National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Boston 117,
Phoenix 97
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Where: TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Officials: #27 Dick Bavetta, #33 Sean Corbin, #60 David Guthrie
Attendance: 18624
Where: TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Officials: #27 Dick Bavetta, #33 Sean Corbin, #60 David Guthrie
Attendance: 18624
Final Scoring Summary
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Raja Bell - G | 37:18 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Steve Nash - G | 31:11 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Amare Stoudemire - F | 37:53 | 11-16 | 0-0 | 10-11 | -18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 32 |
| Grant Hill - F | 26:35 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Shaquille O'Neal - C | 27:45 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 4-5 | -13 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Gordan Giricek | 26:51 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Boris Diaw | 25:01 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Leandro Barbosa | 22:43 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| D.J. Strawberry | 2:58 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Skinner | 1:46 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alando Tucker | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Sean Marks | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Eric Piatkowski | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-68 | 4-13 | 17-19 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 97 | |
| 55.9% | 30.8% | 89.5% | Team Rebs: 3 | Total TO: 21 | ||||||||||
Boston Celtics
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Ray Allen - G | 45:17 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Rajon Rondo - G | 29:03 | 7-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Paul Pierce - F | 37:53 | 9-16 | 0-1 | 9-9 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| Kevin Garnett - F | 33:56 | 12-19 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| Kendrick Perkins - C | 25:54 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 20:09 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Glen Davis | 13:59 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Eddie House | 12:46 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Leon Powe | 12:45 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sam Cassell | 6:17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tony Allen | 2:02 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P.J. Brown | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Scot Pollard | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Brian Scalabrine | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Gabriel Pruitt | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 45-86 | 5-13 | 22-28 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 117 | |
| 52.3% | 38.5% | 78.6% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| PHO | Steve Nash , Shaquille O'Neal |
| BOS | None |
Team Statistics
| Phoenix | Boston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 2 | Fast Break Points | 10 |
| Points in the Paint | 44 | Points in the Paint | 54 |
| Biggest Lead | 3 | Biggest Lead | 23 |