Celtics outlast Clippers
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Evidently the Celtics didn&#39;t think five games were enough on this West Coast journey, so they performed a basketball cover of Southside Johnny&#39;s ``I Don&#39;t Want to Go Home&#39;&#39; and stayed around for two extra periods last night.
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The Boston Celtics won their ninth successive game and raised their NBA-best record to 29-3 on Saturday, ending the Detroit Pistons' 11-game winning streak with a 92-85 road victory.
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Kevin Garnett had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Paul Pierce added 18 points and the Boston Celtics beat the New Jersey Nets 86-77 on Friday night for their 30th win of the season.
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Paul Pierce scored 28 points, Ricky Davis added 20, and the Celtics shot 56 percent to win for the first time this season, crushing the New York Knicks 107-73 in the Saturdayâs home opener at Madison Square Garden.
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Paul Pierce leads balanced scoring from Celtics' starters with 24 points as Boston races to a 103-91 win over the Magic on Sunday night.
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For 3 1/2 quarters on Dec. 13, the Los Angeles Clippers dominated the Boston Celtics at both ends of the floor. Elton Brand pulled down rebounds at will.
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Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 26 points, including the game-winning jumper on an assist from LeBron James with 19 seconds left, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Boston Celtics 98-96 Friday night.
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Rasheed Wallace had 23 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Detroit Pistons past the Boston Celtics 100-88 Sunday.
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The Boston Celtics became the first team to reach 40 wins this season with a 104-97 road victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday.
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Point guard Rajon Rondo had a season-high 12 rebounds, following one of them with a putback layup with 42 seconds left to give the Celtics the lead, and Boston held on to beat the Dallas Mavericks 96-90 on Thursday night.
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Kendrick Perkins scores on a putback with 16.6 seconds left, and Kevin Garnett pokes the ball away from Sebastian Telfair as time expired on Friday night to give the Celtics an 87-86 victory over Garnett's former team, the Timberwolves.
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Jose Calderon finishes with 24 points and 13 assists, leading the Toronto Raptors to a 114-112 victory over the Boston Celtics.
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Ricky Davis scored 25 points and Paul Pierce added 17 points and 10 rebounds on Sunday to lead the Boston Celtics to a 102-83 victory over Seattle and snap the SuperSonics' nine-game winning streak.
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Ray Allen scored a season-high 35 points, Kevin Garnett had 26 and the Boston Celtics rebounded from their first consecutive losses of the season with a 100-90 win over Portland on Wednesday night.
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Paul Pierce had 28 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his fifth career triple-double to lead the Boston Celtics to a 110-89 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night.
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Paul Pierce scored 15 of his 22 points in the third quarter, going 4-for-4 from 3-point range in the third before sitting out the fourth on Friday night as the Boston Celtics pulled away from the Chicago Bulls to win 107-82.
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Ricky Davis came off the bench to score 30 pointsto lift the Boston Celtics to their win, 106-94, over the Atlanta Hawks.