Denver Nuggets @ Boston Celtics

5-4, 3-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	23	25	16	30	94
Celtics BOS	29	13	23	20	85

Boston CelticsCelticsBOS

8-2, 5-1 Home

Denver Nuggets

starters
Carmelo AnthonyC. Anthony
Kenyon MartinK. Martin
Nene N. Hilario
Chauncey BillupsC. Billups
Dahntay JonesD. Jones
bench
Chris AndersenC. Andersen
Linas KleizaL. Kleiza
Renaldo BalkmanR. Balkman
Steven HunterS. Hunter
Cheikh SambC. Samb
Chucky AtkinsC. Atkins
Anthony CarterA. Carter
Sonny WeemsS. Weems
JR SmithJ. Smith
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	18	8-19	2-2	0-0	13	3	2	1	0	3	10	3	+4
37	16	8-16	0-1	0-0	4	1	4	2	1	1	3	3	-6
35	14	7-10	0-0	0-2	7	0	0	5	0	2	5	3	+6
33	18	6-12	0-3	6-6	2	7	3	1	1	0	2	5	0
13	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	10	4-7	1-3	1-1	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	+16
23	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	7	1	3	1	1	2	5	3	+16
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	2	0-4	0-1	2-2	3	6	4	1	0	1	2	1	+12
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	10	3-6	2-4	2-2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
	94	39-80	5-14	11-13	43	20	19	15	4	12	31	21
		49%	36%	85%

Boston Celtics

starters
Kevin GarnettK. Garnett
Paul PierceP. Pierce
Kendrick PerkinsK. Perkins
Rajon RondoR. Rondo
Ray AllenR. Allen
bench
Brian ScalabrineB. Scalabrine
Leon PoweL. Powe
Glen DavisG. Davis
Henry WalkerH. Walker
Patrick O'BryantP. O'Bryant
Sam CassellS. Cassell
Gabe PruittG. Pruitt
Eddie HouseE. House
Tony AllenT. Allen
J.R. GiddensJ.R. Giddens
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	16	7-14	0-0	2-2	9	2	4	0	2	3	6	1	+4
41	19	4-12	2-6	9-10	7	4	4	3	1	1	6	2	-15
33	6	3-4	0-0	0-0	9	2	3	1	1	4	5	0	+11
30	2	1-8	0-1	0-0	0	7	1	7	0	0	0	3	+6
41	26	9-16	5-10	3-3	6	4	3	2	1	1	5	3	+3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	1	0-3	0-0	1-2	4	0	2	0	1	3	1	1	-16
16	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	-16
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1
19	13	5-11	3-7	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	-17
14	1	0-3	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-7
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	85	29-73	10-25	17-21	37	22	18	13	6	12	25	16
		40%	40%	81%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

DEN

DEN leads season

1-0

BOS

Game 1@ BOS

Final

Game 2@ DEN

Final

114

Game Information

Boston, MA

Referee:Sean Corbin

Referee:Leon Wood

Referee:David Guthrie

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	56	26	.683	-	W2
New York	53	29	.646	3	L1
Toronto	46	36	.561	10	W1
Philadelphia	45	37	.549	11	W2
Brooklyn	20	62	.244	36	L3

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