Toronto Raptors vs Boston Celtics Dec.7/07

Kevin Garnett scored 23 points and the Boston Celtics improved to 10-0 at home with a 112-84 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.

Paul Pierce had 18 points and Ray Allen 13 for Boston (16-2), which is off to the NBA's best start and its best home mark since opening the 1984-85 season 12-0.

The Celtics broke it open early. Boston has won all but one of its home games by double digits so far - eight by 20 points or more.

None of the Celtics' starters played the final quarter or saw 30 minutes of action.

Anthony Parker led the injury-riddled Raptors with 13 points. T.J. Ford, Joey Graham and Juan Dixon had 12 apiece.

With the Raptors missing Chris Bosh and Andrea Bargnani, two of their better inside players, the Celtics were able to work the ball down low easily and pull away in the second quarter.

The Celtics made nine of 15 shots in the quarter and hit 15 of 17 free throws. Allen scored nine points during an 11-2 run midway into the quarter that pushed Boston's advantage to 49-28.

The Celtics led 62-40 at halftime and, with Garnett scoring the first six of the second half, they pushed it to 70-40 on Rajon Rondo's fastbreak layup 2:06 into the third. They led 91-55 after three.

Brian Scalabrine nailed a 3-pointer midway into the fourth that made it 99-62 and prompted the sellout crowd of 18,624 to chant his last name.

Notes: Neither Bosh (strained right groin) nor Bargnani (hyperextended left knee) were with the team. ... Raptors coach Sam Mitchell played with Garnett for seven years in Minnesota and remembered his work ethic fondly. "Kevin wanted to win every practice, every shooting contest, everything,'' he said before the game. "Kevin wanted to score 50 on me in practice., but it made me better.'' ... Toronto scored a season-high 123 points in its previous game, a loss at home against Phoenix on Wednesday. ... Allen hit a 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds left in OT to give Boston a 98-95 win in the teams' last meeting on Nov. 4. ... The Celtics are in Chicago on Saturday night. They have lost their last eight games against the Bulls.

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[blh53]

Right, which explains two straight blowouts by the Celts without Ray Allen. Dumbass.

[vahustler777]

da hell you mean no way, yes way, nba teams wear whites at home and darks away usually

[MyCashmoney12]

@slydawg221 white jersys were probably dirty

[gocelts34n7]

i wish kg still played this way today

[duly10]

almost everything was garnett...

[slydawg221]

why is boston wearing green at home?

[hmmmmmokay]

meh next years will be alot harder for celtic, for won are point guard is 10 times better, and we have jermaine now, and thats just a start

[Clammysosa]

I saw this game. only because of scal

[Haysh333]

Only cuz CB4 wasnt playing

[leafsbest123]

when one of ''the big three'' goes down it'll be game over for the celts