Pistons 99-87 Celtics (3 Jan, 1997) Box Score

Boston Celtics

6-22, 1-13 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	23	25	16	23	87
DET	25	29	22	23	99

Detroit Pistons

23-7, 14-3 home

Boston Celtics

starters
Rick FoxR. Fox
Alton ListerA. Lister
Dino RadjaD. Radja
David WesleyD. Wesley
Greg MinorG. Minor
bench
Antoine WalkerA. Walker
Eric WilliamsE. Williams
Marty ConlonM. Conlon
Brett SzaboB. Szabo
Todd DayT. Day
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
39	5-12	0-2	0-0	1	4	5	3	0	0	2	5	0	10
21	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	6	7	3	1	0	0	2	0	2
7	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
44	7-14	2-3	6-6	0	4	4	9	2	1	2	2	0	22
26	5-9	0-1	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	0	3	3	0	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	5-17	0-0	0-2	5	5	10	0	0	0	2	3	0	10
30	4-7	0-0	4-4	2	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	12
15	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
29	7-15	2-5	1-1	1	4	5	3	1	1	2	5	0	17
	36-82	4-11	11-13	10	34	44	23	4	2	14	22		87
	43.9%	36.4%	84.6%

Detroit Pistons

starters
Rick MahornR. Mahorn
Grant HillG. Hill
Otis ThorpeO. Thorpe
Lindsey HunterL. Hunter
Joe DumarsJ. Dumars
bench
Grant LongG. Long
Terry MillsT. Mills
Don ReidD. Reid
Michael CurryM. Curry
Theo RatliffT. Ratliff
Litterial GreenL. Green
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
4	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	6-17	0-0	8-10	3	5	8	8	2	2	1	1	0	20
33	6-10	0-0	0-1	3	4	7	2	0	0	1	2	0	12
31	5-11	3-6	1-2	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	2	0	14
36	5-16	3-6	6-6	0	4	4	4	1	0	3	2	0	19
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
32	5-8	3-3	0-0	0	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	13
11	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	4
21	2-4	1-2	2-2	0	5	5	1	2	0	0	3	0	7
14	1-4	0-0	0-0	2	4	6	0	0	2	1	2	0	2
13	3-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6
	36-82	10-19	17-21	11	31	42	19	9	6	8	16		99
	43.9%	52.6%	81.0%

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

Regular Season Series

DET leads 3-0

Pistons
108
Celtics
83

Game 1

21/11

Celtics
89
Pistons
99

Game 2

16/12

Celtics
87
Pistons
99

Game 3

3/1

Pistons
106
Celtics
100

Game 4

1/3

The Palace of Auburn Hills

12:30 AM, 3 January 1997

Auburn Hills, MI

Attendance: 18,208

Referees:
Bennett Salvatore
James Capers
Eddie F. Rush

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	12	3	.800	-	W3
New York	9	6	.600	3	W4
Brooklyn	6	9	.400	6	W1
Toronto	4	12	.250	8.5	W2
Philadelphia	2	12	.143	9.5	L5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	16	1	.941	-	W1
Detroit	7	10	.412	9	L2
Indiana	6	9	.400	9	L2
Milwaukee	6	9	.400	9	W2
Chicago	6	10	.375	9.5	L1

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