Celtics 85-71 Pacers (15 Dec, 2005) Play-by-Play

Indiana Pacers

12-8, 5-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
IND	21	10	21	19	71
BOS	22	25	14	24	85

Boston Celtics

9-12, 7-5 home

Paul Pierce makes 18-foot jumper (Mark Blount assists)
Mark Blount misses layup
Kendrick Perkins misses 4-foot hook shot
Kendrick Perkins misses tip shot
Mark Blount makes driving layup (Kendrick Perkins assists)
Mark Blount makes 22-foot jumper
Ricky Davis misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kendrick Perkins misses layup
Ricky Davis misses jumper
Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mark Blount assists)
Mark Blount makes driving dunk (Ricky Davis assists)
Mark Blount makes 19-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Paul Pierce misses 23-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses 16-foot jumper
Ricky Davis makes 15-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
Ricky Davis makes 22-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Mark Blount makes hook shot (Paul Pierce assists)
Mark Blount misses 21-foot jumper
Ricky Davis misses 19-foot jumper
Al Jefferson misses layup
Stephen Jackson blocks Paul Pierce's layup
Al Jefferson misses jumper
Paul Pierce makes two point shot (Orien Greene assists)
Orien Greene misses 18-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson blocks Paul Pierce's jumper
Orien Greene makes 20-foot jumper
Ricky Davis misses 17-foot jumper
Orien Greene makes layup (Ricky Davis assists)
Al Jefferson makes layup
Al Jefferson makes layup (Ricky Davis assists)
Raef LaFrentz misses 19-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes makes layup (Orien Greene assists)
Ryan Gomes misses layup
Al Jefferson misses 7-foot jumper
Delonte West misses 20-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses layup
Ricky Davis makes 15-foot jumper
Mark Blount makes layup (Ricky Davis assists)
Paul Pierce makes layup
Paul Pierce misses layup
Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Ricky Davis misses 19-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses 15-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses 13-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes 19-foot jumper
Mark Blount makes 19-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Ricky Davis misses 22-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses layup
Mark Blount misses 17-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins makes layup
Paul Pierce makes driving dunk (Al Jefferson assists)
Ricky Davis misses 14-foot jumper
Al Jefferson makes 17-foot jumper (Kendrick Perkins assists)
Scot Pollard blocks Paul Pierce's two point shot
Raef LaFrentz misses 17-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes misses layup
Raef LaFrentz misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes misses layup
Ricky Davis misses layup
Raef LaFrentz makes jumper (Ricky Davis assists)
Danny Granger blocks Al Jefferson's layup
Paul Pierce makes two point shot (Mark Blount assists)
Paul Pierce makes 27-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce misses layup
Orien Greene makes 17-foot jumper
Mark Blount makes 6-foot hook shot (Ricky Davis assists)
Paul Pierce misses jumper
Mark Blount makes jumper (Ricky Davis assists)
Paul Pierce misses 16-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes layup (Delonte West assists)
Orien Greene misses 15-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes driving layup
Jermaine O'Neal misses 16-foot two point shot
Anthony Johnson makes 23-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson makes 19-foot jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Jermaine O'Neal makes jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 25-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson misses 6-foot running jumper
Jermaine O'Neal makes 17-foot jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Jermaine O'Neal misses 17-foot jumper
Anthony Johnson makes 12-foot two point shot
Anthony Johnson makes jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Jermaine O'Neal misses layup
Stephen Jackson misses 18-foot jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses jumper
Danny Granger makes 18-foot jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)
David Harrison makes 7-foot jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)
Paul Pierce blocks Stephen Jackson's jumper
Stephen Jackson makes three point jumper (Fred Jones assists)
David Harrison misses two point shot
Jermaine O'Neal misses 13-foot two point shot
Jermaine O'Neal misses 7-foot jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 25-foot three point jumper
Fred Jones misses jumper
Fred Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jermaine O'Neal misses 16-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson misses tip shot
Jermaine O'Neal misses 17-foot jumper
Jermaine O'Neal misses dunk
Fred Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson makes layup
Sarunas Jasikevicius makes 18-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins blocks Stephen Jackson's layup
Jermaine O'Neal misses 20-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jermaine O'Neal assists)
Jeff Foster misses 42-foot three point jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius makes 24-foot three point jumper (Stephen Jackson assists)
Jeff Foster misses layup
Sarunas Jasikevicius makes 18-foot jumper
Jermaine O'Neal misses jumper
Stephen Jackson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 25-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Johnson makes 5-foot running jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses three point jumper
Anthony Johnson makes driving layup
Stephen Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce blocks Stephen Jackson's 14-foot jumper
Jermaine O'Neal misses 11-foot two point shot
Kendrick Perkins blocks Stephen Jackson's layup
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 9-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson misses 18-foot jumper
Jermaine O'Neal makes 17-foot jumper (Stephen Jackson assists)
Jermaine O'Neal makes 18-foot jumper (Fred Jones assists)
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 25-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson misses layup
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 24-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jermaine O'Neal misses 6-foot jumper
Al Jefferson blocks Fred Jones's driving layup
Fred Jones misses 2-foot two point shot
Anthony Johnson makes driving layup
Danny Granger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Danny Granger misses 15-foot jumper
Fred Jones makes driving dunk
Fred Jones misses jumper
Jermaine O'Neal misses layup
Anthony Johnson misses 22-foot jumper
Fred Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jermaine O'Neal makes 19-foot jumper (Fred Jones assists)
Stephen Jackson makes layup (Jeff Foster assists)
Jeff Foster makes layup (Jermaine O'Neal assists)
Fred Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)
Fred Jones makes three point jumper (Stephen Jackson assists)
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 25-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Mark Blount blocks Jermaine O'Neal's layup
Anthony Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson misses layup
Fred Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 25-foot three point jumper

PACERS

CELTICS

TIME		IND	BOS
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Jermaine O'Neal vs. Kendrick Perkins (Sarunas Jasikevicius gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Jermaine O'Neal misses 16-foot two point shot	0	0
11:41	Indiana defensive rebound	0	0
11:30	Paul Pierce makes 18-foot jumper (Mark Blount assists)	0	2
11:18	Kendrick Perkins personal foul (Jermaine O'Neal draws the foul)	0	2
11:06	Jeff Foster turnover	0	2
10:51	Mark Blount misses layup	0	2
10:49	Jermaine O'Neal defensive rebound	0	2
10:41	Anthony Johnson makes 23-foot jumper	2	2
10:21	Jermaine O'Neal illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	2	2
10:21	Paul Pierce makes technical free throw	2	3
10:17	Paul Pierce bad pass	2	3
9:57	Stephen Jackson makes 19-foot jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)	4	3
9:45	Kendrick Perkins misses 4-foot hook shot	4	3
9:42	Kendrick Perkins offensive rebound	4	3
9:41	Kendrick Perkins misses tip shot	4	3
9:41	Anthony Johnson defensive rebound	4	3
9:25	Jermaine O'Neal offensive foul (Mark Blount draws the foul)	4	3
9:25	Jermaine O'Neal turnover	4	3
9:11	Mark Blount makes driving layup (Kendrick Perkins assists)	4	5
8:53	Mark Blount personal foul (Jermaine O'Neal draws the foul)	4	5
8:45	Jermaine O'Neal makes jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)	6	5
8:19	Mark Blount makes 22-foot jumper	6	7
8:02	Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 25-foot three point jumper	6	7
8:00	Paul Pierce defensive rebound	6	7
7:52	Ricky Davis misses 24-foot three point jumper	6	7
7:50	Kendrick Perkins offensive rebound	6	7
7:50	Kendrick Perkins misses layup	6	7
7:48	Jeff Foster defensive rebound	6	7
7:39	Stephen Jackson misses 6-foot running jumper	6	7
7:37	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	6	7
7:33	Anthony Johnson personal foul (Delonte West draws the foul)	6	7
7:26	Ricky Davis misses jumper	6	7
7:24	Kendrick Perkins offensive rebound	6	7
7:13	Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mark Blount assists)	6	10
6:58	Jermaine O'Neal bad pass (Kendrick Perkins steals)	6	10
6:54	Mark Blount makes driving dunk (Ricky Davis assists)	6	12
6:48	Indiana full timeout	6	12
6:31	Jermaine O'Neal makes 17-foot jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)	8	12
6:13	Mark Blount makes 19-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)	8	14
5:54	Jermaine O'Neal misses 17-foot jumper	8	14
5:54	Delonte West defensive rebound	8	14
5:48	Paul Pierce misses 23-foot jumper	8	14
5:46	Sarunas Jasikevicius defensive rebound	8	14
5:30	Anthony Johnson makes 12-foot two point shot	10	14
5:09	Paul Pierce misses 16-foot jumper	10	14
5:09	Anthony Johnson defensive rebound	10	14
4:52	Anthony Johnson makes jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)	12	14
4:45	Ricky Davis makes 15-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)	12	16
4:24	Ricky Davis personal foul (Sarunas Jasikevicius draws the foul)	12	16
4:24	Danny Granger enters the game for Jeff Foster	12	16
4:24	Al Jefferson enters the game for Kendrick Perkins	12	16
4:18	Jermaine O'Neal misses layup	12	16
4:16	Indiana offensive rebound	12	16
4:05	Stephen Jackson misses 18-foot jumper	12	16
4:03	Indiana offensive rebound	12	16
4:01	Sarunas Jasikevicius misses jumper	12	16
3:59	Paul Pierce defensive rebound	12	16
3:55	Ricky Davis makes 22-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)	12	18
3:34	Jermaine O'Neal offensive foul (Al Jefferson draws the foul)	12	18
3:34	Jermaine O'Neal turnover	12	18
3:34	David Harrison enters the game for Jermaine O'Neal	12	18
3:34	Fred Jones enters the game for Sarunas Jasikevicius	12	18
3:27	Mark Blount traveling	12	18
3:13	Danny Granger makes 18-foot jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)	14	18
3:00	Ricky Davis bad pass (Danny Granger steals)	14	18
2:55	Stephen Jackson traveling	14	18
2:55	Boston full timeout	14	18
2:46	Danny Granger personal foul (Mark Blount draws the foul)	14	18
2:43	Mark Blount makes hook shot (Paul Pierce assists)	14	20
2:43	David Harrison illegal defense	14	20
2:25	David Harrison makes 7-foot jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)	16	20
2:11	Mark Blount misses 21-foot jumper	16	20
2:09	Stephen Jackson defensive rebound	16	20
1:53	Paul Pierce blocks Stephen Jackson's jumper	16	20
1:50	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	16	20
1:49	Ricky Davis misses 19-foot jumper	16	20
1:47	Al Jefferson offensive rebound	16	20
1:47	Al Jefferson misses layup	16	20
1:46	Delonte West offensive rebound	16	20
1:45	Fred Jones personal foul (Delonte West draws the foul)	16	20
1:45	Sarunas Jasikevicius enters the game for Anthony Johnson	16	20
1:45	Ryan Gomes enters the game for Ricky Davis	16	20
1:45	Raef LaFrentz enters the game for Mark Blount	16	20
1:39	Stephen Jackson blocks Paul Pierce's layup	16	20
1:39	Stephen Jackson defensive rebound	16	20
1:37	Delonte West shooting foul (Stephen Jackson draws the foul)	16	20
1:37	Stephen Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2	17	20
1:37	Stephen Jackson misses free throw 2 of 2	17	20
1:37	Orien Greene enters the game for Delonte West	17	20
1:37	Stephen Jackson makes free throw 2 of 2	18	20
1:23	Al Jefferson misses jumper	18	20
1:22	Boston offensive rebound	18	20
1:22	Danny Granger loose ball foul (Raef LaFrentz draws the foul)	18	20
1:22	Raef LaFrentz misses free throw 1 of 2	18	20
1:22	Boston offensive rebound	18	20
1:22	Jeff Foster enters the game for Danny Granger	18	20
1:22	Raef LaFrentz misses free throw 2 of 2	18	20
1:21	Stephen Jackson defensive rebound	18	20
1:00	Stephen Jackson makes three point jumper (Fred Jones assists)	21	20
39.2	Paul Pierce makes two point shot (Orien Greene assists)	21	22
24.7	Stephen Jackson turnover	21	22
1.9	Orien Greene misses 18-foot jumper	21	22
0.6	Boston offensive rebound	21	22
0.3	Stephen Jackson blocks Paul Pierce's jumper	21	22
0.0	Boston offensive rebound	21	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	21	22

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 1-0

Pacers
71
Celtics
85

Game 1

15/12

Pacers
98
Celtics
99

Game 2

4/3

Celtics
103
Pacers
88

Game 3

19/3

Celtics
112
Pacers
117

Game 4

13/4

TD Garden

12:30 AM, 15 December 2005

Boston, MA

Attendance: 14,112

Referees:
Bob Delaney
Jess Kersey
Tony Brown

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	49	33	.598	-	L2
Cleveland	48	34	.585	1	L1
Indiana	47	35	.573	2	W1
Chicago	39	43	.476	10	L1
Detroit	14	68	.171	35	L1

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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BOS leads 1-0

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