Rockets 89-85 Celtics (8 Jan, 2009) Box Score

Houston Rockets

22-15, 11-11 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	22	30	19	18	89
BOS	31	18	25	11	85

Boston Celtics

29-8, 18-2 home

Houston Rockets

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
15	0-4	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	-4	0
30	7-13	2-4	1-2	0	3	3	4	3	0	3	6	+12	17
36	10-13	0-0	6-9	3	5	8	4	0	2	3	3	0	26
25	1-5	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	0	-16	2
27	4-10	4-6	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	-11	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	7	8	0	0	0	1	2	+4	4
28	2-5	0-0	2-3	2	4	6	2	0	1	0	3	+8	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	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	+19	3
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	8-16	2-6	1-1	1	2	3	4	1	0	3	5	+8	19
	35-72	9-19	10-15	8	28	36	19	5	3	14	25		89
	48.6%	47.4%	66.7%

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	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	9-19	0-0	0-1	1	7	8	2	1	1	1	1	-6	18
38	7-14	4-6	8-8	2	3	5	4	1	0	4	2	-4	26
23	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	3	0	2	2	5	-7	0
33	2-4	0-0	1-4	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	2	+5	5
40	4-13	1-4	4-4	3	2	5	6	2	0	2	2	-2	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0
16	0-3	0-0	2-2	2	5	7	0	0	1	0	2	-4	2
23	4-6	0-0	4-4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	+9	12
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	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	3-5	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	7
15	1-5	0-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	-9	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
	30-70	6-15	19-23	9	23	32	20	5	4	11	19		85
	42.9%	40.0%	82.6%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Celtics
103
Rockets
99

Game 1

5/11

Rockets
89
Celtics
85

Game 2

8/1

TD Garden

12:30 AM, 8 January 2009

Boston, MA

Attendance: 18,624

Referees:
Mike Callahan
Kevin Fehr
Eric Lewis

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	11	5	.688	-	W1
Memphis	9	7	.563	2	W1
Dallas	8	7	.533	2.5	W3
San Antonio	8	8	.500	3	W2
New Orleans	4	12	.250	7	L3

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

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Series tied 1-1

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