Last night the Maine Red Claws, who have been struggling lately (especially against the Springfield Armor) dropped a hard-fought contest to the Austin Toros, losing 126-114 in overtime.
Featured | Jim | January 23, 2010 | 
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Alexis Ajinca, Austin Toros, Darnell Lazare, J.R. Giddens, Malik Hairston
Much like your Boston Celtics, the Maine Red Claws faced a top-notch team yesterday after recently some of their best players. The two NBAers assigned to the team from Boston, Bill Walker and Lester Hudson, were brought back due to injuries in the parent club. After losing to lowly Bakersfield on Sunday night, there was every reason to have concern about the big game against Iowa Thursday afternoon. Would the Claws come out and disappoint another sellout crowd in the Portland Expo?
Celtics Blog | Jim | December 31, 2009 | Comments (3)
Alexis Ajinca, Bill Walker, Darnell Lazare, Iowa Energy, Lester Hudson, Trey Gilder
The Maine crowd no doubt expected another blowout victory for the home team, a repeat of Saturday. Instead the Maine Red Claws fell 115-98 to the 2-11 Bakersfield Jam Sunday evening, giving the visitors their second win of the season. The loss dropped the Claws to 8-3 and put them two games behind the league-leading 10-1 Iowa Energy, whom they face Thursday. Bakersfield stepped it up and played well, clearly eager for a win. The Claws were fizzling on both ends of the court, with the defense falling flat and the offense searching desperately for a rhythm.
Celtics Blog | Jim | December 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Austin Ainge, Bakersfield Jam, Darnell Lazare, Lester Hudson, Steve Anderson, Trey Gilder, Will Blalock
Last night the Maine Red Claws continued the weekend trend and snapped a winning streak with a disappointing home loss. They followed the lead of the Celtics’ home loss to Philly Friday night in the TD Garden, which ended an eleven-game winning streak for Boston. Saturday it was the Red Claws’ turn, as their 113-105 loss ended a seven-game winning streak, dropping them to 7-2 and ending their brief possession of the best record in the D-League. Another sellout crowd in the Portland Expo watched the Claws come out in the first half and let the Fort Wayne Mad Ants walk all over them. The visitors seemed to sink every basket early on, working together in a way they clearly hadn’t during their Friday night OT loss to Springfield. By halftime the Red Claws were trailing 62-55.
Celtics Blog | Jim | December 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Alexis Ajinca, Bill Walker, Billy Thomas, Danny Ainge, Darnell Lazare, Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Lester Hudson, Ron Howard, Springfield Armor
Last night the Portland Expo crowd watched as their new team notched a gutsy win over the Tulsa 66ers. It was the sort of performance that Celtics fans will recognize, as it featured an anemic first half followed by an impressive second half. It was, by far, the most exciting game of the season, at home or on the road. With the way the Maine Red Claws played in the first half other fans might have fled. Instead, the dedicated Maine basketball fans stuck it out, and saw the Claws come back from a 17-point halftime deficit to win the game.
Celtics Blog | Jim | December 14, 2009 | Comments Off
Anthony Terrell, Austin Ainge, Bill Walker, Darnell Lazare, Jon Jennings, Mario West, Oklahoma City Thunder, Tulsa 66ers, Will Blalock
The Maine Red Claws played their first game tonight, a preseason game against the Springfield Armor in the Augusta Civic Center. For those From Away, Augusta is the state capital, about an hour north of Portland (the normal home of the Red Claws) up I-95. In front of a large, boisterous crowd that included Maine Governor John Baldacci and Celtics GM Danny Ainge, NBDL basketball was played in New England for the first time. Although the Red Claws fell to the Springfield Armor, it was an excellent chance for the state to begin to fall in love with the team. Maine’s basketball fanaticism was very much on display.
Celtics Blog | Jim | November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
BIll Ryan, Danny Ainge, Darnell Lazare, Jon Jennings, Springfield Armor, Tonny Bobbit
