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
R. Wallace
K. Perkins
R. Rondo
R. Allen
T. Allen
bench
K. Garnett
B. Scalabrine
G. Davis
P. Pierce
H. Walker
S. Williams
E. House
M. Daniels
J.R. Giddens
L. 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
C. Frye
G. Hill
A. Stoudemire
S. Nash
J. Richardson
bench
L. Amundson
J. Dudley
E. Clark
J. Collins
R. Lopez
G. Dragic
L. 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	7	1	.875	-	W3
Brooklyn	4	4	.500	3	W1
New York	3	3	.500	3	L1
Toronto	2	6	.250	5	L1
Philadelphia	1	5	.167	5	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Phoenix	6	1	.857	-	W5
Golden State	6	1	.857	-	W4
LA Lakers	4	3	.571	2	L1
Sacramento	4	3	.571	2	W1
LA Clippers	3	4	.429	3	W1

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