Celtics, 30-16 (1)
Doc Rivers said before the game he feared his team would come flat tonight.
He was wrong.
Down 7-2, the Celtics went on a 13-0 run to force a Houston timeout. A Kevin Garnett alley-oop from Ray Allen at the 7:53 mark got the crowd on its feet. Paul Pierce found Rajon Rondo on a beautiful no-look feed on the next possession to put the Celtics up four and get the run to 9-0.
An Allen three-pointer capped the run and forced the Rockets to call time.
The Celtics shot an unbelievable 68 percent in the first. The Rockets shot 29 percent.
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