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The Boston Celtics punched their ticket into the Eastern Conference finals Saturday night as they will now move on to face the Miami Heat.

Although the Boston Celtics don't have an impressive bench, they have a few role players who've become vital aspects to their playoff run.

The Miami Heat and Boston Celtics are poised to meet for the second time in as many years in these 2012 NBA playoffs.

"He's out for the playoffs,'' coach Doc Rivers said before practice in preparation for Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series with Philadelphia Saturday.

Avery Bradley is done for the rest of the playoffs, and the Celtics' incredibly short, half-old and half-inexperienced bench just got a lot scarier.

Jrue Holiday finished with a team-high 20 points and six assists while Elton Brand had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Sixers who evened the second round series at three games each.

The natural instinct when you're losing is to look at winning teams and say, "hey, why aren't we doing that?" Why aren't we running in transition and throwing alley-oops to Wade and Lebron? Wouldn't it be great to have Westbrook, Harden, and Durant slashing to the rim on every possession? Why isn't Doc going deep into his bench like Pop in San ... (more)

Allen is 36 years old and is playing his 17th season in the league. He's averaging his lowest scoring numbers since his 1996 rookie year with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo controls a loose ball in the first quarter of Game 6 and acrobatically splits the defense of the Sixers' Elton Brand and Evan Turner.

It was a night that from the beginning was predestined to be one that belonged to the Philadelphia 76ers and their fans.

Boston Celtics' Mickael Pietrus, left, goes up for a shot as Philadelphia 76ers' Lavoy Allen defends during the first half of Game 6 of an NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series, Wednesday, May 23, 2012, in Philadelphia.

Draymond Green has been projected as a late first-round to early second-round pick, after a stellar four-year career at Michigan State.

This Celtics [ team stats ] team would carry on without him, of course, but it would be like "The Office" without Steve Carell.

Before coach Doug Collins had his Philadelphia 76ers look ahead to Game 6, he had them rewind the tape to a dusty Game 7. He slipped in a highlight video of Sixers vs.

Russell Westbrook scored 28 points, Kevin Durant added 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder surged ahead in the second half to beat Los Angeles 106-90 in Game 5 on Monday night and eliminate the Lakers from the playoffs.

These are the key factors that the Celtics need in order to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the third time in the last five years.

TNT analyst Chris Webber twice alluded to an in-game huddle where Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers delivered a blood-stirring speech to his players while they were trailing the Philadelphia 76ers , pushing them to press on and take the lead.

Authorities in Spartanburg County have charged a woman with child neglect after she showed up at a stranger's home with her 2-year-old son sleeping nude in the car's floorboard.

A single-engine plane has gone down in a Southern California neighborhood, slicing through power lines but apparently not hitting any homes.

President Barack Obama will speak at the commencement ceremony Monday for graduating seniors whose town was devastated by deadly tornados.