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BOSTON _ It wasn't pretty. In fact, it was downright ugly. But a win is a win, and the Celtics will take one any way they can, especially against a team ahead of them in the standings.
Boston, led by Paul Pierce's 30-point, 7-rebound, 5-steal, 3-assist effort, and Antoine Walker's 28-point, 7-rebound and 4-assist performance, beat the New Orleans Hornets, 95-86, in front of 13,425 fans at the FleetCenter, Boston's smallest crowd of the season.
"Any time you can get a win against somebody that's ahead of you in the standings, it's a good win," Celtics coach Jim O'Brien said. "I thought we played a solid basketball game, with maybe the exception of ...