Celtics 76-72 Cavaliers (7 May, 2008) Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

45-37, 18-23 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	15	22	15	20	72
BOS	25	16	12	23	76

Boston Celtics

66-16, 35-6 home

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
Ben WallaceB. Wallace
LeBron JamesL. James
Zydrunas IlgauskasZ. Ilgauskas
Wally SzczerbiakW. Szczerbiak
Delonte WestD. West
bench
Joe SmithJ. Smith
Anderson VarejaoA. Varejao
Lance AllredL. Allred
Eric SnowE. Snow
Sasha PavlovicS. Pavlovic
Billy ThomasB. Thomas
Daniel GibsonD. Gibson
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	1-3	0-0	2-2	5	4	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	4
39	2-18	0-6	8-10	2	7	9	9	1	1	10	4	0	12
37	8-18	0-0	6-6	3	9	12	2	2	2	2	3	0	22
32	5-14	2-5	1-1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	13
35	2-10	0-3	0-0	1	4	5	2	2	0	2	3	0	4
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	3	0	2
11	0-1	0-0	1-2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	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
14	2-3	1-1	2-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	7
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	2-6	1-3	2-2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	7
	23-75	4-18	22-26	13	28	41	19	12	4	18	21		72
	30.7%	22.2%	84.6%

Boston Celtics

starters
Kevin GarnettK. Garnett
Paul PierceP. Pierce
Kendrick PerkinsK. Perkins
Rajon RondoR. Rondo
Ray AllenR. Allen
bench
P.J. BrownP.J. Brown
Brian ScalabrineB. Scalabrine
Leon PoweL. Powe
Glen DavisG. Davis
James PoseyJ. Posey
Scot PollardS. Pollard
Sam CassellS. Cassell
Gabe PruittG. Pruitt
Tony AllenT. Allen
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
40	13-22	0-0	2-2	1	7	8	3	2	0	1	1	0	28
29	2-14	0-3	0-0	1	4	5	4	0	0	6	3	0	4
35	3-4	0-0	1-2	2	10	12	2	1	2	3	4	0	7
29	5-8	0-0	5-6	1	4	5	6	1	0	4	3	0	15
37	0-4	0-3	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	0
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	0-3	0-0	1-2	3	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	2-4	2-4	2-2	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	8
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	4-8	2-4	3-4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	13
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
	29-68	4-14	14-18	8	35	43	18	5	2	23	20		76
	42.6%	28.6%	77.8%

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

Cavaliers
72
Celtics
76

Game 1

7/5

Cavaliers
73
Celtics
89

Game 2

9/5

Celtics
84
Cavaliers
108

Game 3

11/5

Celtics
77
Cavaliers
88

Game 4

13/5

Cavaliers
89
Celtics
96

Game 5

15/5

Celtics
69
Cavaliers
74

Game 6

17/5

Cavaliers
92
Celtics
97

Game 7

18/5

TD Garden

1:00 AM, 7 May 2008

Boston, MA

Attendance: 18,624

Referees:
Eddie F. Rush
Michael Smith
Scott Foster

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

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

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