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January 10th, 2007 Celtics Drop Game to Indy, Allen Goes Down Hard

Jermaine O'Neal
On Wednesday night, the Celtics played the Pacers at home, and they made runs but came up short in a 97-84 loss at the Garden. The unfortunate part about all of this is Tony Allen going down with a big knee injury. After a whistle, Allen continued to go to the hoop to throw down a big dunk for

fun, but on his way down he landed very awkwardly on his left leg. He fell to the ground clutching his knee, he rolled over, and he muttered “I’m done.” Doc Rivers said that he thought it was a torn ACL as soon as it happened, because he tore his ACL in the same way. More updates on this when information is given.

Jermaine O’Neal lit it up for Indiana, scoring 23 points, grabbing 15 rebounds, and blocking 3 shots. He also shut down Al Jefferson. Jamaal Tinsley went for 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 13 assists as well, as he made some excellent plays setting up his teammates. Al Harrington struggled, scoring just 7 points on 1-10 shooting. Stephen Jackson scored 15 points on 4-8 from the floor. Off the bench, Danny Granger and Sarunas Jasikevicius did it all offensively. Granger scored 16 points and grabbed 8 rebounds, while Jasikevicius scored 15.

Tony Allen was having another outstanding game, until he went down with a bad left knee injury about 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. Allen left the game with 19 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 5 steals, as he did it all on both ends of the floor. Sebastian Telfair, who started in place of the injured Delonte West, had a terrific first half and a so-so second half, as he finished with 15 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. Gerald Green, who started in place of the injured Wally Szczerbiak, couldn’t hit anything in the second half, but he was the 3rd leading scorer with 14, as he also came up with 5 boards. Al Jefferson had arguably his worst offensive outing of the season, shooting just 2 of 11 from the floor. Jefferson did grab 13 rebounds, however. Kendrick Perkins played tough in the paint, scoring 8 points, grabbing 4 rebounds, and blocking 2 shots. Off the bench, Ryan Gomes, Leon Powe, and Rajon Rondo each scored 7 points. Powe also grabbed 7 rebounds.

Player of the Game: Tony Allen

Tony Allen

19 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 steals

Next Game: Friday (1/12/07) at home vs. Toronto at 7:30 pm ET.

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