CHICAGO - A few days into the regular season, the short-handed Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls already are in grind mode. Marco Gonzales Jersey .Emergency starter Evan Turner scored 19 points, one of seven Boston players in double figures, as the Celtics passed an early test with a 106-101 victory on Saturday night. The Celtics did it without Rajon Rondo, who missed his fourth game of the season.Listen, we had to play great tonight, and we did for the better part of the game, Celtics coach Brad Stevens said after his teams third game in four days. Then Aaron Brooks went nuts at the end. You knew they were going to make a run. Im just glad we didnt play a 49-minute game.Kelly Olynyk finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds for Boston, while Jeff Green contributed 14 points.Brooks led Chicago with 26 points — 19 in the fourth quarter. Pau Gasol added 19 points and nine rebounds.After Brooks hit a three-pointer and a pair of free throws to pull the Bulls within 99-96, Olynyk split a pair of free throws. Brooks connected on a two-pointer, but Turner, Olynyk and Green answered with two free throws apiece in the final 17 seconds to seal the outcome.We just kind of had to weather the storm, make some plays, Olynyk said. E.T. hit some big shots. We got some big rebounds and just found a way.The game was the fourth for the Bulls in five days and their second straight with injured guard Derrick Rose out of the lineup. As usual, Thibodeau wasnt in the mood for excuses after what he described as a low-energy first half.No, it was not (because of) four games in five nights, Brooks offered. We just played badly. I think they were on the same schedule we had.Specifically, Thibodeau was concerned about a 45-38 rebound disadvantage. We have to do something to change it, he said.Joakim Noah had a team-high 11 rebounds but sat out the final 2:03 because of what Thibodeau called restrictions. Neither would say whether they were related to a minutes limitation or complications from Noahs left knee surgery six months earlier.Im always concerned, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said when asked about Noahs health.The Celtics seized control in the final 6 minutes of the second period, which they closed on a 27-8 run to take a 56-41 lead into the break. Avery Bradley scored nine and Turner added six more in the decisive stretch.Boston bolted to a 12-2 lead at the outset, as Chicago misfired on 10 of its first 11 field goal tries. After a time-out, Gasol sparked a comeback that saw his team connect on 10 of its final 13 shots in the period to take a 25-20 advantage.But the Bulls couldnt sustain the momentum, and when Tyler Zeller scored off Bradleys lob pass midway through the third quarter, the Celtics took a 36-35 lead that wasnt seriously threatened until the final minute.We have to get a lot better, Stevens said. Obviously, we have to get healthy. It was the second night of a back-to-back for both teams. I dont think they played as well as theyve played, and I thought we did some really good things, but we have to play more (complete) 48 minutes.TIP-INSCeltics: Turner filled in for Rondo, who remained in Boston to have screws removed from his surgically repaired left hand. Rondo could be available for the date with Oklahoma City on Wednesday night. Smart is expected to miss two-to-three weeks because of a sprained left ankle and bone bruise, which he suffered in a victory against Indiana on Friday night. (Smart) feels better, but its going to take a couple weeks to get back, Stevens said. And thats hopeful, because sometimes those high ankle sprains are much more difficult than that.Bulls: Rose sat out with sprains in both ankles. Veteran Kirk Hinrich started in his place but went scoreless in 13 minutes. Just out, Thibodeau said of Roses status. Hes not ready to go yet. Well see where he is tomorrow.UP NEXTCeltics: Wednesday night versus Oklahoma City.Bulls: Monday night versus Detroit.BETTER LATE THAN NEVER?Given the abundance of injuries around the league thus far, Thibodeau said it was a good question whether star players would sit out long stretches of the regular season with the playoffs in mind. Theres no way to tell until theres an extended study based on 20 years or so, he said. Theres a school of thought that you have to prepare for the grind of the long season. When you study championship teams, you see that commitment to it. Dee Gordon Jersey . That Ginette Reno can sing. Alex Rodriguez Jersey . -- Canadian freestyle skier Roz Groenewoud isnt letting surgery to both of her knees deter her expectations for the Sochi Olympics. https://www.cheapmariners.com/ .6 seconds left to give the Toronto Raptors a 92-89 victory over the Boston Celtics in an exhibition game Wednesday night.PARIS - Milos Raonic perfectly timed his maiden win over Roger Federer.The seventh-seeded Raonic, who had never beaten the 17-Grand Slam champion in six previous meetings, hit 21 aces and lost only 15 points on his serve to complete a 7-6 (5), 7-5 win to reach the semifinals of the Paris Masters on Friday.It was a must-win match for the big-serving Canadian, who kept alive his chances of qualifying for the ATP Finals after finding his best tennis at the right time, before Kei Nishikori sent him to the year-end tournament in London with a hard-fought win over David Ferrer in the final quarterfinal.Nishikoris 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory sealed the field for the Nov. 9-16 tournament at the O2, where he and Raonic will be playing for the first time.Considering all the circumstances around it, I think this was the biggest win for me, said the 23-year-old Raonic.The Wimbledon semifinalist brutally ended Federers 14-match winning streak as the Swiss took a hit in his bid to overtake the top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the race for the year-end No. 1 spot.Djokovic, a two-time champion in Paris, defeated eighth-seeded Andy Murray 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the semifinals against Nishikori.Murray, who booked his spot at the finals in the previous round, played 23 matches over the past six weeks and could not prevent the Serb from winning the final 5 games of the match as fatigue took its toll.I started rushing points at the end, thats for sure. I tried to finish points quite quickly, said Murray, who claimed his third title in five weeks last Sunday in Vienna.Federer, who arrived in Paris on the back of consecutive titles in Shanghai and Basel, only had a few openings against Raonic. He created his sole break point in the 10th game of the second set but the Canadian saved it with an ace.It hurts to lose that way, but he deserves credit for serving the way he did and doing those passing shots the way he had to do it, said Federer.Raonic managed to break Federer in the 11th game with two consecutive sumptuous shots. The Canadiian first hit a stunning forehand return to create a break opportunity and converted it with a crosscourt backhand pass. Marco Gonzales Mariners Jersey. Federer, who is looking to clinch the year-end top spot for a record-equaling sixth time, will now take some time off before chasing more points at the finals, then with Switzerland in the Davis Cup final against France next month.Djokovic leads Federer by 670 points in the year-to-date rankings and could add another 640 points to his total with a win in Paris, but Federer has not given up his hopes of finishing at the top.I always thought it was going to get solved in London, Federer said. Whether I am No. 1 at the end of this year, or one or two weeks later next year, it doesnt really matter. Novak seems to be fit, anyway. Now I will have a good preparation for London. Its not that I didnt want to win here, but I knew it was going to be tough from the start.Earlier, Tomas Berdych qualified for the finals —where he will be playing for the fifth straight year — after rallying to beat Kevin Anderson.The fifth-seeded Czech came out on top of a tight match and won 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4 to extend his unbeaten record against the South African to 12-0 and will now face Raonic.Berdych, who hit 16 aces to Andersons 12 but struggled with consistency on his first serve, made the decisive break in the ninth game of the third set with a backhand winner down the line.Its probably never going to be like a routine thing, Berdych said about his qualification. I mean, its always just proof of having a great season.Ferrer, who won in Paris in 2012, came two points away from victory but failed to hold on to a 5-2 lead in the tiebreak of the second set. Nishiroki, who enjoyed a breakthrough season in which he claimed four titles and reached the U.S. Open final, is the first Asian-born player to qualify for the season finale.The other players who will feature in London are Stan Wawrinka and U.S. Open winner Marin Cilic. Rafael Nadal withdrew from the event because of appendix surgery. ' ' '