Celtics 89-81 Pistons (31 May, 2008) Box Score

Boston Celtics

66-16, 31-10 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	24	16	20	29	89
DET	21	16	31	13	81

Detroit Pistons

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
Leon PoweL. Powe
James PoseyJ. Posey
Scot PollardS. Pollard
Sam CassellS. Cassell
Gabe PruittG. Pruitt
Eddie HouseE. House
Tony AllenT. Allen
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	7-16	0-1	2-4	1	5	6	4	0	0	1	5	0	16
43	8-12	1-3	10-13	0	8	8	3	2	1	1	3	0	27
41	3-7	0-0	1-1	3	4	7	0	2	2	0	3	0	7
36	5-13	0-2	1-2	4	0	4	3	1	0	2	4	0	11
35	6-12	3-8	2-2	1	5	6	2	1	0	1	2	0	17
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	2
7	1-3	0-0	2-3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4
20	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	4	4	1	2	0	1	3	0	3
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	1-5	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	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	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	32-72	5-18	20-27	11	27	38	14	8	4	12	28		89
	44.4%	27.8%	74.1%

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
Theo RatliffT. Ratliff
Cheikh SambC. Samb
Rodney StuckeyR. Stuckey
Lindsey HunterL. Hunter
Juan DixonJ. Dixon
Arron AfflaloA. Afflalo
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	2-3	0-0	2-2	0	6	6	1	0	0	1	4	0	6
32	2-12	0-6	0-0	3	7	10	2	0	1	3	5	0	4
37	3-10	1-3	3-4	1	3	4	3	0	1	3	3	0	10
41	9-20	3-8	8-10	3	3	6	6	0	0	0	1	0	29
39	9-14	2-4	1-1	1	1	2	4	0	2	3	3	0	21
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	3-4	0-0	1-2	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	7
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	1	0	1	1	2	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	1-5	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	2	1	1	0	2	0	4
6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0
	29-69	6-21	17-21	11	25	36	19	3	7	16	22		81
	42.0%	28.6%	81.0%

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

Pistons
79
Celtics
88

Game 1

21/5

Pistons
103
Celtics
97

Game 2

23/5

Celtics
94
Pistons
80

Game 3

25/5

Celtics
75
Pistons
94

Game 4

27/5

Pistons
102
Celtics
106

Game 5

29/5

Celtics
89
Pistons
81

Game 6

31/5

The Palace of Auburn Hills

1:30 AM, 31 May 2008

Auburn Hills, MI

Attendance: 22,076

Referees:
Bennett Salvatore
Tony Brothers
Joe DeRosa

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	13	3	.813	-	W4
New York	9	6	.600	3.5	W4
Brooklyn	6	10	.375	7	L1
Toronto	4	12	.250	9	W2
Philadelphia	3	12	.200	9.5	W1

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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Brown scores 31 points to help the Celtics outlast the Wizards 108-96 for a key NBA Cup victory

Dame feeds Giannis for electrifying one-handed alley-oop slam

'I'm the ROTY!': Jared McCain is feeling himself after a Sixers 3