Bulls 127-121 Celtics (18 Mar, 2009) Box Score

Boston Celtics

50-18, 23-12 away

121

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	26	29	35	31	121
CHI	34	20	35	38	127

Chicago Bulls

31-37, 21-11 home

127

Boston Celtics

starters
Leon PoweL. Powe
Paul PierceP. Pierce
Kendrick PerkinsK. Perkins
Rajon RondoR. Rondo
Ray AllenR. Allen
bench
Kevin GarnettK. Garnett
Brian ScalabrineB. Scalabrine
Glen DavisG. Davis
Henry WalkerH. Walker
Mikki MooreM. Moore
Stephon MarburyS. Marbury
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
4	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-8	2
39	13-24	3-4	8-8	1	6	7	1	1	0	3	5	-8	37
34	6-13	0-0	2-2	4	6	10	4	0	4	4	4	-8	14
42	9-16	0-0	8-11	1	4	5	10	0	0	1	2	-12	26
37	5-12	4-9	3-3	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	3	-3	17
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
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	3-4	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	-1	6
29	2-5	0-0	2-2	4	6	10	1	0	0	1	6	+9	6
13	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	+2	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	4-9	4-7	1-1	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	-1	13
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	43-87	11-20	24-27	13	29	42	21	3	4	13	26		121
	49.4%	55.0%	88.9%

Chicago Bulls

starters
Tyrus ThomasT. Thomas
John SalmonsJ. Salmons
Joakim NoahJ. Noah
Derrick RoseD. Rose
Ben GordonB. Gordon
bench
Tim ThomasT. Thomas
Linton JohnsonL. Johnson
Luol DengL. Deng
Jerome JamesJ. James
Brad MillerB. Miller
Aaron GrayA. Gray
Lindsey HunterL. Hunter
Kirk HinrichK. Hinrich
Anthony RobersonA. Roberson
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	4-6	0-0	10-13	0	5	5	0	0	2	2	4	-15	18
43	14-20	3-7	7-7	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	-1	38
24	3-6	0-0	0-2	1	6	7	1	0	0	1	2	-9	6
35	4-11	0-0	3-3	0	3	3	8	0	0	1	3	-3	11
36	5-12	2-4	5-6	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	+9	17
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	3-5	1-2	0-1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	+14	7
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	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	7-12	0-0	7-8	5	9	14	5	1	1	1	2	+19	21
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	4-11	0-3	1-1	0	3	3	6	2	2	2	3	+16	9
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	44-83	6-16	33-41	7	30	37	25	5	6	10	21		127
	53.0%	37.5%	80.5%

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

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 4-1

Bulls
80
Celtics
96

Game 1

1/11

Bulls
80
Celtics
96

Game 2

1/11

Bulls
108
Celtics
126

Game 3

20/12

Bulls
108
Celtics
126

Game 4

20/12

Celtics
121
Bulls
127

Game 5

18/3

Celtics
121
Bulls
127

Game 6

18/3

United Center

12:30 AM, 18 March 2009

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 22,107

Referees:
Scott Foster
Mark Lindsay
Bill Kennedy

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	21	.250	15	L6

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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