SB Nation Boston - Boston 116, Memphis 110: Paul Pierce, Celtics Defeat Grizzlies In Overtimehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48863/boston-fave.png2010-11-13T23:14:40-05:00http://boston.sbnation.com/rss/stream/15768662010-11-13T23:14:40-05:002010-11-13T23:14:40-05:00Boston 116, Memphis 110: Paul Pierce, Celtics Defeat Grizzlies In OT
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Memphis, TN (Sports Network)<span style="font-weight: normal;"> - Paul Pierce scored 28 points, as the hot- shooting </span><a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Boston Celtics</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> controlled overtime to take a 116-110 win over the </span><a style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" href="https://www.grizzlybearblues.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Memphis Grizzlies</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Kevin Garnett had 18 points and nine rebounds for the Celtics, who shot 57.7 percent -- including 7-of-12 from three-point range. Rajon Rondo ended with 17 assists and 11 points.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Shaquille O'Neal added 18 points and six rebounds in a little more than 22 minutes to help Boston win for the eighth time in its first 10 games.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Rudy Gay's 22 points and Zach Randolph's 21 paced Memphis, which has dropped its last two.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Gay connected on two jumpers within the final 46.3 seconds in regulation to tie the game at 99-99, and Boston had one last possession with 7.3 to go. Pierce had the ball, but wasn't able to get a shot off in time, and the game went to the extra period.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Glen Davis opened overtime with a jumper, keying a seven-point burst that Rondo capped with a basket with 2:07 remaining. In that same span, Memphis missed four shots.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Garnett got a jumper to fall with 1:36 left for a 108-101 lead, and moments later Randolph missed a turnaround. But in battling for the rebound, Randolph yanked Garnett to the floor by the shoulder.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Randolph continued to stand by the fallen Garnett and appeared incredulous when Rondo came over to pull him away. Nothing more serious happened, but Randolph earned a flagrant foul-1 on the play, leading to two Garnett free throws and a 110-101 game with 59.4 seconds left. The Celtics secured the win at the foul line.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The game was tied, 27-27, after a tight first quarter, but Boston ran off nine consecutive points shortly into the second. Nate Robinson ended the rally with a layup for a 36-29 advantage with 8:40 to play.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Garnett's jumper late in the half expanded Boston's lead to a game-high 11, but Memphis scored the final six points of the quarter to get within 54-49 at the break.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Grizzlies then scored the final five points of the third quarter to make it 73-73 going to the fourth.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">It was mostly a one-possession game down the stretch, but Ray Allen's bucket with 55.0 on the clock had Boston ahead 99-95.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Robinson and Allen each finished with 15 points for the Celtics...Memphis shot 53 percent overall, but just 2-of-9 from three-point range...The Grizzlies held a 38-32 rebounding edge. Randolph had 11 boards...Boston ended its road trip with a 3-1 mark, and hosts Washington on Wednesday...Memphis plays at Orlando on Monday.</p>
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