Hornets 81-73 Celtics (20 Nov, 2003) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Hornets

9-3, 4-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	20	19	18	24	81
BOS	16	15	21	21	73

Boston Celtics

5-6, 3-3 home

Vin Baker made 7 ft Jumper.
Kedrick Brown missed Layup.
Mike James missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Mark Blount missed 19 ft Jumper.
Mike James made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kedrick Brown.
Vin Baker missed 17 ft Jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 19 ft Jumper.
Paul Pierce made 19 ft Jumper.
Mike James made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Paul Pierce missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Vin Baker missed 18 ft Jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 17 ft Two Point Shot.
Marcus Banks made 2 ft Two Point Shot.
Eric Williams missed Layup.
Eric Williams missed Layup.
Eric Williams made Tip Shot.
Eric Williams made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tony Battie.
Eric Williams missed 2 ft Two Point Shot.
Vin Baker made Layup. Assisted by Marcus Banks.
Jiri Welsch made Layup. Assisted by Tony Battie.
Jiri Welsch made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Banks.
Jumaine Jones missed 21 ft Jumper.
Marcus Banks missed 22 ft Jumper.
Vin Baker missed Layup. Blocked by Robert Traylor.
Jumaine Jones made Layup. Assisted by Mark Blount.
Jiri Welsch missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Mike James made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Mark Blount made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Jiri Welsch.
Mike James missed 21 ft Jumper.
Jiri Welsch missed Three Point Jumper.
Mike James missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Eric Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
Mark Blount made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Mike James made Layup.
Paul Pierce made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Mike James.
Paul Pierce made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vin Baker.
Kedrick Brown missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Paul Pierce made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Mark Blount.
Paul Pierce missed 16 ft Jumper.
Marcus Banks missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Vin Baker missed 6 ft Jumper.
Marcus Banks missed Jumper.
Kedrick Brown missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Banks missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Eric Williams missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Eric Williams made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Jiri Welsch.
Eric Williams missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.
Walter McCarty missed 23 ft Jumper.
Paul Pierce made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Walter McCarty.
Marcus Banks made Layup. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Paul Pierce missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Banks missed Layup.
Vin Baker made Layup. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Paul Pierce made 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Vin Baker missed 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Tony Battie made 13 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Mike James.
Mike James missed Three Point Jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 19 ft Jumper.
Mike James missed Layup.
Walter McCarty made Layup.
Paul Pierce missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Marcus Banks missed 21 ft Jumper.
Vin Baker made Layup.
Baron Davis missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Baron Davis made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Jamaal Magloire missed Layup.
P.J. Brown missed 17 ft Jumper.
George Lynch missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jamaal Magloire made Layup.
Jamaal Magloire made Layup. Assisted by Baron Davis.
P.J. Brown missed Layup.
George Lynch made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Baron Davis.
George Lynch missed Three Point Jumper.
Baron Davis missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Jamaal Magloire missed Layup. Blocked by Tony Battie.
Jamaal Magloire missed Layup.
Jamaal Magloire made 5 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Baron Davis.
P.J. Brown made 18 ft Two Point Shot.
Baron Davis missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
George Lynch made Dunk. Assisted by Darrell Armstrong.
P.J. Brown missed 17 ft Jumper.
David Wesley missed 19 ft Jumper. Blocked by Paul Pierce.
P.J. Brown missed Layup. Blocked by Tony Battie.
David Wesley missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
David Wesley missed Layup.
Darrell Armstrong missed Three Point Jumper.
Darrell Armstrong made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by David West.
Stacey Augmon missed 19 ft Jumper.
Darrell Armstrong made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Robert Traylor.
David Wesley missed Layup.
Darrell Armstrong missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Baron Davis made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Robert Traylor.
Darrell Armstrong made 18 ft Jumper.
Baron Davis missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Darrell Armstrong missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Baron Davis missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
David West made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Stacey Augmon.
Robert Traylor made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Darrell Armstrong.
Baron Davis missed 2 ft Two Point Shot.
Baron Davis missed 21 ft Jumper.
George Lynch missed 14 ft Jumper.
P.J. Brown missed 11 ft Jumper.
Baron Davis made 12 ft Two Point Shot.
Jamaal Magloire missed Layup.
Baron Davis missed 14 ft Two Point Shot.
P.J. Brown made Layup.
Baron Davis missed Layup.
P.J. Brown missed Layup. Blocked by Paul Pierce.
P.J. Brown missed Layup.
Stacey Augmon missed Layup.
Jamaal Magloire made Layup. Assisted by Baron Davis.
David Wesley made 18 ft Jumper.
David Wesley missed 21 ft Jumper.
Baron Davis made 2 ft Two Point Shot.
Baron Davis missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
Baron Davis missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
P.J. Brown made Layup.
Jamaal Magloire made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by P.J. Brown.
P.J. Brown missed Layup. Blocked by Mark Blount.
David Wesley made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by P.J. Brown.
Baron Davis missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Baron Davis missed 7 ft Jumper.
P.J. Brown missed Layup.
David Wesley missed 19 ft Jumper.
David Wesley made Layup.
David Wesley missed 24 ft Jumper.
Jamaal Magloire missed 7 ft Hook Shot.
David Wesley made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jamaal Magloire.
Jamaal Magloire missed 18 ft Jumper.
David Wesley missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Baron Davis made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Steve Smith missed Jumper.
David West missed Layup.
Steve Smith made Layup. Assisted by Darrell Armstrong.
Steve Smith made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Steve Smith missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Steve Smith missed 19 ft Jumper.
Baron Davis made Two Point Shot.
P.J. Brown made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Baron Davis.
P.J. Brown missed 19 ft Jumper.
Baron Davis missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Darrell Armstrong made Layup. Assisted by P.J. Brown.
Baron Davis missed 9 ft Two Point Shot.
Baron Davis missed Layup.
George Lynch made Layup. Assisted by David Wesley.

HORNETS

CELTICS

TIME		NO	BOS
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball. Jamaal Magloire vs. Mark Blount. Mike James gains possession.	0	0
11:38	Mark Blount 3 second	0	0
11:04	Vin Baker made 7 ft Jumper.	0	2
10:48	Baron Davis missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	2
10:45	George Lynch Offensive Rebound.	0	2
10:22	Baron Davis made 10 ft Two Point Shot.	2	2
9:52	Mike James Shooting Foul	2	2
9:52	Baron Davis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	2	2
9:52	New Orleans Offensive Rebound.	2	2
9:52	Baron Davis missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	2	2
9:52	Jamaal Magloire Offensive Rebound.	2	2
9:48	Jamaal Magloire missed Layup.	2	2
9:47	Kedrick Brown Defensive Rebound.	2	2
9:41	Kedrick Brown missed Layup.	2	2
9:40	Vin Baker Offensive Rebound.	2	2
9:38	Boston 20 Sec. Timeout.	2	2
9:26	Mike James missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	2
9:23	George Lynch Defensive Rebound.	2	2
9:14	George Lynch Bad Pass	2	2
9:03	Mark Blount missed 19 ft Jumper.	2	2
9:02	P.J. Brown Defensive Rebound.	2	2
8:44	Baron Davis Bad Pass. Stolen by Mike James.	2	2
8:40	Mike James made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kedrick Brown.	2	4
8:17	P.J. Brown missed 17 ft Jumper.	2	4
8:14	Jamaal Magloire Offensive Rebound.	2	4
8:03	George Lynch missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	2	4
8:00	Jamaal Magloire Offensive Rebound.	2	4
8:00	Jamaal Magloire made Layup.	4	4
7:47	Vin Baker Bad Pass. Stolen by Jamaal Magloire.	4	4
7:39	Jamaal Magloire made Layup. Assisted by Baron Davis.	6	4
7:22	Mike James Bad Pass. Stolen by Baron Davis.	6	4
7:18	Mark Blount Shooting Foul	6	4
7:18	George Lynch missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	6	4
7:18	New Orleans Offensive Rebound.	6	4
7:18	George Lynch missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	6	4
7:18	P.J. Brown Offensive Rebound.	6	4
7:13	P.J. Brown missed Layup.	6	4
7:11	Jamaal Magloire Offensive Rebound.	6	4
7:01	George Lynch made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Baron Davis.	9	4
6:41	Vin Baker missed 17 ft Jumper.	9	4
6:39	P.J. Brown Defensive Rebound.	9	4
6:18	George Lynch missed Three Point Jumper.	9	4
6:16	Jamaal Magloire Offensive Rebound.	9	4
6:16	24 second	9	4
5:56	Vin Baker Lost Ball. Stolen by Baron Davis.	9	4
5:48	Baron Davis missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.	9	4
5:48	New Orleans Defensive Rebound.	9	4
5:48	Boston Full Timeout.	9	4
5:48	Tony Battie enters the game for Mark Blount.	9	4
5:48	Eric Williams enters the game for Kedrick Brown.	9	4
5:35	Boston Full Timeout.	9	4
5:24	Paul Pierce missed 19 ft Jumper.	9	4
5:22	George Lynch Defensive Rebound.	9	4
5:07	Jamaal Magloire missed Layup. Blocked by Tony Battie.	9	4
5:07	Jamaal Magloire Offensive Rebound.	9	4
5:03	Jamaal Magloire missed Layup.	9	4
5:03	Vin Baker Defensive Rebound.	9	4
4:54	Paul Pierce made 19 ft Jumper.	9	6
4:54	David Wesley Shooting Foul	9	6
4:54	Paul Pierce made Free Throw 1 of 1.	9	7
4:33	Jamaal Magloire made 5 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Baron Davis.	11	7
4:15	Mike James made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.	11	10
3:50	P.J. Brown made 18 ft Two Point Shot.	13	10
3:33	Paul Pierce missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	10
3:31	Boston Offensive Rebound.	13	10
3:19	Vin Baker missed 18 ft Jumper.	13	10
3:18	Jamaal Magloire Defensive Rebound.	13	10
3:14	Baron Davis missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	10
3:12	Eric Williams Defensive Rebound.	13	10
3:00	Paul Pierce missed 17 ft Two Point Shot.	13	10
2:59	Baron Davis Defensive Rebound.	13	10
2:54	Tony Battie Shooting Foul	13	10
2:54	David Wesley missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	13	10
2:54	New Orleans Offensive Rebound.	13	10
2:54	Walter McCarty enters the game for Vin Baker.	13	10
2:54	Darrell Armstrong enters the game for Baron Davis.	13	10
2:54	Marcus Banks enters the game for Mike James.	13	10
2:54	David Wesley made Free Throw 2 of 2.	14	10
2:41	Walter McCarty Lost Ball. Stolen by George Lynch.	14	10
2:36	George Lynch made Dunk. Assisted by Darrell Armstrong.	16	10
2:31	Marcus Banks Offensive Foul	16	10
2:31	Marcus Banks Foul	16	10
2:17	P.J. Brown missed 17 ft Jumper.	16	10
2:15	Tony Battie Defensive Rebound.	16	10
2:08	Marcus Banks made 2 ft Two Point Shot.	16	12
2:01	David Wesley missed 19 ft Jumper. Blocked by Paul Pierce.	16	12
2:00	Walter McCarty Defensive Rebound.	16	12
1:54	Eric Williams missed Layup.	16	12
1:53	Eric Williams Offensive Rebound.	16	12
1:51	Eric Williams missed Layup.	16	12
1:50	Eric Williams Offensive Rebound.	16	12
1:49	Eric Williams made Tip Shot.	16	14
1:22	Eric Williams Shooting Foul	16	14
1:22	P.J. Brown made Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	14
1:22	Jiri Welsch enters the game for Paul Pierce.	17	14
1:22	P.J. Brown made Free Throw 2 of 2.	18	14
1:08	Eric Williams made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Tony Battie.	18	16
50.9	P.J. Brown missed Layup. Blocked by Tony Battie.	18	16
49.4	New Orleans Defensive Rebound.	18	16
35.9	Eric Williams Lost Ball. Stolen by Darrell Armstrong.	18	16
30.2	David Wesley missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	18	16
29.1	New Orleans Offensive Rebound.	18	16
29.1	Walter McCarty Loose Ball Foul	18	16
29.1	Jamaal Magloire made Free Throw 1 of 2.	19	16
29.1	Stacey Augmon enters the game for P.J. Brown.	19	16
29.1	David West enters the game for George Lynch.	19	16
29.1	Jamaal Magloire made Free Throw 2 of 2.	20	16
18.9	Eric Williams missed 2 ft Two Point Shot.	20	16
17.5	David West Defensive Rebound.	20	16
3.9	David Wesley missed Layup.	20	16
0.8	Tony Battie Defensive Rebound.	20	16
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	20	16

Regular Season Series

NO leads 3-0

Celtics
90
Hornets
97

Game 1

2/11

Celtics
90
Hornets
97

Game 2

2/11

Hornets
81
Celtics
73

Game 3

20/11

Hornets
81
Celtics
73

Game 4

20/11

Hornets
96
Celtics
94

Game 5

31/12

Hornets
96
Celtics
94

Game 6

31/12

Celtics
80
Hornets
89

Game 7

10/4

Celtics
80
Hornets
89

Game 8

10/4

TD Garden

12:00 AM, 20 November 2003

Boston, MA

Attendance: 13,179

Referees:
Jess Kersey
Bill Spooner
Troy Raymond

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	22	7	.759	-	L1
New York	19	10	.655	3	W4
Brooklyn	11	18	.379	11	L2
Philadelphia	10	17	.370	11	W1
Toronto	7	23	.233	15.5	L8

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