AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -Glen Davis scored a career-high 20 points, giving Boston’s Big Three a huge lift in a 92-85 win over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night in a marquee game that lived up to its billing.
For the first time since 1981, two NBA teams entered a game on January 5 with a combined 54 wins. For the first time since 2000, two teams played with each riding at least an eight-game winning streak. Their combined winning percent of .844 was the third highest in the shot clock era.
The Celtics extended their winning streak, which started after losing to Detroit at home, to nine games. Boston snapped Detroit’s streak at 11 games.
Paul Pierce scored 19 points for the Celtics, Kevin Garnett added 15 and Eddie House scored 10 points to join Davis as key contributors off the bench.
Richard Hamilton had 18 points, Chauncey Billups scored 17 and Rasheed Wallace added 16 points for the Pistons.
Nets 113, Hawks 107
ATLANTA (AP) – Jason Kidd had 10 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds for his ninth triple-double of the season, and New Jersey won its fifth straight, rallying past Atlanta.
The Nets opened the fourth quarter with a 15-0 run, and the Nets (17-16) moved above .500 for the first time since November.
It was Kidd’s second triple-double in two games.
Atlanta, which led 79-76 entering the final quarter, suffered its fourth straight loss. Josh Smith led Atlanta with 34 points, and Marvin Williams added 18 points and eight rebounds.
Vince Carter had 29 points to lead New Jersey. Richard Jefferson had 21 points, Josh Boone had 17 with 12 rebounds and Bostjan Nachbar hit four 3-pointers on his way to 16.
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