Boston Celtics @ New Orleans Hornets

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

Matchups

BOS

NO wins season

2-0

Game 1@ BOS

Final

Game 2@ NO

Final

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	56	26	.683	-	W2
New York	53	29	.646	3	L1
Toronto	46	36	.561	10	W1
Philadelphia	45	37	.549	11	W2
Brooklyn	20	62	.244	36	L3

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