Jimmy Golden reports on Celtics win :

The Celtics and Bucks are both planning for the future: Boston is resting up for the playoffs, and Milwaukee is looking even further ahead. Rajon Rondo had 16 points and 10 assists and the Celtics coasted to a 102-86 victory over Milwaukee on Friday niight.  Boston has already clinched the NBA's best record, and coach Doc Rivers has been taking advantage of the cushion to rest his starters. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen sat out last Saturday's game and the whole fourth quarter on Tuesday. None of the starters played more than 25 minutes on Friday, and all sat out the entire fourth quarter again. Garnett scored 12 points with eight assists, leaving with 5:30 left in the third and Boston leading 72-47. I think we've done a good job - we'll know later - of resting them throughout the season,'' said Rivers, who went three weeks without a scheduled practice at one point. "I told them, 'Legs over minds.' The veterans are smart enough, but we've still got to save their legs.'' Boston headed to Atlanta for Saturday night's game against the Hawks, their likely first-round playoff opponent. Atlanta held a two-game lead over Indiana for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, with three games to play; both the Pacers and Hawks won on Friday night. Rivers said he would distribute the minutes much like he did on Friday. "It becomes an eight-game series,'' Celtics guard Ray Allen said. "You get a free look at them, and once you go into that first game ... you just saw them.''

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Celtics Back To Winning Ways 102 - 86
Friday, 11 April 2008
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