Boston 90, Toronto 77
TORONTO, Dec. 16 (AP) -- With another dominant defensive performance, the Boston Celtics matched their longest winning streak in 14 years.
Paul Pierce scored 18 points, Kevin Garnett had 16 and the Boston Celtics extended their streak to nine games by beating the Toronto Raptors 90-77 on Sunday.
"Our philosophy is that defense is going to win games for us,'' Garnett said. "We're trying to have the defense fuel the offense, and it's been working.''
The Atlantic Division leaders matched their longest winning streak since March 16-31, 1993.
Boston is 20-2. The only other time the franchise opened the season with that record, it won the 1963-64 championship.
The Celtics lead the NBA in opponents' scoring average and scoring differential.
"That's going to be our staple pretty much all year long,'' Pierce said. "We're going to take pride on the defensive end.
"When you get 12 guys committed and on the same page, night in and night out, anything is possible,'' Pierce added. "That's what we have right now.''
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