National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 83,
Boston 81
When: 3:00 PM ET, Friday, December 31, 2010
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Officials: #42 Eric Lewis, #22 Bill Spooner, # Haywoode Workman
Attendance: 18624
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Officials: #42 Eric Lewis, #22 Bill Spooner, # Haywoode Workman
Attendance: 18624
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 23 | 14 | 29 | 17 | 83 |
| Boston | 19 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 81 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 40:28 | 7-15 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| Marco Belinelli - G | 30:14 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| David West - F | 41:30 | 8-17 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Trevor Ariza - F | 29:49 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 2-4 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Emeka Okafor - C | 43:04 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 0-5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Willie Green | 18:25 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 2-2 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Marcus Thornton | 11:47 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jason Smith | 8:48 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jarrett Jack | 7:33 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Quincy Pondexter | 5:45 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Didier Ilunga-Mbenga | 2:37 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Andersen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-76 | 5-12 | 12-21 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 83 | |
| 43.4% | 41.7% | 57.1% | Team Rebs: 13 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Boston Celtics
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Ray Allen - G | 40:13 | 7-13 | 2-4 | 2-2 | -9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Nate Robinson - G | 37:32 | 5-10 | 1-4 | 0-2 | -6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Paul Pierce - F | 35:44 | 5-10 | 0-4 | 2-2 | -9 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| Glen Davis - F | 35:10 | 4-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Shaquille O'Neal - C | 14:58 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jermaine O'Neal | 33:01 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Marquis Daniels | 24:41 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Luke Harangody | 12:49 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Von Wafer | 5:51 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Avery Bradley | 0:01 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Semih Erden | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Rajon Rondo | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 34-76 | 3-16 | 10-15 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 81 | |
| 44.7% | 18.8% | 66.7% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 19 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| BOS | Glen Davis |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Boston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 12 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| Points in the Paint | 42 | Points in the Paint | 42 |
| Biggest Lead | 11 | Biggest Lead | 7 |