Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers smiles during fourth-half NBA basketball game action against the Toronto Raptors in Toronto, Wednesday April 17, 2013. (AP photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)
Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers smiles during fourth-half NBA basketball game action against the Toronto Raptors in Toronto, Wednesday April 17, 2013. (AP photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)
Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce (34) drives around Orlando Magic's Maurice Harkless (21) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, April 13, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Boston Celtics' Kevin Garnett (5) makes a move to get around Orlando Magic's Kyle O'Quinn, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, April 13, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
New York Knicks' Chris Copeland shoots Atlanta Hawks' Dahntay Jones (30), Johan Petro (10) and Mike Scott (32) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Knicks won 98-92. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
New York Knicks' Iman Shumpert (21) drives to the basket against Charlotte Bobcats' Bismack Biyombo (0) during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, April 15, 2013. The Bobcats 106-95. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
NEW YORK (AP) ? Doc Rivers' phone rang sometime around 6 a.m. Friday, a concerned Boston Celtics owner calling to check on his coach and team.
The Celtics were already safely in New York, but forgive Steve Pagliuca for forgetting. This is a sad, confusing and chaotic time in Boston, and nobody is thinking about basketball first.
But the Celtics have a game to play Saturday, the opener of their playoff series against the Knicks, and if they can provide a boost to their struggling city with some postseason success, that gives them even more motivation in their rare role as an underdog.
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