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76ers 99, Celtics 86

Pietrus injured in Celtics defeat

Forward not hospitalized despite frightening fall

By Frank Dell’Apa

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 24, 2012

A two-week, eight-game Celtics’ road trip ended on a somber note Friday night. The Celtics came undone in the second half of a 99-86 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, the effects of travel taking a physical toll and Mickael Pietrus’s disquieting injury in the second quarter that sent him off the court on a stretcher taking an emotional toll.

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