Celtics beat Warriors at home

          In a battle between inter-conference postseason contenders, the Boston Celtics defeated the Golden State Warriors by a score of 94-86. Paul Pierce came big again with 26 points, as the Celtics collaborated for a dominant defensive performance.

So how did it all happen?

After dropping 54 points on the New York Knicks, Stephen Curry followed up with 25. Unfortunately, he shot just 6-of-22 from the floor as Avery Bradley led an elite defensive performance.

As a team, the Warriors shot just 34.0 percent from the field and 21.7 percent from beyond the arc.

The Celtics are now 31-27 and just three games out of fifth place.

Jeff Green was superb from the bench and  finished with 18 points (8/13 FG), 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks. Kevin Garnett was a beast on defense as usual and added 7 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block and 1 steal on 32 minutes of action. 

The bench of the Celtics was extremely effective, collaborating for a collective stat line of 37 points, 19 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 blocks. Chris Wilcox led the way for the bench with 8 points and 7 rebounds.

The only bad thing for Boston in this game were the lackluster performances of Jason Terry and Jordan Crawford. 

The next game for the Celtics is an inner division clash with the Philadelphia 76ers  at the "Wells Fargo Center".

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