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During an interview on SportsCenter on Tuesday morning, NBA analyst Stephen A. Smith said he was wrong about the Celtics when he predicted before the Eastern Conference finals that they would be steamrolled by the Heat. "A lot of people, including...

ESPN's Bruce Bowen drops by SportsCenter to preview the Eastern Conference finals between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat. Bowen tackles key topics like, 1) The Heat without Chris Bosh; 2) Boston defending Dwayne Wade and LeBron James; 3) A quick t...

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While we await official word if Kevin Garnett will suit up for the Boston Celtics Thursday night against the Chicago Bulls, ESPN Boston's Chris Forsberg joins SportsCenter to explain why one more game off wouldn't be a bad thing and touches on Rajon ...

Mom, Santa brought me a future Hall of Famer! The NBA is taking Christmas by storm this year (no matter what Phil Jackson has to say about it) with five big-time matchups. There's Chicago at New York (noon ET), Boston at Orlando (2:30 ET), Miami a...

Barry Gossage/Getty Images The JabbaWockeeZ haven't been confirmed for tonight's party, but they'd probably dominate the Michael Jackson video game anyway. Shaq's always been big on the holiday spirit, throwing toy drives and other charity events...

Getty Images Chicago Bulls (2-2) at Boston Celtics (4-1) 8:00 PM ET -- TD Garden, Boston, MA -- ESPN *Tom Thibodeau, the former Celtics defensive guru, is back in Boston as head coach of the Chicago Bulls. Thibodeau spent three seasons in Bost...

Getty Images "When do people start calling me Legend?" The Boston Celtics have quite the history, mostly because the organization has won more NBA titles (17) than any other team, as well as the fact that the Basketball Hall of Fame is riddled ...

Ezra Shaw/Getty Images One Giant Step A pitching duel it wasn't. Freddy Sanchez and the San Francisco Giants chased Cliff Lee early, roughing up the postseason ace for an 11-7 win over the Texas Rangers in the World Series opener Wednesday night....

Getty Images Favre Won't Rule Self Out vs. Patriots Brett Favre is not ruling himself out of Sunday's game at New England despite two fractures in his left ankle. "I'm willing to give it a try," Favre said of attempting to play. The 41-year-old F...

Opening night in the NBA -- time to play the games -- no more hype -- 3 games on tap. We preview all of them for you and we brought in Bruce Bowen to discuss x's and o's. Miami at Boston -- 7:30 PM ET Here we go -- LeBron James' opener with Miami...

Getty Images Is that the largest warm-up suit ever worn by a Celtics player? The 2010-11 NBA season tips off tonight at 7:30 (ET) on TNT when the Heat visit the Celtics, and apparently the defending Eastern Conference champs still believe age is ...

Of the six teams scheduled to open the 2010-11 NBA season on Tuesday night, three of them are expected to have a strong shot at winning the NBA Finals. The Miami Heat visit the Boston Celtics, Phoenix travels to Portland and in the finale tomorrow ni...

Getty Images When told his team is still undefeated, Dwayne Bowe pulled off a most impressive end zone pirouette. There must be some sort of crazy voodoo going on since the Saints won the Super Bowl, because the 2010 NFL season has been mighty un...

Dennis Johnson played 14 NBA seasons in his career with three teams (4 with Sonics, 3 with Suns, 7 with Celtics) and won 3 NBA titles (1978-79 with Sonics (MVP of Finals), 1983-84 and 1985-86 with Celtics). He was named a 5-time All-Star and 6-time N...

ESPN.com Illustration Celtics Sign Shaq To Reinforce Inside Presence It's official -- the Boston Celtics announced today that they have signed free agent center Shaquille O'Neal. One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history (he was youngest mem...