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Friday, Nov. 12 7:00pm ET
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BOSTON (AP) -- One night after a blocked shot kept the New York Knicks from coming back, Marcus Camby learned how painful that play was.
Paul Pierce had 19 points and Griffin grabbed 15 rebounds for the Celtics, who never trailed as they ended a two-game losing streak. The Knicks were led by Allan Houston and Larry Johnson with 16 points each. Camby, watching from the bench, saw his teammates cut a 46-33 halftime deficit to 77-74 on a 14-footer by Kurt Thomas with 1:59 remaining. After two turnovers by Boston and two missed shots by New York, the Knicks had a chance to tie with a 3-pointer. But Griffin poked the ball out of bounds off Houston with 25 seconds left. "I know that I'm going to guard the toughest guy on the team," said Griffin, who spent the last three seasons in the CBA. "He was going up and I was coming down. Then he tried to recover and hit the ball out." "That late in the game, it's a 50-50 call by the refs," Houston said. "They could have called it a foul but they didn't." Vitaly Potapenko then missed two free throws for Boston with 24 seconds remaining. But New York wasted another chance when Sprewell missed a pair with 14 seconds to play. Potapenko was fouled again and this time he sank both shots for a 79-74 lead with 13 seconds left. Chris Childs then missed a 3-pointer for New York with 3.8 seconds to go, and Pierce finished the scoring with a free throw with two seconds left. Ewing, who hasn't played this season because of tendinitis in his left Achilles, watched in a suit from the New York bench. His absence had made more playing time for Camby, who responded with double-doubles in four of the Knicks' first six games. New York also played one night after traveling halfway across the country following the loss at Minnesota. The Celtics opened their 13-point halftime lead as the Knicks hit only 4 of 19 shots in the second quarter. And the score was 77-68 with four minutes left in the game before New York scored six straight points on two free throws each by Thomas and Johnson and Thomas' jumper that made it 77-74. Game notesKenny Anderson, limited by a hip pointer to 11 minutes in his last game, started and played 40 minutes, scoring 17 points for Boston. ... The win was the Celtics' fourth in their last 24 games against the Knicks. ... New York lost for the second straight night after opening the season at 4-1. ... Boston outrebounded New York 28-14 in the first half and 49-38 in the game. | ALSO SEE NBA Scoreboard New York Clubhouse Boston Clubhouse RECAPS Boston 80 New York 74
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