This game was over in the 1st quarter when former UConn Husky Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce scored 30 of the Boston Celtics’ 38 points pushing them to a 124-100 win over the Dallas Mavericks in front of another packed house at the TD BankNorth Garden.
It’s the 8th straight win for the Celtics (37-9) after going 2-7 in their previous nine games.
Allen, Garnett and Eddie House all led the Celtics with 23 points. House tied his career-high of 7 three-pointers. Rajon Rondo made his bid for the All-Star Game with 13 points, 7 rebounds, 14 assists and 4 steals. Pierce finished with 8 points.
The Celtics made 16-of-27 (59.3%) three-pointers in the game and shot 50.8% (50-of-93) from the floor.
The Mavericks (25-19) were led by Jason Terry’s game-high 27 points. Dirk Nowitzki and Josh Howard both added 18 points.
Believe it or not the Mavericks actually led in this game at 12-10. But after that it was all Celtics.They were leading 15-14 before a 12-0 run put the game out of reach.
Any chance of the Mavericks coming back in the 3rd quarter was negated by Garnett who had 10 points in the quarter.
The Celtics are back in action on Wednesday night when they will host the Sacramento Kings at the TD BankNorth Garden at 7:30 PM.
