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The Celtics get first gut check of season

By Brian MacPherson

Sunday, November 1, 2009

BOSTON -- It's not that Doc Rivers wasn't enjoying the blowouts. But if the Celtics played every game the way they played Charlotte and Chicago last week, there wouldn't be much reason for the coach to draw his salary. On Sunday, he gained some job security. "We're better than this," Rivers said after his Celtics let a double-digit lead slip away in the third quarter but pulled away late. "I thought we were sloppy. I thought we broke our execution on defense and offense at times, and so we're ...

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