Suns 116-98 Celtics (31 Dec, 2009) Box Score

Boston Celtics

23-8, 13-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	20	29	24	25	98
PHX	30	31	29	26	116

Phoenix Suns

21-12, 13-2 home

116

Boston Celtics

starters
Rasheed WallaceR. Wallace
Kendrick PerkinsK. Perkins
Rajon RondoR. Rondo
Ray AllenR. Allen
Tony AllenT. Allen
bench
Kevin GarnettK. Garnett
Brian ScalabrineB. Scalabrine
Glen DavisG. Davis
Paul PierceP. Pierce
Henry WalkerH. Walker
Shelden WilliamsS. Williams
Eddie HouseE. House
Marquis DanielsM. Daniels
J.R. GiddensJ.R. Giddens
Lester HudsonL. Hudson
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	3-11	0-4	0-0	2	2	4	0	1	1	1	3	-11	6
30	6-11	0-0	1-5	2	5	7	1	0	0	1	4	-17	13
32	5-12	0-2	3-3	1	0	1	8	2	0	3	2	-21	13
35	4-13	1-5	6-6	0	4	4	1	0	1	2	0	-12	15
32	3-8	0-0	6-6	3	4	7	6	3	0	4	5	-8	12
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
23	0-3	0-3	0-0	2	2	4	1	1	0	1	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	0
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-3	0
19	4-8	0-0	6-10	1	4	5	0	1	0	0	3	-4	14
22	7-13	5-7	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	-8	19
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	+3	4
5	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	+5	2
	35-83	6-21	22-30	13	25	38	18	9	2	15	26		98
	42.2%	28.6%	73.3%

Phoenix Suns

starters
Channing FryeC. Frye
Grant HillG. Hill
Amar'e StoudemireA. Stoudemire
Steve NashS. Nash
Jason RichardsonJ. Richardson
bench
Lou AmundsonL. Amundson
Jared DudleyJ. Dudley
Earl ClarkE. Clark
Jarron CollinsJ. Collins
Robin LopezR. Lopez
Goran DragicG. Dragic
Leandro BarbosaL. Barbosa
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
40	9-15	6-10	2-2	1	9	10	2	2	2	2	3	+26	26
22	1-3	1-1	0-0	2	3	5	3	2	2	2	0	+19	3
23	11-14	0-1	4-6	3	4	7	0	0	1	0	4	+12	26
30	4-8	0-2	3-3	1	3	4	8	1	0	5	2	+15	11
22	4-10	0-2	4-4	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	1	+21	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
14	1-2	0-0	2-4	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	2	+9	4
24	1-5	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3
5	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	-5	2
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
14	1-3	0-0	4-4	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	-6	6
20	2-4	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	6
23	5-13	1-5	6-7	0	2	2	4	4	0	1	2	0	17
	40-79	9-25	27-32	12	30	42	21	9	7	15	21		116
	50.6%	36.0%	84.4%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 2-0

Suns
110
Celtics
103

Game 1

7/11

Celtics
98
Suns
116

Game 2

31/12

Footprint Center

2:00 AM, 31 December 2009

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 18,422

Referees:
Monty McCutchen
Zach Zarba
Curtis Blair

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	22	7	.759	-	L1
New York	19	10	.655	3	W4
Brooklyn	11	18	.379	11	L2
Philadelphia	10	17	.370	11	W1
Toronto	7	23	.233	15.5	L8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Clippers	17	13	.567	-	W1
LA Lakers	16	13	.552	0.5	L1
Golden State	15	13	.536	1	L1
Phoenix	14	14	.500	2	L3
Sacramento	13	17	.433	4	L4

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