Courtesy of OddsShark.com The Boston Celtics and the Washington Wizards will both be trying to pick up a win on Thursday when they battle at Verizon Center. Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 8-point favorites versus the Wizards, while the game's total has not yet been posted. Kevin Garnett had 25 points and nine rebounds to lead the Celtics past the Bucks 98-89 on Tuesday night. Boston couldn't cover as 12-point home favorites, while the teams played UNDER the 193-point total... Read Full Story
Courtesy of OddsShark.com The Milwaukee Bucks and the Boston Celtics will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at TD Garden. Oddsmakers currently have the Celtics listed as 12½-point favorites versus the Bucks, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Bucks lost to Cleveland 101-86 as a 7-point underdog on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over/under total (194). Brandon Jennings led Milwaukee with 24 points and Hakim Warrick netted 11 points... Read Full Story
Vince Carter scored 26 points, Rashard Lewis had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics 83-78 on Friday night. Dwight Howard grabbed 15 boards and Mickael Pietrus added 14 points for Orlando, which won the rematch of last season's Eastern Conference semifinal for its fourth consecutive victory. Paul Pierce scored 21 for Boston, which has lost three of its last four, and three of five at home. Kevin Garnett scored 13 points with 11 rebounds, and Ray Allen had... Read Full Story
Kevin Garnett, Dime #30
When Kevin Garnett was traded to the Celtics, we all imagined the hypothetical Finals series between Boston and San Antonio and would it would mean for the legacies of KG and Tim Duncan . Two of the game’s five greatest power forwards came up in the same era , but because KG’s supporting cast was consistently so much worse than Duncan’s, we never got a real look at what would happen if they met on a really big stage. And even after KG got to Boston, those big-time... Read Full Story
Rajon Rondo had 14 points and 11 assists and the Boston Celtics beat the Utah Jazz 105-86 on Wednesday night to match their 8-1 start from their title-winning season two years ago. Boston has won two in a row since its only loss, to Phoenix on Friday. Kevin Garnett scored 18 points, Paul Pierce had 13 and Ray Allen 15 for the Celtics. Deron Williams, who was a game-time decision because of a bruised left calf, had 13 points, seven rebounds and four assists in 33 minutes for Utah. Ronnie... Read Full Story
Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce each scored 16 points, and the Boston Celtics bounced back from their first loss of the season to beat the winless New Jersey Nets 86-76 on Saturday night Ray Allen came alive after three dismal quarters to score eight of his 12 points in the fourth quarter for the Celtics (7-1), who lost 110-103 to Phoenix on Friday night, allowing 20 more points than in any previous game. Their defense was back Saturday — and it needed to be, because the Celtics couldn't shoot... Read Full Story
Kevin Garnett had 12 points and 11 rebounds in his third game back in Minnesota since he was traded in 2007, helping the Boston Celtics remain undefeated with a 92-90 victory over the Timberwolves on Wednesday night. Rajon Rondo scored 14 of his 18 points in the third quarter for the Celtics (6-0), who join the Denver Nuggets as the only two teams in the league without a loss. Garnett's former team gave his current one all it could handle. The Wolves had a chance to tie in the final 10... Read Full Story
Paul Pierce scored 27 points and the Boston Celtics improved to 4-0 with a 97-87 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Sunday night. Chris Paul scored 22 points with eight assists for New Orleans, and then had to be held back after the game when he tried to follow the Celtics off the court to their locker room. Paul and Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo also exchanged words in the second quarter, drawing matching technical fouls. Ray Allen scored 17, Kevin Garnett had 14 and Rondo had 10... Read Full Story
BOSTON (Reuters) - Paul Pierce sparked the unbeaten Boston Celtics with 27 points in a 97-87 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Sunday. Boston (4-0) broke a 74-74 tie with six consecutive points in the fourth quarter to take control. But it took an 10-3 run keyed by Pierce and Kevin Garnett late in the quarter to finish off the pesky Hornets (1-2), who got 26 points from Peja Stojakovic including the visitors' first 11 points of the quarter "It went through KG (Garnett) and Paul and it... Read Full Story
Jason Richardson hit six-of-seven from the arch en route to a 34-point, 10-rebound performance as the Phoenix Suns beat Boston 110-103 handing the Celtics their first loss of the 2009-10 season. Canada's Steve Nash had 16-points and 12-assists for Phoenix, which rebounded from its only loss this season, a 122-100 loss to Orlando on Wednesday. Amare Stoudemire scored 22 points and seven rebounds, while Grant Hill and Jared Dudley had 12 and 10 points. Kevin Garnett led the Celtics with 26... Read Full Story
