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Ray Allen was very surprised to be free and in a favorable situation for a triple. With 2.1 seconds remaining in the second extension of time, it was decided and it did.

There was a high launch, as one of its three minutes before, without marking. Neither the basket of a tie, which closed its three boards in the first overtime.


His latest long-distance shot, an assist from Paul Pierce, pulled out of trouble for the Boston Celtics and led them to a 111-109 victory on Wednesday that the Charlotte Bobcats placed second in the conference East.

"I really did not expect (Gerald) Wallace leave me alone," said Allen, who shot from the right corner. "Paul only had to drop the ball to entregármelo.


The Bobcats, who dispute the last ticket to the postseason in the conference, gave away advantages in the last 30 seconds of the last period of time in both regular and extra time, and fell a half game behind the Chicago Bulls.

The Celtics were placed one game ahead of Orlando, which lost to Toronto.


Paul Pierce led Boston with 32 offensive drives, Allen added 22 and Rajon Rondo had 21 points and nine assists. Wallace had 20 units and 10 rebounds for the Bobcats, while Boris Diaw scored 17 points.

In Oakland, Monta Ellis had the biggest production of his career with 42 points for Golden State Warriors had to overcome 50 points from Kevin Martin _su better figure vida_ by 143-141 to defeat the Sacramento Kings in time for renewal .


The Warriors head up after five consecutive setbacks in a match between the teams with more bad defense in the NBA.

Ronny Turiaf made the decisive free-kick in the final 12.2 seconds for the Warriors, who squandered four points ahead in the moments of regular time and then failed two free throws in the final part of the additional meeting.


Beno Udrih scored 18 points for Sacramento, and tied the score in the final moments of regulation time to cap it with a move toward a long individual. Argentine Andres Nocioni played 25:26 minutes as a forward holder with 12 points and six rebounds, while Francisco Garcia added 22 Dominican points, five assists and four rebounds in 44:47 minutes for a replacement.

In the rest of the day, the Raptors won 99-95 at Magic, the Nets 111-98 to the Pistons, the Grizzlies 112-107 to the Wizards, the Lakers 104-98 to the Bucks, the Mavericks 98-96 to the Heat , the Suns 114-109 to the Rockets and Hornets 104-98 to the Clippers.