Celtics 103-99 Rockets (5 Nov, 2008) Box Score

Boston Celtics

3-1, 1-1 away

103

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

Houston Rockets

3-1, 2-1 home

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	6-15	0-0	2-2	1	10	11	1	0	1	2	2	-8	14
44	5-15	1-4	2-4	3	6	9	4	3	0	4	3	+16	13
35	7-8	0-0	1-5	3	4	7	0	0	4	3	2	+3	15
29	5-10	0-0	0-0	2	5	7	7	0	0	2	3	-7	10
35	11-15	2-6	5-5	2	3	5	5	0	0	2	6	-2	29
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
12	0-2	0-0	1-2	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	4	+12	1
13	3-6	0-0	3-3	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	+1	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
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	2-5	0-2	4-4	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	1	+11	8
16	1-1	0-0	2-2	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	-6	4
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	40-77	3-12	20-27	14	32	46	21	10	5	17	24		103
	51.9%	25.0%	74.1%

Houston Rockets

starters
L. Scola
M. World Peace
Y. Ming
R. Alston
T. McGrady
bench
C. Hayes
C. Landry
J. Dorsey
S. Battier
S. Francis
L. Head
B. Barry
V. Wafer
A. Brooks
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	9-15	0-0	3-3	5	4	9	0	1	0	1	3	+5	21
37	3-16	3-10	6-9	3	4	7	1	2	0	1	5	-2	15
28	4-14	0-0	0-0	1	6	7	0	0	0	2	3	-8	8
30	1-6	0-4	2-2	2	2	4	7	1	0	1	1	-4	4
37	9-18	1-4	7-8	0	2	2	6	3	0	2	0	+1	26
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	2	+6	2
12	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	2	0	0	1	4	-11	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
22	2-4	1-3	4-4	1	3	4	2	1	0	1	3	-5	9
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	4-9	2-3	2-2	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	3	-2	12
	34-87	7-24	24-28	15	26	41	19	9	1	11	24		99
	39.1%	29.2%	85.7%

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

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 1-0

Celtics
103
Rockets
99

Game 1

5/11

Rockets
89
Celtics
85

Game 2

8/1

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:30 AM, 5 November 2008

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,291

Referees:
Scott Foster
Ed Malloy
Haywoode Workman

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	7	2	.778	-	L1
Brooklyn	4	4	.500	2.5	W1
New York	3	4	.429	3	L2
Toronto	2	7	.222	5	L2
Philadelphia	1	6	.143	5	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	5	3	.625	-	W2
Dallas	5	3	.625	-	W1
Memphis	5	4	.556	0.5	W1
San Antonio	3	5	.375	2	L2
New Orleans	3	6	.333	2.5	L3

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