Celtics 91-80 Knicks (7 Dec, 2002) Play-by-Play

New York Knicks

5-12, 1-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NY	22	16	19	23	80
BOS	23	25	27	16	91

Boston Celtics

13-6, 8-3 home

Antoine Walker missed 13 ft Jumper.
Tony Battie missed 13 ft Jumper.
Tony Delk made Layup. Assisted by Eric Williams.
Tony Battie made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Tony Delk missed Layup.
Tony Delk missed Layup.
Eric Williams made 7 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker made Layup. Assisted by Tony Delk.
Tony Battie made Layup. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Eric Williams missed Layup.
Paul Pierce missed Jumper. Blocked by Kurt Thomas.
Tony Delk made Layup.
Tony Battie made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Paul Pierce missed 14 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Eric Williams missed Jumper.
Vin Baker made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Paul Pierce made 23 ft Jumper.
Walter McCarty missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shammond Williams missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Paul Pierce made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shammond Williams.
Paul Pierce missed 15 ft Jumper.
Tony Delk missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shammond Williams missed 20 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker made Layup.
Antoine Walker missed 11 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker made 7 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tony Delk.
Antoine Walker missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shammond Williams missed 18 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker missed Layup. Blocked by Shandon Anderson.
Paul Pierce missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tony Battie missed Jumper.
Antoine Walker missed 13 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tony Delk made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Paul Pierce missed 9 ft Jumper. Blocked by Clarence Weatherspoon.
Paul Pierce missed 7 ft Jumper. Blocked by Kurt Thomas.
Vin Baker made Layup. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Tony Delk made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Antoine Walker.
Paul Pierce missed Jumper.
Antoine Walker made Layup.
Tony Battie missed Jumper.
Paul Pierce made Two Point Shot.
Eric Williams missed 6 ft Jumper.
Tony Battie made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Antoine Walker made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Paul Pierce made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Antoine Walker.
Eric Williams missed 14 ft Jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 14 ft Jumper.
Tony Delk made 20 ft Jumper.
Tony Delk missed Layup.
Tony Battie missed Layup.
Antoine Walker missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Antoine Walker missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
Tony Battie missed 10 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker missed 7 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker missed Layup.
Tony Battie missed 15 ft Jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 17 ft Jumper.
Shammond Williams missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 18 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Antoine Walker made Two Point Shot.
Paul Pierce made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kedrick Brown.
Kedrick Brown missed 9 ft Jumper.
Bruno Sundov missed Layup.
Paul Pierce made Tip Shot.
Kedrick Brown missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
J.R. Bremer missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
J.R. Bremer missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Walter McCarty missed 9 ft Jumper.
Bruno Sundov missed 11 ft Jumper.
Kedrick Brown made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Bruno Sundov.
Bruno Sundov missed 6 ft Jumper.
Bruno Sundov missed 9 ft Jumper.
Shammond Williams missed Layup.
J.R. Bremer missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Othella Harrington missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kurt Thomas made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Allan Houston missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made 13 ft Two Point Shot.
Kurt Thomas missed 15 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed 4 ft Jumper.
Howard Eisley made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kurt Thomas.
Latrell Sprewell made 10 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kurt Thomas.
Allan Houston missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made Jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed 6 ft Jumper.
Allan Houston missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Othella Harrington made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Michael Doleac missed 15 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made 16 ft Jumper.
Othella Harrington missed 6 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Doleac.
Othella Harrington missed Layup. Blocked by Eric Williams.
Kurt Thomas made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Othella Harrington missed Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 16 ft Jumper.
Shandon Anderson missed Three Point Jumper.
Shandon Anderson made Jumper. Assisted by Charlie Ward.
Latrell Sprewell missed 9 ft Jumper.
Shandon Anderson made Layup. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Allan Houston missed 13 ft Jumper.
Clarence Weatherspoon made Tip Shot.
Shandon Anderson missed 13 ft Jumper.
Clarence Weatherspoon made Tip Shot.
Allan Houston missed 20 ft Jumper.
Shandon Anderson missed Layup. Blocked by Tony Battie.
Allan Houston missed 9 ft Jumper. Blocked by Antoine Walker.
Allan Houston missed 16 ft Jumper. Blocked by Paul Pierce.
Clarence Weatherspoon made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Michael Doleac.
Charlie Ward made 4 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Latrell Sprewell missed 18 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 4 ft Jumper. Blocked by Vin Baker.
Howard Eisley missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 5 ft Jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed 16 ft Jumper.
Allan Houston made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Howard Eisley missed 5 ft Jumper. Blocked by Tony Battie.
Howard Eisley missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allan Houston made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Allan Houston made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Othella Harrington missed 5 ft Jumper.
Howard Eisley missed 14 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made 14 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
Othella Harrington missed Layup.
Allan Houston missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed Jumper.
Allan Houston missed 19 ft Jumper.
Allan Houston missed 17 ft Jumper.
Lee Nailon made 16 ft Jumper.
Charlie Ward missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 4 ft Jumper. Blocked by Kedrick Brown.
Lee Nailon missed 17 ft Jumper.
Lee Nailon missed Jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed 12 ft Jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed Jumper.
Lee Nailon made Tip Shot.
Lee Nailon missed 8 ft Jumper.
Shandon Anderson made Layup. Assisted by Lee Nailon.
Lavor Postell made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lee Nailon.
Charlie Ward made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lavor Postell made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Charlie Ward.
Charlie Ward missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lavor Postell missed 16 ft Jumper.
Lee Nailon missed 16 ft Jumper.
Lee Nailon made Layup. Assisted by Lavor Postell.
Lavor Postell missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Lee Nailon made Slam Dunk.
Shandon Anderson missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.

KNICKS

CELTICS

TIME		NY	BOS
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00		0	0
11:45	Othella Harrington missed 17 ft Jumper.	0	0
11:42	Paul Pierce Defensive Rebound.	0	0
11:36	Antoine Walker missed 13 ft Jumper.	0	0
11:32	Kurt Thomas Defensive Rebound.	0	0
11:26	Kurt Thomas made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.	2	0
11:06	Tony Battie missed 13 ft Jumper.	2	0
11:03	Kurt Thomas Defensive Rebound.	2	0
11:03	New York 20 Sec. Timeout.	2	0
10:51	Allan Houston missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	0
10:47	Othella Harrington Offensive Rebound.	2	0
10:41	Latrell Sprewell made 13 ft Two Point Shot.	4	0
10:22	Tony Delk made Layup. Assisted by Eric Williams.	4	2
10:02	Kurt Thomas missed 15 ft Jumper.	4	2
10:00	Paul Pierce Defensive Rebound.	4	2
9:52	Tony Battie made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.	4	4
9:37	Othella Harrington Bad Pass. Stolen by Eric Williams.	4	4
9:32	Tony Delk missed Layup.	4	4
9:30	Othella Harrington Defensive Rebound.	4	4
9:26	Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	4
9:23	Kurt Thomas Offensive Rebound.	4	4
9:19	Kurt Thomas missed 4 ft Jumper.	4	4
9:18	Tony Battie Defensive Rebound.	4	4
9:10	Tony Delk missed Layup.	4	4
9:07	Eric Williams Offensive Rebound.	4	4
9:07	Eric Williams made 7 ft Jumper.	4	6
8:52	Tony Battie Personal Foul	4	6
8:44	Howard Eisley made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kurt Thomas.	7	6
8:30	Antoine Walker made Layup. Assisted by Tony Delk.	7	8
8:21	Howard Eisley Bad Pass	7	8
8:08	Tony Battie made Layup. Assisted by Paul Pierce.	7	10
8:08	Kurt Thomas Shooting Foul	7	10
8:08	Tony Battie made Free Throw 1 of 1.	7	11
7:54	Latrell Sprewell made 10 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kurt Thomas.	9	11
7:33	Eric Williams missed Layup.	9	11
7:31	Tony Delk Offensive Rebound.	9	11
7:18	Eric Williams Lost Ball. Stolen by Othella Harrington.	9	11
7:11	Kurt Thomas Bad Pass. Stolen by Antoine Walker.	9	11
7:01	Paul Pierce missed Jumper. Blocked by Kurt Thomas.	9	11
6:58	Paul Pierce Offensive Rebound.	9	11
6:56	Antoine Walker Traveling	9	11
6:43	Allan Houston missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	9	11
6:39	Othella Harrington Offensive Rebound.	9	11
6:35	Latrell Sprewell made Jumper.	11	11
6:20	Antoine Walker Bad Pass	11	11
6:01	Kurt Thomas missed 6 ft Jumper.	11	11
5:58	Tony Delk Defensive Rebound.	11	11
5:52	Tony Delk made Layup.	11	13
5:52	Howard Eisley Shooting Foul	11	13
5:52	Boston Full Timeout.	11	13
5:52	Michael Doleac enters the game for Kurt Thomas.	11	13
5:52	Tony Delk made Free Throw 1 of 1.	11	14
5:39	Allan Houston missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	11	14
5:37	Eric Williams Defensive Rebound.	11	14
5:22	Tony Battie made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Paul Pierce.	11	16
5:00	Othella Harrington made 12 ft Jumper. Assisted by Howard Eisley.	13	16
4:37	Paul Pierce missed 14 ft Jumper.	13	16
4:35	Howard Eisley Defensive Rebound.	13	16
4:28	Michael Doleac missed 15 ft Jumper.	13	16
4:26	Paul Pierce Defensive Rebound.	13	16
4:18	Antoine Walker missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	16
4:15	Latrell Sprewell Defensive Rebound.	13	16
4:09	Latrell Sprewell made 16 ft Jumper.	15	16
3:50	Eric Williams missed Jumper.	15	16
3:49	Boston Offensive Rebound.	15	16
3:49	Walter McCarty enters the game for Eric Williams.	15	16
3:49	Shammond Williams enters the game for Tony Delk.	15	16
3:49	Vin Baker enters the game for Tony Battie.	15	16
3:46	Vin Baker made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Paul Pierce.	15	18
3:18	Othella Harrington missed 6 ft Jumper.	15	18
3:16	Michael Doleac Offensive Rebound.	15	18
3:15	Latrell Sprewell made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Doleac.	18	18
2:47	Paul Pierce made 23 ft Jumper.	18	20
2:30	Latrell Sprewell Bad Pass. Stolen by Walter McCarty.	18	20
2:18	Walter McCarty missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	18	20
2:17	Boston Defensive Rebound.	18	20
2:17	Vin Baker Loose Ball Foul	18	20
2:17	New York Full Timeout.	18	20
2:17	Charlie Ward enters the game for Howard Eisley.	18	20
2:17	Eric Williams enters the game for Antoine Walker.	18	20
2:06	Walter McCarty Personal Foul	18	20
2:06	Kurt Thomas enters the game for Michael Doleac.	18	20
2:01	Othella Harrington missed Layup. Blocked by Eric Williams.	18	20
1:57	Shammond Williams Defensive Rebound.	18	20
1:54	Shammond Williams missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	18	20
1:49	Allan Houston Defensive Rebound.	18	20
1:38	Kurt Thomas made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.	20	20
1:15	Paul Pierce made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shammond Williams.	20	23
1:00	Othella Harrington missed Jumper.	20	23
58.0	Paul Pierce Defensive Rebound.	20	23
50.8	Vin Baker Lost Ball	20	23
37.2	Latrell Sprewell made Jumper.	22	23
24.1	Paul Pierce missed 15 ft Jumper.	22	23
22.8	Latrell Sprewell Defensive Rebound.	22	23
6.0	Latrell Sprewell missed 16 ft Jumper.	22	23
5.4	New York Offensive Rebound.	22	23
5.4	Vin Baker Loose Ball Foul	22	23
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	22	23

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 2-0

Celtics
117
Knicks
107

Game 1

3/11

Knicks
80
Celtics
91

Game 2

7/12

Celtics
113
Knicks
90

Game 3

15/12

Knicks
95
Celtics
97

Game 4

6/3

TD Garden

1:00 AM, 7 December 2002

Boston, MA

Attendance: 18,624

Referees:
Eddie F. Rush
Tom Washington
Marc Davis

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	64	18	.780	-	W2
New York	50	32	.610	14	W5
Philadelphia	47	35	.573	17	W8
Brooklyn	32	50	.390	32	L2
Toronto	25	57	.305	39	L4

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