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Celtics-Wizards Game 6 updates
The latest from Washington, D.C.
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Olynyk/Brown are now 0-for-5 on wide-open 3-pointers. Also, Olynyk has to contest better, didn't even put his hand up on that Beal jumper.by gary washburn via twitter 5/13/2017 12:52:38 AM -
Not certain why Smart has passed up two layups but chucked up a top-of-the-key 3.by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/13/2017 12:51:09 AM -
Wow, Gortat checks in and almost immediately picks up his 3rd on another hand check-ish foul. Back to the bench.by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/13/2017 12:49:40 AM
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Wizards are 1 for 7 on threes and 1 for 6 on free throws so that's how they're only up three.by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/13/2017 12:45:56 AM
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8:48 left 2q: Wizards 26, Celtics 23 bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics…by Andrew Mahoney via twitter 5/13/2017 12:45:27 AM -
Ian Mahinmi vs. Kelly Olynyk has not been...artisticby Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/13/2017 12:43:45 AM
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Celtics shot just 23.5 percent in the first quarter but are down just 22-17.by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter retweeted by BGlobeSports 5/13/2017 12:37:24 AM
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Isaiah has drawn four fouls this quarter. Maybe 1 was definitely a foul. But he and the Cs will take it.by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/13/2017 12:30:05 AM
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And there a hand-check on Gortat against Isaiah with the shot clock at 1, and it's Gortat's second.by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/13/2017 12:25:26 AM
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That was the fall-down call Isaiah didn't get in Game 4.by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/13/2017 12:24:00 AM
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Sloppy first quarter for both teams. Wiz shooting 35.7, Cs 30.8. 4 turnovers for Wiz, 3 for Cs.by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/13/2017 12:23:31 AM
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by Andrew Mahoney via twitter 5/13/2017 12:21:36 AM
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i've gotten this, and also folks in sports who want to hug me rather than just shake my hand. like, please don't do that. twitter.com/bryancurtis/st…by Rachel G Bowers, Producer via twitter 5/13/2017 12:19:55 AM -
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Wyc Grousbeck to represent Celtics at draft lottery
By Adam Himmelsbach, Globe Staff
WASHINGTON — The Celtics have had 11 entries in the NBA draft lottery and they have never improved their position. So when the team’s brass discussed which representative it would send to Tuesday’s drawing, that truth was factored in.
“I think we just keep trying a different guy every year,” Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck said Friday. “My number just came up basically.”
Grousbeck will be on stage for the final reveal and co-owner Steve Pagliuca will be behind the scenes to witness the drawing. Grousbeck has never been the Celtics’ on-stage representative, but he was in New York to watch the Ping-Pong balls pop up last year and in 2007.
The Celtics received the fifth overall pick in 2007 after starting the night with the second-best odds for No. 1. But Grousbeck pointed out that the pick was ultimately used in the trade that brought Ray Allen to Boston, so he viewed it as a fortunate night after all.
Boston will not be able to improve its standing on Tuesday night, because the lottery choice it will receive from the Brooklyn Nets already has the highest odds — 25 percent — of ending up No. 1 overall. The pick cannot fall past No. 4.
“I’m told by our basketball side that they really like a bunch of guys,” Grousbeck said. “In fact, they like four guys or more in this draft, and so that may even take a little bit of the pressure off the lottery. But whenever we’re in a competition under Celtics colors, we want to try to win, and I’m sure Tuesday will be no exception.”
Grousbeck said he is not planning to bring a unique talisman to New York, but he will have something.
“My only good-luck charm in my life is my 2008 championship ring,” he said, “so I’ll be wearing that.”Globe Sports 5/13/2017 12:15:57 AM -
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Pregame in DC. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)
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Globe Sports 5/12/2017 11:55:45 PM -
Celtics arrive in black
By Rachel G. Bowers, Globe Staff
WASHINGTON — The Celtics on Friday wore black to the Verizon Center prior to Game 6 of their conference semifinal against the Wizards.
As the Celtics look to close out Washington in Game 6, it might seem the players coordinated their attire in response to the Wizards, who did the same before their Jan. 24 matchup, saying they were dressing for a funeral.
But guard Avery Bradley said it was not planned.
“I promise you guys,” he said pregame.
Celtics coach Brad Stevens said he didn’t know about it and it hasn’t been brought up in the locker room.
“No, yeah, I’m not on the text chain,” Stevens said, “by design. I still haven’t heard anybody talk about it, so I don’t even know what the deal is.
“I’m being dead honest, like I didn’t hear anybody talk about it because there weren’t that many guys on the bus that I rode over with. I just walked in there and just talking about the Wizards and how to prepare for this game.”
Wizards coach Scott Brooks did not make much of Boston’s pregame fashion choice.
“Yeah, I did not know that,” Brooks said. “I don’t care what they wear. I really don’t care . . . Yeah, I don’t care.
“It’s about playing good basketball on the court. It’s about playing together, it’s about imposing our will on them and vice versa.”Globe Sports 5/12/2017 11:54:55 PM -
Grousbeck says Cs "like 4 guys or more" in draft. "So that may take a little bit of the pressure off the lottery." bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics…by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter retweeted by AdamHimmelsbach 5/12/2017 11:38:45 PM
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Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck on being the team's lottery rep Tuesday, what good luck charm he'll bring, and more: bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics…by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter retweeted by AdamHimmelsbach 5/12/2017 11:38:44 PM
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Also, can I just say, Celtics vs. Wizards foreverby Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/12/2017 11:14:23 PM
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Best part was after Gerald Green finished claiming ignorance about all-black, Jaylen Brown like giggled and gave him a fist-poundby Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/12/2017 11:13:07 PM
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Gerald Green on whether he's ever seen a team wear all-black as a coincidence. He pauses, smiles: "I think the Wizards did that to us."by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/12/2017 11:07:01 PM
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Avery Bradley claims the all-black wasn't planned. "I promise you guys."by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/12/2017 10:47:53 PM
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Stevens comes in wearing white shirt: "Yeah, I'm not on the text chain."by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/12/2017 10:33:07 PM
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Who do you guys think suggested the Celtics' all-black attire? Media guesses are Isaiah, Gerald, Zeller (jk)by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/12/2017 10:32:29 PM
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Honestly gonna miss Scott Brooks pressers. Entertaining dude who doesn't take stuff too seriously.by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/12/2017 10:28:50 PM
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Brooks said Bogdanovic under weather but will play. On his way to arena: "I heard he's wearing black."by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/12/2017 10:28:02 PM
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Brooks on Cs in black: "I don't care what they wear. I really don't l....wearing black, it's great. It's a great color. Makes me look thin."by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/12/2017 10:25:55 PM
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Scott Brooks on Isaiah: "I think we've done a good job of taking away his shots...you have to be able to put bodies in front of him."by Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/12/2017 10:23:25 PM
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Also I have a completely black shirt on like couldn't someone have given me a heads up? I'm not part of these shenanigansby Adam Himmelsbach via twitter 5/12/2017 10:13:15 PM