Allen 3-point nail for the victory over the Knicks, Celtics

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Ray Allen jumped out of the basket and the game on the line of the Boston Celtics.

Swish.

Then Carmelo Anthony has a final chance to win for the Knicks in New York.

Metallic sound.

Allen hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 12 seconds to prove a pass from Paul Pierce and Anthony to his long night at the other end, which the Celtics a 87-85 victory over the Knicks back in his first playoff game on Sunday.


Allen led the Celtics with 24 points and Pierce added 18 to go with the solid defense of Anthony. Kevin Garnett scored 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Amare Stoudemire closed in the final.

Stoudemire had 28 points and 11 rebounds for New York, and Anthony finished with 15.


New York lost more than a game point guard Chauncey Billups left with 51 seconds remaining, and the doctors said, the violation of a knee or strained left thigh muscle.


New York led 85-84 before Anthony was called for an offensive foul for pushing Pierce with 21 seconds remaining.

What I thought and what they called, are two different things,  said Anthony.

Rios did not agree.


Rajon Rondo, then line up for the ball, but call to delay entry. The next time Allen just before the half court line on the right plays. He threw the ball to Pierce, then a circle on the other side of the court, Pierce took pass and started the decisive basket.


Allen Reggie Miller broke a record in the NBA 3-point-2560 10th February in the loss to the Lakers on the same floor where he came by on Sunday.cheap customized jerseys

The Knicks quickly and lost for the 10th Court Anthony Down Times in 11 shots in the second half. The Celtics will rebound, the buzzer will sound and high-fived fans rivers on the way to the locker room.

Anthony and Stoudemire are open, the decisions on the last play, but it was Anthony.


New York had the same problem against Boston on 15 December, set when Pierce hit a jumper with 0.4 seconds to the Celtics 118-116 in front of Madison Square Garden. Stoudemire sank a 3-pointer, but she moved after officials determined that time was up.

Third-seeded Boston has a challenge for the Knicks, who have allowed 105.7 points per game during the regular season, third most in the league.

With the score is tied at 82, Toney Douglas hit a 3-pointer put the Knicks the lead with 38 left seconds. The Celtics called timeout and immediately achieved when Rondo threw an alley-oop pass to Garnett on the entry.nba custom jerseys

I did not really communicate,  said New York coach Mike D'Antoni.

The Celtics, who won their seventh NBA championship level in 2008, is the aim of returning to the finals after losing in seven games last year with the Lakers.

The Knicks in the playoffs for the first time in seven years, have lost their last three playoffs and went 10 years without winning a playoff game.

Boston pulled to 51-39 half-time but gathered to take a lead of 66-64 early in the fourth. Stoudemire scored 12 after the end of the Knicks with 18 points on 82-78 advantage with 2:46 left.

Pierce followed with a 15-foot fall away Jermaine O'Neal scored on an offensive rebound to play tied with 1.12.

It was a bad night for Anthony from the beginning. picked up two quick fouls and went without a goal in the first quarter but finished the half with 12 points.

The Celtics played without Shaquille O'Neal, who also lost Game 2 with a sore right calf. O'Neal, a key to internal security, has missed 27 games with a sore right leg. He returned on 4 April against Detroit, but quickly left again with the calf problem. He was sitting at the other six games of the regular season.