Celtics 97-92 Bobcats (26 Jan, 2005) Play-by-Play

Boston Celtics

19-22, 6-16 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	27	24	20	26	97
CHA	21	26	23	22	92

Charlotte Bobcats

8-30, 7-13 home

Emeka Okafor missed 6 ft jumper.
Kareem Rush missed layup.
Gerald Wallace's layup blocked by Raef LaFrentz.
Primoz Brezec missed layup.
Gerald Wallace made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Emeka Okafor.
Gerald Wallace missed 23 ft three point jumper.
Kareem Rush missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Gerald Wallace made two point shot. Assisted by Kareem Rush.
Gerald Wallace's layup blocked by Paul Pierce.
Kareem Rush missed 12 ft jumper.
Kareem Rush made 16 ft jumper.
Gerald Wallace made layup.
Emeka Okafor missed 16 ft jumper.
Primoz Brezec made driving layup.
Primoz Brezec missed 16 ft jumper.
Kareem Rush made 23 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.
Primoz Brezec missed 14 ft jumper.
Kareem Rush made layup.
Melvin Ely missed 7 ft hook shot.
Jason Kapono missed 6 ft hook shot.
Jamal Sampson missed jumper.
Jason Hart made layup.
Keith Bogans made 21 ft jumper.
Bernard Robinson Jr made layup.
Jason Kapono missed 18 ft jumper.
Jason Kapono made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Keith Bogans made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jamal Sampson made dunk. Assisted by Emeka Okafor.
Jason Kapono made 7 ft jumper.
Jason Hart missed 22 ft jumper.
Kareem Rush missed 23 ft three point jumper.
Emeka Okafor missed 16 ft jumper.
Emeka Okafor missed 6 ft jumper.
Gerald Wallace missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Kareem Rush missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Primoz Brezec made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Kareem Rush.
Emeka Okafor missed jumper.
Kareem Rush missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Primoz Brezec made dunk. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jason Kapono made 26 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Primoz Brezec.
Emeka Okafor missed 14 ft jumper.
Primoz Brezec made jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jason Kapono missed 23 ft three point jumper.
Kareem Rush made layup.
Gerald Wallace missed 17 ft jumper.
Emeka Okafor made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.
Emeka Okafor made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Gerald Wallace missed 19 ft jumper.
Emeka Okafor missed 14 ft jumper.
Kareem Rush missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Emeka Okafor's 6 ft jumper blocked by Mark Blount.
Kareem Rush made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Emeka Okafor made layup. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.
Jason Hart missed 15 ft jumper.
Emeka Okafor made two point shot. Assisted by Keith Bogans.
Keith Bogans missed 16 ft jumper.
Primoz Brezec made two point shot. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Melvin Ely missed 5 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans missed 16 ft jumper.
Emeka Okafor made dunk. Assisted by Keith Bogans.
Jason Hart's driving layup blocked by Kendrick Perkins.
Keith Bogans made two point shot.
Melvin Ely missed 7 ft hook shot.
Bernard Robinson Jr missed layup.
Emeka Okafor made 11 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Emeka Okafor made layup.
Jason Hart missed 18 ft jumper.
Jason Hart missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Primoz Brezec made 16 ft two point shot.
Emeka Okafor made layup. Assisted by Keith Bogans.
Keith Bogans made 6 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jason Hart missed 8 ft running jumper.
Emeka Okafor missed 11 ft jumper.
Kareem Rush made 20 ft jumper.
Kareem Rush made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Keith Bogans missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Emeka Okafor made layup. Assisted by Keith Bogans.
Primoz Brezec's layup blocked by Mark Blount.
Primoz Brezec made dunk. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Emeka Okafor made 8 ft two point shot.
Kareem Rush missed jumper.
Jason Hart made 26 ft three point jumper.
Jason Hart missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Jason Kapono missed 23 ft three point jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 18 ft jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Gary Payton missed layup.
Paul Pierce made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Raef LaFrentz missed 21 ft jumper.
Tony Allen missed layup.
Paul Pierce missed layup.
Gary Payton made 13 ft jumper. Assisted by Tony Allen.
Mark Blount made dunk. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Paul Pierce's 8 ft jumper blocked by Emeka Okafor.
Paul Pierce made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Raef LaFrentz.
Mark Blount made 13 ft jumper. Assisted by Ricky Davis.
Paul Pierce made dunk. Assisted by Mark Blount.
Ricky Davis made dunk.
Raef LaFrentz made layup. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Raef LaFrentz made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Mark Blount.
Raef LaFrentz made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Al Jefferson made dunk. Assisted by Jiri Welsch.
Marcus Banks missed 18 ft jumper.
Marcus Banks missed layup.
Jiri Welsch missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Marcus Banks made 23 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Ricky Davis.
Ricky Davis made jumper. Assisted by Marcus Banks.
Ricky Davis's layup blocked by Jamal Sampson.
Ricky Davis made layup.
Jiri Welsch made driving layup.
Al Jefferson made dunk. Assisted by Ricky Davis.
Gary Payton missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Kendrick Perkins missed layup.
Al Jefferson made tip shot.
Al Jefferson missed 5 ft jumper.
Ricky Davis missed 20 ft jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Ricky Davis missed layup.
Paul Pierce made layup. Assisted by Mark Blount.
Raef LaFrentz missed jumper.
Paul Pierce made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Mark Blount.
Raef LaFrentz made dunk. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Paul Pierce made 18 ft jumper.
Gary Payton missed 14 ft jumper.
Paul Pierce missed 16 ft jumper.
Gary Payton missed 9 ft jumper.
Paul Pierce made driving dunk.
Paul Pierce's layup blocked by Emeka Okafor.
Raef LaFrentz made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Paul Pierce missed 17 ft jumper.
Gary Payton missed three point jumper.
Gary Payton missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Paul Pierce made 15 ft jumper.
Tony Allen made driving layup. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Raef LaFrentz missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Jiri Welsch missed 21 ft jumper.
Jiri Welsch made 23 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Gary Payton made 11 ft two point shot.
Mark Blount missed 18 ft jumper.
Gary Payton missed 17 ft jumper.
Ricky Davis missed 13 ft jumper.
Ricky Davis made dunk. Assisted by Al Jefferson.
Marcus Banks missed driving layup.
Al Jefferson's layup blocked by Emeka Okafor.
Tony Allen made jumper.
Tony Allen's layup blocked by Jason Kapono.
Gary Payton missed 14 ft jumper.
Kendrick Perkins's layup blocked by Emeka Okafor.
Paul Pierce made jumper.
Mark Blount missed 16 ft jumper.
Ricky Davis missed 23 ft three point jumper.
Mark Blount missed 16 ft jumper.
Al Jefferson's layup blocked by Emeka Okafor.
Mark Blount made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Ricky Davis missed 17 ft jumper.
Al Jefferson made jumper.
Paul Pierce made 9 ft jumper.
Mark Blount missed 17 ft jumper.

CELTICS

BOBCATS

TIME		BOS	CHA
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Mark Blount vs. Emeka Okafor. Gary Payton gains possession.	0	0
11:41	Paul Pierce missed 18 ft jumper.	0	0
11:37	Mark Blount offensive rebound.	0	0
11:26	Paul Pierce Bad Pass. Stolen by Gerald Wallace.	0	0
11:22	Tony Allen Shooting Foul. Allen's 1st Personal Foul, Boston's 1st Team Foul.	0	0
11:22	Gerald Wallace missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	0	0
11:22	Charlotte offensive rebound.	0	0
11:22	Gerald Wallace made Free Throw 2 of 2.	0	1
11:12	Paul Pierce Turnover	0	1
10:56	Emeka Okafor missed 6 ft jumper.	0	1
10:52	Kareem Rush offensive rebound.	0	1
10:52	Kareem Rush missed layup.	0	1
10:48	Charlotte defensive rebound.	0	1
10:33	Paul Pierce missed 26 ft three point jumper.	0	1
10:32	Jason Hart defensive rebound.	0	1
10:15	Gerald Wallace's layup blocked by Raef LaFrentz.	0	1
10:12	Primoz Brezec offensive rebound.	0	1
10:11	Primoz Brezec missed layup.	0	1
10:10	Mark Blount defensive rebound.	0	1
10:04	Gary Payton missed layup.	0	1
10:03	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound.	0	1
9:47	Gerald Wallace made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Emeka Okafor.	0	4
9:27	Paul Pierce made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.	2	4
9:08	Gerald Wallace missed 23 ft three point jumper.	2	4
9:06	Raef LaFrentz defensive rebound.	2	4
8:59	Raef LaFrentz missed 21 ft jumper.	2	4
8:56	Jason Hart defensive rebound.	2	4
8:37	Kareem Rush missed 25 ft three point jumper.	2	4
8:33	Mark Blount defensive rebound.	2	4
8:29	Tony Allen missed layup.	2	4
8:26	Primoz Brezec defensive rebound.	2	4
8:22	Gerald Wallace made two point shot. Assisted by Kareem Rush.	2	6
8:11	Paul Pierce missed layup.	2	6
8:10	Kareem Rush defensive rebound.	2	6
8:03	Gerald Wallace's layup blocked by Paul Pierce.	2	6
8:02	Emeka Okafor offensive rebound.	2	6
7:48	Kareem Rush missed 12 ft jumper.	2	6
7:46	Paul Pierce defensive rebound.	2	6
7:39	Gary Payton made 13 ft jumper. Assisted by Tony Allen.	4	6
7:26	Raef LaFrentz Personal Foul. LaFrentz's 1st Personal Foul, Boston's 2nd Team Foul.	4	6
7:09	Kareem Rush made 16 ft jumper.	4	8
7:01	Mark Blount made dunk. Assisted by Gary Payton.	6	8
6:46	Mark Blount Personal Foul. Blount's 1st Personal Foul, Boston's 3rd Team Foul.	6	8
6:33	Gerald Wallace made layup.	6	10
6:20	Paul Pierce's 8 ft jumper blocked by Emeka Okafor.	6	10
6:18	Gerald Wallace defensive rebound.	6	10
6:09	Emeka Okafor Offensive Foul. Okafor's 2nd Personal Foul, Charlotte's 1st Team Foul.	6	10
6:09	Emeka Okafor Turnover	6	10
6:03	Jason Hart Shooting Foul. Hart's 1st Personal Foul, Charlotte's 2nd Team Foul.	6	10
6:03	Gary Payton made Free Throw 1 of 2.	7	10
6:03	Gary Payton made Free Throw 2 of 2.	8	10
5:54	Tony Allen Personal Foul. Allen's 2nd Personal Foul, Boston's 4th Team Foul.	8	10
5:54	Charlotte Full Timeout.	8	10
5:54	Ricky Davis enters the game for Tony Allen.	8	10
5:43	Emeka Okafor missed 16 ft jumper.	8	10
5:39	Primoz Brezec offensive rebound.	8	10
5:33	Ricky Davis Shooting Foul. Davis's 1st Personal Foul, Boston's 5th Team Foul.	8	10
5:33	Primoz Brezec made Free Throw 1 of 2.	8	11
5:33	Primoz Brezec made Free Throw 2 of 2.	8	12
5:20	Paul Pierce made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Raef LaFrentz.	10	12
5:03	Primoz Brezec made driving layup.	10	14
4:47	Mark Blount made 13 ft jumper. Assisted by Ricky Davis.	12	14
4:33	Primoz Brezec missed 16 ft jumper.	12	14
4:31	Emeka Okafor offensive rebound.	12	14
4:31	Emeka Okafor Offensive Foul. Okafor's 3rd Personal Foul, Charlotte's 3rd Team Foul.	12	14
4:31	Emeka Okafor Turnover	12	14
4:31	Melvin Ely enters the game for Emeka Okafor.	14	17
4:22	Paul Pierce made dunk. Assisted by Mark Blount.	14	14
4:07	Kareem Rush made 23 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.	14	17
3:56	Kareem Rush Personal Foul. Rush's 1st Personal Foul, Charlotte's 4th Team Foul.	14	17
3:49	Mark Blount Bad Pass. Stolen by Gerald Wallace.	14	17
3:34	Melvin Ely Bad Pass. Stolen by Ricky Davis.	14	17
3:30	Ricky Davis made dunk.	16	17
3:18	Primoz Brezec missed 14 ft jumper.	16	17
3:16	Paul Pierce defensive rebound.	16	17
3:12	Raef LaFrentz made layup. Assisted by Paul Pierce.	18	17
2:56	Kareem Rush made layup.	18	19
2:45	Raef LaFrentz made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Mark Blount.	21	19
2:28	Kareem Rush Lost Ball. Stolen by Raef LaFrentz.	21	19
2:19	Raef LaFrentz made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.	24	19
2:19	Charlotte 20 Sec. Timeout.	24	19
2:19	Boston Full Timeout.	24	19
2:19	Keith Bogans enters the game for Kareem Rush.	24	19
2:19	Jamal Sampson enters the game for Primoz Brezec.	24	19
2:19	Al Jefferson enters the game for Mark Blount.	24	19
2:00	Melvin Ely missed 7 ft hook shot.	24	19
1:58	Paul Pierce defensive rebound.	24	19
1:57	Keith Bogans Shooting Foul. Bogans's 1st Personal Foul, Charlotte's 5th Team Foul.	24	19
1:57	Marcus Banks enters the game for Gary Payton.	24	19
1:57	Jason Kapono enters the game for Gerald Wallace.	24	19
1:57	Ricky Davis missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	24	19
1:57	Boston offensive rebound.	24	19
1:57	Ricky Davis made Free Throw 2 of 2.	25	19
1:50	Jason Kapono Turnover	25	19
1:50	Jiri Welsch enters the game for Paul Pierce.	25	19
1:39	Al Jefferson made dunk. Assisted by Jiri Welsch.	27	19
1:16	Jason Kapono missed 6 ft hook shot.	27	19
1:14	Raef LaFrentz defensive rebound.	27	19
1:10	Marcus Banks missed 18 ft jumper.	27	19
1:07	Keith Bogans defensive rebound.	27	19
54.8	Jamal Sampson missed jumper.	27	19
51.8	Ricky Davis defensive rebound.	27	19
29.8	Marcus Banks missed layup.	27	19
28.6	Jamal Sampson defensive rebound.	27	19
6.6	Jason Hart made layup.	27	21
0.3	Jiri Welsch missed 26 ft three point jumper.	27	21
0.0	Boston offensive rebound.	27	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	27	21

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 2-0

Bobcats
74
Celtics
91

Game 1

13/11

Celtics
97
Bobcats
92

Game 2

26/1

Bobcats
84
Celtics
104

Game 3

5/3

Celtics
119
Bobcats
110

Game 4

15/3

Charlotte Coliseum

12:00 AM, 26 January 2005

Charlotte, NC

Attendance: 11,129

Referees:
Joe Crawford
Ron Olesiak
Monty McCutchen

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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