Boston Celtics @ Houston Rockets

3-1, 1-1 Away

103

3-1, 1-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Celtics BOS	28	30	23	22	103
Rockets HOU	22	31	25	21	99

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

3-1, 2-1 Home

Boston Celtics

starters
Kevin GarnettK. Garnett
Paul PierceP. Pierce
Kendrick PerkinsK. Perkins
Rajon RondoR. Rondo
Ray AllenR. Allen
bench
Brian ScalabrineB. Scalabrine
Leon PoweL. Powe
Glen DavisG. Davis
Henry WalkerH. Walker
Patrick O'BryantP. O'Bryant
Sam CassellS. Cassell
Gabe PruittG. Pruitt
Eddie HouseE. House
Tony AllenT. Allen
J.R. GiddensJ.R. Giddens
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	14	6-15	0-0	2-2	11	1	2	0	1	1	10	2	-8
44	13	5-15	1-4	2-4	9	4	4	3	0	3	6	3	+16
35	15	7-8	0-0	1-5	7	0	3	0	4	3	4	2	+3
29	10	5-10	0-0	0-0	7	7	2	0	0	2	5	3	-7
35	29	11-15	2-6	5-5	5	5	2	0	0	2	3	6	-2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	1	0-2	0-0	1-2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	4	+12
13	9	3-6	0-0	3-3	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	+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	0-0	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
19	8	2-5	0-2	4-4	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	+11
16	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	-6
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	103	40-77	3-12	20-27	46	21	17	10	5	14	32	24
		52%	25%	74%

Houston Rockets

starters
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace
Yao MingY. Ming
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
bench
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Carl LandryC. Landry
Joey DorseyJ. Dorsey
Shane BattierS. Battier
Steve FrancisS. Francis
Luther HeadL. Head
Brent BarryB. Barry
Von WaferV. Wafer
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	21	9-15	0-0	3-3	9	0	1	1	0	5	4	3	+5
37	15	3-16	3-10	6-9	7	1	1	2	0	3	4	5	-2
28	8	4-14	0-0	0-0	7	0	2	0	0	1	6	3	-8
30	4	1-6	0-4	2-2	4	7	1	1	0	2	2	1	-4
37	26	9-18	1-4	7-8	2	6	2	3	0	0	2	0	+1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
20	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	+6
12	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	4	-11
--	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
22	9	2-4	1-3	4-4	4	2	1	1	0	1	3	3	-5
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	12	4-9	2-3	2-2	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	-2
	99	34-87	7-24	24-28	41	19	11	9	1	15	26	24
		39%	29%	86%

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

Matchups

BOS

BOS leads season

1-0

HOU

103

Game 1•@ HOU

Final

Game 2•@ BOS

Final

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Scott Foster

Referee:Ed Malloy

Referee:Haywoode Workman

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	33	18	.647	-	W8
Boston	33	18	.647	-	W4
Toronto	31	22	.585	3	W1
Philadelphia	29	22	.569	4	L1
Brooklyn	13	37	.260	19.5	L3

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	35	16	.686	-	W3
Houston	31	19	.620	3.5	L2
Memphis	20	29	.408	14	W2
Dallas	19	32	.373	16	L6
New Orleans	13	40	.245	23	L3

NBA News

Pistons are OK 'doing it different' by keeping mostly quiet at deadline

The East-leading Detroit Pistons passed on taking a big swing at the trade deadline, opting to lean on their youth and chemistry with the playoffs a little over two months away.

Lakers' Doncic to sit vs. Warriors with strained left hamstring

Lakers star Luka Doncic will miss Saturday's game against the Warriors with a strained left hamstring, but sources told ESPN there is optimism that it is not a major injury.

Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Kalshi as shareholder

Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is the first basketball star to join prediction market Kalshi as a shareholder, it was announced Friday.

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