Celtics 91-78 Hornets (24 Jan, 2006) Play-by-Play

NO/Oklahoma City Hornets

20-21, 8-14 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	22	17	16	23	78
BOS	25	17	36	13	91

Boston Celtics

17-24, 13-8 home

Raef LaFrentz makes dunk (Ricky Davis assists)
Raef LaFrentz makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Davis assists)
Raef LaFrentz misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kendrick Perkins makes 4-foot hook shot
Paul Pierce makes 21-foot two point shot
Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses layup
Delonte West makes 20-foot jumper
P.J. Brown blocks Paul Pierce's layup
Kendrick Perkins makes layup
Ricky Davis makes layup (Delonte West assists)
Kendrick Perkins misses layup
Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses 22-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes 2-foot two point shot
Tony Allen makes 2-foot two point shot
Paul Pierce misses layup
Al Jefferson misses layup
Tony Allen makes layup
Chris Andersen blocks Al Jefferson's layup
Al Jefferson misses 6-foot jumper
Orien Greene misses 20-foot jumper
Brian Scalabrine misses 18-foot jumper
Al Jefferson misses 6-foot hook shot
Paul Pierce makes 20-foot jumper (Ricky Davis assists)
Paul Pierce misses 26-foot three point jumper
Delonte West misses 19-foot jumper
Ricky Davis misses 20-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses layup
Ricky Davis makes 18-foot jumper (Kendrick Perkins assists)
Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ricky Davis misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ricky Davis makes dunk (Delonte West assists)
Paul Pierce misses 18-foot jumper
Raef LaFrentz makes 1-foot two point shot (Ricky Davis assists)
Delonte West makes driving layup
Ricky Davis misses 19-foot jumper
Ricky Davis misses jumper
Ricky Davis makes driving layup (Delonte West assists)
Paul Pierce misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kendrick Perkins misses 4-foot jumper
Delonte West misses running jumper
Paul Pierce misses layup
Ricky Davis makes layup (Paul Pierce assists)
Raef LaFrentz makes 24-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Raef LaFrentz makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ricky Davis assists)
Paul Pierce makes driving layup (Delonte West assists)
Delonte West makes driving layup
Ricky Davis makes 22-foot jumper
Raef LaFrentz makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ricky Davis assists)
Raef LaFrentz makes dunk (Ricky Davis assists)
Ricky Davis makes two point shot
Ricky Davis makes 20-foot jumper
Tony Allen misses 18-foot jumper
Ricky Davis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)
Ricky Davis makes 24-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson makes layup (Kendrick Perkins assists)
Rasual Butler blocks Ricky Davis's 11-foot jumper
Ricky Davis makes 19-foot jumper
Chris Andersen blocks Al Jefferson's layup
Ricky Davis makes 21-foot jumper
Ricky Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson misses layup
Al Jefferson makes slam dunk (Ricky Davis assists)
Ricky Davis misses layup
Ricky Davis misses 19-foot jumper
Chris Andersen blocks Tony Allen's layup
Brian Scalabrine misses 21-foot jumper
Marcus Banks misses 22-foot jumper
Al Jefferson misses hook shot
Orien Greene misses dunk
Kendrick Perkins misses 14-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins misses layup
Al Jefferson makes layup
Justin Reed misses 21-foot jumper
Tony Allen misses 17-foot jumper
Justin Reed misses layup
Kendrick Perkins misses hook shot
Raef LaFrentz blocks David West's 13-foot jumper
David West misses layup
P.J. Brown misses 14-foot jumper
David West makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 17-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses 5-foot hook shot
P.J. Brown misses jumper
David West makes layup
Kendrick Perkins blocks Chris Paul's layup
Desmond Mason misses running jumper
David West makes layup
Chris Paul makes driving layup
David West makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Desmond Mason misses 6-foot jumper
David West makes driving dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Speedy Claxton makes driving layup
Rasual Butler misses 11-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses 59-foot three point jumper
Tony Allen blocks Speedy Claxton's layup
Kirk Snyder misses jumper
Kirk Snyder misses three point jumper
P.J. Brown misses 20-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rasual Butler misses three point jumper
Speedy Claxton misses layup
Speedy Claxton misses layup
Kirk Snyder makes slam dunk (Speedy Claxton assists)
David West makes jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)
Desmond Mason makes 20-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses 16-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins blocks Chris Andersen's layup
Desmond Mason misses 13-foot jumper
Kirk Snyder misses two point shot
David West makes layup
Chris Paul misses 18-foot jumper
David West makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 14-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses layup
David West makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Kirk Snyder misses 21-foot jumper
David West misses 16-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins blocks Kirk Snyder's 4-foot jumper
David West misses 6-foot jumper
Kirk Snyder makes jumper (P.J. Brown assists)
Kendrick Perkins blocks P.J. Brown's 17-foot jumper
Raef LaFrentz blocks Desmond Mason's layup
P.J. Brown makes driving layup
Desmond Mason makes driving dunk (Kirk Snyder assists)
Rasual Butler makes 23-foot three point jumper (Desmond Mason assists)
David West misses jumper
Chris Paul misses 20-foot jumper
Desmond Mason makes 20-foot jumper (David West assists)
Raef LaFrentz blocks David West's 6-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kendrick Perkins blocks David West's 14-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses layup
David West misses layup
David West misses 20-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
Desmond Mason misses 12-foot jumper
Speedy Claxton makes driving layup
J.R. Smith makes layup (Speedy Claxton assists)
Jackson Vroman misses layup
J.R. Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper
Speedy Claxton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rasual Butler misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Andersen makes two point shot (Jackson Vroman assists)
Tony Allen blocks J.R. Smith's 20-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 17-foot jumper
J.R. Smith makes driving layup
J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jackson Vroman misses 18-foot jumper
Arvydas Macijauskas makes layup
J.R. Smith makes 16-foot jumper
J.R. Smith makes 20-foot jumper

HORNETS

CELTICS

TIME		NO	BOS
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: P.J. Brown vs. Kendrick Perkins (Chris Paul gains possession)	0	0
11:40	Raef LaFrentz blocks David West's 13-foot jumper	0	0
11:37	David West offensive rebound	0	0
11:37	David West misses layup	0	0
11:34	Kirk Snyder offensive rebound	0	0
11:26	P.J. Brown misses 14-foot jumper	0	0
11:25	Paul Pierce defensive rebound	0	0
11:19	Raef LaFrentz makes dunk (Ricky Davis assists)	0	2
11:12	Chris Paul bad pass	0	2
10:57	P.J. Brown illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	0	2
10:57	Paul Pierce makes technical free throw	0	3
10:48	P.J. Brown shooting foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	0	3
10:48	Paul Pierce misses free throw 1 of 2	0	3
10:48	Boston offensive rebound	0	3
10:48	Paul Pierce makes free throw 2 of 2	0	4
10:30	Desmond Mason bad pass (Delonte West steals)	0	4
10:23	Ricky Davis bad pass (Kirk Snyder steals)	0	4
10:18	David West makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	2	4
9:55	Raef LaFrentz makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ricky Davis assists)	2	7
9:45	David West makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	4	7
9:29	Raef LaFrentz misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	7
9:26	Kendrick Perkins offensive rebound	4	7
9:23	Kendrick Perkins makes 4-foot hook shot	4	9
9:15	Kendrick Perkins shooting foul (David West draws the foul)	4	9
9:15	David West misses free throw 1 of 2	4	9
9:15	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	4	9
9:15	David West makes free throw 2 of 2	5	9
9:03	Paul Pierce makes 21-foot two point shot	5	11
8:47	David West misses 17-foot jumper	5	11
8:45	Delonte West defensive rebound	5	11
8:36	Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	11
8:34	Boston defensive rebound	5	11
8:18	Desmond Mason misses 5-foot hook shot	5	11
8:17	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	5	11
8:02	Delonte West misses layup	5	11
8:00	P.J. Brown defensive rebound	5	11
7:45	P.J. Brown misses jumper	5	11
7:43	Raef LaFrentz defensive rebound	5	11
7:37	Delonte West makes 20-foot jumper	5	13
7:20	David West makes layup	7	13
7:05	P.J. Brown blocks Paul Pierce's layup	7	13
7:03	Kendrick Perkins offensive rebound	7	13
7:01	Kendrick Perkins makes layup	7	15
6:54	Kendrick Perkins blocks Chris Paul's layup	7	15
6:52	Delonte West defensive rebound	7	15
6:48	Ricky Davis makes layup (Delonte West assists)	7	17
6:28	David West bad pass	7	17
6:16	David West shooting foul (Ricky Davis draws the foul)	7	17
6:16	Ricky Davis makes free throw 1 of 2	7	18
6:16	Ricky Davis misses free throw 2 of 2	7	18
6:15	P.J. Brown defensive rebound	7	18
5:54	Desmond Mason misses running jumper	7	18
5:52	David West offensive rebound	7	18
5:50	David West makes layup	9	18
5:35	Kendrick Perkins misses layup	9	18
5:35	Chris Paul defensive rebound	9	18
5:28	Chris Paul makes driving layup	11	18
5:07	Raef LaFrentz turnover	11	18
5:07	Boston full timeout	11	18
5:07	Chris Andersen enters the game for P.J. Brown	11	18
5:07	Speedy Claxton enters the game for Kirk Snyder	11	18
4:45	David West makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	13	18
4:22	Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	18
4:20	Chris Paul defensive rebound	13	18
4:11	Desmond Mason misses 6-foot jumper	13	18
4:11	NO/Oklahoma C defensive rebound	13	18
4:11	Chris Andersen loose ball foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	13	18
4:01	Paul Pierce offensive foul (Desmond Mason draws the foul)	13	18
4:01	Paul Pierce turnover	13	18
4:01	Tony Allen enters the game for Ricky Davis	13	18
3:44	Delonte West shooting foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	13	18
3:44	Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2	14	18
3:44	Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2	15	18
3:29	Kendrick Perkins lost ball (Desmond Mason steals)	15	18
3:26	Desmond Mason traveling	15	18
3:26	Al Jefferson enters the game for Raef LaFrentz	15	18
3:05	Delonte West misses 22-foot jumper	15	18
3:03	David West defensive rebound	15	18
2:51	David West makes driving dunk (Chris Paul assists)	17	18
2:31	Chris Andersen personal foul (Kendrick Perkins draws the foul)	17	18
2:31	NO/Oklahoma C full timeout	17	18
2:31	Orien Greene enters the game for Delonte West	17	18
2:31	Brian Scalabrine enters the game for Kendrick Perkins	17	18
2:27	Paul Pierce makes 2-foot two point shot	17	20
2:11	Speedy Claxton makes driving layup	19	20
2:11	Tony Allen shooting foul (Speedy Claxton draws the foul)	19	20
2:11	Speedy Claxton makes free throw 1 of 1	20	20
1:58	Tony Allen makes 2-foot two point shot	20	22
1:49	Chris Paul lost ball (Brian Scalabrine steals)	20	22
1:37	David West personal foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	20	22
1:37	Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 2	20	23
1:37	Rasual Butler enters the game for David West	20	23
1:37	Paul Pierce misses free throw 2 of 2	20	23
1:37	Desmond Mason defensive rebound	20	23
1:14	Al Jefferson shooting foul (Rasual Butler draws the foul)	20	23
1:14	Rasual Butler misses free throw 1 of 2	20	23
1:14	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	20	23
1:14	Rasual Butler misses free throw 2 of 2	20	23
1:13	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	20	23
1:02	Paul Pierce misses layup	20	23
1:01	Desmond Mason defensive rebound	20	23
43.9	Rasual Butler misses 11-foot jumper	20	23
42.3	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	20	23
39.0	Orien Greene bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	20	23
38.1	Orien Greene personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	20	23
38.1	Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2	21	23
38.1	Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2	22	23
26.0	Brian Scalabrine traveling	22	23
6.9	Speedy Claxton lost ball (Orien Greene steals)	22	23
3.5	Al Jefferson misses layup	22	23
2.6	Tony Allen offensive rebound	22	23
1.9	Tony Allen makes layup	22	25
0.3	Desmond Mason misses 59-foot three point jumper	22	25
0.0	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	22	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	22	25

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 3-0

Celtics
101
Hornets
87

Game 1

8/12

Celtics
101
Hornets
87

Game 2

8/12

Hornets
78
Celtics
91

Game 3

24/1

Hornets
78
Celtics
91

Game 4

24/1

TD Garden

12:30 AM, 24 January 2006

Boston, MA

Attendance: 14,473

Referees:
Joe Crawford
Phil Robinson
Jason Phillips

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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