Celtics like Rasheed's track record against Dwight

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When the Celtics signed Rasheed Wallace as a free-agent last offseason, they had his track record against Dwight Howard in mind.

"Oh, it was huge," Boston coach Doc Rivers said. "This summer we were thinking about how can we beat Orlando, not Cleveland, because Orlando won the East. So it was a big factor."

Howard hurt the Celtics in the postseason last year, so they were looking for help even though they were without Kevin Garnett in 2009.

"[Rasheed's] equally as big because you have two guys who are capable of matching with Howard one-on-one," said Paul Pierce.

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I think Sheed pulled it off in the postseason. We never saw much from him over this season. Everyone was thinking this was a very mediocre free agent signing for a bench player.
I'm glad to see he's been doing well for Boston's sake in the playoffs.