HOUSTON — Paul Pierce scored 26 points, Ray Allen hit five 3-pointers and had 19 points, and the Boston Celtics snapped Houston’s four-game winning streak with a 94-87 victory over the Rockets on Friday night.
BOSTON — Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett played their best game together in more than a month. Pierce scored 29 points, Garnett had 22 and Boston cruised to its third straight lopsided victory at home, 109-97 over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night.
BOSTON — “It’s coming around,” Doc Rivers said Monday night after Paul Pierce scored 12 points in the first quarter to set up a 119-93 victory over the Detroit Pistons. “It’s still not there, but that was great to see. He looked explosive. I think he’s getting closer, and our team’s getting closer.”
CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored 30 points, 24 in the second half, and Cleveland wore down the aging Boston Celtics for a 104-93 victory on Sunday, the Cavaliers’ second decisive win over one of the East’s premier teams in less than a month.
BOSTON — Paul Pierce scored 20 points and Rajon Rondo had 16 points and 11 assists in just three quarters Friday night as the Boston Celtics snapped a two-game losing streak with a 122-103 victory over the Indiana Pacers.
BOSTON — The Memphis Grizzlies keep winning on the road. And now they’re even beating Boston. Rudy Gay scored 28 points on Wednesday night to lead Memphis to a 111-91 victory over the Celtics and give the Grizzlies a franchise-record seventh straight road win.
MILWAUKEE — The Bucks took down yet another Eastern Conference heavyweight with a 86-84 victory over the Celtics on Tuesday.
BOSTON — Ray Allen scored a game-high 25 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 17.1 seconds remaining, and the Celtics surged past the Washington Wizards 86-83 on Sunday.
PHILADELPHIA — Kevin Garnett scored 22 points as the Boston Celtics handed the Philadelphia 76ers their fifth straight loss, 96-86 on Friday night. Rajon Rando had 16 points and 11 assists, Ray Allen scored 16 points and Glen Davis added 12 for the Celtics.
BOSTON — Paul Pierce scored 27 points and a stingy Celtics defense held the Charlotte Bobcats to 29 percent shooting in the second half of Boston’s 104-80 victory Wednesday night.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Fittingly, it was a refugee from another devastated NBA franchise that ended up being the difference in an ugly game. Nate Robinson, playing his fourth game with Boston after being acquired from the Knicks, scored 14 points in 15 minutes to help the Celtics win 105-100.
BOSTON — The Celtics were better early, then LeBron James and the Cavaliers blew right by them. Cleveland dominated the second half in a 108-88 victory Thursday night.
BOSTON — Rajon Rondo scored 15 points and had 16 assists to lead the Boston Celtics to a 110-106 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night in a matchup of teams that traded with each other last week.
DENVER — J.R. Smith scored 16 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter and the Nuggets recovered from blowing an early 20-point lead to beat the Boston Celtics 114-105 Sunday.
BOSTON — Ray Allen’s key defensive stop Thursday night secured an 87-86 victory for the Atlantic Division leaders. He also scored 12 of his 24 points in the third quarter and made 10 of his first 11 shots, helping send the defending NBA champions to their first loss in five games since Kobe Bryant went down with a sprained left ankle.
