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The Boston Celtics?finally had all of their players healthy and available for Saturdays game in Detroit.Al Horford and Jae Crowder, both sidelined for most of November, returned to the starting lineup against the Pistons.Horford, who missed nine games due to a concussion suffered on Halloween, played 34 minutes and finished with 18 points, a team-high 11 rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots. He hit a go-ahead layup with 1.3 seconds left and followed it up with a block at the buzzer to seal a 94-92 victory.Crowder, who missed eight games in a row with an ankle injury, scored nine points.The Celtics also had?Marcus Smart available. Smart left Fridays game against the Golden State Warriors due to an ankle injury, but hes healthy enough to come off the bench.This was the first game this season in which the Celtics had all of their top eight players available. Smart and Kelly Olynyk were both sidelined at the start of the season due to injuries. Wholesale Nike Shoes China .ca look back at each of the Top 10 stories of 2013. Today, we look back at Boston Strong - a citys recovery from tragedy. Cheap Nike Shoes . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. http://www.nikeshoesclearance.com/ . -- Jaye Marie Green shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to increase her lead to five strokes after the second round of the LPGA Tours qualifying tournament. Nike Shoes Clearance Sale .Y. -- Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills defence made life miserable for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco. Nike Shoes Clearance . Rob Manfred, baseballs chief operating officer, testified last week during the grievance filed by the players union to overturn Rodriguezs 211-game suspension. A person familiar with the hearing, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press on Saturday that Manfred testified the sport wasnt concerned whether Bosch distributed performance-enhancing drugs to minors because MLBs interest was his relationship with players under investigation. WASHINGTON -- The NBA regular season is early but getting late quick for the Washington Wizards, who are struggling defensively and set to face the top two contenders in the Eastern Conference.That stretch starts with Wednesdays home matchup with the Boston Celtics (3-3) before the reigning champion Cleveland Cavaliers visit two days later. Thats a tough task for Washington (1-5), which that has lost two straight after dropping a 114-106 setback against Houston on Monday.Of course, the Celtics havent quite clicked yet this season. Boston enters having lost two straight by allowing an average of 125.5 points in that span.The Rockets sank 17 3-pointers and pulled away from the Wizards with a 12-0 run midway through the fourth quarter fueled by James Harden. Washington ranks 27th in 3-point defense and has lost its way late in each of its setback.I thought we came out with good defensive intensity that gave us that early lead, Wizards coach Scott Brooks said. Then in order to win an NBA basketball game, you have to do it for 48 minutes, and we have not been able to put it together in its entirety. Defensive disposition is the No. 1 thing that you have to continue to focus on. We have talked about it enough and now we have to do it.The Celtics fell 123-107 to the Denver Nuggets Sunday night in their third straight game without center Al Horford, who remains in the NBAs concussion program.He has not advanced in the protocol from what Ive been told, Celtics coach Bradd Stevens told reporters on Monday.dddddddddddd. He has not gotten any deeper than that.The addition of Horford, a multi-time All-Star, to a team that won 48 games last season had many projecting Boston as the primary threat to Cleveland. Perhaps those high expectations have led to the sideways start. The Celtics are fourth with 110.2 points per game, but rank 28th in scoring defense (111.8).The Nuggets led 42-23 after the first quarter and shot 52.4 percent from the field.Were not as good as we thought we were, Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas told reporters Sunday. When we dont come out with a sense of urgency, were not a good team, and thats what happened tonight.The Wizards started strong against the Rockets, but as was the case in previous losses, faded down the stretch.Nobody is happy. Everyones emotions are a little high, guard Bradley Beal said. Everybody is mad. We are 1-5. We did not expect it to be like this. We just have to figure it out.That wont be easy in this matchup. The Celtics won the series 4-0 last season with three victories by at least 20 points.Beal, Otto Porter and John Wall, who was ejected with 33 seconds left for picking up his second technical foul, each scored at least 20 points in Mondays loss. Washington retooled its bench this past offseason, but have yet to find consistency beyond its starting five. ' ' '