Celtics 88-85 Hawks (18 Dec, 2008) Box Score

Boston Celtics

24-2, 10-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	22	20	17	29	88
ATL	21	22	19	23	85

Atlanta Hawks

15-10, 9-2 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
Patrick O'BryantP. O'Bryant
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
37	7-15	0-0	4-5	2	6	8	3	1	2	1	3	+14	18
40	7-17	0-1	4-5	2	5	7	0	1	0	3	1	+11	18
36	3-6	0-0	2-3	1	9	10	1	0	4	1	5	-1	8
37	7-12	0-1	1-2	2	4	6	7	4	0	3	2	+9	15
43	5-15	1-8	5-5	2	3	5	2	1	0	2	3	+4	16
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
10	1-2	0-0	2-2	2	3	5	1	0	1	1	2	-3	4
14	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	-6	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
12	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	-4	3
13	2-5	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	-9	4
	34-77	2-13	18-22	12	33	45	14	9	7	14	22		88
	44.2%	15.4%	81.8%

Atlanta Hawks

starters
Josh SmithJ. Smith
Marvin WilliamsM. Williams
Al HorfordA. Horford
Mike BibbyM. Bibby
Joe JohnsonJ. Johnson
bench
Solomon JonesS. Jones
Othello HunterO. Hunter
Zaza PachuliaZ. Pachulia
Randolph MorrisR. Morris
Speedy ClaxtonS. Claxton
Acie LawA. Law
Maurice EvansM. Evans
Ronald MurrayR. Murray
Thomas GardnerT. Gardner
Mario WestM. West
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
41	4-13	1-2	5-7	1	6	7	4	1	1	3	5	-10	14
39	6-12	0-2	4-7	4	4	8	3	1	2	2	2	0	16
41	3-10	0-0	2-2	4	7	11	4	0	2	2	3	-1	8
38	5-16	2-8	2-2	0	5	5	2	0	0	3	1	-4	14
40	6-16	1-7	7-8	2	3	5	4	3	0	0	3	+2	20
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
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	2-4	0-0	0-1	2	1	3	0	0	1	2	4	+5	4
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	1-4	1-2	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	-7	3
12	2-4	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	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
	29-79	7-24	20-27	15	26	41	18	6	6	15	20		85
	36.7%	29.2%	74.1%

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

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 2-0

Hawks
102
Celtics
103

Game 1

13/11

Celtics
88
Hawks
85

Game 2

18/12

Celtics
99
Hawks
93

Game 3

27/3

Hawks
92
Celtics
104

Game 4

4/4

State Farm Arena

12:00 AM, 18 December 2008

Atlanta, GA

Attendance: 18,729

Referees:
Bill Spooner
Marc Davis
Zach Zarba

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	12	3	.800	-	W3
New York	9	6	.600	3	W4
Brooklyn	6	9	.400	6	W1
Toronto	4	12	.250	8.5	W2
Philadelphia	2	12	.143	9.5	L5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Orlando	10	7	.588	-	W1
Miami	6	7	.462	2	W1
Atlanta	7	9	.438	2.5	L1
Charlotte	6	9	.400	3	W1
Washington	2	11	.154	6	L9

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BOS leads 2-0

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