Celts adjust for Pierce injury
Local Coverage, Philly.com Thursday, May 17th, 2012
USUALLY WHEN a coach talks of making adjustments during a playoff series, it’s mostly done to combat a certain style or scheme.
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Boston’s Pierce checks in to series
Local Coverage, Philly.com Thursday, May 17th, 2012
PAUL PIERCE has been battling a sprained knee ligament, but he officially entered the Boston Celtics’ Eastern Conference semifinal series with the 76ers as a major factor in Wednesday’s 107-91 win at the Wells Fargo Center.
A LeGrand night at Sixers’ Game 3
Local Coverage, Philly.com Thursday, May 17th, 2012
ERIC LeGRAND went home from Wednesday’s 76ers-Celtics game with some great memories and a new jersey. LeGrand, who was paralyzed in a 2010 football game while playing for Rutgers, attended the game at the Wells Fargo Center as the guest of the 76ers.
Marcus Hayes: Celtics tap into fountain of youth
Local Coverage, Philly.com Thursday, May 17th, 2012
NOBODY PLAYS perfect, lockdown defense every night. It is unlikely, against any combination of competition. It is impossible in the playoffs, against a team as talented, as professional and as well-coached as the Boston Celtics.
It’s Just One Game
Local Coverage, Philly.com Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Sixers have overcome a 16-point postseason loss before.
John Smallwood: Celtics put old theory to rest
Local Coverage, Philly.com Thursday, May 17th, 2012
WELL, I definitely had that pegged wrong. I had the false impression that the Sixers were the team with the young, athletic and tireless legs that could play on Monday, rest on Tuesday and then come back running like gazelles again on Wednesday.
Sixers must turn page after Game 3 loss
Local Coverage, Philly.com Thursday, May 17th, 2012
BECAUSE THE Celtics are a proud team that has a championship pedigree, despite their aggregated advanced age, it was understood that they would at some point explode offensively. And the hope was that when that happened, the Sixers would be able to rely on guys like Lou Williams and Thaddeus Young to provide some punch. But the Sixers simply don’t have that same type of firepower.
Phillies Notebook: News could be worse on Worley
Local Coverage, Philly.com Thursday, May 17th, 2012
CHICAGO – Ruben Amaro Jr. need not use the phrases “flexor pronator tendon”or “ulnar collateral ligament” when describing pitcher Vance Worley’s ailing right elbow. An ultrasound and MRI revealed no structural damage in the righthander’s elbow.
Thunder shocks Lakers with late run
Local Coverage, Philly.com Thursday, May 17th, 2012
KEVIN DURANT scored 22 points and rattled in the go-ahead basket on a baseline runner with 18 seconds left, and the host Oklahoma City Thunder scored the final nine points to rally for a 77-75 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals Wednesday night.
Report: Eagles intend to cut salary of injured tackle Peters
Local Coverage, Philly.com Thursday, May 17th, 2012
THE EAGLES intend to enact a provision in the collective bargaining agreement and deduct $3.25 million from Jason Peters’ 2012 base salary because the tackle ruptured his Achilles’ tendon in March at an off-site location, according to an ESPN report.
