Lakers 97-94 Celtics (11 Mar, 2012) Play-by-Play

Boston Celtics

21-19, 5-11 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	14	28	28	24	94
LAL	24	20	28	25	97

Los Angeles Lakers

25-16, 18-2 home

Derek Fisher misses 22-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum makes slam dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
Ray Allen blocks Kobe Bryant's layup
Pau Gasol makes 19-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Metta World Peace makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Pau Gasol makes slam dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
Pau Gasol makes 9-foot jumper (Andrew Bynum assists)
Pau Gasol misses 10-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses two point shot
Greg Stiemsma blocks Pau Gasol's 6-foot jumper
Troy Murphy makes 20-foot jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Kobe Bryant misses two point shot
Kobe Bryant makes layup (Steve Blake assists)
Matt Barnes makes 8-foot jumper (Steve Blake assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 5-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum makes two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Steve Blake makes driving layup
Andrew Goudelock makes 11-foot two point shot (Troy Murphy assists)
Andrew Bynum misses layup
Andrew Goudelock misses 9-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum makes tip shot
Andrew Bynum makes 13-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum makes two point shot (Steve Blake assists)
Andrew Goudelock makes 26-foot three point jumper (Andrew Bynum assists)
Andrew Bynum misses 8-foot two point shot
Steve Blake misses 27-foot three point jumper
Derek Fisher makes 19-foot two point shot
Brandon Bass blocks Kobe Bryant's 5-foot jumper
Derek Fisher misses 22-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 8-foot running jumper
Pau Gasol misses 7-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol misses 18-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 5-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 11-foot jumper
Metta World Peace misses 23-foot three point jumper
Derek Fisher makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Metta World Peace makes 23-foot three point jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
Metta World Peace makes three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Andrew Bynum misses 13-foot jumper
Metta World Peace makes driving dunk
Greg Stiemsma blocks Metta World Peace's 8-foot jumper
Greg Stiemsma blocks Andrew Bynum's 6-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum makes 8-foot hook shot (Steve Blake assists)
Pau Gasol misses 8-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum misses 7-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Steve Blake misses 23-foot three point jumper
Matt Barnes makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
Metta World Peace misses 23-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes slam dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
Steve Blake misses jumper
Andrew Bynum misses 3-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum makes layup
Matt Barnes makes 15-foot jumper (Steve Blake assists)
Mickael Pietrus blocks Kobe Bryant's layup
Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)
Pau Gasol makes 15-foot jumper (Metta World Peace assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Derek Fisher misses three point jumper
Brandon Bass blocks Metta World Peace's layup
Kevin Garnett blocks Andrew Bynum's layup
Kobe Bryant makes 10-foot two point shot
Andrew Bynum makes 2-foot two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 14-foot two point shot (Derek Fisher assists)
Andrew Bynum makes 6-foot hook shot (Metta World Peace assists)
Rajon Rondo misses 18-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses 17-foot jumper
Ray Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce misses 12-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo misses 19-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett makes 21-foot jumper (Ray Allen assists)
Kevin Garnett makes 17-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Ray Allen misses 20-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo makes 19-foot two point shot
Brandon Bass misses 18-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup
Paul Pierce misses 19-foot jumper
Brandon Bass misses 14-foot jumper
Brandon Bass misses layup
Mickael Pietrus makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Rajon Rondo misses layup
Mickael Pietrus misses layup
Mickael Pietrus misses three point jumper
Ray Allen misses 12-foot jumper
Mickael Pietrus misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rajon Rondo misses 20-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo misses layup
Kevin Garnett makes driving layup (Paul Pierce assists)
Paul Pierce misses 17-foot jumper
Avery Bradley makes 19-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Paul Pierce misses 16-foot two point shot
Paul Pierce makes driving layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
Avery Bradley makes 2-foot two point shot (Paul Pierce assists)
Kevin Garnett makes 7-foot two point shot (Paul Pierce assists)
Matt Barnes blocks Brandon Bass's 12-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper
Keyon Dooling misses 21-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses 3-foot two point shot
Keyon Dooling misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ray Allen makes 2-foot two point shot (Brandon Bass assists)
Rajon Rondo makes layup (Ray Allen assists)
Greg Stiemsma makes 21-foot jumper (Ray Allen assists)
Paul Pierce misses 13-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses 18-foot jumper
Brandon Bass makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Paul Pierce makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Brandon Bass makes 17-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Rajon Rondo makes three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Brandon Bass makes 17-foot jumper (Ray Allen assists)
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup (Paul Pierce assists)
Rajon Rondo misses 3-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo makes layup (Brandon Bass assists)
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
Paul Pierce makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Ray Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rajon Rondo makes 20-foot two point shot (Ray Allen assists)
Brandon Bass makes 17-foot jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Ray Allen makes 17-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Brandon Bass makes 19-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Ray Allen makes 23-foot three point jumper
Rajon Rondo makes 19-foot two point shot
Paul Pierce makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Rajon Rondo misses 18-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett makes 20-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kevin Garnett misses 12-foot jumper
Pau Gasol blocks Keyon Dooling's layup
Avery Bradley misses 22-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 16-foot jumper
Mickael Pietrus makes layup
Ray Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup
Mickael Pietrus misses 7-foot jumper
Mickael Pietrus misses tip shot
Ray Allen makes 21-foot two point shot (Brandon Bass assists)
Kevin Garnett makes 17-foot jumper (Ray Allen assists)
Ray Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ray Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Brandon Bass makes 18-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kevin Garnett misses 21-foot jumper
Brandon Bass makes 18-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kevin Garnett makes 22-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Ray Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Kevin Garnett misses 13-foot two point shot
Ray Allen misses three point jumper
Ray Allen misses 9-foot jumper
Brandon Bass misses 19-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant blocks Paul Pierce's 29-foot three point jumper
Rajon Rondo misses 30-foot three point jumper

CELTICS

LAKERS

TIME		BOS	LAL
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Kevin Garnett vs. Andrew Bynum (Ray Allen gains possession)	0	0
11:40	Rajon Rondo misses 18-foot jumper	0	0
11:37	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	0	0
11:26	Derek Fisher misses 22-foot jumper	0	0
11:25	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	0	0
11:18	Paul Pierce misses 17-foot jumper	0	0
11:17	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	0	0
10:57	Andrew Bynum makes slam dunk (Pau Gasol assists)	0	2
10:36	Ray Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	2
10:34	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	0	2
10:22	Ray Allen blocks Kobe Bryant's layup	0	2
10:21	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	0	2
10:11	Pau Gasol makes 19-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	0	4
10:03	Paul Pierce misses 12-foot jumper	0	4
10:00	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	0	4
9:45	Derek Fisher bad pass (Kevin Garnett steals)	0	4
9:41	Rajon Rondo lost ball (Kobe Bryant steals)	0	4
9:38	Ray Allen loose ball foul (Andrew Bynum draws the foul)	0	4
9:29	Metta World Peace makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	0	7
9:08	Rajon Rondo misses 19-foot jumper	0	7
9:07	Derek Fisher defensive rebound	0	7
8:49	Rajon Rondo personal foul (Andrew Bynum draws the foul)	0	7
8:40	Metta World Peace bad pass	0	7
8:21	Kevin Garnett makes 21-foot jumper (Ray Allen assists)	2	7
8:10	Pau Gasol makes slam dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)	2	9
7:54	Kevin Garnett makes 17-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)	4	9
7:41	Kevin Garnett personal foul (Andrew Bynum draws the foul)	4	9
7:31	Kobe Bryant bad pass (Paul Pierce steals)	4	9
7:30	Derek Fisher shooting foul (Rajon Rondo draws the foul)	4	9
7:30	Rajon Rondo misses free throw 1 of 2	4	9
7:30	Boston offensive team rebound	4	9
7:30	Rajon Rondo makes free throw 2 of 2	5	9
7:18	Pau Gasol bad pass	5	9
7:09	Ray Allen misses 20-foot jumper	5	9
7:07	Brandon Bass offensive rebound	5	9
6:58	Rajon Rondo makes 19-foot two point shot	7	9
6:39	Pau Gasol makes 9-foot jumper (Andrew Bynum assists)	7	11
6:26	Brandon Bass misses 18-foot jumper	7	11
6:26	Boston offensive team rebound	7	11
6:13	Rajon Rondo makes driving layup	9	11
5:54	Rajon Rondo shooting foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul)	9	11
5:54	Los Angeles full timeout	9	11
5:54	Greg Stiemsma enters the game for Kevin Garnett	9	11
5:54	Pau Gasol misses free throw 1 of 2	9	11
5:54	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	9	11
5:54	Pau Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2	9	12
5:37	Paul Pierce misses 19-foot jumper	9	12
5:35	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	9	12
5:30	Derek Fisher bad pass (Paul Pierce steals)	9	12
5:13	Brandon Bass misses 14-foot jumper	9	12
5:09	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	9	12
5:00	Pau Gasol misses 10-foot jumper	9	12
4:58	Greg Stiemsma defensive rebound	9	12
4:52	Brandon Bass misses layup	9	12
4:50	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	9	12
4:43	Kobe Bryant bad pass	9	12
4:43	Troy Murphy enters the game for Andrew Bynum	9	12
4:43	Steve Blake enters the game for Derek Fisher	9	12
4:43	Mickael Pietrus enters the game for Paul Pierce	9	12
4:26	Mickael Pietrus makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)	12	12
4:03	Matt Barnes enters the game for Metta World Peace	12	12
4:00	Pau Gasol misses two point shot	12	12
3:57	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	12	12
3:53	Rajon Rondo misses layup	12	12
3:48	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	12	12
3:43	Greg Stiemsma blocks Pau Gasol's 6-foot jumper	12	12
3:43	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	12	12
3:38	Troy Murphy makes 20-foot jumper (Pau Gasol assists)	12	14
3:31	Mickael Pietrus misses layup	12	14
3:28	Troy Murphy defensive rebound	12	14
3:24	Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	14
3:20	Kobe Bryant offensive rebound	12	14
3:19	Kobe Bryant makes driving layup	12	16
3:19	Greg Stiemsma shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	12	16
3:19	Boston full timeout	12	16
3:19	Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 1	12	16
3:18	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	12	16
3:00	Mickael Pietrus misses three point jumper	12	16
2:58	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	12	16
2:42	Kobe Bryant misses two point shot	12	16
2:40	Greg Stiemsma defensive rebound	12	16
2:32	Brandon Bass bad pass (Steve Blake steals)	12	16
2:28	Kobe Bryant makes layup (Steve Blake assists)	12	18
2:17	Ray Allen misses 12-foot jumper	12	18
2:16	Matt Barnes defensive rebound	12	18
2:04	Kobe Bryant lost ball (Brandon Bass steals)	12	18
1:54	Mickael Pietrus misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	18
1:52	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	12	18
1:40	Matt Barnes makes 8-foot jumper (Steve Blake assists)	12	20
1:40	Brandon Bass shooting foul (Matt Barnes draws the foul)	12	20
1:40	Kevin Garnett enters the game for Brandon Bass	12	20
1:40	Andrew Bynum enters the game for Pau Gasol	12	20
1:40	Matt Barnes misses free throw 1 of 1	12	20
1:39	Ray Allen defensive rebound	12	20
1:27	Rajon Rondo misses 20-foot jumper	12	20
1:24	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	12	20
1:09	Kobe Bryant misses 5-foot jumper	12	20
1:07	Andrew Bynum offensive rebound	12	22
1:07	Andrew Bynum makes two point shot	12	22
59.9	Rajon Rondo misses layup	12	22
57.9	Matt Barnes defensive rebound	12	22
52.2	Greg Stiemsma shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	12	22
52.2	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2	12	23
52.2	Paul Pierce enters the game for Greg Stiemsma	12	23
52.2	Sasha Pavlovic enters the game for Mickael Pietrus	12	23
52.2	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2	12	24
37.2	Kevin Garnett makes driving layup (Paul Pierce assists)	14	24
22.9	Kobe Bryant misses layup	14	24
21.7	Ray Allen defensive rebound	14	24
5.2	Steve Blake personal take (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	14	24
5.2	Metta World Peace enters the game for Troy Murphy	14	24
5.2	Pau Gasol enters the game for Andrew Bynum	14	24
0.0	Paul Pierce misses 17-foot jumper	14	24
0.0	Boston offensive team rebound	14	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	14	24

Regular Season Series

LAL win 2-0

Lakers
88
Celtics
87

Game 1

10/2

Celtics
94
Lakers
97

Game 2

11/3

crypto.com Arena

7:30 PM, 11 March 2012

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,997

Referees:
Joe Crawford
Leon Wood
Curtis Blair

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	64	18	.780	-	W2
New York	50	32	.610	14	W5
Philadelphia	47	35	.573	17	W8
Brooklyn	32	50	.390	32	L2
Toronto	25	57	.305	39	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Clippers	51	31	.622	-	L3
Phoenix	49	33	.598	2	W3
LA Lakers	47	35	.573	4	W2
Sacramento	46	36	.561	5	W1
Golden State	46	36	.561	5	W1

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