"Even during All-Star weekend, the Staples Center crowd sent boos to the Celtics.

Ray Allen heard them, if only slightly. Rajon Rondo got a chorus of them. Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett were showered with them. And that was just during the introductions.

When the four clocked in together for the East squad midway through the first quarter of the Western Conference's 148-143 victory, the celebrity-studded crowd rained boos on them and the Celtics' stars didn't expect any other kind of reception."