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Daily Dime: Celtics' win streak reaches 19

By Chris Sheridan
ESPN.com

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

BOSTON -- "Downplay," Kevin Garnett said. "Downplay is a terrible word."

Those were the words Garnett spoke to Paul Pierce as the two exited the postgame interview room and walked down the hallway, heading to a private Christmas party for the players' families in the Celtics' locker room.

The word "downplay" had been raised by yours truly after nearly 10 minutes of listening to Pierce and Garnett verbally shrug their shoulders at the magnitude of what they had just accomplished: defeating the Philadelphia 76ers 110-91 on Tuesday night to extend their winning streak to 19 games, the longest in franchise history.

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