Celtics make it six wins in a row

Kevin Garnett scored 20 points and the Boston Celtics won their sixth consecutive game, a 90-83 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night.

Ray Allen added 15 points to help the Celtics improve to an NBA-best 8-1 away from home. They’ll wrap up a four-game road swing tonight at Oklahoma City.

San Antonio also had won five in a row, but the Celtics dominated what Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich acknowledged was a bit of a litmus test. Of the nine teams San Antonio has beaten this season, only four had winning records entering Thursday.

Rookie DeJuan Blair had a career-high 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Spurs, who will get another test against a division leader Saturday against Denver.

-- associated press