Celtics 102-96 Hornets (24 Dec, 1997) Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

16-10, 5-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHA	23	18	32	23	96
BOS	22	23	32	25	102

Boston Celtics

13-12, 10-6 home

102

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Anthony MasonA. Mason
Bobby PhillsB. Phills
Glen RiceG. Rice
Vlade DivacV. Divac
David WesleyD. Wesley
bench
J.R. ReidJ.R. Reid
Matt GeigerM. Geiger
B.J. ArmstrongB.J. Armstrong
Corey BeckC. Beck
Dell CurryD. Curry
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
40	1-6	0-1	8-14	3	7	10	5	0	0	3	3	0	10
35	8-14	1-1	5-6	1	2	3	1	1	0	4	6	0	22
44	10-20	3-6	0-0	0	5	5	1	1	2	2	2	0	23
32	6-8	0-0	0-0	7	4	11	3	0	1	1	3	0	12
37	2-8	0-2	8-11	1	1	2	9	2	0	5	6	0	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	1-3	0-0	5-6	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	5	0	7
7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
10	0-1	0-1	1-2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0
17	4-9	1-5	0-0	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	9
	32-69	5-16	27-39	13	26	39	22	6	3	22	27		96
	46.4%	31.3%	69.2%

Boston Celtics

starters
Walter McCartyW. McCarty
Antoine WalkerA. Walker
Bruce BowenB. Bowen
Andrew DeClercqA. DeClercq
Chauncey BillupsC. Billups
bench
Roy RogersR. Rogers
John ThomasJ. Thomas
Dana BarrosD. Barros
Ron MercerR. Mercer
Dee BrownD. Brown
Tyus EdneyT. Edney
Greg MinorG. Minor
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	5-9	1-4	2-4	3	0	3	5	1	1	2	6	0	13
46	3-21	0-5	4-5	1	4	5	6	1	0	3	3	0	10
18	0-2	0-0	1-3	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	1
24	3-6	0-0	1-2	2	8	10	1	0	0	2	5	0	7
22	3-7	2-4	5-6	1	3	4	4	2	0	3	4	0	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2
12	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
25	7-10	2-4	2-2	0	1	1	6	2	0	1	2	0	18
33	13-21	0-0	2-4	4	4	8	0	3	0	0	2	0	28
4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	3-3	0-0	0-2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6
	39-81	5-17	19-30	12	23	35	23	10	4	12	31		102
	48.1%	29.4%	63.3%

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

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 1-0

Hornets
96
Celtics
102

Game 1

24/12

Hornets
97
Celtics
95

Game 2

31/1

Celtics
89
Hornets
93

Game 3

4/2

TD Garden

1:00 AM, 24 December 1997

Boston, MA

Attendance: 17,781

Referees:
Ronnie Nunn
Bill Spooner
Jim Kinsey

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	15	3	.833	-	W6
New York	10	7	.588	4.5	W1
Brooklyn	8	10	.444	7	W2
Toronto	4	14	.222	11	L2
Philadelphia	3	13	.188	11	L1

Kyle Kuzma gets the basket plus the foul

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Charlotte Hornets

Boston Celtics

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 1-0

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Kyle Kuzma gets the basket plus the foul

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