Boston Celtics on fire; Ninth straight victory
The lead changed 20 times and the game was tied eight times as the Boston Celtics defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in a 102-101 matchup at the Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA. Some 17,948 basketball fanatics were present there for a duration of 2 hours and 26 minutes to see their favorite teams play one of the world’s most popular sport.
The Boston Celtics trounced a roundup at the very last moment as Kevin Garnett made a goal that handed the Celtics their ninth straight victory of the season. The Celtics were indeed lucky enough to have him on board and to come up with a basket in such a crucial moment is one of the best presents a player can give to his team.
Game stats
The Boston Celtics scored 33 points whereas the Philadelphia 76ers had 39. The Celtics grabbed five offensive rebounds and the Sixers scored 15. The Celtics gave away 15 turnovers and the Sixers gave away 11.
The Celtics took 20 fast break points whereas the Sixers had 22. The Celtics took the biggest lead with three points whereas the Sixers took the biggest lead by eight points. Boston Celtics had 44 points in the paint and the Sixers had 40.
Rajon Rondo and Garnett were two people who made the final efforts to hold the victory for their team. Just as Rondo gave an alley-oop pass to Garnett, there were just 1.4 seconds on the clock. At that precise moment Garnett banked in the shot and swung the ball to the basket that hooped in through it perfectly and gave the Celtics what they wanted the most, their ninth straight victory.
"Rajon threw a perfect pass and I just banked it," Garnett expressed his feelings later. "The crazy part about all that is that I messed that play up so many times in practice. It's only right that the basketball gods gave it to me tonight. It was a good win for us, a grind-out win. This team has been playing unbelievably."
Andre Iguodala dunked a hook shot with just with 6.6 on the clock that gave the Sixers a 101-100 lead. This just seemed to be a perfect point for the Celtics as Garnett made the perfect pass from outside the three point line to clinch the victory for his team.
"We worked on that last week," Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers added later. "We tried to run it early and had bad timing. It's just funny how things work out. It's a low-clock play. The ball's in the best passer's hands, and you have shooters on the floor. The whole sell was Paul Pierce and it worked."
Ray Allen was the top scorer for the Boston Celtics as he scored 23 points, Rondo added 19 and gave 14 assists as he made his 11th double-double of the season. Glen Davis scored 16 points and Garnett garnished the game with 14, last one the most significant one.
Strongest links
Rondo was one of the hottest players as he went 9 for 14 from the field and dished out 14 assists as he took advantage of being permitted to drive the lane throughout the game.
Weakest links
Andre Iguodala could only score 14 points and was struggling in the field as he went down at a rate of 5 of 14 Thursday night.
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