Tony Allen News

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Coach Doc Rivers noticed a subtle change in Paul Pierce's approach while the team was in the midst of an 11-game winning streak.

Via ESPN.com's Daily Dime: Robinson does want out, and a source close to the Robinson camp tells ESPN.com there's one place the former slam-dunk champion would truly like to land if a trade can be worked out: Boston.

The Celtics resumed their winning ways and the Wolves their losing ways tonight at TD Garden in a game that was well over by halftime.

The Celtics don't need Paul Pierce to score 25 points every night to win, but they're not looking for him to contribute single-digits either.

Whatever the problems were, overconfidence had never been one of them. Slow starts had plagued the Celtics.

The Celtics highly recruited free-agent signee Marquis Daniels will be out of Boston's lineup until mid-February, Daniels said Friday night after a visit to his doctors.

My favorite memory is real easy. The game six title clincher in 08. Not just because my beloved Celtics captured the crown.

Few Celtics players split the fan base down the middle like Tony Allen. In response, Zach Lowe of CelticsHub.com has started an official "Tony Allen Dos and Donts List" - and he's asking for everyone to contribute.

Most of the talk on the Wizards boards was complaining about the referees. I didn't think they were all that one sided.

LOYALTY: Even though Dirk Nowitzki could be - if he opts out of his contract's final year - one of the big free agents this summer, he's pretty intent on staying a Maverick for the rest of his career.

Ray Allen entered last night's game against Washington on the cusp of joining one of basketball's elite clubs.

Washington came in struggling. Boston came in streaking. But the Wizards gave the Celtics their biggest scare in a while, taking them to the final minute before fading out 104-102 in front of 20,173 fans at Verizon Center.

The Celtics [ team stats ] swingman missed last night's game against the Bucks because of the injury and had undergone an MRI to determine the extent of the injury.

Rajon Rondo was scoreless entering the final quarter of the Celtics' 98-89 win over the Bucks last night at TD Garden.

Tony Allen made his season debut last night in the Celtics' backcourt in place of Marquis Daniels.

The Atlantic Division-leading Boston Celtics try to push their winning streak to eight games Tuesday, when they welcome the Milwaukee Bucks to TD Garden.

That changed yesterday when the Celtics swingman attempted to catch a Rajon Rondo [ stats ] bullet pass, which deflected off his left hand.

Until he made 6 of 11 shots last night, including 3 of 6 3-pointers, that hadn't been the case on the court for a while.

Walker Allen is proving to be as tough as his father. The younger Allen, son of Celtics guard Ray Allen , was released from a Boston-area hospital yesterday after being admitted for nausea during Thanksgiving weekend.