National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Boston 124,
New York 105
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 21, 2008
Where: TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Officials: #14 Joe DeRosa, #42 Eric Lewis, #31 Scott Wall
Attendance: 18624
Where: TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Officials: #14 Joe DeRosa, #42 Eric Lewis, #31 Scott Wall
Attendance: 18624
Final Scoring Summary
New York Knicks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Duhon - G | 48:00 | 6-9 | 2-4 | 6-7 | -19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| Quentin Richardson - G | 36:52 | 10-19 | 5-9 | 4-5 | -10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Al Harrington - F | 33:47 | 2-15 | 2-10 | 4-8 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Wilson Chandler - F | 23:45 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| David Lee - C | 43:29 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -25 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Nate Robinson | 37:47 | 7-12 | 4-6 | 5-5 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Tim Thomas | 16:20 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Anthony Roberson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Danilo Gallinari | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jared Jeffries | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jerome James | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Malik Rose | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-83 | 13-33 | 20-26 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 105 | |
| 43.4% | 39.4% | 76.9% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Boston Celtics
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Ray Allen - G | 35:46 | 7-12 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Rajon Rondo - G | 32:27 | 12-14 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Kevin Garnett - F | 33:31 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Paul Pierce - F | 25:28 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Kendrick Perkins - C | 28:55 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tony Allen | 27:52 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 2-6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| Eddie House | 17:42 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Leon Powe | 16:55 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Brian Scalabrine | 14:23 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Gabriel Pruitt | 5:08 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick O'Bryant | 1:53 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sam Cassell | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 50-76 | 10-20 | 14-24 | 9 | 38 | 47 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 124 | |
| 65.8% | 50.0% | 58.3% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 23 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NY | None |
| BOS | None |
Team Statistics
| New York | Boston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 16 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| Points in the Paint | 32 | Points in the Paint | 60 |
| Biggest Lead | 0 | Biggest Lead | 23 |