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Nowitzki now 20th on NBA scoring list (AP)
Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki has moved into the top 20 on the NBA career scoring list. Nowitzki moved into 20th on the list Monday with seven points in the first quarter in a game against Boston. That gave Nowitzki 23,335 points, one more than Hall of Famer Robert Parish had in 21 seasons, 14 with the Celtics.

Mangurian signed original "Big Three"
Harry Mangurian Jr., a former owner of the Boston Celtics and renowned horse breeder, has died of leukemia. He was 82. The funeral home handling his arrangements said Mangurian died Sunday. He died at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after an eight month battle with the disease. Mangurian owned the Celtics from 1979-83, a tenure that included a championship in 1981 and the signings of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish, the original "Big Three" of team lore.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Foxsports/rss/NBA/~4/427771903" height="1" width="1"/

Celtics' success fuels popularity surge (AP)
After one of his many losses as coach of the Boston Celtics, an angry Rick Pitino admonished those who wanted instant success. "Larry Bird is not walking through that door, fans," he said. "Kevin McHale is not walking through that door, and Robert Parish is not walking through that door." But last summer Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen did walk through that door -- and fans, sponsors and plenty of...

Celtics win, improve to 10-0 at home (AP)

The Boston Celtics are tearing apart teams at home like the days when Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish roamed the fabled parquet. Kevin Garnett scored 23 points and the Celtics improved to 10-0 at home with a 112-84 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. Paul Pierce had 18 points and Ray Allen 13 for Boston (16-2), which is off to the NBA's best start and its best home mark since...