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NEW YORK (AP)\u2014Kevin Garnett<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 24 points and 11 rebounds, Rajon Rondo<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span>
\nadded 13 points and 12 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics<\/a> scored the final 10
\npoints for a spirited 96-86 victory over the New York Knicks<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n

With blood flowing and bodies flying, the Celtics showed the Knicks they
\nwill be tough to beat next month if this was in fact a preview of a first-round
\nplayoff series.<\/p>\n

Paul Pierce<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> scored 21 points and Ray Allen<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 15 for Boston despite a poor
\nshooting night and a nasty cut on his head that briefly forced him from the
\ngame.<\/p>\n

Carmelo Anthony<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> scored 22 points for the Knicks, but neither he nor Amare
\nStoudemire<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had a field goal in the fourth quarter. Chauncey Billups<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> had 21 and
\nStoudemire finished with 16.<\/p>\n

Boston (50-19) matched its victory total from last season after coming into
\nplay tied with Chicago for the best record in the Eastern Conference, seizing
\ncontrol in the final minutes with its trademark tough defense the sensational
\nall-court play of Rondo, who made the tiebreaking basket with 3:10 left.<\/p>\n

The Knicks lost for the sixth time in seven games and fell to 7-9 since
\nacquiring Anthony last month, and as with Miami\u2019s occasional struggles this
\nseason, has created concerns about how long it takes a team to figure things out
\nwhen it has put superstars together.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully two, three years,\u201d joked Celtics coach Doc Rivers, who has his
\nreasons for that wish.<\/p>\n

The longtime Atlantic Division rivals could be headed toward a meeting in
\nthe first round of the playoffs. New York entered in seventh place in the East,
\na half-game behind Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

This one started to resemble a playoff scrap in the second quarter. Boston\u2019s
\nTroy Murphy had to come out of the game with a bloody nose, and Glen Davis
\ncrashed to the court after Anthony caught him in the head with an elbow after
\ngrabbing a rebound.<\/p>\n

Then Allen had to leave briefly in the third quarter after his head was
\nbloodied by Jared Jeffries\u2019 elbow while going for a rebound. Allen wiped blood
\nfrom his head on the court with a towel, not far from where his mother was
\nseated next to Spike Lee in the front row of courtside seats.<\/p>\n

The Celtics took the hits and kept coming, trimming New York\u2019s lead to 69-63
\non Glen Davis\u2019 layup at the third-quarter buzzer. They were down nine after
\nBillups\u2019 four-point play with 7:26 remaining but stormed back with 13 straight
\npoints, going ahead 86-82 on Garnett\u2019s jumper with 4:20 to go.<\/p>\n

The Knicks tied it, and after Rondo\u2019s layup with 3:10 put Boston back ahead,
\nAnthony was cut above the eye after colliding with Rondo trying to steal and
\ninbounds pass. Rondo came up with it as Anthony fell to the court, then found
\nDavis for a layup and a 90-86 edge with 2 1\/2 minutes left.<\/p>\n

Pierce knocked down a jumper for a six-point lead, and Allen put it away
\nwith a dunk to make it 94-86 with 40 seconds to go. He closed it out with two
\nfree throws.<\/p>\n

A day after the Knicks managed nine points in the first quarter at
\nMilwaukee, their worst opening period since scoring a franchise-low five on Nov.
\n21, 1956, against Fort Wayne, Stoudemire had nine by himself after 12 minutes
\nMonday as New York built a 25-22 lead.<\/p>\n

The Knicks scored the first seven of the second, capped by consecutive
\nbaskets by Ronny Turiaf, to open a double-digit cushion. It grew to 45-30 on
\nBillups\u2019 3-pointer with 3:41 remaining in the half, and the Knicks took a 51-37
\nadvantage to the locker room.<\/p>\n

Notes: The teams meet again in Boston on April 13 in the regular-season
\nfinale. \u2026 Shaquille O\u2019Neal worked out on a stationary bike before the game,
\nthough it\u2019s still unknown when he will return from a sore right leg that\u2019s
\nsidelined him since Feb. 1. \u2026 The Knicks started Turiaf at center, the third
\nstraight game they had a different starter at that position.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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