A little rusty, yes. At times, [] appeared to be queasily taking corners on one wheel last night. But the point guard’s return to the [] after missing eight games with a sprained right wrist wasn’t expected to be seamless. The bonus was that his teammates, after three uneven quarters, needed something far different from precision. Thanks to perhaps their most hustle-oriented fourth quarter of the season, the Celtics beat the Knicks, 91-89 at the Garden, in a game that wasn’t safe until the buzzer. [] (30 points, seven rebounds, five assists) and Ray Allen (nine of his 14 points in the last 4:25) covered the sloppiness and floor burns with some of this team’s best...
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