Live chat: 76ers vs. Celtics Game 5
Philly.com – Sixers Monday, May 21st, 2012
Join us for live updates and commentary as the 76ers and Celtics face off in the pivotal fifth game of their playoff series in Boston.
Sixers? Should call them the Niners
Philly.com – Sixers Monday, May 21st, 2012
Sixers have been hanging nine often in the postseason.
Sixers-Celtics: Minute by Minute
Philly.com – Sixers Monday, May 21st, 2012
The main Celtics have played 95,000 more minutes than the Sixers in their careers.
Game 5: 76ers at Celtics
Philly.com – Sixers Monday, May 21st, 2012
Players to watch 76ERS: Forward Thaddeus Young After combining for just nine points and five rebounds in Games 1 and 2, Young has become a bit of a force for the Sixers the last two games, averaging 17 points and seven rebounds. The Sixers’ second unit has at times been a huge difference-maker in this series. A strong presence from Young could make it the norm.
Sixers-Celtics series not one for the numbers
Philly.com – Sixers Monday, May 21st, 2012
IF THERE IS anything about this Eastern Conference semifinal series between the 76ers and Boston Celtics that makes sense, it is hiding itself better than Evan Turner’s jump shot. They’ll resume their head-scratching series on Monday at TD Garden, even at two games each. A few examples of the strangeness of the series: In separate games, Boston has jumped out to leads of 9-0 and 14-0, and lost.
Marcus Hayes: Days off a blessing for old Celtics
Philly.com – Sixers Monday, May 21st, 2012
ALL THIS rest might kill the Sixers. Tied at 2 in their Eastern Conference semifinal, the Celtics own homecourt advantage. Both Celtics home games come off 2 days of rest.
Bob Ford: Celtics playing as if they don’t respect Sixers
Philly.com – Sixers Monday, May 21st, 2012
Long after the Boston Celtics had blown Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the 76ers in the Wells Fargo Center on Friday night, long after the final firecracker had popped and last stunned reveler had stumbled into the parking lot, Doc Rivers still stared at the box score.
Inside the Sixers: 76ers rookie Lavoy Allen making his mark against Celtics
Philly.com – Sixers Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Lavoy Allen’s impact in the Sixers’ second-round playoff matchup with the Celtics, knotted at two games apiece with Game 5 to be played Monday in Boston, can’t be overstated.
Mike Missanelli: Improbable playoff run earning Sixers some love
Philly.com – Sixers Sunday, May 20th, 2012
The graphic came up on the big video scoreboard, and suddenly tension gripped the rambunctious sellout crowd at the Wells Fargo Center.
Avoiding 3-1 series deficit kept 76ers from facing grim prospects in Game 5
Philly.com – Sixers Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Because they had just eliminated a team whom they had put in the untenable position of being down 3-1 in a best-of-seven series, the Sixers knew this was not where they wanted to be heading into Boston for Game 5 of their semifinal series against the Celtics.
