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MILWAUKEE(AP) Paul Pierce scored 28 points, Ray Allen added 27 and the pair accounted for all nine points in overtime, lifting the Boston Celtics to a scrappy 102-97 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.

Allen and Pierce were without the final member of the Big Three, Kevin Garnett, down the stretch after he fouled out midway through overtime, but still managed to give the Celtics their sixth straight win over Milwaukee.

Neither team scored for the first 2 1/2 minutes of overtime until Garnett, who had 15 points and seven rebounds, pulled down rookie Luc Richard Mbah a Moute for his fifth foul.

Mbah a Moute, who finished with 14 points, hit both free throws to make it 95-93, but Pierce answered with a 3-pointer to give Boston a one-point lead.

Garnett picked up his sixth foul moments later and Dan Gadzuric, who replaced an ejected Andrew Bogut, dunked for Milwaukee's only field goal in overtime, giving the Bucks a 97-96 lead with 1:07 left.

After the teams failed to score on Pierce's missed layup and a turnover by the Bucks, Allen was fouled with 24 seconds left, hitting both free throws to make it 98-97.

Richard Jefferson, who had 14 points, then missed a jumper over Pierce, and Allen hit two more free throws.

Trailing 100-97 with 10 seconds left, the Bucks opted for a short jumper by Gadzuric that he missed instead of a 3-point attempt to tie. Pierce grabbed the rebound, hitting two more free throws to end it.

Milwaukee, already without leading scorer Michael Redd (right ankle) and Charlie Villanueva (hamstring strain), finished 1-for-11 in overtime after rallying from a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter.

With the Celtics up 82-81, Pierce hit a jumper and Allen hit a layup for a five-point lead, but the Bucks came back without Bogut, who hit a layup and went hard into Garnett.

Garnett appeared to make contact with Bogut's face with an open hand, but officials immediately stepped in, assessing a double technical as Bogut and Garnett continued glaring at each other with 3:58 left.

After officials conferred, the call stood and Bogut, who finished with 20 points, was ejected for his second technical after picking up one 5 minutes earlier in the quarter on a staredown with Leon Powe.

It appeared that Boston would pull away after that when Garnett hit a jumper, but Luke Ridnour answered with a 3 and Mbah a Moute converted a three-point play, giving Milwaukee an 89-88 lead, the Bucks' first since the first quarter.

Pierce answered with five straight points to put Boston back ahead 93-89, but Milwaukee sent it to overtime on Jefferson's 15-foot jumper and Ridnour's driving layup with 1.4 seconds left.

Notes: The teams combined for 62 personal fouls and nine technicals. ... Milwaukee coach Scott Skiles said he thought Redd was trying to play on the upcoming two-game road trip to Denver and Utah, but acknowledged he's not sure when Redd would return. ... Celtics rookie G J.R. Giddens was sent to the Utah Flash of the NBA D-League on Saturday.

Skiles

On tonight's game...
“We did what we’ve been doing of late and that is spotting a team too many points. I was pleased we fought back and we played really hard again. Generally when you fall behind against a team like Boston you almost have to play perfectly to win. We had our hands on a lot of balls around the basket and we had trouble finishing a little bit. I was pleased with how hard we played but we just need to be a little sharper in some areas.”

On the Bucks fourth quarter comeback...
“We just started getting aggressive and started driving to the basket. We spent most of the game passing the ball around the perimeter and holding it a bit too much. Boston is big in there. They blocked eleven shots last game and nine tonight and that could cause a little bit of hesitancy to go inside. We started driving in there and we started to make some nice passes and plays and that opened them up a little bit.”

Mbah A Moute

On tonights' game...
”I thought we did pretty good, especially coming back in that second half and taking it to overtime. We have lapses where we don’t play as well and against teams like this they just take full advantage of it.”

Bogut

On the Celtics defense...
“I tried to be aggressive and duck in when I could. They are a tough defensive team so you have to move the ball as much as you can. We had a chance to beat them and obviously we missed some key shots towards the end of the game.”