Celtics 81-71 Pistons (16 Mar, 2003) Box Score

Boston Celtics

38-28, 16-17 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	24	24	13	20	81
DET	15	22	20	14	71

Detroit Pistons

41-24, 24-7 home

Boston Celtics

starters
Antoine WalkerA. Walker
Eric WilliamsE. Williams
Paul PierceP. Pierce
Tony BattieT. Battie
J.R. BremerJ.R. Bremer
bench
Walter McCartyW. McCarty
Grant LongG. Long
Mark BlountM. Blount
Tony DelkT. Delk
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
42	7-16	1-8	2-7	2	6	8	7	1	0	4	4	0	17
21	3-5	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	0	8
43	11-25	0-2	11-14	2	7	9	4	2	2	3	2	0	33
29	2-4	0-0	0-0	3	9	12	0	0	2	1	2	0	4
36	3-9	2-8	0-0	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
21	2-3	0-0	3-4	1	3	4	2	0	0	0	3	0	7
19	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	1	0	2	3	0	2
17	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	30-67	3-20	18-27	8	34	42	15	7	4	14	22		81
	44.8%	15.0%	66.7%

Detroit Pistons

starters
Clifford RobinsonC. Robinson
Ben WallaceB. Wallace
Michael CurryM. Curry
Chauncey BillupsC. Billups
Richard HamiltonR. Hamilton
bench
Corliss WilliamsonC. Williamson
Tayshaun PrinceT. Prince
Mehmet OkurM. Okur
Jon BarryJ. Barry
Hubert DavisH. Davis
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	2-10	0-3	2-2	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	5	0	6
40	3-8	0-0	1-2	6	15	21	2	1	0	0	4	0	7
19	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	4
42	6-17	2-7	5-8	1	3	4	6	1	0	4	1	0	19
25	3-15	1-4	1-2	1	3	4	4	0	0	4	3	0	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	2-6	0-0	2-2	0	2	2	1	1	0	3	5	0	6
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	4-9	1-3	1-2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	10
25	4-7	1-2	2-2	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	11
6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	26-76	5-19	14-20	10	31	41	18	5	0	14	23		71
	34.2%	26.3%	70.0%

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

Regular Season Series

DET leads 2-1

Celtics
83
Pistons
86

Game 1

29/1

Pistons
118
Celtics
66

Game 2

1/2

Celtics
81
Pistons
71

Game 3

16/3

Pistons
92
Celtics
99

Game 4

17/4

The Palace of Auburn Hills

12:30 AM, 16 March 2003

Auburn Hills, MI

Attendance: 22,076

Referees:
Joe Crawford
Gary Benson
Monty McCutchen

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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