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    Thursday, April 27, 2017

    Celtics Regain Confidence, With an Assist From Kevin Garnett


    CHICAGO — Before the Boston Celticsregained some confidence, they heard from a familiar voice.
    Kevin Garnett, a key member of the Celtics’ championship team in 2008, has kept busy since he retired from the N.B.A. at the end of last season. He hosts a television talk show. He works with various teams as a sort of independent adviser/big-man coach. And he offers unsolicited pep talks.

    Garnett seized the opportunity to deliver one such talk after watching the Celtics lose the first two games of their first-round playoff series against the Chicago Bulls. He reached out to Ed Lacerte, the Celtics’ longtime trainer, and left him a message. Lacerte shared it with Avery Bradley, who shared it with Isaiah Thomas, who shared it with the rest of the team before Game 3 on Friday night.

    “We played it very loud,” the Celtics’ Jae Crowder said. “You can only imagine how he got us pumped up.”
    More than anything, Crowder said, Garnett wanted the team to play with more joy — no easy thing after such a difficult week. But the message resonated with the top-seeded Celtics, whose 104-87 victory at the United Center was sorely needed. The Bulls still have a two-games-to-one lead in the best-of-seven series, which will resume here Sunday evening. But all their momentum is gone — undercut by the absence of Rajon Rondo, their starting point guard, and by a resurgent opponent, which turned to an effective small-ball lineup in Game 3.

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