sports, celtics

Paul Pierce named All-Star; run ends for Kevin Garnett

AP Wire — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

NEW YORK - Dirk Nowitzki's streak survives, despite one of the worst seasons of his career. Two other old stars are no longer All-Stars. Nowitzki was chosen Thursday to his 11th straight All-Star game, with coaches overlooking the lowest scoring average since his second NBA season in favor of his long-term excellence.

Celtics 5-game win streak snapped with overtime loss to LA

AP Wire — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:20:41 -0500

BOSTON - Paul Pierce's shot rimmed out in the final seconds of overtime, and Pau Gasol knew the game wasn't over yet. The ball bounced to Ray Allen, who gave it a two-handed push back toward the basket.

Move over Bird, Pierce No. 2 scorer

AP Wire — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:57:48 -0500

BOSTON (AP) - Paul Pierce knew what was on the line with every shot.

The pressure was quite clear to Pierce and anyone else in the arena as he stood on the verge of passing Larry Bird for No. 2 on Boston's career scoring list. He needed only 10 points to overtake Bird when the Celtics hosted Charlotte on Tuesday night and those final three seemed as if they would never come.

Kevin Garnett leads Celtics to fourth straight win

AP Wire — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

BOSTON (AP) - Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers could see that Kevin Garnett was looking and feeling spry.

Running the floor and looking strong on the glass, the 35-year-old Garnett matched his season-high with 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Celtics to their fourth straight win, a 98-80 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday.

Celtics rest starters in rout of Raptors

AP Wire — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:14:51 -0500

BOSTON (AP) - The compact schedule of the post-lockout NBA doesn't offer many breaks, so the Boston Celtics created one of their own.

Celtics survive another Cavaliers' comeback

AP Wire — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

CLEVELAND - The Boston Celtics didn't completely collapse.

They merely crumbled this time.

Two days after blowing a big late lead and losing at home to Cleveland, the Celtics nearly did it again before recovering and hanging on for a 93-90 win over the scrappy Cavaliers, who trimmed a 22-point deficit to 2 in the final minutes.

Cleveland closes with 12-0 run to beat Celtics

AP Wire — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0500

BOSTON - It was the same play Cleveland ran at the end of regulation in its third game this season - the third game of Kyrie Irving's NBA career.

He missed that one.

On Sunday night, Cavaliers coach Byron Scott called it again.