that it was the right thing to do.
The defending NBA champions begin the best-of-seven first round series against the Chicago Bulls on Saturday.
see you in 20 years Celts
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Garnett's Season Is Finished; So Too Is Boston's
By Bethlehem Shoals
I've been saying for a while that something didn't seem right about the Kevin Garnett injury situation. Too much vagary, linguistic dissonance, and general inability on the part of Doc Rivers to not give the Celtics faithful reason to worry.
Turns out I was right. As of right now, Garnett is out for the playoffs. Or, in the ever-steadying words of Doc, "After today there's no way he can play." Rivers added that maybe KG could return after all, but he "was not optimistic."
Well, still not pitch-perfect communication, but there's no disputing the general message: The Celtics are effed, and the East just got a whole lot less interesting. Yes, I know, the Celtics have managed to do some amazing things -- err, win some big games -- without Garnett. But this is the playoffs. Where lives are broken and women cry for days. Garnett is the emotional backbone of that team, as well as the defensive presence that makes the whole team hop to it on that end of the floor. Hyperbole, maybe. Yet in the crude calculus of the postseason, this is about the worst thing that can happen to a team. Everyone else steps up their intensity and focuses their game; meanwhile, Boston is sliding backward.
Oh, you say, I'm being too rough on the Celtics? There's a surrogate Big Three of Pierce, Allen, and Rondo just waiting to scrappily, us-against-the-world-ly, go on a run? Sure, they get past the Bulls. I'll grant them that. But could they neutralize the white-hot Dwyane Wade? Take down the Hawks, who now are legit rivals? That's a possibility. And both moot, since they'll run smack dab into the Magic in Round Two. And let's face it -- the Magic have more shooters, and with Garnett absent, an unquestioned advantage in the paint. So Lakers, go ahead and breathe a little easier, be prepared for that country club-like, media circus that will result if Cavs/Lakers shakes out.
No one will cry for defending champs. Especially not after they have done so much to piss off the rest of the league this season. Better luck next year, dudes.
i still think the celts can beat the bulls tho
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James said Wednesday on Fan Appreciation Night that the Cavaliers were going to bring "that championship" to town. If Garnett is out, that becomes easier. But I thought this season was going to be about the Cavs and Orlando in the Eastern Conference anyway and the Cavs and the Lakers in the NBA Finals.
By the way, Avery Johnson picks L.A. So if it makes you feel better being the underdog (in at least one round) there you have it. But the Cavs have the home court throughout and LeBron James. That makes "underdog" the toughest sell this city has seen since Jim Brown was lugging the football.
Lebron guarantees title..............
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Get used to it.
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Gonna be seein a lot of that.
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Originally posted by Makavelli View Post
I'm not kidding either.
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I think you could literally shoot the Truth in the 1st Quarter with a machine gun, and he'd go to the locker room, and take over the second half.
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