Celtics hand 76ers ninth straight loss
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Allen Iverson spent another day waiting to be traded, and the Philadelphia 76ers lost again without him. Paul Pierce and Ryan Gomes each scored 18 points, and Tony Allen had 16 to help the Boston Celtics beat the 76ers 101-81 Wednesday night, handing Philadelphia it's ninth straight loss.
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Allen Iverson made a nifty pass to Marc Jackson for the winning layup with a second left, and the 76ers moved back to .500 and into a tie for first place in the Atlantic Division with the Celtics after a 106-105 victory over the New York Knicks last night in Philadelphia.
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The Boston Celtics finally snapped their franchise record 18-game losing streak on Wednesday with a 117-97 rout of the Milwaukee Bucks.
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(Sports Network) - The 76ers saw a three-game win streak come to an end on Tuesday night, falling 103-95 to the Seattle SuperSonics at the Wachovia Center.
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Chauncey Billups hit two free throws with a tenth of a second left and the Detroit Pistons handed the Celtics their first home loss of the season, 87-85 on Wednesday night.
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Midway through the Celtics' franchise-record 18-game losing streak, a strange trend developed in the locker room: Players stopped dissecting box scores.
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Two games under .500 -- and first place in the brutal Atlantic Division. That's what's at stake tomorrow night for the Celtics. With the Knicks conveniently losing yesterday to Boston's next opponent, the rampaging Chicago Bulls, the door is open for Doc Rivers's gang.
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Led by Paul Pierce and his 34 points, the Celtics turned what could have been a monumental embarrassment into a respectable defeat last night when the Pacific Division-leading Suns took a 128-119 decision at the FleetCenter.
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Andre Iguodala scored 20 points and Philadelphia stunned the Wizards with a 17-0 run late in the fourth quarter that lifted the 76ers to a 101-96 win on Tuesday night. It was Washington's fourth straight loss.
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Paul Pierce's basket at the buzzer helped the Boston Celtics snap a five-game losing streak with a 92-90 win over the New Jersey Nets in the NBA in East Rutherford on Saturday.
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Falling behind by 20 points in the third quarter, and squandering a chance to build momentum after the All-Star Game break, the Knicks were defeated by the 76ers on Wednesday night.
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The Washington Wizards handed the high-flying Boston Celtics their second loss in three games with an 85-78 home victory on Saturday.
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When the turnover count hit 20, the Boston Celtics were in trouble. Now the team that had been dominating the N.B.A. has lost two of its last three games.
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The victory which ended the Boston  Celtics' worst losing streak in franchise history this week  after a league-leading 18 straight losses has failed to console  the team's fans.
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The Boston Celtics blew a 10-point halftime lead to lose their 18th straight game after a Ricky Davis buzzer beater gave Minnesota a 109-107 win on Sunday.
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Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers were outplayed in the second half Thursday night by Winterthur FC Barcelona, which had six players score in double digits to win 109-104, only the third time an international club has beaten an NBA team since 1988.
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The Boston Celtics slipped to a franchise record 17th straight defeat with a 92-78 loss to the New Jersey Nets on Friday, on a day when the struggling team welcomed back Paul Pierce after a long injury layoff.