This is the January 17, 2013 news archive. View today's Celtics news and rumors.

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Brian Scalabrine lied about concussion symptoms to Celtics doctors to get cleared for the playoffs

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

Pau Gasol will return to the Los Angeles Lakers' lineup for the team's nationally televised Thursday game against the defending NBA champion Miami Heat after missing five games with a concussion brought on by an inadvertent elbow from Denver Nuggets cen…

boston.com

Unsettling news from Thursday's Celtics practice regrading starting guard Avery Bradley.

CNNSI.com

Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook dominate the headlines in Oklahoma City, but Ian Thomsen says that the emergence of Serge Ibaka has really kept the Thunder among the elite.

boston.com

Celtics coach Doc Rivers watched his son, Austin, and the Hornets come away from the TD Garden with a 90-78 victory Wednesday night. It marked just the fourth time coach-vs.-son matchup in NBA history.