36-31, 12-21 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Celtics BOS	31	24	12	19	86
Hornets NO	22	23	22	20	87

New Orleans HornetsHornetsNO

23-46, 13-21 Home

Boston Celtics @ New Orleans Hornets

Matchups

BOS

NO wins season

2-0

Game 1@ BOS

Final

Game 2@ NO

Final

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	9	2	.818	-	W4
Philadelphia	9	3	.750	0.5	L1
New York	6	4	.600	2.5	W4
Toronto	5	5	.500	3.5	L1
Brooklyn	2	8	.200	6.5	L2

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