Billups Calmly Sinks the Celtics
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Chauncey Billups hit two free throws with one-tenth of a second left and the Detroit Pistons handed the Celtics their first home loss of the season, 87-85, Wednesday night in Boston.
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What does an NBA division leader look like? Come to the FleetCenter and find out. The Celtics moved into sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Division last night by defeating the Indiana Pacers, 100-86, on the parquet.
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Mark Blount scored 22 points, Paul Pierce had 21, and Kendrick Perkins shattered his career high with 13 rebounds on Wednesday night as the Boston Celtics turned back the division-leading New York Knicks 114-109.
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Antawn Jamison scores 27 points and the Wizards shut out the Celtics for the first 4:47 of overtime in a 110-105 victory Wednesday.
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Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce, right, hangs on to Milwaukee Bucks center Zendon Hamilton (31) while fouling on a dunk in the second half in Boston, Wednesday Dec. 1, 2005.
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Caron Butler scored 21 points Monday night as Washington beat host Boston, 88-83, for the Wizardsâ second victory against the Celtics in three days.
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Al Jefferson did not wait for the end of the question. From the moment the final buzzer sounded last night and the Celtics' 103-96 loss to the Pacers entered the books -- stretching Boston's losing streak to 12 games -- Jefferson knew the query was coming.
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Carmelo Anthony rescued the travel-weary Denver Nuggets with just seconds to spare. Anthony&#39;s 15-foot jumper with 3.6 seconds remaining gave the Nuggets a 100-99 victory over the Boston Celtics
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LeBron James scored 33 points and barely missed a triple-double as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat visiting Boston for the second time this season, downing the Celtics, 114-113, on Tuesday night.
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Chauncey Billups's two free throws with 2.6 seconds left in the game gave Detroit its first lead since the first quarter, and Stephon Marbury's last-second miss gave the Pistons a 94-93 victory over the Knicks last night in New York.
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Chauncey Billups scored 18 points, Chris Webber and Rasheed Wallace had 15 apiece, and the Detroit Pistons reminded the Cavaliers who's the boss in the NBA Central with a 90-78 win yesterday in Cleveland.
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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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The Boston Celtics ended their franchise-record losing streak at 18 games on Wednesday night, getting 32 points from Paul Pierce and 21 from Gerald Green to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 117-97.
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LeBron James scored 33 points and barely missed a triple-double as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat Boston for the second time this season, downing the Celtics 114-113 on Tuesday night.
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Al Jefferson scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, leading Boston to a 96-88 overtime National Basketball Association victory Saturday over New Jersey.
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Chauncey Billups scored a season-high 31 points on 11-of-16 shooting, leading the Detroit Pistons to an 87-83 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday night in a matchup of the top teams in the Eastern Conference.
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Chauncey Billups scored 20 points and Tayshaun Prince had 16 points and seven rebounds as the Detroit Pistons used a balanced scoring attack to defeat the Indiana Pacers 88-76 Thursday night.