Celtics Lose Second Straight: A strong fourth quarter by the Golden State Warriors propelled them to a 99-89 win over the Boston Celtics at Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA. Stephen Jackson led the way for the winners with 28 points while Mario Belinelli added 22. The Celtics were led by Paul Pierce’s 21 points. Kevin Garnett added 14 points and Leon Powe had 12 points. Rajon Rondo just missed a triple-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists. The Celtics will look to end this 2-game losing streak on Sunday night when they head to Sacramento take on the Kings. [ESPN.com]

19 Straight: Behind 18 points from Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo, the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 110-91 to give them a franchise best 19 straight wins. The win also gives them the best mark in NBA history for a 2 loss team. Ray Allen added 16 points, Leon Powe 15 and Eddie House had 13 points. Next up for the Celtics is a Christmas Day matchup with their opponent in last year’s NBA Finals, the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center. [ESPN.com]

17 Straight: The Boston Celtics got 27 points from Ray Allen and a career-high 25 points from Kendrick Perkins to help them beat the Chicago Bulls 126-108 to pick up their 17th straight win. Kevin Garnett added 17 points, Paul Pierce 16 points and Rajon Rondo had 15 assists. Former UConn Husky Ben Gordon had 10 points for the Bulls. The Celtics will look to tie the team record of 18 consecutive wins on Sunday against the New York Knicks. [ESPN.com]

Celtics Win Streak At 16 Games: Kevin Garnett took over for the Boston Celtics in the 4th quarter scoring 10 of his 18 points to lead them to an 88-85 road win over the Atlanta Hawks. With the win, the Celtics win streak stands at 16 games and their record is 24-2. Paul Pierce also had 18 points while Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo had 16 and 15 respectively. Next up for the Celtics is the Chicago Bulls on Friday night at the TD BankNorth Garden.[ESPN.com]

15 Straight Wins: Rajon Rondo had a career-high 25 points to lead the Boston Celtics to an 100-91 win over the Utah Jazz at the TD BankNorth Garden. Kevin Garnett added a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds. [ESPN.com]

The wins keep coming for the Boston Celtics as they made it 14 straight in a 94-82 win over the New Orleans Hornets in front of another full house at the TD BankNorth Garden.

The 14 straight wins ties a franchise record set back during the 1985-86 season.

Before the game, the Celtics presented James Posey with his NBA Championship ring. Posey bolted from Boston during  free agency signing a 4-year deal with the Hornets.

After falling behind by 8 points early in the game, the Green came back to tie the game at 21 at the end of the 1st. They then got out to a 6 point lead before the Hornets took a 1 point lead at the half.

The Celtics then used a 17-5 run to put the game away as they would never trail again in the game. The Hornets did make it interesting in the 4th quarter when they cut a Celtics 14 point lead to 7 points but the Celtics would score the final 5 points of the game.

Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 28 points and added 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Kevin Garnett chipped in with a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds while Rajon Rondo added 10 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. Former UConn Husky Ray Allen, Kendrick Perkins and Eddie House all had 9 points as well for the Green.

The Hornets were paced by David West’s 23 points and 14 rebounds. Chris Paul added 20 points, 6 rebounds and 14 assists while another former UConn Husky, Hilton Armstrong, had 8 points and 4 rebounds.

The Celtics return to action on Monday night when Deron Williams and the Utah Jazz come to Boston. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 PM.

The Boston Celtics headed into tonight’s game with a chance to do what no other Celtics team had done. That’s open up a season 21-2. They had a chance last year but lost.

Well tonight, a well-balanced scoring attack with 7 players in double figures led the Green to an easy 122-88 win over the hapless Washington Wizards at Verizon Arena in Washington, DC.

The 13 straight wins by the Celtics is their longest winning streak since they won 14  games during the 1985-86 season. They have also won 9 straight road games as well.

Believe it or not, the Wizards actually led in this game at 12-11. That would be it for them though as the Celtics went on a 19-5 run to put the game out of reach. The Wizards never got closer than 10 points but even when they did that, they still didn’t have a chance.

Former UConn Husky Ray Allen and Paul Pierce led the C’s with 22 points each. Pierce also added 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Eddie House came off the bench to score 12 points while Rajon Rondo had 11 points and 6 assists. The “Big Ticket” Kevin Garnett came close to a triple double with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists. Kendrick Perkins finished the game with 12 points as well and Tony Allen rounded out the Celtics in double digits with 10 points.

The Wizards were led by another former UConn Husky in Caron Butler who had 19 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Antawn Jamison and Juan Dixon both chipped in with 17 points with Dixon adding a team-high 7 assists.  The only other Wiz player to reach double figures as JaVale McGee who had 11 points.

Quick turnaround for the Celtics as they return home to the TD BankNorth Garden to take on James Posey, Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets at 8 PM tomorrow night.

It took overtime but the Boston Celtics were able to get their 12th win as they went on to beat the Indiana Pacers 122-117 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The win improves the Celtics record to 20-2 on the season.

Trailing by 3 points with 14.4 seconds left, former UConn Husky Ray Allen missed a 3-point shot that was rebounded by Eddie House. The Celtics then worked the ball to Paul Pierce who drained a trey to tie the game at 105. Jarrett Jack then missed a chance to win the game and Kevin Garnett rebounded the ball and called timeout. Rajon Rondo threw away the inbounds pass but Jack once again missed to bring on overtime.

In the overtime period, the Celtics were able to get their hands on the game and hold on for the win.

Allen led the Celtics with a season-high 35 points. Garnett was a monster on the glass as he pulled down 20 rebounds while adding 17 points. Pierce also had 17 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists while House came off the bench to score 15 points. Tony Allen chipped in with 12 points for the Green.

The Pacers were led by Marquis Daniels who had 26 points and 7 rebounds. Danny Granger had 20 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals while Jack had 17 points.  Troy Murphy added 15 points and 6 rebounds with Rasho Nesterovic scoring 14.

The Celtics are now off until Thursday night when they will head to our nation’s capital to take on the Washington Wizards at 8 PM.

Gary Tanguay jokingly called him God last night on Sports Tonight on Comcast Sports New England and Michael Felger scoffed.  Felger even joked about your next chance to see God would be tonight.  Tanguay said the Celtics could not win a championship without him and Felger laughed.

Well Michael Felger must feel like more of an idiot than usual because Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo had a triple-double tonight knocking back 16 points, grabbing 13 boards and dishing out a career-high 17 assists in Boston’s 114-96 win over the Indiana Pacers Wednesday night at the TD Banknorth Garden.  It was the team’s 10th win in a row and the triple-double by Rondo was the first for a Celtic in 181 games.

Rondo was the whole first half for the Celtics in becoming the first Celtics guard since Dennis Johnson in 1986 to net a triple-double and he had that with 10:32 left in the third quarter.  He was simply amazing and he is developing into one of the finest point guards in the NBA and Tommy Heinsohn compares him to Hall of Fame guard Bob Cousy, and that is one of the highest compliments anyone can receive as Cousy was a great one.  And the best part is you’re getting to see him mature and grow right before our very eyes and he got one of the loudest ovations you’ve ever heard in the new Garden.

Don’t get it wrong though it wasn’t all Rondo for the Green (18-2) as Ray Allen had a season high 31 points, Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins had double-doubles as KG had 26 points and 14 rebounds, while Perk had 16 points and 10 boards and Paul Pierce also chipped in with 16 points in the win.

The Pacers (7-11) who had man-handled Boston earlier in the year and beat the Los Angeles Lakers last night, were led by Danny Granger who had 20 points and T.J. Ford had 15 points in the loss.

The Celtics return to action Friday night at home when they host Greg Oden and the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Boston Celtics rolled to their ninth straight win a 106-88 victory over the Orlando Magic Monday night at the TD Banknorth Garden.

The Magic came into the game having won their last four overall and the last six on the road.  But when you take on the defending NBA Champs in their own building you better bring your A-game because you are going to need it if you plan on winning.

Orlando decided to go with a short bench tonight and a seven man rotation for Stan VanGundy’s boys and after being down 10 after the first quarter they climbed back into at the half down only 2 points at the break.  It looked like it might just work but once again a strong third quarter and a solid forth as well for the Green led to another victory in front of full happy house in Boston.

Boston (17-2) was led by Paul Piece who had 24 points and 7 boards, Ray Allen had 21 points, Rajon Rondo had a double-double with 16 points and 12 assists and Kendrick Perkins had 13 rebounds and 8 points.

Orlando (13-5) got 30 points from Rashard Lewis and 19 points from Hedu Turkoglu in the loss.  Dwight Howard had a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds.

There were 9 technical fouls called tonight and only one was a defensive technical.  Orlando mustered three plus the defensive call, while Boston had five including Perkins 9th of the year and two called on Sam Cassell while on the bench.  He may just be the first player in NBA history to be thrown out of game this far into the season without having played a minute the entire year.

The Celtics stay at home to face the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday at the TD Banknorth Garden.