New Orleans Hornets @ Boston Celtics

12-7, 5-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hornets NO	21	19	24	18	82
Celtics BOS	21	18	30	25	94

Boston CelticsCelticsBOS

22-2, 13-1 Home

New Orleans Hornets

starters
Hilton ArmstrongH. Armstrong
David WestD. West
Peja StojakovicP. Stojakovic
Rasual ButlerR. Butler
Chris PaulC. Paul
bench
Sean MarksS. Marks
Ryan BowenR. Bowen
James PoseyJ. Posey
Julian WrightJ. Wright
Tyson ChandlerT. Chandler
Melvin ElyM. Ely
Antonio DanielsA. Daniels
Morris PetersonM. Peterson
Devin BrownD. Brown
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
25	8	3-9	0-0	2-4	4	0	2	1	0	2	2	5	-3
43	23	8-21	0-1	7-9	14	1	0	0	3	4	10	1	-4
30	2	1-6	0-2	0-0	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	+1
29	5	2-7	1-3	0-1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	-19
42	20	5-16	0-3	10-10	6	14	3	3	0	2	4	5	-7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
9	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	6	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	-1
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	7	2-8	1-4	2-3	7	0	0	1	0	2	5	5	-9
2	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-2
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	-10
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
17	8	3-4	0-1	2-4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	-4
	82	28-79	2-14	24-33	42	17	10	10	4	13	29	30
		35%	14%	73%

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
Patrick O'BryantP. O'Bryant
Sam CassellS. Cassell
Gabe PruittG. Pruitt
Eddie HouseE. House
Tony AllenT. Allen
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
34	19	8-10	0-0	3-4	10	0	3	0	1	1	9	5	+7
43	28	9-17	2-5	8-11	6	6	2	2	0	0	6	4	+11
31	9	4-8	0-0	1-4	13	1	2	0	3	6	7	4	+4
32	10	4-12	0-1	2-2	6	2	2	1	0	2	4	4	+5
36	9	2-8	1-5	4-5	4	3	3	0	0	0	4	1	+6
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
14	6	2-3	0-0	2-2	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	4	+3
16	1	0-2	0-0	1-4	3	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	+6
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	9	3-6	3-5	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	+9
17	3	1-4	0-0	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	4	+9
	94	33-70	6-16	22-35	48	14	17	4	5	12	36	28
		47%	38%	63%

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

Matchups

BOS leads season

1-0

BOS

Game 1@ BOS

Final

Game 2@ NO

Final

Game Information

Boston, MA

Referee:Joe Crawford

Referee:Mark Ayotte

Referee:Eli Roe

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

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