DEVELOPING: Rivers Stays With Celtics

Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers has agreed to a five-year contract extension.

General manager Danny Ainge made the announcement today...

Rivers had said after the Game 5 loss to the Miami Heat that he was "leaning heavily" toward coming back. His contract was supposed to expire after this season.

More when we know more...

Celtics Hold Bucks To 56 Points...???

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Okay, this effort was just unacceptable...

22 total points in the entire first half...
38 after three... an NBA record- according to Elias...
56 after that...

Which means the game was OVER and Milwaukee scored 56 effing points...

It was the lowest score against the Celtics since they beat another Milwaukee team ((the-then)) Hawks 62-57 in Providence, Rhode Island on February 27th, 1955. The Bucks, who joined the NBA before the 1968-69 season, set a franchise record for fewest points.

"That's about as humiliating a defeat as you'll ever see," Bucks head coach Scott Skiles said. "They got us on our heels and took our competitive fight away from us. We pretty much just gave into it."

FOSG Beau Estes has the highlights... Boston-speaking, of course...


What's worse than "poor...?"

Rivers Confirms West-Wafer Fight

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Before the Knicks-Celtics game Friday, Celtics guard Von Wafer denied knowledge of any fight with him and Delonte West at the morning shoot-around.

Doc Rivers, when asked, said something different...

“There was a fight. That's all you need to know,” he said. “I'm not thrilled with it, but it happened. We'll handle it."

HOOPSWORLD.com initially reported West punched Wafer back in the Celts locker room following another over-the-top two-on-two game after practice.

Apparently, it's not the first time... and with both of them having non-guaranteed contracts, they could both get blown out very quickly...

Here's Rivers addressing what Wafer denied...

K.G. Might Be K.Oed For NBA Playoffs

It appears Kevin Garnett's strained knee is not progressing as anticipated and his availability to the Boston Celtics for the NBA playoffs appears to be in doubt.

Celtics head coach Doc Rivers said on WEEI Radio in Boston Thursday morning that K.G. was not ready to play and may miss the entire NBA Playoffs.

“I don’t see it. I just don’t,” Rivers said. “I’ve flipped completely, because I was watching him move (before) and he looked great."

Rivers told Garnett who shall we say was not real thrilled.

"He was frustrated. He was mad at me, mad at everybody. Then he understood," Rivers said. "He put up a fight. He's really frustrated, but that's Kevin. That's why we got him, because he cares so much."

Boston begins their playoff run Saturday against the Chicago Bulls.

Here's the Doc Rivers Interview on the Dennis & Callahan Morning Show from our friends at WEEI Radio on Boston.

Watch this at WEEI

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