New Jersey rocks as the Celtics reel

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: February 18, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

HARTFORD -- Maybe the NBA could do the Celtics a favor and schedule the Sonics, Suns and Knicks here next year. Maybe then the Celtics would show up.

For the second time in as many visits to the Land of Steady Habits, the Celtics came up spectacularly short in an effort that bordered on collective catatonia. With Derrick Coleman (28 points, 17 rebounds) and Kenny Anderson (17 points, 16 assists) doing just about anything they wanted, the Nets slaughtered the Celtics, 117-98, sending Boston to its sixth straight defeat.

The Celtics, who lost by 31 here to Indiana in November, were never really ...

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