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We could ask, what was that? Ray Allen scored 23 points and Kevin Garnett added 16 to lead the Boston Celtics to their seventh straight victory, 102-78 over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.
Allen was 10-for-15 from the field, including 3-for-5 on 3-pointers. In the last three games, he is 13-for-19 from behind the arc.
He scored 11 straight Boston points in the third quarter - three baskets in a row from 3-point land as the Celtics (15-2) extended an 18-point halftime lead to 73-47.
Rajon Rondo had 12 assists for the Celtics, including one on the last basket of the third quarter, a perfectly executed alley-oop to Garnett for a dunk.
Tony Allen and Leon Powe each scored 10 points for the Celtics. Paul Pierce was limited to six points on 1-for-6 shooting.
It was another poor offensive night for the 76ers (7-9), who had their lowest-scoring game and first half of the season. Their previous low was 80 points in loss to Utah on Nov. 11.
They scored a season-low 12 points in the second quarter, as the Celtics opened a 46-28 lead. Boston opened the quarter with a 9-0 run, capped by a three-point play by Powe, to take a 33-16 lead.
Philadelphia was held scoreless until Reggie Evans converted a free throw almost four minutes in, but did not make its first shot from the field until Louis Williams' layup made it 33-19 at the 6:39 mark.
The 76ers have lost three in a row after winning five of six. The only starter to shoot better than 50 percent in the first half was Elton Brand, who was 5-for-9 for 12 points. The rest of the starting five was 6-for-20 as the 76ers were held to 33.3 percent shooting from the field.
Brand scored 18 points and Williams added 15 points. Andre Miller and Marreese Speights each had 12 points. Speights was ejected with 43 seconds remaining after committing a flagrant foul on Brian Scalabrine.
(Thanks to the Associated Press for the assist)
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