DENVER (AP) – Paul Pierce had 33 points and 10 assists and Eric Williams added a season-high 21 points to lead the Boston Celtics to 116-111 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night.

Pierce was 12-of-22 from the field and had seven rebounds to help Boston end a four-game losing streak.

The Celtics didn’t arrive in Denver until five hours before the game because of a snowstorm in Boston.

Reserve Rodney White had 23 points and Voshon Lenard added 20 points for the Nuggets, who had won six straight.

Boston seemed to have the game in hand when Pierce sank two free throws to make it 111-102, but Rodney White hit two 3-pointers to get the Nuggets to 113-111 with 28 seconds left.

Mike James and Pierce sealed the win with two free throws each.

Carmelo Anthony, who had only eight points for three quarters, brought the Nuggets back with six points in the first four minutes of the final period. His free throw after a driving layup tied it at 94.

But Anthony’s dunk to tie it again at 98 was followed by 9-0 run for Boston. Pierce had four points during the run, and Jiri Welsch’s 3-pointer made it 105-96.

Notes: Raef LaFrentz escaped the wrath of the Pepsi Center crowd that two days earlier had booed Nick Van Exel. LaFrentz and Van Exel were booed when they returned last season when both were with Dallas. … Boston had won three of the previous four meetings in Denver and eight of nine overall. … Marcus Camby scored the Nuggets’ first eight points. … Denver’s Jon Barry has hit 25 straight free throws. He was 2-or-2 against the Celtics.

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