New Jersey Nets @ Boston Celtics

5-10, 2-6 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nets NJ	17	29	17	20	83
Celtics BOS	18	20	23	28	89

Boston CelticsCelticsBOS

11-4, 6-1 Home

New Jersey Nets

starters
Kris HumphriesK. Humphries
Travis OutlawT. Outlaw
Brook LopezB. Lopez
Anthony MorrowA. Morrow
Devin HarrisD. Harris
bench
Joe SmithJ. Smith
Troy MurphyT. Murphy
Derrick FavorsD. Favors
Quinton RossQ. Ross
Stephen GrahamS. Graham
Damion JamesD. James
Johan PetroJ. Petro
Jordan FarmarJ. Farmar
Ben UzohB. Uzoh
Terrence WilliamsT. Williams
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
32	2	1-5	0-0	0-0	11	2	1	0	2	3	8	2	-9
25	5	2-7	1-2	0-0	5	0	3	0	0	0	5	1	-7
37	16	5-14	0-0	6-8	5	1	2	0	1	3	2	4	-10
39	18	7-11	1-3	3-3	4	0	3	0	0	0	4	1	-14
31	20	6-10	1-3	7-9	2	5	3	1	0	0	2	5	-5
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
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	2	0	1	1	3	3	+3
--	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
18	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	+7
11	6	3-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	+4
31	10	4-11	1-6	1-2	3	7	2	0	0	1	2	1	+1
--	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
	83	31-67	4-14	17-22	42	15	18	2	6	8	34	20
		46%	29%	77%

Boston Celtics

starters
Kevin GarnettK. Garnett
Paul PierceP. Pierce
Shaquille O'NealS. O'Neal
Nate RobinsonN. Robinson
Ray AllenR. Allen
bench
Glen DavisG. Davis
Luke HarangodyL. Harangody
Jermaine O'NealJ. O'Neal
Kendrick PerkinsK. Perkins
Semih ErdenS. Erden
Rajon RondoR. Rondo
Avery BradleyA. Bradley
Marquis DanielsM. Daniels
Delonte WestD. West
Von WaferV. Wafer
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
33	8	4-12	0-0	0-0	5	2	2	3	1	0	5	2	+12
39	18	7-17	1-5	3-6	5	4	0	1	0	1	4	2	+11
32	25	9-10	0-0	7-13	11	0	0	1	0	3	8	5	+9
20	7	3-5	1-2	0-0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	-2
40	15	5-11	3-5	2-2	4	7	3	3	1	1	3	0	+12
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
28	8	3-9	0-0	2-2	4	2	3	0	2	1	3	3	-7
1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	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
2	0	0-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
--	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	4	2-5	0-0	0-0	3	4	1	2	1	0	3	0	0
12	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	-10
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+7
	89	35-78	5-12	14-23	33	25	10	11	5	7	26	17
		45%	42%	61%

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

Matchups

BOS leads season

1-0

BOS

Game 1@ BOS

Final

Game 2@ NJ

Final

100

Game 3@ BOS

Final

Game 4@ NJ

Final

Game Information

Boston, MA

Referee:John Goble

Referee:Dan Crawford

Referee:Haywoode Workman

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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