Celtics Confident Despite Showing Their Age

Jeff Jacobs, Hartford Courant: Sports
Mon, 05/14/2012 - 9:00pm

If the Celtics were a movie and Kevin Garnett were its lead actor, they would be Clint Eastwood in "Gran Torino." They are old. They are crotchety. And, yes, they are liable to kick your rear end if you suggest they are too old.

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