118______
111
Boston Celtics (4-0) @ (3-1) Houston Rockets
Garnett Pulverizes Rockets Defense, Houston Loses First Game
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1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
4th
|
OT
|
Final
22
|
25
|
29
|
42
|
0
|
118
25
|
35
|
25
|
26
|
0
|
111
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Tracy McGrady throws down one of his two dunks on the night. McGrady led the Rockets with 33 points in the losing effort.
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BOS
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HOU
53/103
|
Field Goals
|
42/100
51%
|
Field Goal %
|
42%
4/14
|
3 Pointers
|
5/19
28%
|
3 Pointer %
|
26%
8/11
|
Free Throws
|
22/28
71%
|
Free Throw %
|
78%
37
|
Assists
|
25
21
|
Turnovers
|
15
20
|
Team Fouls
|
14
45
|
Total Rebounds
|
39
9
|
Offensive Rebounds
|
16
9
|
Steals
|
15
4
|
Blocks
|
17
78
|
Point in the Paint
|
48
25
|
Bench Points
|
31
12
|
2nd Chance Points
|
13
15
|
Fast Break Points
|
11
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[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=35em"]PLAYER|MIN|PTS|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|FG|3PT|FT|OFF|PF|+-
Kevin Garnett|40|42|18|5|2|0|4|21-30|0-0|0-0|6|5|+11
Paul Pierce|38|19|3|3|2|1|0|9-21|1-4|0-0|0|1|9
Ray Allen|38|15|5|1|2|0|2|5-15|2-4|3-3|0|3|+8
Kendrick Perkins|35|11|13|2|0|1|3|5-9|0-1|1-2|2|1|+14
Rajon Rondo|39|6|1|22|1|0|5|2-5|0-0|2-4|1|4|+5
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[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=35em"]PLAYER|MIN|PTS|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|FG|3PT|FT|OFF|PF|+-
Tracy McGrady|39|33|2|2|3|3|1|12-28|2-6|7-8|2|3|-9
Yao Ming|39|20|19|3|0|7|3|9-15|0-0|2-2|9|2|-3
Ron Artest|36|10|2|3|1|4|3|5-12|0-2|0-0|1|5|-6
Aaron Brooks|36|10|1|5|1|0|2|3-14|2-7|2-2|0|1|-14
Carl Landry|14|10|4|1|0|0|2|4-7|0-0|2-2|2|2|-11
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Player of the Game:
Kevin Garnett
Quote of the Night:
"The Rondo to Garnett connection really hurt us tonight. We had no defense for it and that was the reason we lost tonight. We need to get better all over on defense. Yao's shot blocking ability will not get us through the whole season." - Coach Rick Adelman
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