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Jessica Camerato: Should come as no surprise, Wilcox, Randolph, White all said they'd like to be playing for the #Celtics next season. Twitter @JCameratoNBA

Boston Celtics, Free Agency, Chris Wilcox, Shavlik Randolph 

Andrew Perna: "We fought through a lot of adversity, but didn't give in. They were better than us," - Terry. #Celtics #Knicks Twitter @Andrew_Perna

Boston Celtics, Jason Terry 

Jason Terry: What I hope we take from this experience into next year is to play with passion and heart every night. When we play worry-free basketball, we will be tough to beat. Getting to play with KG and Paul was a great experience. I know there are people wondering if they'll both be back next year. I can't answer that, but what I can tell you is what they've taught me. ESPN.com

Boston Celtics, Jason Terry 

Gary Washburn: "I'm coming back until I say I'm not," Doc Rivers just said. "I don't want it to be a big decision." #celtics Twitter @GwashNBAGlobe

Boston Celtics, Doc Rivers, Coaching 

"I don't think about any of that stuff," said Rivers. "Danny knows me pretty well. I immerse myself; that's the only way I can do it, probably to a fault. Pretty much unlivable during the year. So I don't know. Danny knows he gives me at least a week to do just whatever I do -- and I don't know what I do, sit and watch cartoons or something -- then we'll talk about it. But Danny has already worked on [offseason planning]. He never shows me. I don't want to hear it, I don't want to see it, I don't want to know anything. We'll figure it all out, and we'll see." ESPN.com

Boston Celtics, Doc Rivers, Coaching 

Evans Clinchy: Doc to the media: "I know I'm not the easiest to deal with, and I know some of our players aren't either. So thank you for everything." Twitter @evansclinchy

Boston Celtics, Doc Rivers, Coaching 

Rivers was asked whether Paul Pierce’s and Kevin Garnett’s future plans would have any impact on his decision to return. “Mine is a whole separate thing, and I don’t want mine to be a decision,” Rivers said. “I mean, I’m coming back until I say I’m not. Mine’s not that important. It really isn’t. It’s really important with them though.” Boston Herald

Boston Celtics, Paul Pierce, Doc Rivers, Coaching, Kevin Garnett 

Carmelo Anthony said his wife, La La Vazquez, has a right to be “upset’’ her name resurfaced during the Celtics series. Boston reserve Jordan Crawford, according to replays, appears to have shouted a vulgar remark at Anthony regarding Vazquez after the final buzzer of Wednesday’s Game 5. Vazquez expressed her disapproval Thursday on Twitter and Anthony said she has the right to express her views — even if it focused more attention on the controversy. “I would be upset too if I was her,’’ Anthony said at the Knicks’ shootaround at Suffolk University yesterday morning. “She’s always getting thrown into the mix of the Boston Celtic series. I would be upset if I was here. She’s her own person. At the end of the day, she has the right to say whatever she wants to say.’’ New York Post

Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony, LaLa Vasquez, Jordan Crawford 

Celtics fans at TD Garden in Boston chanted “Honey Nut Cheerios” at Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony after he received his second personal foul in the first quarter of Game 6 of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series on Friday night. The chant referenced a trash talk exchange between Anthony and Celtics forward/center Kevin Garnett from back in January that allegedly involved Anthony’s wife, actress LaLa Vazquez. Anthony was suspended by the NBA for one game after pursuing Kevin Garnett to the Celtics’ team bus following a Knicks loss in which the two players received technical fouls and were involved in some heated trash talk. Rumors surfaced after the game that Vazquez was the subject of some of Garnett’s woofing. SI.com

Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett 

Kevin Garnett reportedly said something insensitive about LaLa during a January game at the Garden. Anthony approached Garnett on the court, outside the Celtics' locker room and in the tunnel by the team bus after the game. "She always gets thrown into the mix of the Boston Celtic series, so I would be upset if I was her,'' Anthony said Friday morning. "She's her own person at the end of the day, so she has the right to say whatever she wants to say. "As far as anything goes, basketball is the first priority. No disrespect to anybody else, but I'm trying to win this series. I told ya'll all year long that I would let no negativity in our locker room, into our circle, and that's the way it's going to be.'' Newsday

Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett 

Fred Kerber: #Celtics Doc Rivers stuff after Game 5: "Much ado about nothing. Carmelo said something to Jordan, Jordan said something back..." Twitter @FredKerber

Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Doc Rivers, Carmelo Anthony, Jordan Crawford 

Peter Stringer: Doc on playing another "Game 7" (elimination game) in Game 6: "We have to be the more desperate team the entire game." Twitter @celtics

Boston Celtics, Doc Rivers 

Frank Isola: Carmelo on Kevin Garnett pulling on his arm. "He yanked my arm out. It felt like it came out a little bit. It's better than I expected." Twitter @FisolaNYDN

Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett 

Frank Isola: Melo says his wife. Lala, always gets "thrown into" the discussion by Celtics. In other words, Jordan Crawford said what we thought he said Twitter @FisolaNYDN

Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony, Jordan Crawford, La La Anthony 

Fred Kerber: #Celtics Terrence Williams notes everyone has had deaths in family so wearing black "that's not something funny, not something to play with" Twitter @FredKerber

Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Terrence Williams 

“I always wanted to say this, that’s playoff basketball,” Williams said at Friday morning’s shootaround in Waltham. “Before I got here, I heard these two teams were rivals so you don’t expect anything less. But at the end of the day, it’s basketball. I think everything should be left on the court. Nothing should be escalated off the court like last game at the end of the game. Stuff like that shouldn’t happen but it’s playoff basketball.” WEEI.com

Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Terrence Williams 

If they lose again, Game 7 is Sunday at the Garden with a chance at everlasting ignominy as, with a loss in that one, they’d become the first NBA team to fold after leading a series 3-0. The Celtics, meanwhile, are looking to become just like the 2004 Red Sox, who rallied from 3-0 down to beat the Yankees in seven games. “People are going to panic,’’ Iman Shumpert said. “Media, fans, everybody’s going to panic and stuff like that. We can’t do that. We’ve just got to play basketball.’’ New York Post

Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Iman Shumpert 

Hell hath no fury like an angry basketball wife. La La Vasquez yesterday ripped the Boston Celtic bench-warmer who nearly started a brawl after Game 5 with a lewd comment about the reality diva to her hubby, Knick star Carmelo Anthony. “STRONG WOMEN only intimidate weak men,” she posted on her Instagram page yesterday, in a dig at Celtic no- name Jordan Crawford. She also wrote, “Try again. You on the bench for a reason.” New York Post

Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony, LaLa Vasquez, Jordan Crawford 

Crawford touched off the near-melee seconds after the Boston win at the Garden by barking at Anthony, “That motherf--ker f--ked your wife!” He was referring to Boston star Kevin Garnett, who on Jan. 7 told Anthony during a game that his wife “tastes like Honey Nut Cheerios.” The Anthonys were having marital problems at the time. New York Post

Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony, LaLa Vasquez, Jordan Crawford 

Crawford, despite clear video evidence, denied making the comment. “I would never talk trash about that man’s wife,” Crawford tweeted yesterday. New York Post

Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony, LaLa Vasquez, Jordan Crawford