Celtics 123-98 Knicks (30 Mar, 2006) Play-by-Play

Boston Celtics

30-42, 10-26 away

123

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	40	31	33	19	123
NY	28	23	23	24	98

New York Knicks

19-51, 13-23 home

Steve Francis misses 15-foot jumper
Steve Francis makes 16-foot jumper
Jalen Rose misses 7-foot jumper
Stephon Marbury makes 18-foot jumper (Jalen Rose assists)
Eddy Curry misses layup
Stephon Marbury misses layup
Eddy Curry misses layup
Stephon Marbury makes 20-foot jumper
Stephon Marbury makes driving layup
Jalen Rose misses 20-foot jumper
Eddy Curry makes layup
Jalen Rose makes 9-foot jumper
Eddy Curry makes slam dunk (Jalen Rose assists)
Maurice Taylor makes slam dunk (Stephon Marbury assists)
Maurice Taylor misses layup
Maurice Taylor misses layup
Stephon Marbury makes 22-foot jumper (Maurice Taylor assists)
Jalen Rose misses 25-foot three point jumper
Stephon Marbury makes jumper
Qyntel Woods makes driving dunk (Stephon Marbury assists)
Maurice Taylor misses 19-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins blocks Jackie Butler's 5-foot hook shot
Stephon Marbury misses 19-foot jumper
Qyntel Woods makes driving dunk
Kendrick Perkins blocks Nate Robinson's layup
Nate Robinson makes 18-foot jumper
David Lee misses 5-foot hook shot
Eddy Curry makes driving layup (Qyntel Woods assists)
Qyntel Woods misses layup
David Lee makes layup
Eddy Curry makes driving layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
Qyntel Woods makes driving dunk (Nate Robinson assists)
Eddy Curry misses 10-foot jumper
Eddy Curry makes two point shot (Jamal Crawford assists)
Nate Robinson misses two point shot
Raef LaFrentz blocks Nate Robinson's layup
Jamal Crawford makes 14-foot jumper (David Lee assists)
Jalen Rose makes 5-foot jumper
Nate Robinson misses layup
Nate Robinson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jalen Rose misses 14-foot jumper
Stephon Marbury misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jamal Crawford misses 19-foot jumper
Jamal Crawford misses layup
Jamal Crawford misses 26-foot three point jumper
Stephon Marbury makes driving layup (Steve Francis assists)
Eddy Curry makes layup (Stephon Marbury assists)
Stephon Marbury misses 9-foot jumper
Stephon Marbury makes driving layup
Malik Rose makes 15-foot jumper (Steve Francis assists)
Stephon Marbury makes 14-foot jumper
Malik Rose misses 18-foot jumper
Steve Francis misses 15-foot jumper
Malik Rose misses driving layup
Eddy Curry misses tip shot
Eddy Curry makes tip shot
Stephon Marbury misses 8-foot jumper
Steve Francis misses layup
Stephon Marbury misses 23-foot three point jumper
Steve Francis makes driving layup
Stephon Marbury misses 22-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins blocks Steve Francis's 7-foot jumper
Qyntel Woods misses 7-foot jumper
Nate Robinson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Brian Scalabrine blocks David Lee's dunk
Qyntel Woods makes two point shot (Jackie Butler assists)
David Lee makes layup (Jackie Butler assists)
Jackie Butler misses 11-foot jumper
David Lee misses two point shot
Qyntel Woods makes driving layup
Jamal Crawford makes layup (Qyntel Woods assists)
Qyntel Woods makes driving layup (Jackie Butler assists)
Qyntel Woods misses 7-foot jumper
Jackie Butler makes 6-foot hook shot (David Lee assists)
Qyntel Woods makes 10-foot jumper (Jamal Crawford assists)
Dwayne Jones blocks Jackie Butler's layup
Qyntel Woods makes slam dunk (Nate Robinson assists)
Raef LaFrentz makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ryan Gomes assists)
Paul Pierce misses 15-foot jumper
Delonte West makes 18-foot jumper
Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 9-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes makes layup
Raef LaFrentz makes 23-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)
Paul Pierce makes 16-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes layup (Delonte West assists)
Ryan Gomes misses 18-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses 21-foot jumper
Raef LaFrentz makes 25-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)
Ryan Gomes misses 19-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses layup
Paul Pierce makes tip shot
Wally Szczerbiak makes jumper (Raef LaFrentz assists)
Raef LaFrentz misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes makes layup (Delonte West assists)
Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes makes layup (Delonte West assists)
Delonte West makes driving layup
Tony Allen makes driving layup
Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brian Scalabrine assists)
Brian Scalabrine misses 26-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 20-foot jumper (Tony Allen assists)
David Lee blocks Tony Allen's layup
Gerald Green makes 18-foot jumper
Gerald Green misses 14-foot jumper
Gerald Green makes 16-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes 21-foot jumper (Brian Scalabrine assists)
Delonte West makes 17-foot running jumper
Gerald Green makes slam dunk (Brian Scalabrine assists)
Wally Szczerbiak misses 13-foot jumper
Brian Scalabrine makes tip shot
Kendrick Perkins misses 6-foot hook shot
Paul Pierce makes driving layup
David Lee blocks Wally Szczerbiak's layup
David Lee blocks Paul Pierce's driving layup
Delonte West misses driving layup
Delonte West makes layup (Paul Pierce assists)
Ryan Gomes misses layup
Paul Pierce makes 11-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes 18-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes 20-foot two point shot
Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes makes driving dunk (Paul Pierce assists)
Raef LaFrentz makes layup (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes layup
Wally Szczerbiak misses 10-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 25-foot three point jumper
Raef LaFrentz makes 23-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Delonte West misses 24-foot three point jumper
Raef LaFrentz misses 23-foot three point jumper
Raef LaFrentz misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes makes layup
Wally Szczerbiak makes 6-foot two point shot (Delonte West assists)
Paul Pierce misses jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ryan Gomes assists)
Delonte West makes 23-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Delonte West makes 19-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses driving layup
Paul Pierce makes 14-foot two point shot
Ryan Gomes makes 19-foot jumper
Gerald Green makes 23-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins misses hook shot
Tony Allen makes driving layup
Tony Allen misses layup
Kendrick Perkins makes layup
Delonte West makes two point shot (Kendrick Perkins assists)
Tony Allen makes 22-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins makes 6-foot two point shot
Tony Allen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kendrick Perkins assists)
Tony Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tony Allen misses 12-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins misses 16-foot jumper
David Lee blocks Dwayne Jones's 6-foot two point shot
Dwayne Jones misses layup

CELTICS

KNICKS

TIME		BOS	NY
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Raef LaFrentz vs. Eddy Curry (Jalen Rose gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Paul Pierce personal foul (Jalen Rose draws the foul)	0	0
11:37	Steve Francis misses 15-foot jumper	0	0
11:37	Steve Francis offensive rebound	0	0
11:37	Steve Francis makes 16-foot jumper	0	2
11:37	Paul Pierce illegal defense	0	2
11:26	Raef LaFrentz makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ryan Gomes assists)	3	2
11:14	Ryan Gomes shooting foul (Eddy Curry draws the foul)	3	2
11:14	Eddy Curry misses free throw 1 of 2	3	2
11:14	New York offensive rebound	3	2
11:14	Eddy Curry misses free throw 2 of 2	3	2
11:11	Ryan Gomes defensive rebound	3	2
11:03	Paul Pierce misses 15-foot jumper	3	2
11:02	Malik Rose defensive rebound	3	2
10:49	Stephon Marbury bad pass (Ryan Gomes steals)	3	2
10:44	Delonte West makes 18-foot jumper	5	2
10:25	Jalen Rose misses 7-foot jumper	5	2
10:23	Ryan Gomes defensive rebound	5	2
10:15	Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	2
10:12	Jalen Rose defensive rebound	5	2
10:03	Stephon Marbury makes 18-foot jumper (Jalen Rose assists)	5	4
9:51	Paul Pierce bad pass (Malik Rose steals)	5	4
9:44	Eddy Curry misses layup	5	4
9:42	Raef LaFrentz defensive rebound	5	4
9:30	Wally Szczerbiak misses 9-foot jumper	5	4
9:29	Ryan Gomes offensive rebound	5	4
9:26	Ryan Gomes makes layup	7	4
9:10	Stephon Marbury misses layup	7	4
9:08	Eddy Curry offensive rebound	7	4
9:07	Eddy Curry misses layup	7	4
9:06	Ryan Gomes defensive rebound	7	4
8:48	Raef LaFrentz makes 23-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)	10	4
8:25	Stephon Marbury makes 20-foot jumper	10	6
8:11	Paul Pierce makes 16-foot jumper	12	6
8:00	Stephon Marbury makes driving layup	12	8
7:35	Wally Szczerbiak makes layup (Delonte West assists)	14	8
7:22	Jalen Rose misses 20-foot jumper	14	8
7:20	Ryan Gomes defensive rebound	14	8
7:11	Ryan Gomes misses 18-foot jumper	14	8
7:09	Malik Rose defensive rebound	14	8
7:01	Jalen Rose bad pass (Paul Pierce steals)	14	8
6:58	Malik Rose shooting foul (Wally Szczerbiak draws the foul)	14	8
6:58	Wally Szczerbiak makes free throw 1 of 2	15	8
6:58	Wally Szczerbiak makes free throw 2 of 2	16	8
6:43	Eddy Curry makes layup	16	10
6:33	Malik Rose shooting foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	16	10
6:33	Paul Pierce misses free throw 1 of 2	16	10
6:33	Boston offensive rebound	16	10
6:33	Maurice Taylor enters the game for Malik Rose	16	10
6:33	Paul Pierce makes free throw 2 of 2	17	10
6:16	Jalen Rose makes 9-foot jumper	17	12
6:01	Paul Pierce misses 21-foot jumper	17	12
6:00	Eddy Curry defensive rebound	17	12
5:52	Eddy Curry makes slam dunk (Jalen Rose assists)	17	14
5:37	Raef LaFrentz makes 25-foot three point jumper (Delonte West assists)	20	14
5:28	New York full timeout	20	14
5:24	Maurice Taylor makes slam dunk (Stephon Marbury assists)	20	16
5:05	Ryan Gomes misses 19-foot jumper	20	16
5:03	Eddy Curry defensive rebound	20	16
4:58	Maurice Taylor misses layup	20	16
4:58	Maurice Taylor offensive rebound	20	16
4:56	Maurice Taylor misses layup	20	16
4:54	Ryan Gomes defensive rebound	20	16
4:50	Wally Szczerbiak misses layup	20	16
4:48	Paul Pierce offensive rebound	22	16
4:48	Paul Pierce makes tip shot	22	16
4:48	Eddy Curry shooting foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	22	16
4:48	Jackie Butler enters the game for Eddy Curry	22	16
4:48	Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 1	23	16
4:31	Stephon Marbury makes 22-foot jumper (Maurice Taylor assists)	23	18
4:16	Wally Szczerbiak makes jumper (Raef LaFrentz assists)	25	18
3:50	Jalen Rose misses 25-foot three point jumper	25	18
3:49	Raef LaFrentz defensive rebound	25	18
3:45	Raef LaFrentz misses 25-foot three point jumper	25	18
3:43	Maurice Taylor defensive rebound	25	18
3:38	Wally Szczerbiak shooting foul (Jalen Rose draws the foul)	25	18
3:38	Tony Allen enters the game for Wally Szczerbiak	25	18
3:38	Jalen Rose misses free throw 1 of 2	25	18
3:38	New York offensive rebound	25	18
3:38	Jalen Rose makes free throw 2 of 2	25	19
3:26	Ryan Gomes makes layup (Delonte West assists)	27	19
3:13	Maurice Taylor bad pass (Ryan Gomes steals)	27	19
3:10	Tony Allen bad pass (Steve Francis steals)	27	19
3:06	Tony Allen shooting foul (Steve Francis draws the foul)	27	19
3:06	Kendrick Perkins enters the game for Raef LaFrentz	27	19
3:06	Steve Francis makes free throw 1 of 2	27	20
3:06	Qyntel Woods enters the game for Jalen Rose	27	20
3:06	Steve Francis makes free throw 2 of 2	27	21
2:56	Qyntel Woods shooting foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	27	21
2:56	Boston full timeout	27	21
2:56	Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 2	28	21
2:56	Paul Pierce makes free throw 2 of 2	29	21
2:43	Stephon Marbury makes jumper	29	23
2:27	Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper	29	23
2:25	Stephon Marbury defensive rebound	29	23
2:23	Qyntel Woods makes driving dunk (Stephon Marbury assists)	29	25
2:02	Ryan Gomes makes layup (Delonte West assists)	31	25
1:46	Maurice Taylor misses 19-foot jumper	31	25
1:44	Delonte West defensive rebound	31	25
1:38	Delonte West makes driving layup	33	25
1:15	Kendrick Perkins blocks Jackie Butler's 5-foot hook shot	33	25
1:13	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	33	25
1:08	Tony Allen makes driving layup	35	25
54.9	Stephon Marbury misses 19-foot jumper	35	25
53.7	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	35	25
50.2	Maurice Taylor shooting foul (Ryan Gomes draws the foul)	35	25
50.2	Wally Szczerbiak enters the game for Paul Pierce	35	25
50.2	Nate Robinson enters the game for Steve Francis	35	25
50.2	Ryan Gomes makes free throw 1 of 2	36	25
50.2	Ryan Gomes makes free throw 2 of 2	37	25
28.1	Qyntel Woods makes driving dunk	37	27
28.1	Delonte West shooting foul (Qyntel Woods draws the foul)	37	27
28.1	Brian Scalabrine enters the game for Ryan Gomes	37	27
28.1	Jamal Crawford enters the game for Stephon Marbury	37	27
28.1	Qyntel Woods makes free throw 1 of 1	37	28
3.3	Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brian Scalabrine assists)	40	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	40	28

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 3-0

Knicks
100
Celtics
114

Game 1

3/11

Celtics
102
Knicks
99

Game 2

4/12

Celtics
123
Knicks
98

Game 3

30/3

Knicks
101
Celtics
86

Game 4

9/4

Madison Square Garden

1:30 AM, 30 March 2006

New York, NY

Attendance: 19,763

Referees:
Dan Crawford
Rodney Mott
Michael Henderson

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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