76ers 98-97 Celtics (19 Dec, 2009) Play-by-Play

Philadelphia 76ers

7-19, 3-10 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHI	17	25	30	26	98
BOS	24	29	23	21	97

Boston Celtics

20-5, 8-4 home

Ray Allen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Ray Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ray Allen misses layup
Ray Allen misses layup
Kendrick Perkins makes jumper
Kendrick Perkins makes layup (Ray Allen assists)
Ray Allen misses two point shot
Samuel Dalembert blocks Ray Allen's layup
Kendrick Perkins makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Ray Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Ray Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rajon Rondo makes two point shot
Samuel Dalembert blocks Kendrick Perkins's 6-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses jumper
Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Garnett makes layup (Paul Pierce assists)
Kevin Garnett misses layup
Kevin Garnett makes two point shot
Kevin Garnett misses 21-foot jumper
Rasheed Wallace misses two point shot
Paul Pierce makes 8-foot two point shot
Willie Green blocks Tony Allen's layup
Elton Brand blocks Rajon Rondo's layup
Rasheed Wallace misses layup
Rasheed Wallace makes two point shot
Rasheed Wallace makes 8-foot two point shot
Tony Allen makes 2-foot two point shot
Shelden Williams makes layup (Ray Allen assists)
Tony Allen makes slam dunk
Tony Allen misses 9-foot jumper
Ray Allen makes 22-foot jumper (Tony Allen assists)
Eddie House makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tony Allen assists)
Eddie House misses 22-foot jumper
Tony Allen makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kendrick Perkins makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
Tony Allen makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Tony Allen misses 21-foot jumper
Ray Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kendrick Perkins misses layup
Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper
Paul Pierce makes two point shot
Kevin Garnett makes 21-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
Ray Allen makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Rajon Rondo makes running jumper
Ray Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 3-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses layup
Kevin Garnett makes 13-foot jumper
Paul Pierce makes 12-foot two point shot
Kendrick Perkins misses 5-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses 10-foot two point shot
Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Andre Iguodala blocks Paul Pierce's layup
Rajon Rondo misses layup
Kevin Garnett makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Shelden Williams makes slam dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
Shelden Williams makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Brian Scalabrine misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup
Rajon Rondo makes 3-foot two point shot
Brian Scalabrine misses 24-foot three point jumper
Eddie House misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kendrick Perkins makes layup
Kendrick Perkins misses layup
Kevin Garnett misses 19-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 9-foot jumper
Paul Pierce misses 12-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo makes driving layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
Ray Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Paul Pierce misses dunk
Rajon Rondo misses 5-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses layup
Elton Brand blocks Kendrick Perkins's layup
Ray Allen makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Ray Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 19-foot jumper
Ray Allen makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kevin Garnett misses two point shot
Paul Pierce misses 18-foot jumper
Ray Allen misses 15-foot jumper
Andre Iguodala misses driving dunk
Willie Green makes 22-foot jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Samuel Dalembert makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Andre Iguodala makes 22-foot jumper
Andre Iguodala misses 16-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett blocks Samuel Dalembert's layup
Kevin Garnett blocks Jrue Holiday's layup
Thaddeus Young makes driving dunk
Thaddeus Young misses 23-foot three point jumper
Samuel Dalembert misses layup
Thaddeus Young makes two point shot (Samuel Dalembert assists)
Willie Green misses 20-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday misses layup
Jrue Holiday misses tip shot
Samuel Dalembert makes jumper
Thaddeus Young misses layup
Thaddeus Young misses 7-foot jumper
Andre Iguodala misses 19-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andre Iguodala misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday misses two point shot
Willie Green misses 21-foot jumper
Marreese Speights misses 21-foot jumper
Elton Brand makes two point shot
Willie Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marreese Speights assists)
Andre Iguodala misses 61-foot three point jumper
Marreese Speights misses layup
Marreese Speights makes two point shot
Marreese Speights makes 7-foot two point shot
Marreese Speights misses 17-foot jumper
Royal Ivey makes 5-foot two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Elton Brand makes 11-foot two point shot
Elton Brand makes 12-foot jumper (Willie Green assists)
Elton Brand misses 16-foot jumper
Samuel Dalembert misses 8-foot two point shot
Willie Green misses 15-foot two point shot
Andre Iguodala misses 24-foot three point jumper
Elton Brand misses layup
Thaddeus Young misses tip shot
Willie Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
Elton Brand misses 11-foot two point shot
Andre Iguodala misses layup
Marreese Speights makes 2-foot two point shot
Thaddeus Young makes 21-foot jumper (Andre Iguodala assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 14-foot jumper
Andre Iguodala misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kevin Garnett blocks Samuel Dalembert's layup
Willie Green makes layup
Willie Green makes driving dunk (Andre Iguodala assists)
Andre Iguodala misses two point shot
Andre Iguodala makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Samuel Dalembert misses 20-foot jumper
Thaddeus Young misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday misses layup
Willie Green makes 6-foot jumper
Thaddeus Young makes layup (Jrue Holiday assists)
Elton Brand makes 18-foot jumper (Willie Green assists)
Kendrick Perkins blocks Elton Brand's layup
Kevin Garnett blocks Thaddeus Young's jumper
Elton Brand misses layup
Elton Brand makes jumper (Willie Green assists)
Andre Iguodala makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Elton Brand makes layup (Jrue Holiday assists)
Thaddeus Young misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes 25-foot three pointer (Willie Green assists)
Jrue Holiday makes 18-foot jumper
Willie Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
Marreese Speights misses 20-foot jumper
Thaddeus Young misses 6-foot jumper
Marreese Speights makes tip shot
Willie Green misses jumper
Jrue Holiday makes 13-foot jumper (Andre Iguodala assists)
Thaddeus Young misses layup
Marreese Speights misses layup
Marreese Speights makes layup
Willie Green makes 9-foot jumper
Marreese Speights misses layup
Marreese Speights makes jumper (Andre Iguodala assists)
Kendrick Perkins blocks Marreese Speights's layup
Andre Iguodala makes 12-foot two point shot
Kendrick Perkins blocks Marreese Speights's 14-foot jumper
Andre Iguodala makes driving layup
Andre Iguodala makes 4-foot jumper
Marreese Speights misses 19-foot jumper
Willie Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
Marreese Speights misses 15-foot jumper
Elton Brand makes tip shot

76ERS

CELTICS

TIME		PHI	BOS
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Samuel Dalembert vs. Kendrick Perkins (Kevin Garnett gains possession)	0	0
11:49	Kendrick Perkins bad pass (Willie Green steals)	0	0
11:41	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	0	0
11:41	Andre Iguodala misses driving dunk	12	16
11:32	Ray Allen makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)	0	3
11:18	Willie Green makes 22-foot jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)	2	3
10:56	Ray Allen misses 23-foot three point jumper	2	3
10:53	Jrue Holiday defensive rebound	2	3
10:49	Samuel Dalembert makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)	4	3
10:33	Ray Allen misses layup	4	3
10:30	Ray Allen offensive rebound	4	3
10:29	Ray Allen misses layup	4	3
10:27	Kendrick Perkins offensive rebound	4	3
10:25	Kendrick Perkins makes jumper	4	5
10:00	Andre Iguodala makes 22-foot jumper	6	5
9:49	Rajon Rondo bad pass (Thaddeus Young steals)	6	5
9:41	Andre Iguodala misses 16-foot jumper	6	5
9:40	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	6	5
9:32	Kendrick Perkins makes layup (Ray Allen assists)	6	7
9:12	Kevin Garnett blocks Samuel Dalembert's layup	6	7
9:11	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	6	7
9:10	Rajon Rondo lost ball (Jrue Holiday steals)	6	7
9:04	Kevin Garnett blocks Jrue Holiday's layup	6	7
9:03	Paul Pierce defensive rebound	6	7
8:52	Ray Allen misses two point shot	6	7
8:51	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	6	7
8:45	Thaddeus Young makes driving dunk	8	7
8:29	Samuel Dalembert personal foul (Kendrick Perkins draws the foul)	8	7
8:25	Samuel Dalembert blocks Ray Allen's layup	8	7
8:22	Andre Iguodala defensive rebound	8	7
8:11	Thaddeus Young misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	7
8:11	Ray Allen defensive rebound	8	7
8:03	Rajon Rondo bad pass	8	7
7:56	Samuel Dalembert misses layup	8	7
7:56	Paul Pierce defensive rebound	8	7
7:45	Kendrick Perkins makes layup (Rajon Rondo assists)	8	9
7:31	Thaddeus Young makes two point shot (Samuel Dalembert assists)	10	9
7:22	Jrue Holiday personal foul (Rajon Rondo draws the foul)	10	9
7:18	Thaddeus Young shooting foul (Kevin Garnett draws the foul)	10	9
7:18	Kevin Garnett makes free throw 1 of 2	10	10
7:18	Kevin Garnett makes free throw 2 of 2	10	11
7:09	Willie Green misses 20-foot jumper	10	11
7:07	Paul Pierce defensive rebound	10	11
6:54	Ray Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)	10	14
6:43	Jrue Holiday misses layup	10	14
6:41	Jrue Holiday offensive rebound	10	14
6:39	Jrue Holiday misses tip shot	10	14
6:39	Samuel Dalembert offensive rebound	10	14
6:35	Samuel Dalembert makes jumper	12	14
6:13	Ray Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper	12	14
6:11	Thaddeus Young defensive rebound	12	14
6:07	Thaddeus Young misses layup	12	14
6:07	Philadelphia offensive rebound	12	14
5:58	Thaddeus Young misses 7-foot jumper	12	14
5:58	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	12	14
5:54	Rajon Rondo makes two point shot	12	16
5:41	Andre Iguodala misses 19-foot jumper	12	16
5:39	Paul Pierce defensive rebound	12	16
5:22	Samuel Dalembert blocks Kendrick Perkins's 6-foot jumper	12	16
5:20	Kendrick Perkins offensive rebound	12	16
5:18	Kendrick Perkins lost ball (Samuel Dalembert steals)	12	16
5:13	Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	16
5:11	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	12	16
4:56	Jrue Holiday personal foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	12	16
4:56	Boston full timeout	12	16
4:45	Paul Pierce misses jumper	12	16
4:43	Kendrick Perkins offensive rebound	12	16
4:37	Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	16
4:35	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	12	16
4:15	Andre Iguodala misses 24-foot three point jumper	12	16
4:13	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	12	16
3:50	Kevin Garnett makes layup (Paul Pierce assists)	12	18
3:30	Jrue Holiday misses two point shot	12	18
3:28	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	12	18
3:19	Kevin Garnett misses layup	12	18
3:18	Kevin Garnett offensive rebound	12	18
3:17	Kevin Garnett makes two point shot	12	20
3:00	Willie Green misses 21-foot jumper	12	20
2:59	Kendrick Perkins defensive rebound	12	20
2:49	Kevin Garnett misses 21-foot jumper	12	20
2:47	Kendrick Perkins offensive rebound	12	20
2:33	Andre Iguodala personal foul (Kevin Garnett draws the foul)	12	20
2:33	Philadelphia full timeout	12	20
2:33	Rasheed Wallace enters the game for Kendrick Perkins	12	20
2:33	Eddie House enters the game for Rajon Rondo	12	20
2:33	Royal Ivey enters the game for Jrue Holiday	12	20
2:33	Elton Brand enters the game for Samuel Dalembert	12	20
2:33	Marreese Speights enters the game for Thaddeus Young	12	20
2:33	Kevin Garnett makes free throw 1 of 2	12	21
2:33	Kevin Garnett makes free throw 2 of 2	12	22
2:16	Marreese Speights misses 21-foot jumper	12	22
2:15	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	12	22
2:00	Paul Pierce bad pass	12	22
2:00	Shelden Williams enters the game for Kevin Garnett	12	22
2:00	Tony Allen enters the game for Ray Allen	12	22
1:44	Elton Brand makes two point shot	14	22
1:25	Rasheed Wallace misses two point shot	14	22
1:23	Marreese Speights defensive rebound	14	22
1:00	Willie Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marreese Speights assists)	17	22
43.5	Paul Pierce makes 8-foot two point shot	17	24
27.9	Elton Brand lost ball (Rasheed Wallace steals)	17	24
22.9	Willie Green blocks Tony Allen's layup	17	24
20.7	Andre Iguodala defensive rebound	17	24
17.6	Marreese Speights offensive foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul)	17	24
17.6	Marreese Speights turnover	17	24
17.6	Rajon Rondo enters the game for Shelden Williams	17	24
2.9	Elton Brand blocks Rajon Rondo's layup	17	24
0.6	Andre Iguodala defensive rebound	17	24
0.0	Andre Iguodala misses 61-foot three point jumper	17	24
0.0	Philadelphia offensive rebound	17	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	17	24

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 2-1

Celtics
105
76ers
74

Game 1

4/11

76ers
110
Celtics
113

Game 2

26/11

76ers
98
Celtics
97

Game 3

19/12

Celtics
96
76ers
86

Game 4

6/3

TD Garden

12:30 AM, 19 December 2009

Boston, MA

Attendance: 18,624

Referees:
Leroy Richardson
Bill Kennedy
Zach Zarba

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	22	7	.759	-	L1
New York	19	10	.655	3	W4
Brooklyn	11	18	.379	11	L2
Philadelphia	10	17	.370	11	W1
Toronto	7	23	.233	15.5	L8

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