Coaches swaping past allegiances.Byline: Bill Doyle BOSTON - Celtics coach Doc Rivers Glenn Anton "Doc" Rivers (born October 13 1961, in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player from Marquette University who played point guard in the National Basketball Association for the Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks, and San grew up in Chicago rooting for the Bulls, and Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro Vincent "Vinny" Joseph Del Negro (born August 9 1966 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is a retired American basketball player who is now the assistant general manager of the National Basketball Association's Phoenix Suns. grew up in Massachusetts cheering on the Celtics. Now, in the opening round of the NBA playoffs The NBA Playoffs is a four-round best-of-seven elimination tournament between sixteen teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conferences (called Divisions, pre-1970) of the National Basketball Association, ultimately determining the league champion. , both are trying to knock off to cease, as from work; to desist. - De Quincey. To force off by a blow or by beating. To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. To leave off (work, etc.). See also: Knock Knock Knock Knock their former favorite teams. Rivers' mother and relatives still live in Chicago. Del Negro grew up in Springfield and his parents, sisters, nieces and nephews live in Pembroke, Braintree and Marshfield. They wore Bulls red while attending the first two games of this series at the Garden and cheered on Del Negro and his team. "I grew up a Celtics fan," Del Negro said. "I came to a lot of Celtics games here. I was drafted by Bill Russell (for Sacramento), played for Dave Cowens (with Golden State), so I know the Celtics pretty well." Del Negro also played with Rivers in San Antonio, Ray Allen in Milwaukee, and Danny Ainge in Sacramento. "It's more that Vinny and I are really close friends," Rivers said. "That's more difficult than I grew up a Bulls fan and he grew up a Celtics fan. "You don't really enjoy a series like this because you know it's somebody that you really care about." Del Negro called Rivers for advice prior to taking his first head coaching job with the Bulls this season. Rivers was honored as NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= Coach of the Year in 2000 with Orlando in his first head coaching job. Rivers and Del Negro both went 41-41 as rookie head coaches. Rivers joked that he used to call Del Negro "kerosene kerosene or kerosine, colorless, thin mineral oil whose density is between 0.75 and 0.85 grams per cubic centimeter. A mixture of hydrocarbons, it is commonly obtained in the fractional distillation of petroleum as the portion boiling off " because whenever he replaced him on the court with the Spurs, he had to put out fires Del Negro had started with his poor defense. Celtics guard Tony Allen also grew up in Chicago and his entire family still lives there. "Everybody was a Bulls fan growing up," Allen said, "but now I've got a job to play for the Celtics. I think they all turned into Celtics fans." Garnett on cover of Men's Fitness Kevin Garnett isn't expected to play throughout the playoffs because of a knee injury, but he appears on the cover of the May issue of Men's Fitness magazine with the headline: "Hungry for another title." The magazine article notes that "Garnett has been one of the most durable players in the league." Unfortunately, that's no longer true. One of Chicago's best all-around players, forward Luol Deng, is out with a stress fracture stress fracture n. A fatigue fracture of bone caused by repeated application of a heavy load, such as the constant pounding on a surface by runners, gymnasts, and dancers. of his right tibia tibia: see leg. , and forward John Salmons, who scored 38 in Chicago's win over Boston on St. Patrick's Day, is slowed by a strained left groin. Ainge out of Mass. General Ainge, Celtics president of basketball operations, left Mass. General Hospital Sunday and visited the team during their shoot-around yesterday morning, but did not attend last night's game. "It was nice for all the guys who know him just to see him looking normal," Rivers said. Ainge suffered a minor heart attack on Thursday and had surgery to unblock un·block tr.v. un·blocked, un·block·ing, un·blocks To remove or clear an obstruction from: unblock a road; unblock an artery. an artery. Scalabrine welcomes another child Brian Scalabrine's wife, Kristin, gave birth to their second child, Adria Raine Scalabrine, an 8-pound girl, Sunday night. Justin Masterson, winning pitcher for the Red Sox yesterday, was a guest of the Celtics at their pregame chapel ceremony at the Garden. Masterson strolled into the Boston locker room before the game and remarked that it looked like the Red Sox clubhouse before a game - full of media, but no players. ART: PHOTO CUTLINE: Glen Davis drives past Chicago's Tyrus Thomas. PHOTOG pho·tog n. Informal A person who takes photographs, especially as a profession; a photographer. : THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
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