Not much news today. Seems like the injury to Tony has just sucked the wind out of the entire Celtics Nation. At this point, the team can either pull together or they can fall apart. I expect each of the kids to step up their games and for this team to compete. Perk, Green, Al, Rondo, Powe, Gomes, all of them are capable of stepping up their games. They will be getting the minutes now and Doc needs to let them play. Most of the articles center on the loss of Tony for the rest of the year.

Mark Murphy reports that the Celtics are weighing their options now that their injured list is growing. They have to try to weather the storm until some of the players can return. The next time Tony takes the court will be next season and that seems to have deflated this team more than the loss of Pierce, Wally, or any of the other players has done.

The Globe offers some Raptors thumbnails for tonight's game. It is going to be a challenge. All we can hope for is that they will all play hard and play together.

Shira's Notebook gives the official word that Tony will be out for the rest of the year and will undergo surgery as soon as the swelling goes down. Scal will be evaluated in another week. I love this quote from Tony when his mom was asking for an ambulance.

His mom was concerned about my driving," said Scalabrine. "She was asking for the ambulance. Tony was like, 'No, man, this is better than the ambulance.' It's Scal."