Notes from shootaround

All's quiet down in Miami. Tipoff is less than 7 hours away, and the Celtics recently wrapped up their morning shootaround. Here are some tidbits...

*Doc Rivers joked that his team would be watching "Homeland" while the Heat receive their rings, so there's your answer to whether or not the Celtics would remain on the floor. However, he is downplaying the ceremony. Said Rivers, “It’s not that big of a difference because they’re going to start early. When we would be in lockerroom, anyway. The only difference is there will be 16 minutes on the clock instead of 20. Our guys don’t usually come out until about 17 minutes on clock, anyway. So, it’s not going to be that big a difference. The only difference is we’ll hear it in the lockerroom, you’ll hear all the speeches and the noise.” The ceremony starts at 7:30 and is expected to last 15 minutes. Once the ceremony ends, the countdown to tipoff will begin.

*Ray Allen update: Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo, and Paul Pierce are all unsure whether or not they will speak to Allen tonight. Something to keep an eye on. Rivers hasn't spoken to Allen and said he didn't know if he would or not.

*How did each of these teams do on their respective opening nights when receiving their rings? Well the Celtics beat LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 90 to 85. When the Heat received their rings in 2006, they got blown out by 45 points by the Chicago Bulls. Its really a toss up as to how a team will play following such an emotional moment.

*And no, we still do not know what the starting five will be for the C's.“We’ll tell it later,” said Rivers. “It’s no big deal but we’ll tell it later.” He clearly hasn't been paying any attention to what the press have been writing about.