Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, go Hess, and now the end is near.

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Remember five days ago when Brad Stevens was on the hot seat?

How's that working out?

The Celtics are going to cross half court, and they will dribble out the clock.

The Boston Celtics left the garden on Tuesday night by some estimates with less than a 10% chance of winning the series.

They return home on Wednesday night to a building that will be an asylum because they have come to Chicago and even the best of seven.

The final score, Boston 104, Chicago 95.

Sean Grandy there with a little bit of a horse situation with the call last night.

Celtics do even the series.

Take that, Murray.

Suck on that.

Remember when, oh, how do you like Brad Stevens now?

And how did many people react when you heard the news on Friday as we were wrapping up the show? It was going to be Gerald Green in that starting five. That was a, you know, a move that wasn't going to have any gray area. And it worked out for Brad Stevens. If it didn't, it blew up in his face, I still think I would have been right. And if they got swept in the series, he should have been out, or at least considered it. Since then, they've done a lot of good things. They really have.

They've basically nullified Robin Lopez in the series, he should have been out, or at least considered it. Since then, they've done a lot of good things.

They really have.

They've basically nullified Robin Lopez in the defensive glass. If Rondo were still healthy, what are they? Oh, they're down 3-1. Yeah, they're down 3-1. They're absolutely down 3-1. And that's the biggest key to the series. No Rajan Rondo. and Adam Himmelsbach, who covers the Celtics for the Globe.

It's funny.

Grandy didn't mention that in his end-of-the-game soliloquies.

Another thing he also didn't mention is that Michael Carter Williams and Jaron Grant, who have filled in since Rondo's been out, in this series, 82 minutes, 6 for 28, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 11 turnovers. Hmm. I wonder why I want to put an asterisk near this series when the Celtics take these next two games and end up winning it. Because Rajan Rondo was basically better than every single Celtic combined in the first couple of games. It mattered. That's the story. No Rondo. It's why the Celtics are ultimately going to win this series. I mean, it's hard to win without someone who can handle the ball. To be that, so say what you want about Rondo. And that knows the playbook. Look, and Rondo overall, I thought it sucked and we all got fooled. As it turns out, it was infuriating to watch him play that well, too, because it shows, like I had tweeted and said to you guys last week, the guy tries like 3% of the time. He wanted to try. He was playing with delicious, hateful spite in those first couple of games.

It's what made this series interesting. Now is this series interesting, please. If it comes back, Murray. Again, cast him. He ain't coming back. Cast was off the hand. I guarantee you he's coming back. It may not be tomorrow night, Wednesday night, but he's coming back. Oh, you know what? they will give it a shot with him at some point.

I don't know if he'll be able to play,

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