Celtics 113-100 Hornets (20 Mar, 2005) Play-by-Play

Boston Celtics

38-29, 13-19 away

113

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	26	37	31	19	113
NO	33	24	17	26	100

New Orleans Hornets

15-50, 11-22 home

100

Jamaal Magloire missed 7 ft hook shot.
J.R. Smith made driving layup.
Jamaal Magloire missed 5 ft hook shot.
Lee Nailon made 16 ft jumper.
P.J. Brown made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Jamaal Magloire.
Lee Nailon missed jumper.
Lee Nailon made layup. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
Lee Nailon made layup. Assisted by J.R. Smith.
Jamaal Magloire made dunk. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
Jamaal Magloire missed layup.
Jamaal Magloire made layup.
Dan Dickau made layup. Assisted by Lee Nailon.
Lee Nailon missed 16 ft jumper.
P.J. Brown made layup. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
P.J. Brown missed 17 ft jumper.
Jackson Vroman missed layup.
Speedy Claxton made driving layup.
Jackson Vroman missed two point shot.
J.R. Smith made dunk. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.
Jackson Vroman missed layup.
J.R. Smith made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.
Bostjan Nachbar made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.
Speedy Claxton missed layup.
Jackson Vroman missed layup.
Bostjan Nachbar made 15 ft two point shot.
J.R. Smith missed 40 ft three point jumper.
Jamaal Magloire made layup. Assisted by Jackson Vroman.
Casey Jacobsen missed three point jumper.
Bostjan Nachbar made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Casey Jacobsen.
Jackson Vroman's 11 ft jumper blocked by Delonte West.
Jackson Vroman made dunk. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.
Jamaal Magloire missed 8 ft hook shot.
J.R. Smith missed 26 ft three point jumper.
J.R. Smith missed layup.
Jamaal Magloire made tip shot.
Dan Dickau made 22 ft jumper.
P.J. Brown made 9 ft two point shot. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
Bostjan Nachbar made 5 ft running jumper. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
J.R. Smith missed 25 ft three point jumper.
P.J. Brown made layup.
Bostjan Nachbar made 23 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.
J.R. Smith missed layup.
P.J. Brown made tip shot.
J.R. Smith missed 24 ft three point jumper.
J.R. Smith missed 6 ft jumper.
Dan Dickau made 18 ft jumper.
P.J. Brown made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by J.R. Smith.
Jamaal Magloire missed hook shot.
Dan Dickau missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Lee Nailon made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Dan Dickau.
Lee Nailon missed layup.
Lee Nailon missed layup.
Jamaal Magloire made layup.
Dan Dickau missed 8 ft jumper.
Lee Nailon made two point shot.
J.R. Smith's 8 ft jumper blocked by Raef LaFrentz.
Dan Dickau missed 23 ft jumper.
P.J. Brown missed 14 ft jumper.
Casey Jacobsen made 23 ft three point jumper. Assisted by P.J. Brown.
P.J. Brown missed 16 ft jumper.
Bostjan Nachbar missed three point jumper.
Casey Jacobsen missed layup.
Dan Dickau made driving layup.
J.R. Smith made 17 ft jumper.
J.R. Smith missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Jackson Vroman missed two point shot.
Lee Nailon made 6 ft jumper.
Lee Nailon missed 17 ft jumper.
J.R. Smith made 6 ft two point shot. Assisted by Casey Jacobsen.
J.R. Smith made driving layup.
Lee Nailon missed 18 ft jumper.
Casey Jacobsen missed 9 ft jumper.
J.R. Smith made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Jackson Vroman.
J.R. Smith made 8 ft jumper. Assisted by Jamaal Magloire.
Dan Dickau missed layup.
Bostjan Nachbar made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Maciej Lampe.
Maciej Lampe's layup blocked by Al Jefferson.
Dan Dickau made driving layup.
Bostjan Nachbar missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Jackson Vroman missed 20 ft jumper.
Antoine Walker missed 5 ft jumper.
Gary Payton made layup. Assisted by Antoine Walker.
Paul Pierce made 17 ft jumper.
Raef LaFrentz made dunk. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Paul Pierce made driving layup.
Tony Allen missed 6 ft jumper.
Paul Pierce made 16 ft jumper.
Tony Allen made layup. Assisted by Raef LaFrentz.
Tony Allen missed layup.
Antoine Walker missed hook shot.
Tony Allen's layup blocked by P.J. Brown.
Tony Allen made layup.
Antoine Walker made hook shot. Assisted by Raef LaFrentz.
Paul Pierce missed layup.
Antoine Walker missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Ricky Davis made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Raef LaFrentz missed three point jumper.
Ricky Davis missed jumper.
Raef LaFrentz made dunk. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Marcus Banks's layup blocked by P.J. Brown.
Mark Blount made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Ricky Davis.
Ricky Davis made layup. Assisted by Mark Blount.
Al Jefferson missed 6 ft jumper.
Al Jefferson missed layup.
Mark Blount missed 5 ft jumper.
Ricky Davis missed two point shot.
Tony Allen missed layup.
Al Jefferson made layup.
Ricky Davis made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Delonte West.
Delonte West made 26 ft three point jumper.
Antoine Walker made driving layup.
Delonte West made 26 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Antoine Walker.
Ricky Davis missed 9 ft jumper.
Antoine Walker made 17 ft two point shot. Assisted by Ricky Davis.
Ricky Davis made 25 ft three point jumper.
Gary Payton made driving layup.
Ricky Davis made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Gary Payton made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Antoine Walker.
Paul Pierce missed 40 ft three point jumper.
Paul Pierce missed jumper.
Antoine Walker made running jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Raef LaFrentz missed 15 ft jumper.
Paul Pierce made layup.
Gary Payton made two point shot. Assisted by Tony Allen.
Antoine Walker made 9 ft two point shot. Assisted by Raef LaFrentz.
Gary Payton's layup blocked by P.J. Brown.
Paul Pierce missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Tony Allen missed layup.
Tony Allen made layup.
Antoine Walker missed 18 ft jumper.
Gary Payton made 16 ft two point shot.
Tony Allen made dunk.
Paul Pierce made 22 ft jumper. Assisted by Antoine Walker.
Paul Pierce made 6 ft jumper.
Paul Pierce made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Ricky Davis made three point jumper. Assisted by Paul Pierce.
Antoine Walker made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Antoine Walker missed 6 ft jumper.
Ricky Davis missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Mark Blount missed 15 ft jumper.
Delonte West missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Mark Blount missed dunk.
Ricky Davis missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Delonte West missed 16 ft jumper.
Antoine Walker made two point shot. Assisted by Ricky Davis.
Ricky Davis's layup blocked by Jamaal Magloire.
Paul Pierce made jumper.
Ricky Davis made dunk. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Ricky Davis missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Kendrick Perkins missed 8 ft jumper.
Al Jefferson missed jumper.
Kendrick Perkins made layup.

CELTICS

HORNETS

TIME		BOS	NO
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Raef LaFrentz vs. Jamaal Magloire. P.J. Brown gains possession.	0	0
11:42	Jamaal Magloire missed 7 ft hook shot.	0	0
11:41	Antoine Walker defensive rebound.	0	0
11:27	Antoine Walker missed 5 ft jumper.	0	0
11:26	P.J. Brown defensive rebound.	0	0
11:15	J.R. Smith made driving layup.	0	2
11:04	Gary Payton made layup. Assisted by Antoine Walker.	2	2
10:51	Jamaal Magloire missed 5 ft hook shot.	2	2
10:49	Antoine Walker defensive rebound.	2	2
10:37	Paul Pierce made 17 ft jumper.	4	2
10:26	Lee Nailon made 16 ft jumper.	4	4
10:15	Dan Dickau Personal Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	4	4
10:15	Paul Pierce Bad Pass	4	4
10:02	P.J. Brown made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Jamaal Magloire.	4	6
9:51	Lee Nailon Personal Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	4	6
9:45	Raef LaFrentz made dunk. Assisted by Paul Pierce.	6	6
9:26	Raef LaFrentz Personal Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	6	6
9:12	Lee Nailon missed jumper.	6	6
9:10	Raef LaFrentz defensive rebound.	6	6
9:03	Paul Pierce made driving layup.	8	6
8:48	Lee Nailon made layup. Assisted by Dan Dickau.	8	8
8:36	Tony Allen missed 6 ft jumper.	8	8
8:34	P.J. Brown defensive rebound.	8	8
8:14	Lee Nailon made layup. Assisted by J.R. Smith.	8	10
7:47	Paul Pierce made 16 ft jumper.	10	10
7:28	Jamaal Magloire made dunk. Assisted by Dan Dickau.	10	12
7:13	Tony Allen made layup. Assisted by Raef LaFrentz.	12	12
6:52	Jamaal Magloire missed layup.	12	12
6:52	Jamaal Magloire offensive rebound.	12	12
6:50	Jamaal Magloire made layup.	12	14
6:37	J.R. Smith Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	12	14
6:37	Tony Allen made Free Throw 1 of 2.	13	14
6:37	Tony Allen made Free Throw 2 of 2.	14	14
6:28	Dan Dickau made layup. Assisted by Lee Nailon.	14	16
6:07	Tony Allen missed layup.	14	16
6:05	P.J. Brown defensive rebound.	14	16
6:00	Lee Nailon missed 16 ft jumper.	14	16
5:58	Raef LaFrentz defensive rebound.	14	16
5:52	Antoine Walker Bad Pass. Stolen by Dan Dickau.	14	16
5:47	P.J. Brown made layup. Assisted by Dan Dickau.	14	18
5:24	Antoine Walker missed hook shot.	14	18
5:24	Tony Allen offensive rebound.	14	18
5:22	Tony Allen's layup blocked by P.J. Brown.	14	18
5:20	Tony Allen offensive rebound.	14	18
5:18	Tony Allen made layup.	16	18
5:09	New Orleans Full Timeout.	16	18
5:09	Jackson Vroman enters the game for Jamaal Magloire.	16	19
5:00	Paul Pierce Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	16	18
5:00	Lee Nailon made Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	19
5:00	Lee Nailon missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	16	19
4:58	Paul Pierce defensive rebound.	16	19
4:45	Lee Nailon Shooting Foul. His 3rd Personal Foul.	16	19
4:45	Speedy Claxton enters the game for Dan Dickau.	16	19
4:45	Paul Pierce made Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	19
4:45	Bostjan Nachbar enters the game for Lee Nailon.	17	19
4:45	Paul Pierce made Free Throw 2 of 2.	18	19
4:31	Tony Allen Shooting Foul. His 2nd Personal Foul.	18	19
4:31	J.R. Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.	18	20
4:31	J.R. Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.	18	21
4:18	Antoine Walker made hook shot. Assisted by Raef LaFrentz.	20	21
3:56	P.J. Brown missed 17 ft jumper.	20	21
3:54	Tony Allen defensive rebound.	20	21
3:44	Paul Pierce missed layup.	20	21
3:43	Jackson Vroman defensive rebound.	20	21
3:34	Jackson Vroman missed layup.	20	21
3:34	New Orleans offensive rebound.	20	21
3:34	Ricky Davis enters the game for Tony Allen.	20	21
3:26	Speedy Claxton made driving layup.	20	23
3:26	Gary Payton Shooting Foul. His 2nd Personal Foul.	20	23
3:26	Speedy Claxton missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	20	23
3:26	P.J. Brown Lane Violation	20	23
3:14	Antoine Walker Bad Pass. Stolen by J.R. Smith.	20	23
3:08	Jackson Vroman missed two point shot.	20	23
3:05	Antoine Walker defensive rebound.	20	23
3:01	Antoine Walker Bad Pass. Stolen by Speedy Claxton.	20	23
2:58	J.R. Smith made dunk. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.	20	25
2:36	Antoine Walker missed 26 ft three point jumper.	20	25
2:34	J.R. Smith defensive rebound.	20	25
2:20	Jackson Vroman missed layup.	20	25
2:19	Antoine Walker defensive rebound.	20	25
2:14	Ricky Davis made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.	23	25
1:49	J.R. Smith made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.	23	28
1:21	Raef LaFrentz missed three point jumper.	23	28
1:20	Jackson Vroman defensive rebound.	23	28
1:10	Bostjan Nachbar made 25 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Speedy Claxton.	23	31
57.9	Ricky Davis missed jumper.	23	31
55.9	P.J. Brown defensive rebound.	23	31
49.9	Speedy Claxton missed layup.	23	31
48.8	Jackson Vroman offensive rebound.	23	31
47.9	Jackson Vroman missed layup.	23	31
46.9	Ricky Davis defensive rebound.	23	31
38.4	Raef LaFrentz made dunk. Assisted by Gary Payton.	25	31
38.4	P.J. Brown Shooting Foul. His 2nd Personal Foul.	25	31
38.4	Boston Full Timeout.	25	31
38.4	Mark Blount enters the game for Ricky Davis.	25	31
38.4	Mark Blount Delay of Game	25	31
38.4	Marcus Banks enters the game for Antoine Walker.	25	31
38.4	Ricky Davis enters the game for Gary Payton.	25	31
38.4	Raef LaFrentz made Free Throw 1 of 1.	26	31
22.0	Bostjan Nachbar made 15 ft two point shot.	26	33
3.1	Marcus Banks's layup blocked by P.J. Brown.	26	33
3.1	Boston offensive rebound.	26	33
3.1	Al Jefferson enters the game for Raef LaFrentz.	26	33
2.9	Paul Pierce Bad Pass. Stolen by J.R. Smith.	26	33
0.0	J.R. Smith missed 40 ft three point jumper.	26	33
0.0	New Orleans offensive rebound.	26	33
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	26	33

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 3-0

Hornets
90
Celtics
108

Game 1

4/1

Hornets
90
Celtics
108

Game 2

4/1

Celtics
113
Hornets
100

Game 3

20/3

Celtics
113
Hornets
100

Game 4

20/3

Smoothie King Center

12:00 AM, 20 March 2005

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 17,059

Referees:
Tim Donaghy
Dick Bavetta
Derrick Collins

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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