National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Boston 105,
New Jersey 94
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Where: TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Officials: #41 Ken Mauer, #9 Derrick Stafford, #65 Sean Wright
Attendance: 18624
Where: TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Officials: #41 Ken Mauer, #9 Derrick Stafford, #65 Sean Wright
Attendance: 18624
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Jersey | 20 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 94 |
| Boston | 25 | 28 | 22 | 30 | 105 |
New Jersey Nets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Devin Harris - G | 24:00 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 3-4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Vince Carter - G | 23:55 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Richard Jefferson - F | 43:31 | 10-15 | 1-3 | 3-4 | -10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Nenad Krstic - F | 30:41 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 5-6 | -2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| DeSagana Diop - C | 18:37 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Marcus Williams | 24:00 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Maurice Ager | 18:15 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Stromile Swift | 18:10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 6-6 | -12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sean Williams | 16:32 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bostjan Nachbar | 15:56 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 4-4 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Trenton Hassell | 6:23 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Armstrong | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 31-71 | 8-19 | 24-30 | 4 | 32 | 36 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 94 | |
| 43.7% | 42.1% | 80.0% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Boston Celtics
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Sam Cassell - G | 18:55 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Ray Allen - G | 17:28 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul Pierce - F | 16:58 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Kevin Garnett - F | 13:54 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Kendrick Perkins - C | 19:51 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Leon Powe | 34:06 | 9-16 | 0-0 | 9-13 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 |
| Tony Allen | 32:29 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 8-8 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Brian Scalabrine | 29:05 | 2-7 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Glen Davis | 17:50 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Eddie House | 16:32 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Gabriel Pruitt | 12:33 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| P.J. Brown | 10:19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-82 | 8-15 | 23-30 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 105 | |
| 45.1% | 53.3% | 76.7% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NJ | None |
| BOS | None |
Team Statistics
| New Jersey | Boston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 5 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
| Points in the Paint | 22 | Points in the Paint | 34 |
| Biggest Lead | 7 | Biggest Lead | 17 |