04-01-2005, 12:04 PM
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Knighty Night
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LaFrentz sheds hurt look: C's center healthy, and playing like it
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Del Harris, the Methuselah of NBA assistant coaches, broke into a broad smile Wednesday night at the sight of Raef LaFrentz walking down the FleetCenter hallway.
The Dallas assistant was on board during LaFrentz' injury-plagued stint with the Mavs and understood the significance of the Celtics center once again being a night-to-night starter.
``It's good to see you getting down the floor without hurting,'' Harris said, to which LaFrentz merely replied with a quiet nod.
These days, there is a knock-on-wood tone whenever LaFrentz discusses his durability. As his personal health history has shown - he's had surgery on both knees - there's no telling what the next week will bring.
But there's also no denying that LaFrentz, with 11 regular-season games left starting tonight in Atlanta, made a significant comeback this season.
He has played in 70-of-71 games this season (all starts) and is second only to the Celtics' trio of iron horses - Paul Pierce [news], Ricky Davis and Mark Blount [news], who all have yet to miss a game.
LaFrentz has already played the fourth-most games in his seven-season career, with 81 games with Denver in 1999-00 his high mark, followed by a pair of 78-game seasons, including Denver in 2000-01 and again split between Denver and Dallas in 2001-02, the second highest.
``I'll tell you one thing about him - he plays hurt,'' said former Celtic Eric Williams, who played with LaFrentz in Denver.
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http://celtics.bostonherald.com/celt...rticleid=76050
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