... came in.' I guess it will be like JFK in a lot of ways. I'm glad our guys have the awareness of real life." Guard Ray Allen upped them all, attending the inauguration in person with Celtics owner Steve Pagliuca before rejoining the team in Florida ...

... on his 23rd birthday and the Boston Celtics didn't need Kevin Garnett to beat the Phoenix Suns 128-108 on Sunday. Ray Allen scored 31 and Paul Pierce 26 in Boston's first game since Garnett went down with a strained muscle in his right knee ...

... Celtics made an early night of it with a dominating stretch in the second. That's second quarter, not second OT. Ray Allen followed his 51-point Game 6 performance with 23 on Saturday night, Paul Pierce added 20 and Boston pulled away from ...

... picked up where he left off last game," House said of Rondo. "He had a lot of energy on both ends of the court." Ray Allen scored 22 points and Kendrick Perkins had 16 points and nine rebounds for the defending NBA champions, who avoided heading ...

... starting lineup, replacing J.J. Redick, who started every game against the Celtics and did a nice defensive job on Ray Allen. Lee has been coming off the bench since fracturing his sinus in the Philadelphia series. "We figured they would do ...

... huddled around the locker room TV, giggling like school kids as they watched it again. And the replay was just as sweet. Ray Allen made a 3-pointer at the buzzer after Eddie House knocked away Jason Richardson's inbounds pass with 4.7 seconds ...

NEW ORLEANS In a proud city still restoring its unique beauty, the Eastern Conference repaired its own image. Ray Allen scored 28 points, making three straight 3-pointers in the final 3:15, and LeBron James added 27 as the East, widely ...

... meet for the first of four games on March 1 in Cleveland. Szczerbiak, who was part of the draft day trade that sent Ray Allen to Boston for the No. 5 pick Jeff Green and West, added scoring punch in a reserve role for the rebuilding Sonics ...

... Celtics are heading to Atlanta to try to deliver the knockout punch. Paul Pierce scored a playoff-high 22 points and Ray Allen hit three 3-pointers in the middle of the third quarter Wednesday night to turn back the Hawks' last charge, leading ...

... was back to it's old ways. "The sixth game is over with. Let it go. You had a chance to vent about it," guard Ray Allen said. "Now it's all about Game 7." Allen said he told his teammates that they should now consider themselves in ...