Boston Celtics @ Houston Rockets

14-42, 9-21 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Celtics BOS	14	15	15	33	77
Rockets HOU	22	13	18	19	72

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

35-21, 20-8 Home

Boston Celtics

starters
Brian ScalabrineB. Scalabrine
Leon PoweL. Powe
Paul PierceP. Pierce
Al JeffersonA. Jefferson
Delonte WestD. West
bench
Ryan GomesR. Gomes
Michael OlowokandiM. Olowokandi
Theo RatliffT. Ratliff
Kendrick PerkinsK. Perkins
Sebastian TelfairS. Telfair
Rajon RondoR. Rondo
Tony AllenT. Allen
Gerald GreenG. Green
Allan RayA. Ray
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	4	1-7	1-6	1-2	4	2	2	0	0	0	4	3	0
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
37	28	10-23	2-5	6-12	7	1	5	0	0	3	4	5	0
40	16	6-15	0-0	4-7	17	1	1	2	1	4	13	3	0
43	16	4-13	0-1	8-8	6	4	4	1	1	1	5	0	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
27	5	2-6	0-1	1-1	5	1	1	0	0	0	5	5	0
5	0	0-0	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
23	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	1	0	3	0	4	3	0
8	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
12	4	2-4	0-1	0-2	4	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	0	0-6	0-1	0-0	3	1	3	1	0	1	2	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	77	27-79	3-16	20-32	53	14	18	5	6	13	40	27
		34%	19%	63%

Houston Rockets

starters
Juwan HowardJ. Howard
Shane BattierS. Battier
Dikembe MutomboD. Mutombo
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Bonzi WellsB. Wells
bench
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Steve NovakS. Novak
Jake TsakalidisJ. Tsakalidis
Yao MingY. Ming
Bob SuraB. Sura
Luther HeadL. Head
John Lucas IIIJ. Lucas III
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
Kirk SnyderK. Snyder
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	12	5-14	0-0	2-2	8	1	2	0	0	3	5	2	0
39	4	1-12	0-5	2-2	4	2	1	0	0	1	3	2	0
24	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	1	1	2	5	2	0
41	6	1-11	1-10	3-6	3	6	3	2	0	0	3	1	0
37	27	8-16	0-0	11-16	9	3	4	2	1	3	6	5	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
13	4	1-4	0-0	2-2	3	0	2	1	0	0	3	3	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	7	3-4	0-0	1-1	10	1	0	0	0	5	5	3	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
22	6	3-11	0-6	0-0	1	1	4	1	0	0	1	2	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
11	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	3	1	1	1	0	0	3	3	0
	72	25-78	1-22	21-29	48	15	17	8	2	14	34	23
		32%	5%	72%

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

Matchups

BOS

BOS leads season

1-0

HOU

Game 1@ HOU

Final

Game 2@ BOS

Final

111

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Mike Callahan

Referee:Robbie Robinson

Referee:Violet Palmer

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	50	25	.667	-	L1
New York	48	28	.632	2.5	L3
Toronto	42	33	.560	8	L1
Philadelphia	41	34	.547	9	L1
Brooklyn	18	58	.237	32.5	L1

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	57	18	.760	-	W9
Houston	46	29	.613	11	W3
Memphis	25	50	.333	32	L1
New Orleans	25	51	.329	32.5	L5
Dallas	24	52	.316	33.5	L2

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