Celtics 97-87 Hornets (1 Nov, 2009) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Hornets

1-2, 0-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	20	18	31	18	87
BOS	22	25	25	25	97

Boston Celtics

4-0, 3-0 home

Paul Pierce makes layup
Paul Pierce misses 24-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce misses jumper
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup
Kevin Garnett misses 18-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins makes hook shot
Ray Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper
David West blocks Kevin Garnett's 10-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo misses 13-foot running jumper
Kendrick Perkins misses 7-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes layup (Kendrick Perkins assists)
Kevin Garnett makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kevin Garnett misses jumper
Paul Pierce makes driving layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Ray Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce makes driving layup (Rasheed Wallace assists)
Kendrick Perkins makes layup
Eddie House makes 23-foot jumper (Rasheed Wallace assists)
Rasheed Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses 23-foot three point jumper
Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper
Hilton Armstrong blocks Shelden Williams's layup
Rasheed Wallace misses 9-foot two point shot
Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ray Allen makes 8-foot two point shot (Rasheed Wallace assists)
Ray Allen misses 15-foot jumper
Ray Allen makes 22-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Rasheed Wallace makes layup (Ray Allen assists)
Rasheed Wallace makes 14-foot two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kevin Garnett misses 17-foot jumper
Ray Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper
Ray Allen misses 5-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 22-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kendrick Perkins misses 11-foot two point shot
Kevin Garnett makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Paul Pierce makes driving layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
Paul Pierce makes 12-foot two point shot
Ray Allen misses 18-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett makes 22-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Rajon Rondo misses 20-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett makes 16-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses two point shot
Rajon Rondo misses 18-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ray Allen makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Emeka Okafor blocks Paul Pierce's 4-foot jumper
Kendrick Perkins makes slam dunk (Ray Allen assists)
Kendrick Perkins makes dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kevin Garnett misses 9-foot jumper
Ray Allen makes 12-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Kevin Garnett makes 8-foot two point shot
Ray Allen makes layup (Kendrick Perkins assists)
Rajon Rondo makes 10-foot jumper
Ray Allen makes layup
Ray Allen misses 21-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo misses 18-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Rasheed Wallace misses 20-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rasheed Wallace makes 11-foot two point shot
Rasheed Wallace makes 27-foot three point jumper (Eddie House assists)
Shelden Williams makes driving dunk (Eddie House assists)
Marquis Daniels misses layup
Shelden Williams misses layup
Marquis Daniels makes layup (Eddie House assists)
Kevin Garnett makes 9-foot two point shot
Kevin Garnett makes 6-foot two point shot
Ray Allen makes jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kevin Garnett misses jumper
Paul Pierce makes 7-foot two point shot
Rajon Rondo makes two point shot (Kevin Garnett assists)
Paul Pierce makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Kendrick Perkins makes 7-foot jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Emeka Okafor blocks Ray Allen's layup
Morris Peterson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Julian Wright makes 8-foot two point shot
Emeka Okafor misses 8-foot hook shot
Chris Paul makes 18-foot jumper
David West misses 17-foot jumper
David West makes 16-foot jumper (Morris Peterson assists)
Julian Wright makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 19-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor makes two point shot (David West assists)
Julian Wright misses 23-foot jumper
Bobby Brown misses 23-foot jumper
Julian Wright misses layup
Peja Stojakovic makes 2-foot two point shot (Emeka Okafor assists)
Bobby Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bobby Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Emeka Okafor assists)
Bobby Brown makes two point shot (Hilton Armstrong assists)
Hilton Armstrong misses jumper
Hilton Armstrong makes 1-foot two point shot (James Posey assists)
Bobby Brown misses two point shot
Bobby Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Bobby Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
Bobby Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 20-foot jumper
Bobby Brown misses 28-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 28-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes 22-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Emeka Okafor misses layup
Emeka Okafor misses tip shot
Emeka Okafor misses jumper
Chris Paul misses layup
James Posey misses 25-foot three point jumper
David West misses 12-foot two point shot
Julian Wright makes driving dunk
Kendrick Perkins blocks Emeka Okafor's layup
Peja Stojakovic makes 25-foot three pointer (David West assists)
Julian Wright misses two point shot
Hilton Armstrong misses 19-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 25-foot three pointer
Chris Paul misses 17-foot jumper
Hilton Armstrong makes two point shot
Peja Stojakovic misses three point jumper
David West misses layup
Chris Paul makes 21-foot jumper (Julian Wright assists)
Morris Peterson misses 22-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor makes 15-foot jumper (Morris Peterson assists)
David West misses jumper
David West makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Morris Peterson misses 24-foot three point jumper
David West misses 10-foot jumper
David West makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Morris Peterson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses jumper
Emeka Okafor misses 14-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes running jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes jumper
Hilton Armstrong makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 12-foot two point shot
Bobby Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 12-foot running jumper
Kevin Garnett blocks Bobby Brown's layup
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Peja Stojakovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bobby Brown assists)
Peja Stojakovic makes 18-foot jumper (Hilton Armstrong assists)
Darius Songaila misses 22-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes three point jumper (Darius Songaila assists)
Bobby Brown misses 21-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 22-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Darius Songaila assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Posey misses 24-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 20-foot jumper
David West misses 10-foot jumper
David West makes three point jumper (Peja Stojakovic assists)
David West misses three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 18-foot two point shot
Emeka Okafor misses 6-foot jumper
David West misses 4-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 33-foot three point jumper

HORNETS

CELTICS

TIME		NO	BOS
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Emeka Okafor vs. Kendrick Perkins (Paul Pierce gains possession)	0	0
11:52	Paul Pierce makes layup	0	2
11:36	Emeka Okafor bad pass (Paul Pierce steals)	0	2
11:27	Paul Pierce misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	2
11:26	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	0	2
11:22	Emeka Okafor offensive foul (Rajon Rondo draws the foul)	0	2
11:22	Emeka Okafor turnover	0	2
11:10	Paul Pierce misses jumper	0	2
11:10	Julian Wright defensive rebound	0	2
11:03	Rajon Rondo personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	0	2
10:48	Morris Peterson misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	2
10:47	New Orleans defensive rebound	0	2
10:33	Kevin Garnett bad pass (Emeka Okafor steals)	0	2
10:27	Julian Wright makes 8-foot two point shot	2	2
10:15	Rajon Rondo makes driving layup	2	4
10:15	Emeka Okafor illegal defense	2	4
9:57	Emeka Okafor misses 8-foot hook shot	2	4
9:56	Paul Pierce defensive rebound	2	4
9:55	Chris Paul personal foul (Rajon Rondo draws the foul)	2	4
9:38	Kevin Garnett misses 18-foot jumper	2	4
9:37	Morris Peterson defensive rebound	2	4
9:23	Chris Paul makes 18-foot jumper	4	4
9:07	Kendrick Perkins makes hook shot	4	6
8:52	David West misses 17-foot jumper	4	6
8:52	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	4	6
8:42	Ray Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper	4	6
8:41	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	4	6
8:25	David West makes 16-foot jumper (Morris Peterson assists)	6	6
8:04	David West blocks Kevin Garnett's 10-foot jumper	6	6
8:03	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	6	6
7:54	Julian Wright makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	9	6
7:35	Rajon Rondo misses 13-foot running jumper	9	6
7:33	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	9	6
7:26	David West misses 19-foot jumper	9	6
7:24	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	9	6
7:20	Boston 20 Sec. timeout	9	6
7:16	Rajon Rondo discontinue dribble	9	6
7:03	Emeka Okafor makes two point shot (David West assists)	11	6
6:43	Kendrick Perkins misses 7-foot jumper	11	6
6:43	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	11	6
6:33	Julian Wright misses 23-foot jumper	11	6
6:33	New Orleans defensive rebound	11	6
6:33	Bobby Brown enters the game for Chris Paul	11	6
6:24	Paul Pierce makes layup (Kendrick Perkins assists)	11	8
6:11	Ray Allen personal foul (Morris Peterson draws the foul)	11	8
6:11	Peja Stojakovic enters the game for Morris Peterson	11	8
6:03	Bobby Brown misses 23-foot jumper	11	8
6:01	Paul Pierce defensive rebound	11	8
5:56	Kevin Garnett makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)	11	10
5:50	Julian Wright misses layup	11	10
5:50	New Orleans offensive rebound	11	10
5:50	Boston full timeout	11	10
5:47	Peja Stojakovic makes 2-foot two point shot (Emeka Okafor assists)	13	10
5:30	Kevin Garnett misses jumper	13	10
5:28	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	13	10
5:16	Kevin Garnett personal foul (David West draws the foul)	13	10
5:05	Bobby Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	10
5:03	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	13	10
4:58	Paul Pierce makes driving layup (Rajon Rondo assists)	13	12
4:58	Julian Wright shooting foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	13	12
4:58	James Posey enters the game for Julian Wright	13	12
4:58	Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 1	13	13
4:39	Peja Stojakovic traveling	13	13
4:28	Ray Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper	13	13
4:26	David West defensive rebound	13	13
4:11	Bobby Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Emeka Okafor assists)	16	13
4:05	Paul Pierce offensive foul (James Posey draws the foul)	16	13
4:05	Paul Pierce turnover	16	13
4:05	Eddie House enters the game for Rajon Rondo	16	13
4:05	Hilton Armstrong enters the game for Emeka Okafor	16	13
3:53	Bobby Brown bad pass (Ray Allen steals)	16	13
3:42	Kendrick Perkins 3 second	16	13
3:30	Hilton Armstrong lost ball (Paul Pierce steals)	16	13
3:20	Peja Stojakovic personal foul (Kendrick Perkins draws the foul)	16	13
3:20	Rasheed Wallace enters the game for Kevin Garnett	16	13
3:15	Paul Pierce makes driving layup (Rasheed Wallace assists)	16	15
3:15	Hilton Armstrong shooting foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	16	15
3:15	Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 1	16	16
3:00	Bobby Brown traveling	16	16
3:00	Marquis Daniels enters the game for Ray Allen	16	16
2:47	Kendrick Perkins makes layup	16	18
2:25	New Orleans full timeout	16	18
2:21	Bobby Brown makes two point shot (Hilton Armstrong assists)	18	18
1:58	Eddie House makes 23-foot jumper (Rasheed Wallace assists)	18	20
1:38	James Posey offensive foul (Rasheed Wallace draws the foul)	18	20
1:38	James Posey turnover	18	20
1:21	Rasheed Wallace misses 25-foot three point jumper	18	20
1:20	James Posey defensive rebound	18	20
1:10	Hilton Armstrong misses jumper	18	20
1:08	Marquis Daniels defensive rebound	18	20
59.4	James Posey personal foul (Eddie House draws the foul)	18	20
59.4	Eddie House makes free throw 1 of 2	18	21
59.4	Eddie House makes free throw 2 of 2	18	22
50.3	Hilton Armstrong makes 1-foot two point shot (James Posey assists)	20	22
38.9	Rasheed Wallace misses 23-foot three point jumper	20	22
38.2	Boston defensive rebound	20	22
38.2	Kendrick Perkins loose ball foul (James Posey draws the foul)	20	22
27.8	Bobby Brown misses two point shot	20	22
26.9	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	20	22
2.9	Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	22
1.8	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	20	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	20	22

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 1-0

Hornets
87
Celtics
97

Game 1

1/11

Hornets
87
Celtics
97

Game 2

1/11

Celtics
85
Hornets
93

Game 3

11/2

Celtics
85
Hornets
93

Game 4

11/2

TD Garden

11:00 PM, 1 November 2009

Boston, MA

Attendance: 18,624

Referees:
Greg Willard
Tommy Nunez Jr.
Sean Corbin

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	10	3	.769	-	W1
New York	5	6	.455	4	L1
Brooklyn	5	7	.417	4.5	L1
Philadelphia	2	9	.182	7	L2
Toronto	2	10	.167	7.5	L5

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