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
Toronto	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Philadelphia	1	0	1.000	-	W1
Brooklyn	0	1	.000	1	L1
New York	0	1	.000	1	L1
Boston	0	1	.000	1	L1

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Kawhi-less Clippers roll past the Kings in a wire-to-wire season-opening rout

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