Boston Celtics @ Detroit Pistons

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS - GAME 3 • BOS leads series 2-1

66-16, 31-10 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Celtics BOS	25	25	23	21	94
Pistons DET	17	15	23	25	80

Detroit PistonsPistonsDET

59-23, 34-7 Home

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
Glen DavisG. Davis
James PoseyJ. Posey
Scot PollardS. Pollard
Sam CassellS. Cassell
Gabe PruittG. Pruitt
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
35	22	7-16	0-0	8-9	13	6	3	2	0	4	9	3	0
38	11	4-6	2-3	1-2	4	2	5	2	1	1	3	3	0
29	12	6-7	0-0	0-0	10	0	0	1	1	2	8	3	0
40	12	5-10	0-1	2-3	3	4	5	0	0	2	1	4	0
39	14	5-16	1-6	3-4	6	6	1	0	0	1	5	4	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
21	4	1-4	0-0	2-2	4	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	12	2-5	1-3	7-8	4	1	0	1	0	2	2	3	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	5	2-5	1-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	94	32-69	5-14	25-30	44	20	16	6	3	14	30	24
		46%	36%	83%

Detroit Pistons

starters
Antonio McDyessA. McDyess
Rasheed WallaceR. Wallace
Tayshaun PrinceT. Prince
Chauncey BillupsC. Billups
Richard HamiltonR. Hamilton
bench
Jason MaxiellJ. Maxiell
Walter Herrmann HeinrichW. Heinrich
Amir JohnsonA. Johnson
Cheikh SambC. Samb
Rodney StuckeyR. Stuckey
Lindsey HunterL. Hunter
Juan DixonJ. Dixon
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	8	4-7	0-0	0-0	8	0	1	1	0	4	4	3	0
37	12	6-13	0-3	0-0	8	1	1	1	3	2	6	6	0
41	4	2-11	0-1	0-0	4	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	0
27	6	1-6	1-4	3-4	3	4	2	0	0	0	3	3	0
44	26	8-18	0-2	10-10	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	4	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
20	7	3-5	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	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	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
28	17	4-12	0-2	9-10	2	4	2	4	1	1	1	1	0
9	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	80	28-73	1-13	23-26	28	15	11	11	9	10	18	25
		38%	8%	88%

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

Matchups

BOS

BOS leads series

2-1

DET

Game 1@ BOS

Final

Game 2@ BOS

Final

103

Game 3@ DET

Final

Game 4@ DET

Final

106

Game 5@ BOS

Final

102

Game 6@ DET

Final

Game Information

Auburn Hills, MI

Referee:Dick Bavetta

Referee:Ron Garretson

Referee:Monty McCutchen

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	56	26	.683	-	W2
New York	53	29	.646	3	L1
Toronto	46	36	.561	10	W1
Philadelphia	45	37	.549	11	W2
Brooklyn	20	62	.244	36	L3

Central	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	60	22	.732	-	W3
Cleveland	52	30	.634	8	W1
Milwaukee	32	50	.390	28	L1
Chicago	31	51	.378	29	L2
Indiana	19	63	.232	41	L2

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