Celtics 90-85 Cavaliers (29 Oct, 2008) Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

0-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	28	22	13	22	85
BOS	22	21	24	23	90

Boston Celtics

1-0, 1-0 home

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
B. Wallace
L. James
Z. Ilgauskas
M. Williams
D. West
bench
L. Wright
D. Jackson
J. Williams
A. Varejao
J. Hickson
E. Snow
W. Szczerbiak
S. Pavlovic
D. Gibson
T. Kinsey
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	0	0	1	1	2	-1	2
36	9-21	0-4	4-8	1	6	7	6	2	1	3	4	-3	22
30	3-5	0-0	9-10	3	5	8	1	0	0	4	3	+7	15
31	4-10	3-5	1-1	0	3	3	2	1	0	4	5	+3	12
35	2-4	0-1	2-2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	-10	6
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	4	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
26	3-6	0-0	3-5	4	5	9	1	3	0	2	2	-7	9
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
16	1-4	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	-3	4
13	3-6	0-2	1-2	0	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	-3	7
23	2-8	0-2	2-3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	-8	6
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	29-68	3-15	24-33	8	33	41	16	8	2	22	26		85
	42.6%	20.0%	72.7%

Boston Celtics

starters
K. Garnett
P. Pierce
K. Perkins
R. Rondo
R. Allen
bench
B. Scalabrine
L. Powe
G. Davis
H. Walker
P. O'Bryant
S. Cassell
G. Pruitt
E. House
T. Allen
J.R. Giddens
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	5-15	0-0	1-4	1	5	6	2	2	0	2	1	+5	11
38	10-19	2-4	5-8	1	2	3	4	1	0	2	4	+12	27
21	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	4	8	0	0	0	2	6	-7	2
30	4-5	0-0	6-10	1	4	5	6	3	0	2	5	+4	14
41	2-9	1-4	3-4	1	3	4	1	1	0	4	1	-1	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	5-7	0-0	3-4	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	4	+12	13
16	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	2	1	0	2	2	+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	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
18	1-5	0-4	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	3	+1	2
17	4-9	0-2	3-4	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	-2	11
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	33-74	3-14	21-34	10	26	36	16	10	0	17	28		90
	44.6%	21.4%	61.8%

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

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 1-0

Cavaliers
85
Celtics
90

Game 1

29/10

Celtics
83
Cavaliers
98

Game 2

10/1

Cavaliers
94
Celtics
105

Game 3

7/3

Celtics
76
Cavaliers
107

Game 4

12/4

TD Garden

12:00 AM, 29 October 2008

Boston, MA

Attendance: 18,624

Referees:
Joe DeRosa
James Capers
Olandis Poole

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	8	0	1.000	-	W8
Chicago	3	4	.429	4.5	L2
Indiana	3	4	.429	4.5	W1
Detroit	3	5	.375	5	W2
Milwaukee	1	6	.143	6.5	L6

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	7	1	.875	-	W3
Brooklyn	4	4	.500	3	W1
New York	3	3	.500	3	L1
Toronto	2	6	.250	5	L1
Philadelphia	1	5	.167	5	L3

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BOS leads 1-0

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