Published 5/20/2008
at Yahoo! Sports - NBA News
Long after practice ended, Ray Allen was still on the court firing up jumpers. He was even making most of them. That overtime work Monday showed that, like his Celtics teammates, he had plenty of energy left after two intense seven-game series. And the usually smooth shooter was regaining his rhythm. Whether the Pistons still have theirs after a six-day layoff will become evident in Tuesday night's...
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