105-103 defeat snaps Golden State's three-game winning streak

Kevin Garnett scored 12 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, including a tiebreaking jumper with 5.1 seconds left that led the Boston Celtics to a 105-103 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night at Oakland.

Brandon Bass added a season-high 22 points, Paul Pierce and Mickael Pietrus each chipped in 15 and Rajon Rondo dished out 14 assists for the Celtics, who have won their last two trips to Oakland after losing their previous six.

Rookie Klay Thompson led the Warriors with a season-high 26 points, David Lee added 22 and Nate Robinson had 20 points and 11 assists. But it wasn't enough as Golden State had its three-game winning streak snapped.

Bass made two free throws and a dunk to put the Celtics up 103-97 with 1:58 to play, but the short-handed Warriors wouldn't go down easily. Two free throws by Lee and a basket by Robinson after Bass' turnover cut the deficit to two points.

Then after Piece missed a jumper with 38 seconds left, Robinson used a nifty hesitation move to get down the lane for a tying layup with 30 seconds to play.

But Garnett answered with a long jumper and Robinson missed a 3-point attempt in the closing seconds to help the Celtics improve to 2-1 on their eight-game road trip.

Thompson's 3-pointer early in the third quarter gave the Warriors a 66-58 lead and established his career high with 21 points. But Golden State went cold late in the quarter, scoring three points on 1-for-8 shooting with three turnovers in the final 5:30 in the quarter and trailed 81-77 going into the fourth after Greg Stiemsma's putback dunk with 2.7 seconds remaining.

Garnett's three-point play early in the fourth helped Boston extend the lead to 89-81, but the Warriors fought back to tie it at 95 on Brandon Rush's free throw with 4:21 to play.

The Warriors were short-handed a day after dealing leading scorer Monta Ellis, Ekpe Udoh and Kwame Brown to Milwaukee for Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson. Bogut and Jackson aren't scheduled to join the team until Thursday. Bogut is out with a broken left ankle and might not play again this season.

Point guard Stephen Curry is also out with a nagging sprained right ankle and will be held out until it is 100 percent healed. Curry, who turned 24 Wednesday, will see doctors Thursday.

The Warriors have made their big move before Thursday's trade deadline. The question remains whether Boston will also be active. Coach Doc Rivers said before the game he would like to add another big man, but didn't want to break up the Celtics' core.

KNICKS ROLL AFTER D'ANTONI QUITS AS HEAD COACH

Maybe there's a big-name coach out there who can bring out the best in Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks.

Mike D'Antoni decided Wednesday he wasn't that guy. And so, he resigned.

Assistant Mike Woodson was promoted to interim head coach and led the Knicks to a 121-79 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers at Madison Square Garden.

"I think everyone for the most part was obviously very emotional, but we sat down and said, 'Look, this is where we want to go. This is how we feel like we need to get there,' " Jeremy Lin said. "So we came out with more energy than we have in a long time."

"We haven't had fun like that in a long time and tonight it was a good way to come out and get this 'W,' " Anthony said after the game.

The Knicks' brief resurgence in a wave of Linsanity last month had been replaced by a six-game losing streak that dropped the Knicks into a tie for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.