There were not that many movements in the world of basketball Wednesday. In fact, there was only one related to the NBA, where the WASHINGTON WIZARDS signed G Mike Wilks.

Yesterday we witnessed a great tonight between the Suns and Spurs. Of course, both the teams haven’t been as dominant this year as some expected. Though the Spurs have to restrain their ardour because of the injuries to Tony Parker and Tim Duncan. Now, Duncan is back and Parker is on the shelf. Maybe because of that the Suns showed better results in that match-up. Let’s see what will be next.

The Boston Celtics have recently played against the Miami Heat and showed some interesting things about this current edition of the fabled Boston Celtics. The very beginning of the game was something like the Celtics thought it was the 5th quarter of the 45 point blow out of the Knicks. The players were a bit fussy, but anyway managed to get it through and win.

Reading Rockets got their second defeat of the season in an intensive sport performance with a well organized, well motivated and aggressive Thunder team who rolled all the game throughout. The absence of Dave Titmuss, the head coach of the team, because of illness notable influenced the game. Assistant Matt Johnson was dreadfully dissatisfied with a poor display.

Paul Pierce had nineteen points and twelve assists. Kevin Garnett scored twenty-two points and the Celtics broke open a truly tight game in the 4th quarter to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 113-103 yesterday. Ray Allen scored twelve points for the Celtics (15-2), but it was James Posey and Eddie House who sank the big three-pointers that let the NBA-best Celtics remain undefeated in their division.

EAST

Allegheny 68, Westminster, Pa. 66

Brown 86, Quinnipiac 79, OT

Bucknell 67, La Salle 66

Cabrini 72, Marywood 61

California, Pa. 75, Pitt.-Johnstown 68

SOUTH

Benedict 90, Lane 75

Bethune-Cookman 52, Stetson 51

Coker 70, Newberry 68

Florida 88, Jacksonville 72

MIDWEST

Buena Vista 76, Clarke 67

Carleton 61, St. John’s, Minn. 59

E. Washington 65, UMKC 54

Gustavus 69, Bethel, Minn. 55

Northwestern 88, Arkansas St. 68

SOUTHWEST

Arkansas 70, Missouri St. 51

Baylor 82, MVSU 50

Hardin-Simmons 75, E. Texas Baptist 71

W. Illinois 71, Texas-Pan American 69

The Boston Celtics overcame with a slow start. The Cleveland Cavaliers were not able to overcome the absence of LeBron James. With the National Baseball Association scoring leader missing his 2nd straight match because of a sprained finger, the Celtics beat the Cavaliers 80-70 on yesterday. On Thursday, the Celtics crushed the Knicks 104-59. On Tuesday night, Cleveland handed Boston one of their 2 losses of the season, 109-104 in overtime at Cleveland.