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    NBA: NEW YORK at BOSTON

    <div class="pre">NEW YORK (59) AT BOSTON (104)

    NEW YORK

    REBOUNDS
    PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
    ====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

    S MARBURY G 20:40 2-6 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 4
    J CRAWFORD G 28:56 4-8 0-0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8
    Z RANDOLPH F 17:41 1-10 2-2 2 1 3 0 4 0 0 4
    Q RICHARDSON F 28:08 3-12 0-0 1 8 9 1 3 0 1 7
    E CURRY C 21:56 2-11 0-0 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 4
    J JEFFRIES 26:13 2-3 0-0 0 4 4 1 4 1 2 4
    F JONES 22:46 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 2
    N ROBINSON 22:04 4-10 2-3 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 11
    R BALKMAN 20:22 3-5 0-0 1 4 5 0 2 0 1 6
    D LEE 18:38 0-2 4-6 0 5 5 1 3 0 0 4
    M ROSE 12:36 1-5 3-6 2 0 2 0 2 1 3 5
    J JAMES DNP - COACH'S DECISION
    M COLLINS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
    W CHANDLER DNP - COACH'S DECISION

    TOTALS 240:00 23-76 11-17 7 28 35 12 22 3 14 59
    (.303) (.647) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 15 (16 PTS)

    BOSTON

    REBOUNDS
    PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
    ====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

    R RONDO G 27:57 5-8 0-0 0 3 3 7 1 1 0 10
    R ALLEN G 28:57 8-14 3-3 0 5 5 3 0 0 0 21
    K GARNETT F 22:44 2-5 4-4 1 10 11 4 1 0 0 8
    P PIERCE F 28:57 6-16 5-6 2 6 8 4 0 2 0 21
    K PERKINS C 18:45 2-4 1-2 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 5
    G DAVIS 30:53 4-6 5-10 4 2 6 1 5 1 2 13
    E HOUSE 23:29 5-8 0-0 1 3 4 3 6 3 0 15
    B SCALABRINE 22:13 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 3
    J POSEY 13:16 0-3 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
    G PRUITT 12:43 1-6 0-0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 2
    L POWE 10:06 3-5 0-0 2 3 5 0 2 0 3 6
    S POLLARD DNP - COACH'S DECISION
    T ALLEN DNP - COACH'S DECISION

    TOTALS 240:00 37-79 18-25 11 40 51 27 24 7 6 104
    (.468) (.720) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 9 (13 PTS)

    NEW YORK 16 15 10 18 - 59
    BOSTON 27 27 28 22 - 104

    BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW YORK - F JONES 2, J JEFFRIES 2, Q RICHARDSON, D LEE.
    BOSTON - K PERKINS 3, K GARNETT 2, G DAVIS.
    3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW YORK 2-10 (.200), S MARBURY 0-1, J CRAWFORD 0-
    2, Q RICHARDSON 1-4, F JONES 0-1, N ROBINSON 1-2. BOSTON 12-22 (.545),
    R ALLEN 2-5, P PIERCE 4-8, E HOUSE 5-6, B SCALABRINE 1-1, J POSEY 0-
    1, G PRUITT 0-1.
    TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
    FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
    OFFICIALS: JOE CRAWFORD, LUIS GRILLO, RON OLESIAK.
    A - 18,624. T - 2:22.</div>
     
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    NBA: NEW YORK at BOSTON

    <div class="pre">NEW YORK (59)

    fg ft rb
    min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
    S Marbury 20:40 2-6 0-0 0-1 1 2 4
    J Crawford 28:56 4-8 0-0 0-1 1 1 8
    Z Randolph 17:41 1-10 2-2 2-3 0 4 4
    Q Richardson 28:08 3-12 0-0 1-9 1 3 7
    E Curry 21:56 2-11 0-0 0-3 1 0 4
    J Jeffries 26:13 2-3 0-0 0-4 1 4 4
    F Jones 22:46 1-4 0-0 0-1 4 0 2
    N Robinson 22:04 4-10 2-3 1-1 2 1 11
    R Balkman 20:22 3-5 0-0 1-5 0 2 6
    D Lee 18:38 0-2 4-6 0-5 1 3 4
    M Rose 12:36 1-5 3-6 2-2 0 2 5
    J James DNP - COACH'S DECISION
    M Collins DNP - COACH'S DECISION
    W Chandler DNP - COACH'S DECISION

    ______________________________________________________
    TOTALS 240:00 23-76 11-17 7-35 12 22 59
    ______________________________________________________

    Percentages: FG-.303, FT-.647. 3-Point Goals:
    2-10, .200 (S Marbury 0-1, J Crawford 0-2, Q
    Richardson 1-4, F Jones 0-1, N Robinson 1-2).
    Team Rebounds: 11. Blocked Shots:6 (F Jones
    2, J Jeffries 2, Q Richardson, D Lee).
    Turnovers:14 (M Rose 3, S Marbury 3, E Curry
    2, N Robinson 2, J Jeffries 2, Q Richardson,
    R Balkman). Steals: 3 (M Rose, J Jeffries, N
    Robinson).


    BOSTON (104)

    fg ft rb
    min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
    R Rondo 27:57 5-8 0-0 0-3 7 1 10
    R Allen 28:57 8-14 3-3 0-5 3 0 21
    K Garnett 22:44 2-5 4-4 1-11 4 1 8
    P Pierce 28:57 6-16 5-6 2-8 4 0 21
    K Perkins 18:45 2-4 1-2 0-2 0 4 5
    G Davis 30:53 4-6 5-10 4-6 1 5 13
    E House 23:29 5-8 0-0 1-4 3 6 15
    B Scalabrine 22:13 1-4 0-0 1-3 2 2 3
    J Posey 13:16 0-3 0-0 0-3 0 2 0
    G Pruitt 12:43 1-6 0-0 0-1 3 1 2
    L Powe 10:06 3-5 0-0 2-5 0 2 6
    S Pollard DNP - COACH'S DECISION
    T Allen DNP - COACH'S DECISION

    ______________________________________________________
    TOTALS 240:00 37-79 18-25 11-51 27 24 104
    ______________________________________________________

    Percentages: FG-.468, FT-.720. 3-Point Goals:
    12-22, .545 (R Allen 2-5, P Pierce 4-8, E
    House 5-6, B Scalabrine 1-1, J Posey 0-1, G
    Pruitt 0-1). Team Rebounds: 11. Blocked
    Shots:6 (K Perkins 3, K Garnett 2, G Davis).
    Turnovers:6 (L Powe 3, G Davis 2, B
    Scalabrine). Steals: 7 (E House 3, P Pierce
    2, R Rondo, G Davis).

    -------------------------------------------
    NEW YORK 16 15 10 18 - 59
    BOSTON 27 27 28 22 - 104
    -------------------------------------------

    Technical fouls: None.
    Flagrant fouls: None. A: 18,624. T: 2:22.
    Officials: Joe Crawford, Luis Grillo, Ron
    Olesiak.</div>
     
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    NBA: NEW YORK at BOSTON

    <div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK AT BOSTON
    NOTE: RESENDING TO CORRECT STAT LINES FOR JONES AND
    GARNETT, ADD POINTS OFF OF TURNOVERS, AND CORRECT
    TIME OF GAME.</div>
     
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    Too fucking awesome...</p>
     
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    Re: NBA: NEW YORK (4-9) at BOSTON (11-2)

    Unbemotherfuckinglievable.</p>
     
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    Re: NBA: NEW YORK (4-9) at BOSTON (11-2)

    I can't remember the last time I saw a 50-point defecit in the NBA. Seriously.</p>

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    Knicks looked so awful... their team chemistry is in the negatives now and their coach is a complete doophis. They flat out need to clean house over there. I wouldn't blame Stern for stepping in.</p>
     
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    Re: NBA: NEW YORK (4-9) at BOSTON (11-2)

    I'd say the Celtics just pounded the Knicks like Jenna Jameson in a gangbang video.
     
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    BOSTON (Ticker) -- The Boston Celtics provided New York Knickscoach an ugly site that even he had not seen before.

    Paul Pierce scored 21 points and Ray Allen added 16 as theBoston Celtics pounded the gutless New York Knicks, 104-59, onThursday.


    The abysmal Knicks avoided a franchise-record low points whenNate Robinson threw in a 3-pointer from just in front ofhalfcourt as the buzzer sounded.


    "That was embarrassing, no way around it, no excuses; that wasembarrassing," Knicks guard Jamal Crawford said. "Unfortunatelysometimes things like this happen, but you have to bounce back.We haven't quit on the team or anything - it was just a badgame for us."


    New York, which had won two straight coming in, shot just 32percent (13-of-41) in the first half, failed to force a turnoverand trailed, 54-31, at the break. The performance prompted theembattled Thomas to call it the "most selfish half ofbasketball he had ever seen."


    "I don't know where this came from, I definitely did not seethis game coming after the last two games that we played and theway we were playing and moving, this was not a good night, nota good night," Thomas said. "I thought tonight we didn'tcompete, we just weren't competitive. Boston came out with aplayoff-type intensity, a national television game and we didn'trespond to that type of energy and it's disappointing."

    Boston scored the first 11 points in the second half, squelchingany comeback thoughts by New York.


    Big men Eddy Curry and Zach Randolph combined to shoot 2-of-15in the first half as New York dropped to 0-7 on the road and hada two-game winning streak snapped.


    "It's tough, it's real tough to go through that," Randolph said."It's a long season but to play like that, I don't know what tosay. But we have a game tomorrow so we have to be readytomorrow and come out and play hard."


    New York shot 30 percent (23-of-76) for the game, wasoutrebounded, 51-35, and forced just six turnovers. Bostondrained 12-of-22 from the arc. "It was a bad game, you know wedidn't play well, we just didn't do anything we were supposed todo to try to win the game," said New York guard StephonMarbury, who was held to four points on 2-of-6 shooting.

    "We played horrible, we played horrible, that's the bottomline," Knicks forward Quentin Richardson said. "Taking nothingaway from them but at the same time we played horrible."

    Eddie House scored 15 points on five 3-pointers and Rajon Rondoadded 10 points and six assists for the Celtics, who were comingoff a tough 109-104 overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers onTuesday and had lost two of five after starting the season withnine wins.


    "Great win, I thought our guys played with a real sense ofpurpose," Boston coach Doc Rivers said. "The transition game onboth ends I thought was the difference for us with the energy ofgetting the ball up the floor and that's all we talked abouttoday in the shoot-around," added Rivers.


    A 3-pointer by Brian Scalabrine gave Boston a 23-18 lead with2:10 left in the first quarter. The Celtics took a 27-16 intothe second stanza and opened it with a 16-2 run, bookended by3-pointers from House. Glen Davis and Ray Allen each scoredfive points during the spurt.


    "We were up big at halftime, we said it wasn't about the scoreit was about us going out there and getting better," Piercesaid. "You know at one point I didn't even know we were up 40points. It was about us going out there, executing and gettingbetter because we're looking at this in the long run."

    Allen and Pierce drained 3-pointers during the opening run ofthe third quarter, and Allen added another shot from the arc anda runner on Boston's next possession to forge an 82-37 leadwith three minutes remaining in the third.


    "Anytime you go up 10, 15 it's somewhat human nature to let yourguard down a little bit," Allen said. "Truthfully I neverrealized when we got up 20, because I didn't want to startrelaxing."


    Boston pushed the lead to 93-43 early in the fourth quarter -<div class="pre">its biggest lead in seven years.</div>
     
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    BOSTON (Ticker) -- The Boston Celtics provided New York Knickscoach Isiah Thomas an ugly site that even he had not seen before.

    Paul Pierce scored 21 points and Ray Allen added 16 as theBoston Celtics pounded the gutless New York Knicks, 104-59, onThursday.


    The abysmal Knicks avoided a franchise-record low points whenNate Robinson threw in a 3-pointer from just in front ofhalfcourt as the buzzer sounded.


    "That was embarrassing, no way around it, no excuses; that wasembarrassing," Knicks guard Jamal Crawford said. "Unfortunatelysometimes things like this happen, but you have to bounce back.We haven't quit on the team or anything - it was just a badgame for us."


    New York, which had won two straight coming in, shot just 32percent (13-of-41) in the first half, failed to force a turnoverand trailed, 54-31, at the break. The performance prompted theembattled Thomas to call it the "most selfish half ofbasketball he had ever seen."


    "I don't know where this came from, I definitely did not seethis game coming after the last two games that we played and theway we were playing and moving, this was not a good night, nota good night," Thomas said. "I thought tonight we didn'tcompete, we just weren't competitive. Boston came out with aplayoff-type intensity, a national television game and we didn'trespond to that type of energy and it's disappointing."

    Boston scored the first 11 points in the second half, squelchingany comeback thoughts by New York.


    Big men Eddy Curry and Zach Randolph combined to shoot 2-of-15in the first half as New York dropped to 0-7 on the road and hada two-game winning streak snapped.


    "It's tough, it's real tough to go through that," Randolph said."It's a long season but to play like that, I don't know what tosay. But we have a game tomorrow so we have to be readytomorrow and come out and play hard."


    New York shot 30 percent (23-of-76) for the game, wasoutrebounded, 51-35, and forced just six turnovers. Bostondrained 12-of-22 from the arc. "It was a bad game, you know wedidn't play well, we just didn't do anything we were supposed todo to try to win the game," said New York guard StephonMarbury, who was held to four points on 2-of-6 shooting.

    "We played horrible, we played horrible, that's the bottomline," Knicks forward Quentin Richardson said. "Taking nothingaway from them but at the same time we played horrible."

    Eddie House scored 15 points on five 3-pointers and Rajon Rondoadded 10 points and six assists for the Celtics, who were comingoff a tough 109-104 overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers onTuesday and had lost two of five after starting the season withnine wins.


    "Great win, I thought our guys played with a real sense ofpurpose," Boston coach Doc Rivers said. "The transition game onboth ends I thought was the difference for us with the energy ofgetting the ball up the floor and that's all we talked abouttoday in the shoot-around," added Rivers.


    A 3-pointer by Brian Scalabrine gave Boston a 23-18 lead with2:10 left in the first quarter. The Celtics took a 27-16 intothe second stanza and opened it with a 16-2 run, bookended by3-pointers from House. Glen Davis and Ray Allen each scoredfive points during the spurt.


    "We were up big at halftime, we said it wasn't about the scoreit was about us going out there and getting better," Piercesaid. "You know at one point I didn't even know we were up 40points. It was about us going out there, executing and gettingbetter because we're looking at this in the long run."

    Allen and Pierce drained 3-pointers during the opening run ofthe third quarter, and Allen added another shot from the arc anda runner on Boston's next possession to forge an 82-37 leadwith three minutes remaining in the third.


    "Anytime you go up 10, 15 it's somewhat human nature to let yourguard down a little bit," Allen said. "Truthfully I neverrealized when we got up 20, because I didn't want to startrelaxing."


    Boston pushed the lead to 93-43 early in the fourth quarter -<div class="pre">its biggest lead in seven years.</div>
     
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    BOSTON (Ticker) -- The Boston Celtics provided New York Knickscoach Isiah Thomas an ugly sight that even he had not seen before.

    Paul Pierce scored 21 points and Ray Allen added 16 as theBoston Celtics pounded the gutless New York Knicks, 104-59, onThursday.


    The abysmal Knicks avoided a franchise-record low points whenNate Robinson threw in a 54-footer from as the buzzer sounded.

    "That was embarrassing, no way around it, no excuses; that wasembarrassing," Knicks guard Jamal Crawford said. "Unfortunatelysometimes things like this happen, but you have to bounce back.We haven't quit on the team or anything - it was just a badgame for us."


    New York, which had won two straight coming in, shot just 32percent (13-of-41) in the first half, failed to force a turnoverand trailed, 54-31, at the break. The performance prompted theembattled Thomas to call it the "most selfish half ofbasketball he had ever seen."


    "I don't know where this came from, I definitely did not seethis game coming after the last two games that we played and theway we were playing and moving, this was not a good night, nota good night," Thomas said. "I thought tonight we didn'tcompete, we just weren't competitive. Boston came out with aplayoff-type intensity, a national television game and we didn'trespond to that type of energy and it's disappointing."

    Boston scored the first 11 points in the second half, squelchingany comeback thoughts by New York.


    Big men Eddy Curry and Zach Randolph combined to shoot 2-of-15in the first half as New York dropped to 0-7 on the road and hada two-game winning streak snapped.


    "It's tough, it's real tough to go through that," Randolph said."It's a long season but to play like that, I don't know what tosay. But we have a game tomorrow so we have to be readytomorrow and come out and play hard."


    New York shot 30 percent (23-of-76) for the game, wasoutrebounded, 51-35, and forced just six turnovers. Bostondrained 12-of-22 from the arc. "It was a bad game, you know wedidn't play well, we just didn't do anything we were supposed todo to try to win the game," said New York guard StephonMarbury, who was held to four points on 2-of-6 shooting.

    "We played horrible, we played horrible, that's the bottomline," Knicks forward Quentin Richardson said. "Taking nothingaway from them but at the same time we played horrible."

    Eddie House scored 15 points on five 3-pointers and Rajon Rondoadded 10 points and six assists for the Celtics, who were comingoff a tough 109-104 overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers onTuesday and had lost two of five after starting the season withnine wins.


    "Great win, I thought our guys played with a real sense ofpurpose," Boston coach Doc Rivers said. "The transition game onboth ends I thought was the difference for us with the energy ofgetting the ball up the floor and that's all we talked abouttoday in the shoot-around," added Rivers.


    A 3-pointer by Brian Scalabrine gave Boston a 23-18 lead with2:10 left in the first quarter. The Celtics took a 27-16 intothe second stanza and opened it with a 16-2 run, bookended by3-pointers from House. Glen Davis and Ray Allen each scoredfive points during the spurt.


    "We were up big at halftime, we said it wasn't about the scoreit was about us going out there and getting better," Piercesaid. "You know at one point I didn't even know we were up 40points. It was about us going out there, executing and gettingbetter because we're looking at this in the long run."

    Allen and Pierce drained 3-pointers during the opening run ofthe third quarter, and Allen added another shot from the arc anda runner on Boston's next possession to forge an 82-37 leadwith three minutes remaining in the third.


    "Anytime you go up 10, 15 it's somewhat human nature to let yourguard down a little bit," Allen said. "Truthfully I neverrealized when we got up 20, because I didn't want to startrelaxing."


    Boston pushed the lead to 93-43 early in the fourth quarter -<div class="pre">its biggest lead in seven years.</div>
     
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    The thing about SportsTicker isn't the fact that it posts a lot of different things... it's that it posts the same exact god damn thing 3 times in a row.</p>
     
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    BOSTON (Ticker) -- The Boston Celtics provided New York Knickscoach Isiah Thomas an ugly sight that even he had not seen before.

    Paul Pierce scored 21 points and Ray Allen added 16 as theBoston Celtics pounded the gutless New York Knicks, 104-59, onThursday.


    The abysmal Knicks avoided a franchise-record low points whenNate Robinson threw in a 54-footer from as the buzzer sounded.

    "That was embarrassing, no way around it, no excuses; that wasembarrassing," Knicks guard Jamal Crawford said. "Unfortunatelysometimes things like this happen, but you have to bounce back.We haven't quit on the team or anything - it was just a badgame for us."


    New York, which had won two straight coming in, shot just 32percent (13-of-41) in the first half, failed to force a turnoverand trailed, 54-31, at the break. The performance prompted theembattled Thomas to call it the "most selfish half ofbasketball he had ever seen."


    "I don't know where this came from, I definitely did not seethis game coming after the last two games that we played and theway we were playing and moving, this was not a good night, nota good night," Thomas said. "I thought tonight we didn'tcompete, we just weren't competitive. Boston came out with aplayoff-type intensity, a national television game and we didn'trespond to that type of energy and it's disappointing."

    Boston scored the first 11 points in the second half, squelchingany comeback thoughts by New York.


    Big men Eddy Curry and Zach Randolph combined to shoot 2-of-15in the first half as New York dropped to 0-7 on the road and hada two-game winning streak snapped.


    "It's tough, it's real tough to go through that," Randolph said."It's a long season but to play like that, I don't know what tosay. But we have a game tomorrow so we have to be readytomorrow and come out and play hard."


    New York shot 30 percent (23-of-76) for the game, wasoutrebounded, 51-35, and forced just six turnovers. Bostondrained 12-of-22 from the arc. "It was a bad game, you know wedidn't play well, we just didn't do anything we were supposed todo to try to win the game," said New York guard StephonMarbury, who was held to four points on 2-of-6 shooting.

    "We played horrible, we played horrible, that's the bottomline," Knicks forward Quentin Richardson said. "Taking nothingaway from them but at the same time we played horrible."

    Eddie House scored 15 points on five 3-pointers and Rajon Rondoadded 10 points and six assists for the Celtics, who were comingoff a tough 109-104 overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers onTuesday and had lost two of five after starting the season withnine wins.


    "Great win, I thought our guys played with a real sense ofpurpose," Boston coach Doc Rivers said. "The transition game onboth ends I thought was the difference for us with the energy ofgetting the ball up the floor and that's all we talked abouttoday in the shoot-around."


    A 3-pointer by Brian Scalabrine gave Boston a 23-18 lead with2:10 left in the first quarter. The Celtics took a 27-16 intothe second stanza and opened it with a 16-2 run, bookended by3-pointers from House. Glen Davis and Ray Allen each scoredfive points during the spurt.


    "We were up big at halftime, we said it wasn't about the scoreit was about us going out there and getting better," Piercesaid. "You know at one point I didn't even know we were up 40points. It was about us going out there, executing and gettingbetter because we're looking at this in the long run."

    Allen and Pierce drained 3-pointers during the opening run ofthe third quarter, and Allen added another shot from the arc anda runner on Boston's next possession to forge an 82-37 leadwith three minutes remaining in the third.


    "Anytime you go up 10, 15 it's somewhat human nature to let yourguard down a little bit," Allen said. "Truthfully I neverrealized when we got up 20, because I didn't want to startrelaxing."


    Boston pushed the lead to 93-43 early in the fourth quarter -<div class="pre">its biggest lead in seven years.</div>
     
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    NBA: NEW YORK at BOSTON

    <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
    NBA
    NEW YORK 59
    BOSTON 104 FINAL</div>
     
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    NBA: NEW YORK at BOSTON

    <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
    NBA
    NEW YORK 59
    BOSTON 104 FINAL</div>
     
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    BOSTON (Ticker) -- The Boston Celtics provided New York Knickscoach Isiah Thomas an ugly sight that even he had not seen before.

    Paul Pierce scored 21 points and Ray Allen added 16 as theBoston Celtics pounded the gutless New York Knicks, 104-59, onThursday.


    The abysmal Knicks avoided a franchise-record low points whenNate Robinson threw in a 54-footer as the buzzer sounded.

    "That was embarrassing, no way around it, no excuses; that wasembarrassing," Knicks guard Jamal Crawford said. "Unfortunatelysometimes things like this happen, but you have to bounce back.We haven't quit on the team or anything - it was just a badgame for us."


    New York, which had won two straight coming in, shot just 32percent (13-of-41) in the first half, failed to force a turnoverand trailed, 54-31, at the break. The performance prompted theembattled Thomas to call it the "most selfish half ofbasketball he had ever seen."


    "I don't know where this came from, I definitely did not seethis game coming after the last two games that we played and theway we were playing and moving, this was not a good night, nota good night," Thomas said. "I thought tonight we didn'tcompete, we just weren't competitive. Boston came out with aplayoff-type intensity, a national television game and we didn'trespond to that type of energy and it's disappointing."

    Boston scored the first 11 points in the second half, squelchingany comeback thoughts by New York.


    Big men Eddy Curry and Zach Randolph combined to shoot 2-of-15in the first half as New York dropped to 0-7 on the road and hada two-game winning streak snapped.


    "It's tough, it's real tough to go through that," Randolph said."It's a long season but to play like that, I don't know what tosay. But we have a game tomorrow so we have to be readytomorrow and come out and play hard."


    New York shot 30 percent (23-of-76) for the game, wasoutrebounded, 51-35, and forced just six turnovers. Bostondrained 12-of-22 from the arc. "It was a bad game, you know wedidn't play well, we just didn't do anything we were supposed todo to try to win the game," said New York guard StephonMarbury, who was held to four points on 2-of-6 shooting.

    "We played horrible, we played horrible, that's the bottomline," Knicks forward Quentin Richardson said. "Taking nothingaway from them but at the same time we played horrible."

    Eddie House scored 15 points on five 3-pointers and Rajon Rondoadded 10 points and six assists for the Celtics, who were comingoff a tough 109-104 overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers onTuesday and had lost two of five after starting the season withnine wins.


    "Great win, I thought our guys played with a real sense ofpurpose," Boston coach Doc Rivers said. "The transition game onboth ends I thought was the difference for us with the energy ofgetting the ball up the floor and that's all we talked abouttoday in the shoot-around."


    A 3-pointer by Brian Scalabrine gave Boston a 23-18 lead with2:10 left in the first quarter. The Celtics took a 27-16 intothe second stanza and opened it with a 16-2 run, bookended by3-pointers from House. Glen Davis and Ray Allen each scoredfive points during the spurt.


    "We were up big at halftime, we said it wasn't about the scoreit was about us going out there and getting better," Piercesaid. "You know at one point I didn't even know we were up 40points. It was about us going out there, executing and gettingbetter because we're looking at this in the long run."

    Allen and Pierce drained 3-pointers during the opening run ofthe third quarter, and Allen added another shot from the arc anda runner on Boston's next possession to forge an 82-37 leadwith three minutes remaining in the third.


    "Anytime you go up 10, 15 it's somewhat human nature to let yourguard down a little bit," Allen said. "Truthfully I neverrealized when we got up 20, because I didn't want to startrelaxing."


    Boston pushed the lead to 93-43 early in the fourth quarter -<div class="pre">its biggest lead in seven years.</div>
     
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    make that 5 times....</p>
     
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    Denny is working on that problem.</p>

    GO CELTICS!!!</p>
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

    The thing about SportsTicker isn't the fact that it posts a lot of different things... it's that it posts the same exact god damn thing 3 times in a row.</p>

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    Agreed. I say we start seperate game threads from sportsticker - it's tough to have to plow through all the sportsticker posts.</p>

    I have never seen an entire team quit like that. Ever. At any level of basketball. I have seen players quit (Kobe) but not teams. But after all the shit the players were talking pregame, it was fun to watch the thrashing.</p>

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    They should just retire as a team. haha</p>
     
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    ha they should. Scrap everyone and just start over. Do-over.</p>
     

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