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Built Ford Tough Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 DENVER -- Kenneth Faried has impressed the Denver Nuggets throughout his rookie season. "We don't close this game out without Kenneth," Denver coach George Karl said. "I was impressed with him the whole game, but I really loved him the last three or four minutes of the game." Danilo Gallinari scored 20 points and Faried added 18 points and a career-high 16 rebounds leading the Nuggets past the Boston Celtics 98-91 Saturday night. "He outworked us, getting 11 rebounds in the first half," Boston coach Doc Rivers said. "He had a rebound late in the game that was just an effort rebound where we had inside position and he outran us to the ball." It was the sixth double-double in the past 13 games for Faried. Arron Afflalo added 15 points for Denver, which has beaten the Celtics seven of the past eight times in Denver. "I did all right by playing with my heart," Faried said and when reminded of his 5-for-5 shooting from the field and 8 of 8 on free throws added, "I'm not content. I want to do better." Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett had 22 points each for Boston. Rajon Rondo had 12 points and 16 assists. The Celtics are 2-3 on their eight-game road trip. They were coming off a 120-95 loss at Sacramento. "They outworked us and it wasn't about game planning or X's and O's," Pierce said. "They got the loose ball, they got the offensive rebounds and when they tried to make a valiant effort late in the game, it was like climbing uphill." Denver nearly lost its lead in the fourth quarter. The Celtics trimmed the deficit to 10, three times in the fourth quarter, the third time when Pierce started a 10-0 run with two free throws that pulled them within 87-77 with 7:18 left. Pierce's jumper finished the run to make it 87-85, 16 seconds before fouling out. Faried turned the foul into two free throws. Ty Lawson's 3-pointer and a layup by Faried seemed to put the game away and made the game 94-87. http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20120317_BOS@DEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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