Boston's Secret Weapon

[Capt Bringdown]

Meet Doctor Charles Czeisler

In the summer of 2009, Czeisler met with coach Doc Rivers and showed him charts and brain-imaging studies illustrating how sleep deprivation affects reaction time, memory retention, and the immune system.

The Celtics soon eliminated morning practices and ins uted the “2 a.m. rule,” which holds that if the players can’t get to their hotel rooms in the next city by that time, then they stay where they are for an extra night and get their eight hours. Sound rest is all the more important for a veteran team like the Celtics, who have struggled playing games on consecutive nights. “Trying to create a window of 8 to 10 hours of sleep — it’s almost impossible during an NBA season,” Rivers says. “The way we were doing it made it completely impossible.

[boutons_deux]

big fnckin duh

[John Basedow]

Interesting stuff. We all keep expecting them to run out of gas but they never do...guess this explains why.

[hater]

No wonder Shaq demanded to be traded to Boston

[JamStone]

I think this is the same doctor who discovered milk does the body good and an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

[Venti Quattro]

Interesting stuff. We all keep expecting them to run out of gas but they never do...guess this explains why.

They're built for the playoffs scrah...Something that we should know by now

[Killakobe81]

I think this is the same doctor who discovered milk does the body good and an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

LOL Jamstone fellling "ornery" ...