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So many pieces of the Celtics remain from last season's champions that it may be easy to overlook the missing parts.

Paul Pierce scored 17 of his team-high 24 points in the third quarter, as the Boston Celtics rolled to their ninth straight win by beating Orlando, 107-88. Ray Allen scored 21 points, Rajon Rondo netted 16 ...

Photo Credit: AP Photo Charlotte Bobcats forward Sean May loses the ball as he is trapped by Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett and forward Leon Powe, back, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in ...

The Celtics defense and rebounding effort were big in this win. The bench defense was the best effort from them so far this season.

And even since then, Pierce has been the go-to guy on a team of multiple options.

They can point with good measure of evidence to the way the club has played in spurts and has been forced to come back to triumph after digging large holes.

This was a game in which we could pick any one of several players as Player of the Game and be justified.

You won't hear Doc Rivers calling last night's 98-80 victory over the Detroit Pistons a statement game.

With all-star forward Kevin Garnett serving a one-game suspension last night for an altercation in Saturday night's game against the Milwaukee Bucks, the common thought at the TD Banknorth Garden was that Leon ...

Kevin Garnett served a one-game suspension last night, the result of a questionable incident that took place during Saturday night's game in Milwaukee against the Bucks.

Brian Scalabrine, in the starting lineup while Kevin Garnett served a one-game suspension, hit a 3-pointer with 1:14 left to help Boston recover after its 15-point, fourth-quarter lead was trimmed to four and the Celtics beat New York 110-101 on Tuesday night.

Paul Pierce scored 22, Kendrick Perkins had 16 points and eight rebounds and Rajon Rondo had 15 points, eight boards and seven assists for the Celtics, who were playing without Garnett for the first time this season.

Wilson Chandler scored 23, and Zach Randolph had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Knicks, who have lost seven straight games against Boston but were hoping to gain ground in the Atlantic Division.

Andrew Bogut of the Milwaukee Bucks and Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics were both penalized Monday by the National Basketball Association for their roles in a play that occurred late in the fourth quarter ...

Celtics rookie J.R. Giddens has been sent to the NBDL, we'll he'll suit up for the Utah Flash.

Celtics forward Leon Powe admits he's 6-foot-8 only 'with my shoes on,' so when he goes up against opponents who are two, three, four inches taller under the boards, it's not easy.

The Denver Nuggets, renewed by the re-acquisition of Chauncey Billups, played toe-to-toe with the NBA Champs.

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It took an other-worldly performance from their captain, capped by a ridiculous driving flip shot that dropped from the rafters into the basket with 34 seconds on the clock, giving No.

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Led by Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce and another big performance by their second unit, the Celtics won their third consecutive game last night by overcoming a slow start and rallying from a 13-point ...

Paul Pierce finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to lead the streaking Boston Celtics to a 101-89 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.