Boston Celtics @ Houston Rockets

44-24, 23-12 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Celtics BOS	28	22	22	22	94
Rockets HOU	24	17	21	25	87

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

35-32, 20-15 Home

Boston Celtics

starters
Kevin GarnettK. Garnett
Paul PierceP. Pierce
Kendrick PerkinsK. Perkins
Rajon RondoR. Rondo
Ray AllenR. Allen
bench
Rasheed WallaceR. Wallace
Brian ScalabrineB. Scalabrine
Glen DavisG. Davis
Shelden WilliamsS. Williams
Nate RobinsonN. Robinson
Marquis DanielsM. Daniels
Tony AllenT. Allen
Michael FinleyM. Finley
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	15	7-16	0-1	1-2	8	3	1	0	0	0	8	5	-4
28	26	9-14	2-3	6-8	5	1	3	2	0	3	2	4	-4
29	8	3-6	0-0	2-2	5	1	1	1	2	1	4	4	-9
35	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	4	10	2	3	0	0	4	4	+1
36	19	7-12	5-8	0-0	1	6	2	1	0	1	0	2	+5
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
19	7	3-8	1-3	0-0	9	1	0	1	2	0	9	3	+16
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	7	3-7	0-0	1-4	7	1	2	0	0	5	2	1	+11
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	8	3-9	2-6	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	+6
20	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	+11
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	+2
	94	37-81	10-23	10-16	43	25	0	9	4	10	33	28
		46%	43%	63%

Houston Rockets

starters
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Trevor ArizaT. Ariza
Kevin MartinK. Martin
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
bench
Jared JeffriesJ. Jeffries
Hilton ArmstrongH. Armstrong
Shane BattierS. Battier
Chase BudingerC. Budinger
Yao MingY. Ming
Jordan HillJ. Hill
David AndersenD. Andersen
Kyle LowryK. Lowry
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
23	7	1-2	0-0	5-6	7	1	1	0	0	2	5	2	0
41	17	6-13	0-1	5-5	10	3	1	0	0	3	7	3	-2
32	11	4-10	2-5	1-2	4	2	5	3	0	2	2	1	+6
35	17	6-12	1-2	4-5	1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	+2
33	10	4-12	0-1	2-2	5	3	3	1	0	2	3	1	+4
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
22	8	2-6	2-5	2-2	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	-15
6	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-5
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	11	5-11	0-0	1-3	7	0	0	0	5	1	6	2	-7
6	0	0-2	0-0	0-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5
16	4	1-6	0-2	2-2	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	-13
	87	30-76	5-17	22-29	42	15	0	7	5	12	30	13
		39%	29%	76%

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

Matchups

BOS

BOS leads season

1-0

HOU

Game 1@ HOU

Final

114

Game 2@ BOS

Final/OT

119

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Joe DeRosa

Referee:Leon Wood

Referee:Greg Willard

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

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

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