Celtics coach Doc Rivers chatted with Rockets general manager Daryl Morey after Boston’s 103-99 victory over Houston on Tuesday night. “Y’all are going to be great,” Rivers said. “I’m telling you.” Maybe so. But the defending NBA champions showed the Rockets how far they still have to go. Ray Allen scored 29 points, Kevin Garnett added 14 points and 11 rebounds and the Celtics shut down Ron Artest…
Celtics coach Doc Rivers chatted with Rockets general manager Daryl Morey after Boston’s 103-99 victory over Houston on Tuesday night. “Y’all are going to be great,” Rivers said. “I’m telling you.” Maybe so. But the defending NBA champions showed the Rockets how far they still have to go. Ray Allen scored 29 points, Kevin Garnett added 14 points and 11 rebounds and the Celtics shut down Ron Artest…
Raja Bell was hitting from the outside. Shaquille O’Neal and Amare Stoudemire dominated inside. Steve Nash was Steve Nash, setting up others and scoring when needed. It was almost a perfect game for Phoenix, and the New Jersey Nets never had chance once the Suns stopped turning the ball over in the second half.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 30 points, Jason Terry added 29 in his first start of the season and the Dallas Mavericks beat San Antonio 98-81 on Tuesday night to send the Spurs to their first 0-3 record in 35 years. Dallas (2-2) also got 14 points from Josh Howard. The Mavericks shot 53 from the floor compared to 42 for San Antonio.