Rockets 91-73 Celtics (7 Dec, 2005) Box Score

Boston Celtics

7-10, 1-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	18	20	16	19	73
HOU	18	30	17	26	91

Houston Rockets

5-12, 3-6 home

Boston Celtics

starters
Paul PierceP. Pierce
Raef LaFrentzR. LaFrentz
Kendrick PerkinsK. Perkins
Ricky DavisR. Davis
Delonte WestD. West
bench
Brian ScalabrineB. Scalabrine
Justin ReedJ. Reed
Ryan GomesR. Gomes
Mark BlountM. Blount
Al JeffersonA. Jefferson
Dan DickauD. Dickau
Marcus BanksM. Banks
Orien GreeneO. Greene
Tony AllenT. Allen
Gerald GreenG. Green
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	3-10	1-3	13-13	0	3	3	1	2	0	2	4	0	20
22	0-6	0-2	1-4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
18	2-6	0-0	0-0	3	3	6	1	0	1	3	1	0	4
43	5-12	0-0	0-0	1	5	6	3	1	0	4	2	0	10
39	5-8	2-3	0-0	1	1	2	1	3	1	3	1	0	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
5	0-2	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
13	1-3	0-0	2-6	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	4
10	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	2-6	0-0	3-4	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	6	0	7
20	5-9	0-0	2-3	5	5	10	1	0	0	2	3	0	12
12	0-2	0-1	2-2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	23-67	3-9	24-34	14	22	36	8	7	2	17	26		73
	34.3%	33.3%	70.6%

Houston Rockets

starters
Juwan HowardJ. Howard
Ryan BowenR. Bowen
Yao MingY. Ming
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
David WesleyD. Wesley
bench
Stromile SwiftS. Swift
Lonny BaxterL. Baxter
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Moochie NorrisM. Norris
Bob SuraB. Sura
Luther HeadL. Head
Derek AndersonD. Anderson
Jon BarryJ. Barry
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	4-10	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	4	0	8
30	1-5	0-2	0-1	3	5	8	0	0	0	1	4	0	2
36	4-9	0-0	4-4	2	7	9	3	0	1	1	4	0	12
38	14-20	2-5	5-8	3	4	7	5	2	2	2	4	0	35
23	1-8	0-2	0-0	1	2	3	3	2	0	3	3	0	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
21	4-9	0-0	3-6	3	3	6	0	0	2	0	1	0	11
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	4-6	3-5	0-0	0	0	0	4	1	0	4	1	0	11
31	2-9	0-4	6-6	0	5	5	3	3	0	3	3	0	10
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	34-76	5-18	18-25	13	30	43	19	8	6	16	26		91
	44.7%	27.8%	72.0%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Rockets
82
Celtics
102

Game 1

13/11

Celtics
73
Rockets
91

Game 2

7/12

Toyota Center (Houston)

12:30 AM, 7 December 2005

Houston, TX

Attendance: 14,665

Referees:
Jim Clark
Tony Brothers
Ed Malloy

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	22	6	.786	-	W1
New York	18	10	.643	4	W3
Brooklyn	11	17	.393	11	L1
Philadelphia	9	17	.346	12	L1
Toronto	7	22	.241	15.5	L7

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	20	9	.690	-	W2
Houston	19	9	.679	0.5	W2
Dallas	18	10	.643	1.5	W1
San Antonio	15	13	.536	4.5	W2
New Orleans	5	25	.167	15.5	L7

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Series tied 1-1

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