Kevin Garnett was sounding his own version of an old alarm after the Celtics’ 98-80 win over Memphis yesterday at TD Garden. Garnett had produced an efficient, team-oriented 24-point, nine-rebound performance. Then, he went tangential as he was asked about his three-game 3-pointer streak.

The Celtics were thrilled to get Chris Wilcox at the mini mid-level exception of $2.5 million and hoped the wildly inconsistent forward would respond when playing with a winning franchise. Wilcox has yet to play in the postseason during his nine-year NBA career.

After Jeremy Lin dominated the Nets with a career-high 25 points and 7 assists, it will be harder for the novelty of his sudden success to wear off.

LeBron James put his fourth-quarter uncertainties behind him with critical late plays which helped the Miami Heat survive a late scare from Toronto in a nervous 95-89 home win over the Raptors Sunday.