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BOSTON -- The "Big Three" leading Boston to its latest win was an unlikely bunch. Wholesale Jerseys China . Jeff Green, Jason Terry and rookie Jared Sullinger carried the Celtics through a game of streaks, each outscoring their starting teammates as Boston recovered from a dreadful third quarter and held off the slumping Phoenix Suns 87-79 on Wednesday night. Green had 14 points, Terry scored 13 and Sullinger finished with 12 points and pulled down a career-best 16 rebounds as Bostons reserves outscored their Phoenix counterparts 47-16. "They won the game for us basically. The bench played well. The starters didnt play good at all tonight," said Rajon Rondo, who had eight points and eight assists. It was an emotional game for Green, who was playing exactly one year after having surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm. "I cant put it into words. I mean, its a wonderful day," said Green, who missed all of last season with the heart condition. "I reflect a lot on what Ive been through and its just a blessing and Im glad Im here." Kevin Garnett was the only Boston starter to score in double figures, finishing with 10 points and five rebounds, and Paul Pierce had seven points and seven rebounds. The Celtics survived a scoring drought that spanned almost half the third quarter. Boston scored just 14 in the period before rallying in the fourth against the road-weary Suns, who lost their 11th straight away from home. "I think it would be a little bit easier to swallow if it would have been Paul Pierce or Kevin Garnett. At the end of the day it was their bench that really hurt us the most," Phoenix coach Alvin Gentry said. The Celtics (18-17) have won four straight and are back above .500 for the first time since improving to 14-13 with a win at Brooklyn on Christmas. Marcin Gortat had 12 points and 14 rebounds, and Jared Dudley scored 14 while pulling down 10 boards for the Suns, who lost their fourth straight and fell to 2-16 on the road. Luis Scola scored 16 and Goran Dragic finished with 10 points for Phoenix, which gave the Celtics a scare in the third quarter with a 17-0 run. The Suns were coming off a 108-99 loss at Milwaukee on Tuesday, when they were outscored 58-43 in the second half. The outlook wasnt good after the first half Wednesday with Boston leading 53-41, but the Suns responded with a torrid run early in the third quarter, shutting out Boston for 5:59. Dudley hit a 3-pointer and Gortat scored six during the spurt, putting back an offensive rebound that gave Phoenix a 56-55 lead with 6:59 left in the period. Boston fans went silent at first as the big lead dwindled, then started booing as the Celtics continued to struggle. Rajon Rondo finally snapped the scoreless skid on a jumper with 5:42 left in the period, cutting Phoenixs lead to 58-57. The Celtics hadnt scored since Garnetts jumper 19 seconds into the third. Boston regained enough composure to lead 67-64 after three then quickly took command by opening the final quarter with an 11-2 run. Terry started it with a 3-pointer and Garnett added four points before setting up Green for an alley-oop dunk to put Boston up 78-66 with 7:45 remaining. "We always have lapses. Sometimes it happens early, sometimes it happens later," Scola said. "Even in the games weve won, we play this way." Notes: Rondo returned from a one-game suspension for making contact with a referee and failure to co-operate with a league investigation. He finished with eight points and eight assists. ... Boston coach Doc Rivers was called for a technical late in the third period, then Rondo and Phoenixs P.J. Tucker drew dual technicals early in the fourth. ... 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Vancouver (10-11-7) managed just two shots — a glancing Kenny Miller header that sailed wide moments before Juninhos strike and a Barry Robson shot that went wide late in second-half stoppage — while dropping their fourth successive game to match the longest losing streak in the clubs brief Major League Soccer history. “Very frustrating scoreline and result ...,” said Whitecaps coach Martin Rennie, who was without suspended striker Darren Mattocks, Vancouvers top scorer, and injured centre back Andy OBrien. “Two great goals against us tonight — thats very disappointing, but a lot of good performances and a lot of things to build on as we go into the next phase of the season. “But weve got to make sure we build on the things which are positive, fix a few things that obviously have to get better. We must be creating more chances in the game.” The Whitecaps remain fifth in the Western Conference, five points above FC Dallas — their next opponent, Sept. 15 in Frisco, Texas — in the battle for the final playoff berth. Dallas is home Sunday against Seattle. “Its a huge game,” Rennie said. “And then, of course, we go through a run of games where almost every game (four of the last five) is at home, so thats a positive thing. ... Wholesale Jerseys USA. .. We must find our form, and nows the time to find it, because if were going to do anything in the season, youre going to have to be at your best at the end. So we must find a way to get to form very quickly.” The Galaxy (13-11-4), which climbed into third place, ahead of Seattle on the goals-scored tiebreaker, created plenty through Juninho, Beckham, Robbie Keane and Marcelo Sarvas and were unfortunate to score only twice. Juninhos goal was a 28-yard blast to the upper-right corner after Keane redirected to him Hector Jimenezs low cross from the right flank. Juninho had the time to take a touch and look up, then netted his sixth goal in his last five games, all competitions. “Junis was incredible,” Beckham said. “When hes got his shooting boots on, theres not too many goalkeepers that can stop him. We needed that because I thought we had a lot of the possession and we were creating chances but not putting them in. Juni steps up and puts one in.” The Galaxy might have two before that, but referee Baldomero Toledo let a Martin Bonjour handball slide in the 27th minute and Keanes goal five minutes later was flagged offside, although replays indicated it should have counted. Whitecaps goalkeeper Brad Knighton knocked away a solid Keane shot in the first minute of the second half, and Jimenezs attempt moments later was cleared off the line by Jun Davidson, one of several Vancouver players who fared well. Beckhams goal, his sixth in his last eight games, was a 25-yard free kick to the upper-left corner. “I knew if I put it in the corner, the keeper wasnt getting there, simple as that,” he said. ' ' '
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