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BOSTON -- Isaiah Thomas didnt hold his tongue earlier this week in describing what he said was a Celtics team he thought was void of its all-around toughness from years past.He thinks they took steps toward finding it on Friday night.Thomas scored 23 of his 29 points in the first half, and Boston snapped a three-game losing streak with a 115-87 victory over the New York Knicks.We played hard. And when you play hard you give yourself a chance, Thomas said. Weve got to figure out how to continue to do this and then get our swag back a little bit.Kelly Olynyk added 19 points and seven rebounds.The Knicks have still yet to post consecutive victories this season, and played without Carmelo Anthony in the second half after he was ejected after picking up back-to-back technical fouls.Anthony was tossed with 4:44 left in the second quarter by referee Tony Brothers. He received the first technical when he said something to Brothers following a loose ball foul call. Brothers walked away, but Anthony trailed behind and kept talking. He was then hit with the second technical. Anthony finished with 12 points and two rebounds.I was surprised, guard Derrick Rose said. He was still talking quietly. I didnt get it. They have a history, I guess.Brandon Jennings was also ejected late in the fourth quarter after receiving consecutive technical fouls.Without Anthony, the Knicks had a difficult time finding an offensive flow.New York never led in the game, and trailed by as many 30 points in the fourth quarter. The Knicks have now given up 100 or more points in seven of their eight games.The Celtics entered Friday looking for a faster start after struggling to score points in the first quarter during their three-game skid.Brad Stevens made changes to his starting lineup in hopes of injecting some energy, going with Olynyk and Marcus Smart in place of Jaylen Brown and Tyler Zeller.The moves paid off.Coming off an eight-point first quarter in their loss to Washington on Wednesday, Boston scored 31 in the opening 12 minutes. Smart had eight points in the period, and Olynyk added five points and two assists.Stevens liked the progress, but said there is still work to do -- particularly on the glass, where his team was outrebounded 57-53.Im just saying we have to get better, he said. I know you dont re-find something and then its there to stay...we need to defend with the same intensity at all times like we did tonight.TIP-INSKnicks: Were called for a total of six technicals in the game. .. Committed 25 turnovers, leading to 27 Boston points. ... Prior to his ejection, Anthony was New Yorks most efficient player in the first half, shooting 5 of 8 from the field.Celtics: Al Horford (concussion protocol) sat for the fifth straight game. Jae Crowder missed his fourth straight game with a sprained left ankle. ... Boston had 13 assists on 17 made field goals in the first half.TALKING TECHSIn a pool report after the game Brothers said that both technical fouls issued on Anthony were because of bad language. He said the initial common foul that was called on him was because Anthony dove on top of Amir Johnson.You cant dive on top of a player to go after a ball, Brothers said. Thats a foul.He said there is no history between him and Anthony.INJURY UPDATEHorford said he will accompany the Celtics on their two game road trip, and is hopeful that he could see action.He worked out prior to Fridays game said it included most positive signs hes had since entering the concussion protocol on Nov. 1.I feel good, Horford said. Im very encouraged by the progress that weve made. So Im excited. Were working on being back as soon as possible.UP NEXTKnicks: Finish up their short two-game road trip at Toronto on Saturday.Celtics: Head out on the road for two games, playing at Indiana on Saturday and New Orleans on Sunday.---Follow Kyle Hightower on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/khightower Eddie Murray Jersey . -- Canadian Andrew Wiggins got the ball on the wing, made a nifty spin move and then let go with a soft floater from about 10 feet that swished through the net in Allen Fieldhouse. Tommy La Stella Angels Jersey . PAUL, Minn. https://www.cheapangels.com/733j-bobby-grich-jersey-angels.html . Only three players drafted by NHL clubs were included on the Czech selection camp roster on Wednesday. Those players were Dallas Stars 2012 first-rounder Radek Faksa, Winnipeg Jets 2013 fourth-rounder Jan Kostalek and Phoenix Coyotes 2012 seventh-rounder Marek Langhamer. Kole Calhoun Jersey . -- Charlie Graham stopped 67 shots as the Belleville Bulls edged the visiting Guelph Storm 6-5 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Jerry Coleman Angels Jersey . Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba out of its squad for the trip to Glasgow. That means that Marc Bartra will probably start again in the centre of the defence alongside Gerard Pique. ASHBURN, Va., -- Washington Redskins corner Deshazor Everett was fined more than $48,000 for his two penalties against the Philadelphia Eagles?on Sunday, including one that left returner Darren Sproles with a concussion.Everett, a backup safety in his second season, was fined $24,309 for each infraction, The Washington Post first reported and the league confirmed.Everett was fined $24,309 for an illegal blindside block in the back. The hit on Sproles was not called a personal foul, but rather interference. It drew a 15-yard penalty during the Redskins 27-22 wiin and also the wrath of several Eagles players afterward who called it a cheap shot.dddddddddddd. Everett said after the game and again during the week that the hit was not intentional, but he instead mistimed it -- he drilled Sproles, bending to catch the ball, in the helmet just before a punt arrived.Redskins coach Jay Gruden also defended Everetts hit, saying it wasnt intentional. But the NFL deemed it worthy of a $24,309 fine. ' ' '