Celtics 99-96 Nets (21 Jan, 2006) Play-by-Play

New Jersey Nets

21-16, 10-10 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NJ	25	19	30	22	96
BOS	31	22	24	22	99

Boston Celtics

16-23, 12-8 home

Nenad Krstic blocks Raef LaFrentz's layup
Delonte West makes driving layup
Raef LaFrentz misses 25-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce makes 16-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
Raef LaFrentz makes 23-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Paul Pierce misses layup
Delonte West misses 12-foot jumper
Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ricky Davis assists)
Kendrick Perkins misses 2-foot hook shot
Paul Pierce makes 24-foot three point jumper (Raef LaFrentz assists)
Ricky Davis makes 18-foot jumper
Raef LaFrentz makes 26-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)
Ricky Davis makes two point shot
Paul Pierce makes 26-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce misses 19-foot jumper
Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Al Jefferson misses 4-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins makes slam dunk (Paul Pierce assists)
Delonte West misses 13-foot jumper
Brian Scalabrine makes 20-foot jumper (Orien Greene assists)
Tony Allen makes 21-foot jumper
Al Jefferson makes layup (Orien Greene assists)
Tony Allen misses 18-foot jumper
Ricky Davis misses 21-foot jumper
Orien Greene makes layup
Clifford Robinson blocks Ricky Davis's layup
Al Jefferson makes slam dunk (Ricky Davis assists)
Orien Greene misses layup
Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Davis assists)
Al Jefferson misses layup
Ricky Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ricky Davis makes 20-foot jumper (Raef LaFrentz assists)
Ricky Davis misses 21-foot jumper
Jason Kidd blocks Kendrick Perkins's layup
Kendrick Perkins makes layup (Paul Pierce assists)
Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce makes two point shot
Raef LaFrentz misses three point jumper
Kendrick Perkins makes 3-foot two point shot
Kendrick Perkins makes 3-foot hook shot (Paul Pierce assists)
Paul Pierce makes 16-foot jumper
Raef LaFrentz makes layup (Delonte West assists)
Delonte West makes two point shot
Delonte West makes 19-foot jumper (Ricky Davis assists)
Brian Scalabrine misses 21-foot jumper
Ricky Davis makes 16-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
Ricky Davis makes layup
Al Jefferson misses 6-foot jumper
Ricky Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson makes layup
Paul Pierce misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nenad Krstic blocks Paul Pierce's layup
Paul Pierce misses layup
Al Jefferson misses layup
Brian Scalabrine misses tip shot
Ricky Davis makes 14-foot jumper (Orien Greene assists)
Ricky Davis misses 11-foot jumper
Ricky Davis makes 15-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)
Ricky Davis makes layup (Paul Pierce assists)
Ricky Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses 21-foot jumper
Ricky Davis makes 22-foot jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
Vince Carter blocks Al Jefferson's layup
Paul Pierce makes 18-foot two point shot
Paul Pierce misses 15-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses layup
Kendrick Perkins makes layup
Al Jefferson makes layup (Delonte West assists)
Ricky Davis misses jumper
Kendrick Perkins blocks Vince Carter's layup
Nenad Krstic misses 4-foot hook shot
Vince Carter misses 22-foot three point jumper
Richard Jefferson misses 9-foot jumper
Jason Kidd makes 19-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ricky Davis blocks Nenad Krstic's layup
Nenad Krstic makes 3-foot hook shot (Richard Jefferson assists)
Nenad Krstic makes 17-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Kidd misses 24-foot three point jumper
Clifford Robinson misses 21-foot jumper
Clifford Robinson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Marc Jackson makes 10-foot two point shot
Vince Carter makes 1-foot two point shot
Jason Kidd makes 24-foot three point jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
Marc Jackson makes layup (Clifford Robinson assists)
Richard Jefferson makes 21-foot jumper (Jacque Vaughn assists)
Clifford Robinson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jacque Vaughn assists)
Kendrick Perkins blocks Vince Carter's layup
Vince Carter misses 17-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes 29-foot three point jumper
Marc Jackson misses 16-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses layup
Clifford Robinson makes 5-foot hook shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Clifford Robinson makes 4-foot jumper
Richard Jefferson misses 4-foot jumper
Nenad Krstic makes 22-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Nenad Krstic misses layup
Lamond Murray misses 21-foot jumper
Nenad Krstic misses 14-foot jumper
Jacque Vaughn misses 16-foot jumper
Richard Jefferson misses layup
Vince Carter misses three point jumper
Richard Jefferson makes dunk (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Kidd misses layup
Vince Carter makes 6-foot two point shot
Richard Jefferson misses jumper
Vince Carter makes jumper
Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 20-foot jumper
Richard Jefferson makes layup (Jason Collins assists)
Nenad Krstic misses 12-foot jumper
Jason Kidd makes three point jumper (Nenad Krstic assists)
Jason Collins makes 16-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Nenad Krstic misses 8-foot hook shot
Richard Jefferson misses three point jumper
Clifford Robinson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Richard Jefferson makes layup (Vince Carter assists)
Jason Kidd misses three point jumper
Jason Kidd makes layup (Vince Carter assists)
Clifford Robinson makes 17-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Nenad Krstic makes dunk (Vince Carter assists)
Antoine Wright misses 23-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
Nenad Krstic makes layup (Clifford Robinson assists)
Clifford Robinson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Clifford Robinson misses layup
Vince Carter makes slam dunk
Antoine Wright misses 27-foot three point jumper
Richard Jefferson misses layup
Al Jefferson blocks Nenad Krstic's layup
Nenad Krstic misses 13-foot jumper
Clifford Robinson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Kidd makes driving layup
Jason Kidd makes 25-foot three point jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
Richard Jefferson misses layup
Richard Jefferson makes layup
Brian Scalabrine blocks Marc Jackson's layup
Jason Kidd misses 26-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce blocks Richard Jefferson's layup
Nenad Krstic makes layup (Clifford Robinson assists)
Richard Jefferson misses 21-foot jumper
Clifford Robinson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses layup
Al Jefferson blocks Nenad Krstic's layup
Vince Carter makes 6-foot running jumper
Vince Carter misses layup
Jason Kidd makes 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses layup
Vince Carter misses 32-foot three point jumper

NETS

CELTICS

TIME		NJ	BOS
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Jason Collins vs. Kendrick Perkins (Paul Pierce gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Nenad Krstic blocks Raef LaFrentz's layup	0	0
11:40	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	0	0
11:37	Paul Pierce shooting foul (Jason Kidd draws the foul)	0	0
11:37	Jason Kidd makes free throw 1 of 2	1	0
11:37	Jason Kidd makes free throw 2 of 2	2	0
11:21	Delonte West makes driving layup	2	2
11:00	Kendrick Perkins blocks Vince Carter's layup	2	2
10:59	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	2	2
10:37	Raef LaFrentz misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	2
10:34	Kendrick Perkins offensive rebound	2	2
10:29	Paul Pierce makes 16-foot jumper (Delonte West assists)	2	4
10:10	Nenad Krstic misses 4-foot hook shot	2	4
10:08	Paul Pierce defensive rebound	2	4
10:03	Kendrick Perkins bad pass	2	4
9:47	Vince Carter misses 22-foot three point jumper	2	4
9:45	Raef LaFrentz defensive rebound	2	4
9:37	Jason Collins shooting foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	2	4
9:37	Paul Pierce misses free throw 1 of 2	2	4
9:37	Boston offensive rebound	2	4
9:37	Paul Pierce misses free throw 2 of 2	2	4
9:37	Boston offensive rebound	2	4
9:37	Jason Collins loose ball foul (Kendrick Perkins draws the foul)	2	4
9:37	Clifford Robinson enters the game for Jason Collins	2	4
9:30	Kendrick Perkins traveling	2	4
9:19	Clifford Robinson bad pass (Paul Pierce steals)	2	4
9:07	Raef LaFrentz makes 23-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)	2	7
9:06	New Jersey full timeout	2	7
8:47	Richard Jefferson misses 9-foot jumper	2	7
8:47	New Jersey defensive rebound	2	7
8:47	Nenad Krstic loose ball foul (Kendrick Perkins draws the foul)	2	7
8:36	Paul Pierce misses layup	2	7
8:34	Nenad Krstic defensive rebound	2	7
8:25	Jason Kidd makes 19-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)	4	7
8:03	Delonte West misses 12-foot jumper	4	7
8:00	Nenad Krstic defensive rebound	4	7
7:54	Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper	4	7
7:52	Raef LaFrentz defensive rebound	4	7
7:41	Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ricky Davis assists)	4	10
7:24	Ricky Davis blocks Nenad Krstic's layup	4	10
7:20	Ricky Davis defensive rebound	4	10
7:13	Kendrick Perkins misses 2-foot hook shot	4	10
7:11	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	4	10
7:00	Nenad Krstic makes 3-foot hook shot (Richard Jefferson assists)	6	10
6:33	Paul Pierce makes 24-foot three point jumper (Raef LaFrentz assists)	6	13
6:16	Nenad Krstic makes 17-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	8	13
6:00	Nenad Krstic shooting foul (Kendrick Perkins draws the foul)	8	13
6:00	Marc Jackson enters the game for Nenad Krstic	8	13
6:00	Kendrick Perkins makes free throw 1 of 2	8	14
6:00	Kendrick Perkins misses free throw 2 of 2	8	14
5:58	Clifford Robinson defensive rebound	8	14
5:50	Jason Kidd misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	14
5:48	New Jersey defensive rebound	8	14
5:28	Ricky Davis makes 18-foot jumper	8	16
5:07	Clifford Robinson misses 21-foot jumper	8	16
5:05	Paul Pierce defensive rebound	8	16
4:48	Raef LaFrentz makes 26-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)	8	19
4:33	Clifford Robinson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	11	19
4:18	Ricky Davis makes two point shot	11	21
4:13	New Jersey 20 Sec. timeout	11	21
3:58	Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper	11	21
3:55	Raef LaFrentz defensive rebound	11	21
3:54	Richard Jefferson personal foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	11	21
3:54	Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 2	11	22
3:54	Paul Pierce makes free throw 2 of 2	11	23
3:34	Marc Jackson makes 10-foot two point shot	13	23
3:20	Ricky Davis turnover	13	23
3:20	Al Jefferson enters the game for Raef LaFrentz	13	23
3:06	Vince Carter makes 1-foot two point shot	15	23
2:46	Paul Pierce makes 26-foot three point jumper	15	26
2:26	Jason Kidd makes 24-foot three point jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)	18	26
2:08	Paul Pierce misses 19-foot jumper	18	26
2:04	Paul Pierce offensive rebound	18	26
2:02	Marc Jackson shooting foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	18	26
2:02	Boston full timeout	18	26
2:02	Tony Allen enters the game for Ricky Davis	18	26
2:02	Jacque Vaughn enters the game for Jason Kidd	18	26
2:02	Paul Pierce misses free throw 1 of 2	18	26
2:02	Boston offensive rebound	18	26
2:02	Paul Pierce misses free throw 2 of 2	18	26
2:01	Clifford Robinson defensive rebound	18	26
1:37	Marc Jackson makes layup (Clifford Robinson assists)	20	26
1:24	Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)	20	29
1:05	Richard Jefferson makes 21-foot jumper (Jacque Vaughn assists)	22	29
50.9	Al Jefferson misses 4-foot jumper	22	29
48.9	Marc Jackson defensive rebound	22	29
40.7	Clifford Robinson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jacque Vaughn assists)	25	29
24.9	Kendrick Perkins makes slam dunk (Paul Pierce assists)	25	31
6.9	Kendrick Perkins blocks Vince Carter's layup	25	31
5.4	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	25	31
0.8	Delonte West misses 13-foot jumper	25	31
0.3	Al Jefferson offensive rebound	25	31
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	25	31

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 1-0

Nets
96
Celtics
99

Game 1

21/1

Celtics
83
Nets
103

Game 2

22/1

Nets
79
Celtics
74

Game 3

15/4

Celtics
93
Nets
95

Game 4

17/4

TD Garden

12:30 AM, 21 January 2006

Boston, MA

Attendance: 18,107

Referees:
Joe Forte
James Capers
Olandis Poole

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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