Celtics 86-78 Pistons (31 Jan, 2009) Box Score

Boston Celtics

39-9, 16-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	23	20	19	24	86
DET	16	25	15	22	78

Detroit Pistons

25-20, 13-10 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	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
37	10-17	0-0	2-2	1	8	9	3	1	2	2	2	+12	22
39	6-10	2-2	6-8	0	4	4	5	0	0	4	4	+10	20
29	4-6	0-0	1-2	3	4	7	0	1	2	2	2	+11	9
39	4-8	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	12	1	0	2	0	+9	8
38	4-14	1-5	5-5	2	4	6	2	2	1	2	4	+10	14
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
11	0-2	0-0	1-2	2	5	7	1	0	0	1	2	-4	1
19	1-2	0-0	1-2	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	-4	3
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	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	1-3	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	+1	3
15	1-5	0-0	4-4	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	-5	6
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	31-68	4-10	20-25	11	33	44	25	6	7	16	18		86
	45.6%	40.0%	80.0%

Detroit Pistons

starters
Rasheed WallaceR. Wallace
Amir JohnsonA. Johnson
Tayshaun PrinceT. Prince
Rodney StuckeyR. Stuckey
Allen IversonA. Iverson
bench
Antonio McDyessA. McDyess
Jason MaxiellJ. Maxiell
Walter Herrmann HeinrichW. Heinrich
Walter SharpeW. Sharpe
Kwame BrownK. Brown
Will BynumW. Bynum
Richard HamiltonR. Hamilton
Alex AckerA. Acker
Arron AfflaloA. Afflalo
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
38	5-16	1-6	1-2	0	6	6	0	2	1	1	6	-11	12
5	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-8	2
35	1-7	0-0	2-2	0	1	1	4	3	1	1	2	-11	4
37	7-11	0-1	5-6	2	1	3	4	0	0	2	4	-11	19
43	7-14	0-0	5-6	0	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	-9	19
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
38	1-8	0-0	1-2	4	10	14	2	0	1	0	2	+4	3
14	2-3	0-0	1-3	4	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	5
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	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	6-13	0-1	2-2	0	2	2	5	0	0	3	2	+6	14
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	30-74	1-8	17-23	11	25	36	16	5	3	12	18		78
	40.5%	12.5%	73.9%

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

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 3-0

Celtics
88
Pistons
76

Game 1

9/11

Pistons
80
Celtics
98

Game 2

21/11

Celtics
86
Pistons
78

Game 3

31/1

Pistons
105
Celtics
95

Game 4

1/3

The Palace of Auburn Hills

12:00 AM, 31 January 2009

Auburn Hills, MI

Attendance: 22,076

Referees:
Mark Wunderlich
David Jones
Eli Roe

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	22	6	.786	-	W1
New York	18	10	.643	4	W3
Brooklyn	11	17	.393	11	L1
Philadelphia	9	17	.346	12	L1
Toronto	7	22	.241	15.5	L7

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

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