Celtics 115-111 Nets (5 Mar, 2009) Play-by-Play

Boston Celtics

48-14, 23-9 away

115

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	27	31	34	23	115
NJ	20	31	30	30	111

New Jersey Nets

27-34, 13-19 home

111

Yi Jianlian misses 20-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes 24-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Brook Lopez makes dunk (Devin Harris assists)
Vince Carter makes layup (Devin Harris assists)
Vince Carter makes jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Brook Lopez misses 9-foot two point shot
Vince Carter misses jumper
Devin Harris misses driving layup
Vince Carter misses 11-foot two point shot
Yi Jianlian misses 22-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes 16-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Trenton Hassell makes layup
Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jarvis Hayes makes 18-foot jumper
Devin Harris misses layup
Devin Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 17-foot two point shot
Bobby Simmons makes 17-foot jumper
Keyon Dooling misses 25-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris misses driving layup
Bobby Simmons makes 24-foot three point jumper
Bobby Simmons makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jarvis Hayes makes 18-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Devin Harris misses 19-foot jumper
Devin Harris misses two point shot
Devin Harris makes driving layup (Vince Carter assists)
Devin Harris misses 19-foot jumper
Brook Lopez makes dunk (Devin Harris assists)
Vince Carter makes 16-foot running jumper
Jarvis Hayes misses 22-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson misses three point jumper
Jarvis Hayes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Jarvis Hayes misses 14-foot two point shot
Devin Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sean Williams assists)
Devin Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
Yi Jianlian makes driving layup (Brook Lopez assists)
Vince Carter makes 26-foot three point jumper (Brook Lopez assists)
Vince Carter makes 15-foot running jumper (Brook Lopez assists)
Devin Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
Trenton Hassell makes 16-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Devin Harris makes 17-foot running jumper
Vince Carter misses 19-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian misses 25-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brook Lopez makes 11-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian makes 20-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Vince Carter makes 13-foot running jumper
Vince Carter makes 28-foot three point jumper (Trenton Hassell assists)
Vince Carter makes driving dunk
Brook Lopez makes layup (Bobby Simmons assists)
Trenton Hassell makes driving layup (Devin Harris assists)
Vince Carter makes 19-foot jumper (Bobby Simmons assists)
Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Keyon Dooling misses two point shot
Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jarvis Hayes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)
Jarvis Hayes misses 22-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Sean Williams misses dunk
Keyon Dooling misses driving layup
Sean Williams misses tip shot
Keyon Dooling misses 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter makes 25-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Keyon Dooling misses three point jumper
Devin Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Devin Harris misses two point shot
Devin Harris makes layup (Brook Lopez assists)
Jarvis Hayes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris makes driving layup
Devin Harris makes driving layup
Jarvis Hayes misses driving layup
Vince Carter makes 25-foot three point jumper
Kendrick Perkins blocks Devin Harris's running jumper
Vince Carter misses driving layup
Devin Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce makes 18-foot jumper (Glen Davis assists)
Paul Pierce makes driving layup
Paul Pierce makes 18-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins makes 6-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup
Ray Allen makes three point jumper
Rajon Rondo makes 17-foot jumper (Ray Allen assists)
Glen Davis misses 19-foot jumper
Ray Allen misses three point jumper
Glen Davis misses layup
Ray Allen misses 16-foot running jumper
Kendrick Perkins misses 7-foot two point shot
Kendrick Perkins misses two point shot
Paul Pierce makes driving layup (Glen Davis assists)
Ray Allen makes 27-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Glen Davis makes driving layup
Sean Williams blocks Stephon Marbury's driving layup
Eddie House makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stephon Marbury assists)
Mikki Moore makes layup (Paul Pierce assists)
Eddie House misses 24-foot three point jumper
Leon Powe makes layup (Eddie House assists)
Rajon Rondo misses two point shot
Rajon Rondo misses 19-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kendrick Perkins assists)
Paul Pierce makes driving layup
Paul Pierce misses driving layup
Paul Pierce makes layup
Ray Allen misses driving layup
Kendrick Perkins makes layup
Kendrick Perkins makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kendrick Perkins makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Eddie House makes three point jumper (Stephon Marbury assists)
Rajon Rondo makes 17-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins makes dunk (Glen Davis assists)
Glen Davis misses 16-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo misses driving layup
Ray Allen misses 22-foot three point jumper
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup (Ray Allen assists)
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup (Paul Pierce assists)
Rajon Rondo makes two point shot (Ray Allen assists)
Rajon Rondo makes jumper
Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kendrick Perkins assists)
Glen Davis misses jumper
Kendrick Perkins makes layup
Paul Pierce makes layup (Kendrick Perkins assists)
Ray Allen misses 16-foot jumper
Glen Davis makes 12-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Rajon Rondo misses two point shot
Rajon Rondo makes layup (Glen Davis assists)
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup
Eddie House misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mikki Moore makes 16-foot jumper (Stephon Marbury assists)
Bill Walker makes driving layup (Stephon Marbury assists)
Mikki Moore misses 20-foot jumper
Stephon Marbury misses driving layup
Mikki Moore misses layup
Eddie House makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bill Walker assists)
Leon Powe makes dunk (Paul Pierce assists)
Glen Davis makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Glen Davis misses 17-foot jumper
Eddie House misses 24-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce makes 17-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Rajon Rondo misses driving layup
Paul Pierce makes 18-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses 16-foot two point shot
Ray Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Paul Pierce makes two point shot

CELTICS

NETS

TIME		BOS	NJ
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Kendrick Perkins vs. Brook Lopez (Rajon Rondo gains possession)	0	0
11:32	Paul Pierce makes 18-foot jumper (Glen Davis assists)	2	0
11:11	Yi Jianlian misses 20-foot jumper	2	0
11:08	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	2	0
10:52	Rajon Rondo bad pass (Devin Harris steals)	2	0
10:42	Vince Carter makes 24-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)	2	3
10:29	Paul Pierce makes driving layup	4	3
10:10	Trenton Hassell bad pass (Paul Pierce steals)	4	3
10:07	Yi Jianlian personal foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	4	3
10:00	Paul Pierce makes 18-foot jumper	6	3
9:37	Brook Lopez makes dunk (Devin Harris assists)	6	5
9:37	Rajon Rondo shooting foul (Brook Lopez draws the foul)	6	5
9:37	Brook Lopez misses free throw 1 of 1	6	5
9:36	Ray Allen defensive rebound	6	5
9:18	Kendrick Perkins offensive foul (Brook Lopez draws the foul)	6	5
9:18	Kendrick Perkins turnover	6	5
9:14	Ray Allen personal foul (Vince Carter draws the foul)	6	5
9:07	Vince Carter makes layup (Devin Harris assists)	6	7
8:45	Kendrick Perkins makes 6-foot jumper	8	7
8:33	Vince Carter makes jumper (Devin Harris assists)	8	9
8:18	Kendrick Perkins bad pass (Yi Jianlian steals)	8	9
8:00	Devin Harris lost ball (Glen Davis steals)	8	9
7:54	Rajon Rondo makes driving layup	10	9
7:41	Brook Lopez misses 9-foot two point shot	10	9
7:39	Trenton Hassell offensive rebound	10	9
7:39	Ray Allen personal foul (Trenton Hassell draws the foul)	10	9
7:35	Vince Carter misses jumper	10	9
7:33	Ray Allen defensive rebound	10	9
7:26	Ray Allen makes three point jumper	13	9
7:18	Devin Harris misses driving layup	13	9
7:16	New Jersey offensive rebound	13	9
7:16	Paul Pierce loose ball foul (Vince Carter draws the foul)	13	9
7:07	Vince Carter misses 11-foot two point shot	13	9
7:07	Ray Allen defensive rebound	13	9
6:58	Glen Davis traveling	13	9
6:46	Yi Jianlian misses 22-foot jumper	13	9
6:43	Ray Allen defensive rebound	13	9
6:39	Rajon Rondo makes 17-foot jumper (Ray Allen assists)	15	9
6:24	Vince Carter makes 16-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)	15	11
6:00	Glen Davis misses 19-foot jumper	15	11
5:58	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	15	11
5:43	Trenton Hassell bad pass (Ray Allen steals)	15	11
5:41	Vince Carter personal foul (Rajon Rondo draws the foul)	15	11
5:41	New Jersey full timeout	15	11
5:30	Ray Allen misses three point jumper	15	11
5:28	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	15	11
5:22	Rajon Rondo personal foul (Devin Harris draws the foul)	15	11
5:22	Devin Harris makes free throw 1 of 2	15	12
5:22	Devin Harris makes free throw 2 of 2	15	13
5:09	Brook Lopez shooting foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	15	13
5:09	Paul Pierce misses free throw 1 of 2	15	13
5:09	Boston offensive rebound	15	13
5:09	Paul Pierce makes free throw 2 of 2	16	13
4:52	Trenton Hassell makes layup	16	15
4:39	Glen Davis misses layup	16	15
4:37	Yi Jianlian defensive rebound	16	15
4:22	Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	15
4:20	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	16	15
4:13	Ray Allen misses 16-foot running jumper	16	15
4:13	Yi Jianlian defensive rebound	16	15
4:03	Devin Harris bad pass	16	15
3:38	Kendrick Perkins misses 7-foot two point shot	16	15
3:36	Kendrick Perkins offensive rebound	16	15
3:35	Kendrick Perkins misses two point shot	16	15
3:34	Kendrick Perkins offensive rebound	16	15
3:33	Kendrick Perkins traveling	16	15
3:33	Jarvis Hayes enters the game for Trenton Hassell	16	15
3:25	Yi Jianlian traveling	16	15
3:15	Paul Pierce makes driving layup (Glen Davis assists)	18	15
3:01	Jarvis Hayes makes 18-foot jumper	18	17
3:01	Paul Pierce away from ball foul (Vince Carter draws the foul)	18	17
3:01	Vince Carter makes free throw 1 of 1	18	18
3:01	Eddie House enters the game for Rajon Rondo	18	18
2:54	Yi Jianlian shooting foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	18	18
2:54	Boston full timeout	18	18
2:54	Bobby Simmons enters the game for Yi Jianlian	18	18
2:54	Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 2	19	18
2:54	Paul Pierce makes free throw 2 of 2	20	18
2:42	Devin Harris misses layup	20	18
2:41	Glen Davis defensive rebound	20	18
2:35	Kendrick Perkins turnover	20	18
2:20	Devin Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	18
2:18	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	20	18
2:00	Ray Allen makes 27-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)	23	18
1:37	Vince Carter misses 17-foot two point shot	23	18
1:36	Eddie House defensive rebound	23	18
1:27	Bobby Simmons personal foul (Ray Allen draws the foul)	23	18
1:27	Keyon Dooling enters the game for Devin Harris	23	18
1:27	Ray Allen makes free throw 1 of 2	24	18
1:27	Ray Allen makes free throw 2 of 2	25	18
1:07	Vince Carter bad pass (Ray Allen steals)	25	18
59.7	Paul Pierce discontinue dribble	25	18
59.7	Stephon Marbury enters the game for Ray Allen	25	18
39.9	Bobby Simmons makes 17-foot jumper	25	20
15.7	Glen Davis makes driving layup	27	20
1.1	Keyon Dooling misses 25-foot three point jumper	27	20
0.0	New Jersey offensive rebound	27	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	20

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 3-0

Nets
86
Celtics
118

Game 1

15/1

Celtics
105
Nets
85

Game 2

17/1

Celtics
115
Nets
111

Game 3

5/3

Nets
104
Celtics
106

Game 4

9/4

IZOD Center

12:30 AM, 5 March 2009

East Rutherford, NJ

Attendance: 15,791

Referees:
Bennett Salvatore
Luis Grillo
Joe Forte

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	12	3	.800	-	W3
New York	9	6	.600	3	W4
Brooklyn	6	9	.400	6	W1
Toronto	4	12	.250	8.5	W2
Philadelphia	2	12	.143	9.5	L5

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