He had been cold all night long, but Paul Pierce found Ray Allen in the corner with 10.7 seconds left in the game to hit a three pointer and seal the win for Boston on Wednesday night. The Celtics took home their fifth straight victory with a 99-95 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on [...]
Ray Allen missed almost every shot (3-for-14), but hit the one that mattered—a three-pointer with 42 seconds left in OT—as the Celtics squeaked out a 98-95 overtime win over the banged up Portland Trail Blazers at the TD Garden on Friday night. The Celtics felt the return of Kevin Garnett, especially on the defensive end, [...]
The Celtics were able to grab their 12th straight win in Philadelphia against the 76ers 100-99. This game went down to the final seconds with Ray Allen hitting a game winning three-pointer with 0.5 seconds left on the clock. The Celtics were lucky to pull this one off after some really sloppy play especially shown [...]
The Celtics set a new NBA record Tuesday night for the best start to a season by beating the Philadelphia 76ers 110-91. The Celtics moved to 27-2 with the win and also set a new franchise record of winning 19 games in a row. The previous record streak of 18 straight wins was done by [...]
This one was in Boston’s hands from the get-go and the Celtics never let up, cruising to their seventh straight victory by a final of 102-78. The 76ers really had no chance at all and it seemed that they just gave up by the time the second half had started. The Celtics held the 76ers [...]
The Celtics blew an 11-point fourth quarter lead, falling to the 76ers 95-90. Kevin Garnett had a team-high 18 points but it wasn’t enough, especially in the fourth quarter. In perhaps their biggest collapse of the season, the Celtics saw an 80-69 lead turn into an 88-80 deficit, thanks to a 19-0 run for the [...]
The Celtics sure did survive the 76ers. After trailing by 5 at the end of the first half, the C’s kicked it up a notch in the 3rd and 4th quarters, outscoring the 76ers by 15 en route to a 113-103 win (NBA Box Score). Kevin Garnett led five Celtics in double figures, posting 22 [...]