Bulls 87-84 Celtics (9 Dec, 2001) Box Score

Boston Celtics

11-7, 5-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	27	25	18	14	84
CHI	18	21	31	17	87

Chicago Bulls

4-15, 4-4 home

Boston Celtics

starters
A. Walker
P. Pierce
T. Battie
K. Anderson
J. Johnson
bench
E. Williams
V. Potapenko
M. Palacio
E. Strickland
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
46	10-24	7-10	0-0	2	8	10	4	0	1	2	2	0	27
37	4-15	2-5	2-2	0	4	4	2	2	0	3	5	0	12
24	3-6	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	0	1	0	2	4	0	6
23	4-7	0-0	1-1	0	4	4	6	2	0	0	4	0	9
27	4-7	1-1	0-0	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	9
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	2-9	0-0	6-11	4	3	7	0	0	0	1	4	0	10
20	0-5	0-0	0-2	2	2	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
25	3-6	0-1	0-2	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	2	0	6
19	2-7	1-2	0-0	0	6	6	3	2	0	0	2	0	5
	32-86	11-19	9-18	11	31	42	23	10	2	10	25		84
	37.2%	57.9%	50.0%

Chicago Bulls

starters
M. Fizer
T. Hassell
B. Miller
R. Mercer
G. Anthony
bench
C. Oakley
K. Ollie
F. Hoiberg
E. Curry
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	4-13	0-1	5-8	5	4	9	1	2	1	4	5	0	13
37	4-11	0-3	3-4	0	5	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	11
34	5-6	0-0	10-10	6	10	16	0	1	3	5	1	0	20
40	5-16	0-1	1-2	1	4	5	6	0	1	0	2	0	11
30	4-12	3-4	3-4	1	4	5	5	1	1	0	4	0	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	9	9	2	0	1	3	0	0	2
18	3-5	0-0	5-6	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	11
19	0-5	0-3	3-3	0	4	4	3	0	1	2	1	0	3
6	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
	27-73	3-13	30-37	14	42	56	21	7	8	16	13		87
	37.0%	23.1%	81.1%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1-1

Bulls
82
Celtics
96

Game 1

3/11

Bulls
0
Celtics
0

Game 2

3/11

Celtics
84
Bulls
87

Game 3

9/12

Celtics
0
Bulls
0

Game 4

9/12

Bulls
101
Celtics
107

Game 5

15/12

Bulls
0
Celtics
0

Game 6

15/12

Celtics
100
Bulls
105

Game 7

9/4

Celtics
0
Bulls
0

Game 8

9/4

United Center

12:30 AM, 9 December 2001

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 18,573

Referees:
James Capers
Hue Hollins
Scott Wall

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	7	1	.875	-	W3
Brooklyn	4	4	.500	3	W1
New York	3	3	.500	3	L1
Toronto	2	6	.250	5	L1
Philadelphia	1	5	.167	5	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	8	0	1.000	-	W8
Chicago	3	4	.429	4.5	L2
Indiana	3	4	.429	4.5	W1
Detroit	3	5	.375	5	W2
Milwaukee	1	6	.143	6.5	L6

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Series tied 1-1-1

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