Celtics 97-95 Knicks (6 Mar, 2003) Play-by-Play

New York Knicks

26-35, 8-21 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NY	24	20	25	26	95
BOS	28	22	24	23	97

Boston Celtics

35-26, 20-10 home

Paul Pierce missed 23 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker made Two Point Shot.
Eric Williams made Dunk. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Eric Williams made Layup. Assisted by Antoine Walker.
J.R. Bremer missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Antoine Walker missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Antoine Walker made Layup. Assisted by J.R. Bremer.
Tony Battie made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by J.R. Bremer.
Antoine Walker made Dunk.
J.R. Bremer made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Antoine Walker.
Paul Pierce missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Eric Williams missed 7 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by J.R. Bremer.
Paul Pierce made 17 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by J.R. Bremer.
Antoine Walker made 21 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker missed 9 ft Jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 21 ft Jumper.
Tony Delk made 23 ft Jumper.
Tony Battie missed 48 ft Three Point Jumper.
Antoine Walker missed Layup.
Antoine Walker missed 9 ft Hook Shot.
Tony Delk made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eric Williams.
Antoine Walker missed 6 ft Two Point Shot.
Antoine Walker made Layup.
Paul Pierce made 5 ft Jumper.
Paul Pierce made 3 ft Two Point Shot.
Antoine Walker made 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Antoine Walker made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eric Williams.
Antoine Walker missed 4 ft Jumper.
Tony Delk missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Antoine Walker missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kedrick Brown made Layup. Assisted by J.R. Bremer.
Antoine Walker made 7 ft Jumper.
Kedrick Brown missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
J.R. Bremer missed Layup.
J.R. Bremer missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Antoine Walker made Two Point Shot.
Paul Pierce missed 19 ft Jumper. Blocked by Latrell Sprewell.
Eric Williams made Layup. Assisted by J.R. Bremer.
Paul Pierce made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eric Williams.
Antoine Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
J.R. Bremer made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Antoine Walker made 9 ft Jumper. Assisted by Eric Williams.
Antoine Walker missed 13 ft Jumper. Blocked by Kurt Thomas.
Paul Pierce made 2 ft Two Point Shot.
Eric Williams missed Jumper.
J.R. Bremer missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
J.R. Bremer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Antoine Walker missed 8 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Paul Pierce made 3 ft Two Point Shot.
Paul Pierce made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tony Delk.
Paul Pierce missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Grant Long missed 20 ft Jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 19 ft Jumper.
Walter McCarty made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Antoine Walker made Layup.
Eric Williams made 2 ft Two Point Shot.
Walter McCarty missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Antoine Walker made Layup. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Antoine Walker missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Eric Williams made Layup. Assisted by Antoine Walker.
Antoine Walker missed 11 ft Jumper.
Eric Williams made Layup.
Tony Delk missed 23 ft Jumper.
Eric Williams missed 11 ft Two Point Shot.
Antoine Walker missed Layup.
Antoine Walker made Layup.
Tony Delk missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Antoine Walker missed Jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 19 ft Jumper.
Antoine Walker made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Antoine Walker missed Layup.
Kurt Thomas missed 7 ft Jumper.
Kurt Thomas made 16 ft Jumper.
Allan Houston missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Othella Harrington made Layup. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Howard Eisley missed Layup.
Kurt Thomas made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Allan Houston.
Latrell Sprewell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kurt Thomas.
Kurt Thomas missed 19 ft Jumper.
Allan Houston missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kurt Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Howard Eisley made 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Howard Eisley missed 14 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Shandon Anderson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Latrell Sprewell made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Howard Eisley made Two Point Shot.
Latrell Sprewell missed Three Point Jumper.
Clarence Weatherspoon made Jumper. Assisted by Allan Houston.
Kurt Thomas made Jumper. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Allan Houston missed 17 ft Jumper.
Clarence Weatherspoon made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Michael Doleac missed Layup.
Allan Houston missed 16 ft Jumper.
Allan Houston made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Frank Williams.
Clarence Weatherspoon missed 18 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 19 ft Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shandon Anderson made Two Point Shot.
Shandon Anderson made 21 ft Jumper.
Clarence Weatherspoon missed Layup.
Kurt Thomas missed Layup.
Latrell Sprewell missed 19 ft Jumper.
Shandon Anderson missed Three Point Jumper.
Frank Williams missed 13 ft Jumper.
Othella Harrington missed 7 ft Jumper. Blocked by Mark Blount.
Latrell Sprewell made 16 ft Jumper.
Othella Harrington made Layup. Assisted by Frank Williams.
Kurt Thomas made Layup.
Howard Eisley missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Othella Harrington missed Layup. Blocked by Eric Williams.
Howard Eisley missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allan Houston made 20 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Latrell Sprewell made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Allan Houston missed 21 ft Jumper.
Clarence Weatherspoon made Layup. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Howard Eisley made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Allan Houston missed 4 ft Two Point Shot.
Othella Harrington missed Jumper.
Othella Harrington made Layup. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Howard Eisley made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Latrell Sprewell missed 13 ft Jumper.
Clarence Weatherspoon missed Layup. Blocked by Tony Battie.
Allan Houston made 3 ft Two Point Shot.
Allan Houston missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allan Houston made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Shandon Anderson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Howard Eisley made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Latrell Sprewell missed Three Point Jumper.
Shandon Anderson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allan Houston missed 22 ft Jumper.
Shandon Anderson made 11 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Allan Houston made 18 ft Jumper.
Allan Houston missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allan Houston missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell made 2 ft Two Point Shot.
Latrell Sprewell missed Jumper.
Latrell Sprewell missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allan Houston made 18 ft Jumper.
Allan Houston made 15 ft Jumper.
Allan Houston missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kurt Thomas made Jumper. Assisted by Allan Houston.
Allan Houston missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kurt Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Allan Houston made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Allan Houston missed 19 ft Jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed Tip Shot.
Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Clarence Weatherspoon missed Layup. Blocked by Tony Battie.

KNICKS

CELTICS

TIME		NY	BOS
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball. Kurt Thomas vs. Tony Battie. Howard Eisley gains possession.	0	0
11:38	Kurt Thomas missed 7 ft Jumper.	0	0
11:36	Paul Pierce Defensive Rebound.	0	0
11:30	Paul Pierce missed 23 ft Jumper.	0	0
11:29	Latrell Sprewell Defensive Rebound.	0	0
11:21	Latrell Sprewell Bad Pass. Stolen by Paul Pierce.	0	0
11:18	Latrell Sprewell Clear Path Foul	0	0
11:18	Paul Pierce made Free Throw.	0	1
11:07	Antoine Walker made Two Point Shot.	0	3
10:45	Kurt Thomas made 16 ft Jumper.	2	3
10:30	Paul Pierce Bad Pass	2	3
10:07	Allan Houston missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	3
10:03	Tony Battie Defensive Rebound.	2	3
9:52	Eric Williams made Dunk. Assisted by Paul Pierce.	2	5
9:37	Othella Harrington made Layup. Assisted by Howard Eisley.	4	5
9:22	Eric Williams made Layup. Assisted by Antoine Walker.	4	7
9:07	Howard Eisley missed Layup.	4	7
9:04	Paul Pierce Defensive Rebound.	4	7
8:59	J.R. Bremer missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	7
8:57	Boston Offensive Rebound.	4	7
8:57	Allan Houston Loose Ball Foul	4	7
8:52	Antoine Walker missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	4	7
8:48	Allan Houston Defensive Rebound.	4	7
8:40	Allan Houston Lost Ball. Stolen by Paul Pierce.	4	7
8:37	Antoine Walker made Layup. Assisted by J.R. Bremer.	4	9
8:33	New York Full Timeout.	4	9
8:21	Kurt Thomas made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Allan Houston.	6	9
8:03	Tony Battie made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by J.R. Bremer.	6	11
7:48	Howard Eisley Bad Pass. Stolen by Antoine Walker.	6	11
7:45	Antoine Walker made Dunk.	6	13
7:26	Latrell Sprewell made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kurt Thomas.	9	13
7:03	J.R. Bremer made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Antoine Walker.	9	16
6:48	Kurt Thomas missed 19 ft Jumper.	9	16
6:47	Eric Williams Defensive Rebound.	9	16
6:41	Paul Pierce missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	9	16
6:39	Othella Harrington Defensive Rebound.	9	16
6:26	Allan Houston missed 18 ft Jumper.	9	16
6:26	New York Offensive Rebound.	9	16
6:26	Paul Pierce Loose Ball Foul	9	16
6:22	Othella Harrington Lost Ball	9	16
6:07	Allan Houston Personal Foul	9	16
6:07	Shandon Anderson enters the game for Allan Houston.	9	16
6:03	Eric Williams missed 7 ft Jumper.	9	16
6:01	Othella Harrington Defensive Rebound.	9	16
5:46	Kurt Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Howard Eisley.	11	16
5:33	Antoine Walker made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by J.R. Bremer.	11	19
5:09	Howard Eisley made 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	14	19
4:50	Paul Pierce made 17 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by J.R. Bremer.	14	21
4:35	Tony Delk enters the game for J.R. Bremer.	14	21
4:35	Mark Blount enters the game for Tony Battie.	14	21
4:28	Howard Eisley missed 14 ft Jumper.	14	21
4:26	Antoine Walker Defensive Rebound.	14	21
4:16	Antoine Walker made 21 ft Jumper.	14	23
3:54	Latrell Sprewell made 9 ft Two Point Shot.	16	23
3:36	Antoine Walker Bad Pass	16	23
3:13	Shandon Anderson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	16	23
3:11	Mark Blount Defensive Rebound.	16	23
3:00	Antoine Walker Bad Pass	16	23
2:46	Kurt Thomas missed Jumper.	16	23
2:45	New York Offensive Rebound.	16	23
2:45	Mark Blount Loose Ball Foul	16	23
2:45	Boston Full Timeout.	16	23
2:45	Walter McCarty enters the game for Eric Williams.	16	23
2:31	Mark Blount Shooting Foul	16	23
2:31	Othella Harrington made Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	23
2:31	Tony Battie enters the game for Mark Blount.	17	23
2:31	Othella Harrington made Free Throw 2 of 2.	18	23
2:12	Antoine Walker missed 9 ft Jumper.	18	23
2:09	Kurt Thomas Defensive Rebound.	18	23
2:00	Latrell Sprewell made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Howard Eisley.	20	23
1:46	Shandon Anderson Shooting Foul	20	23
1:46	Paul Pierce made Free Throw 1 of 2.	20	24
1:46	Grant Long enters the game for Antoine Walker.	20	24
1:46	Paul Pierce made Free Throw 2 of 2.	20	25
1:34	Latrell Sprewell made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Howard Eisley.	22	25
1:16	Paul Pierce missed 21 ft Jumper.	22	25
1:15	Howard Eisley Defensive Rebound.	22	25
1:04	Latrell Sprewell missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	22	25
1:04	New York Defensive Rebound.	22	25
49.8	Tony Delk made 23 ft Jumper.	22	27
33.9	Howard Eisley made Two Point Shot.	24	27
18.6	Kurt Thomas Personal Foul	24	27
18.6	Tony Battie missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	24	27
18.6	Boston Offensive Rebound.	24	27
18.6	Kedrick Brown enters the game for Paul Pierce.	24	27
18.6	Tony Battie made Free Throw 2 of 2.	24	28
4.2	Latrell Sprewell missed Three Point Jumper.	24	28
3.3	Tony Battie Defensive Rebound.	24	28
0.3	Tony Battie missed 48 ft Three Point Jumper.	24	28
0.0	Boston Offensive Rebound.	24	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	24	28

Regular Season Series

BOS wins 4-0

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

12:00 AM, 6 March 2003

Boston, MA

Attendance: 16,277

Referees:
Ken Mauer
Scott Foster
Rodney Mott

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	22	6	.786	-	W1
New York	18	10	.643	4	W3
Brooklyn	11	17	.393	11	L1
Philadelphia	9	17	.346	12	L1
Toronto	7	22	.241	15.5	L7

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