Cavaliers 98-73 Celtics (15 Mar, 1996) Box Score

Boston Celtics

24-40, 10-22 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	17	16	22	18	73
CLE	23	30	21	24	98

Cleveland Cavaliers

35-27, 21-12 home

Boston Celtics

starters
D. Smith F
R. Fox SF
E. Montross C
D. Wesley SG
G. Minor G
bench
E. Williams PF
J. Burrough F
A. Lister C
D. Barros PG
T. Day G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	2-7	0-0	1-2	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	3	0	5
23	2-6	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	4	1	0	3	1	0	4
24	5-6	0-0	1-1	2	6	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	11
32	6-10	2-4	2-4	0	7	7	5	2	0	1	2	0	16
34	2-9	0-1	0-0	1	5	6	2	1	1	4	2	0	4
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	3-7	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	6
18	4-8	0-0	2-4	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	10
8	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4
26	2-6	1-3	1-1	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	6
20	3-12	1-5	0-0	3	2	5	2	1	0	3	4	0	7
	31-73	4-15	7-12	8	29	37	20	5	2	18	20		73
	42.5%	26.7%	58.3%

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
D. Ferry F
C. Mills SF
M. Cage C
B. Sura PG
D. Majerle G
bench
T. Hill PF
A. Lang F
D. Marshall F
J. Crotty G
D. Johnson G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	3-7	1-3	0-0	0	4	4	2	1	2	2	2	0	7
39	11-14	2-2	6-6	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	30
22	1-4	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	2
29	4-13	1-3	2-2	2	0	2	10	0	1	2	2	0	11
32	8-15	5-8	0-1	1	3	4	3	4	2	1	0	0	21
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	5-11	0-0	2-3	3	8	11	0	0	3	1	4	0	12
4	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
25	1-5	0-2	3-6	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	5
31	3-6	0-0	2-2	2	3	5	11	3	1	1	4	0	8
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	37-78	9-19	15-20	13	27	40	26	10	12	9	16		98
	47.4%	47.4%	75.0%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

CLE wins 3-1

Cavaliers
77
Celtics
93

Game 1

6/1

Celtics
73
Cavaliers
91

Game 2

7/2

Cavaliers
96
Celtics
91

Game 3

9/3

Celtics
73
Cavaliers
98

Game 4

15/3

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

12:30 AM, 15 March 1996

Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 16,471

Referees:
Steve Javie
Gary Benson
Jim Clark

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
Milwaukee	49	33	.598	-	L2
Cleveland	48	34	.585	1	L1
Indiana	47	35	.573	2	W1
Chicago	39	43	.476	10	L1
Detroit	14	68	.171	35	L1

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