NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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INDIANA 38 30 25 27 120
BOSTON 30 34 18 22 104 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: IND - REGGIE MILLER 23, CHRIS MULLIN 21, ANTONIO DAVIS 17
BOS - PAUL PIERCE 30, VITALY POTAPENKO 26, GREG MINOR 13
HIGH REBOUND: IND - DALE DAVIS 12, ANTONIO DAVIS 6
BOS - VITALY POTAPENKO 16, PAUL PIERCE 12
HIGH ASSISTS: IND - MARK JACKSON 9, TRAVIS BEST 6
BOS - DANA BARROS 7, PAUL PIERCE 6
ATT: 18,352
Extended Box
INDIANA (120) AT BOSTON (104)
INDIANA
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
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D DAVIS F 33 2-5 6-8 4 8 12 1 2 1 2 10
MULLIN F 22 6-13 6-6 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 21
SMITS C 17 2-6 0-0 2 2 4 1 4 1 0 4
JACKSON G 34 4-6 2-2 1 3 4 9 0 1 1 12
MILLER G 34 9-15 1-1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 23
BEST 24 3-7 0-0 0 0 0 6 1 2 0 6
CROSHERE 3 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
A DAVIS 24 7-11 3-4 1 5 6 1 4 0 0 17
HARRINGTON 3 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
MCKEY 21 5-9 3-4 3 1 4 0 1 2 0 13
ROSE 25 4-10 1-2 2 2 4 5 3 0 2 10
PERKINS DNP - SPRAINED LEFT KNEE
TOTALS 240 44-87 22-27 14 23 37 26 21 9 8 120
(.506) (.815) TEAM REBS: 10 TOTAL TO: 8(11 PTS)
BOSTON
REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
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MCCARTY F 35 3-9 0-0 2 3 5 2 3 1 4 6
PIERCE F 44 9-21 7-10 4 8 12 6 3 0 2 30
POTAPENKO C 41 10-21 6-12 9 7 16 3 4 0 2 26
BARROS G 28 5-5 0-0 0 1 1 7 0 1 2 10
MINOR G 35 6-16 1-2 3 5 8 0 1 0 2 13
BATTIE 20 2-4 0-0 0 5 5 1 2 0 1 4
GARNETT 16 3-7 2-2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 9
D JONES 20 2-4 1-2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 6
SCHINTZIUS 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANDERSON DNP - STRAINED RIGHT HAMSTRING
MERCER DNP - LOWER BACK SPASMS
WALKER DNP - SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE
TOTALS 240 40-87 17-28 18 30 48 23 18 4 13 104
(.460) (.607) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 13(23 PTS)
INDIANA 38 30 25 27 - 120
BOSTON 30 34 18 22 - 104
BLOCKED SHOTS: INDIANA - D DAVIS 3, SMITS 2. BOSTON - PIERCE, MCCARTY,
BATTIE.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: INDIANA 10-18 (.556), MULLIN 3-6, JACKSON 2-2, MILLER
4-6, BEST 0-1, ROSE 1-3. BOSTON 7-17 (.412), MCCARTY 0-2, PIERCE 5-8,
MINOR 0-2, GARNETT 1-3, D JONES 1-2.
TECHNICALS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: BERNIE FRYER, SCOTT WALL, RODNEY MOTT.
A - 18,352. T - 2:15.
Box Score
INDIANA (120)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
D Davis 33 2-5 6-8 4-12 1 2 10
Mullin 22 6-13 6-6 1-2 1 3 21
Smits 17 2-6 0-0 2-4 1 4 4
Jackson 34 4-6 2-2 1-4 9 0 12
Miller 34 9-15 1-1 0-0 2 2 23
Best 24 3-7 0-0 0-0 6 1 6
Croshere 3 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 4
A Davis 24 7-11 3-4 1-6 1 4 17
Harrington 3 0-3 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
Mckey 21 5-9 3-4 3-4 0 1 13
Rose 25 4-10 1-2 2-4 5 3 10
Perkins DNP - sprained left knee
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TOTALS 240 44-87 22-27 14-37 26 21 120
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Percentages: FG-.506, FT-.815. 3-Point Goals:
10-18, .556 (Mullin 3-6, Jackson 2-2, Miller 4-6,
Best 0-1, Rose 1-3). Team rebounds: 10. Blocked
shots: 5 (D Davis 3, Smits 2). Turnovers: 8 (D
Davis 2, Mullin 2, Rose 2, Jackson, Miller).
Steals: 9 (Best 2, Mckey 2, D Davis, Jackson,
Miller, Mullin, Smits).
BOSTON (104)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Mccarty 35 3-9 0-0 2-5 2 3 6
Pierce 44 9-21 7-10 4-12 6 3 30
Potapenko 41 10-21 6-12 9-16 3 4 26
Barros 28 5-5 0-0 0-1 7 0 10
Minor 35 6-16 1-2 3-8 0 1 13
Battie 20 2-4 0-0 0-5 1 2 4
Garnett 16 3-7 2-2 0-1 2 4 9
D Jones 20 2-4 1-2 0-0 2 1 6
Schintzius 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Anderson DNP - strained right hamstring
Mercer DNP - lower back spasms
Walker DNP - sprained left ankle
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TOTALS 240 40-87 17-28 18-48 23 18 104
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Percentages: FG-.460, FT-.607. 3-Point Goals:
7-17, .412 (Mccarty 0-2, Pierce 5-8, Minor 0-2,
Garnett 1-3, D Jones 1-2). Team rebounds: 11.
Blocked shots: 3 (Pierce, Mccarty, Battie).
Turnovers: 13 (Mccarty 4, Barros 2, Minor 2,
Pierce 2, Potapenko 2, Battie). Steals: 4
(Barros, D Jones, Garnett, Mccarty).
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Indiana 38 30 25 27 - 120
Boston 30 34 18 22 - 104
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Technical fouls: None. Flagrant fouls: None. A:
18,352. T: 2:15. Officials: Bernie Fryer, Scott
Wall, Rodney Mott.
Game Story
BOSTON (Ticker) -- Reggie Miller scored 23 points as the Indiana
Pacers kept coach Larry Bird perfect against his former team,
rolling to a 120-104 victory over the shorthanded Boston
Celtics.
Chris Mullin added 21 points and Antonio Davis 17 off the bench
for Indiana, which snapped a two-game losing skid and pulled
within two games of Orlando for the Eastern Conference lead. The
Pacers are third in the East, one game behind second-place
Miami.
Bird, who led the Celtics to three NBA titles during his stellar
playing career, improved to 7-0 against Boston as Indiana coach.
The Pacers have won nine straight against the Celtics overall.
"I told my team tonight before the game we need to win the rest
of our games, all eight," said Bird, who reached the Eastern
Conference finals and pushed the Chicago Bulls to a seventh game
last season as a rookie coach. "I want us to be on a roll, I
expect us to win them all."
Rookie Paul Pierce scored a season-high 30 points and Vitaly
Potapenko added career bests of 26 points and 16 rebounds for
the Celtics, who had a two-game winning streak stopped.
Boston played without starters Kenny Anderson, Ron Mercer and
Antoine Walker, all of whom are injured.
The teams played at a breakneck pace in the first half as
Indiana led, 68-64. Mullin, who had 14 in the first quarter,
scored 17 while Pierce netted 22, almost seven above his per
game average.
"I knew I was going to be asked to step up individually,
offensively and defensively," said Pierce. "We were pressing
the whole game, that wore us down. I thought to myself at
halftime, `Can I really keep putting up these points at this
pace '"
"Pierce played very well, he hit a lot at the beginning of the
game," said Bird. "He and Mullin were matching shots. But we
put Reggie on him later in the game and he hit a few shots and
then we put Derrick McKey on him after that to shut him down."
The depth of the Pacers wore down the Celtics, who rotated only
eight players. A jumper by Potapenko pulled Boston within 71-66
at the 10:10 mark of the third quarter as Mullin hit a 17-footer
and Mark Jackson sank a layup before Miller hit a 3-pointer to
make it 78-66 with 8:18 to go.
A 20-footer by Greg Minor drew the Celtics to 80-73, but Antonio
Davis sandwiched 3-pointers by Miller and Jackson around a
17-footer and three-point play of his own as Indiana's lead
mushroomed to 91-73 with 3:16 to go in the third quarter. The
Pacers grabbed their largest lead at 116-93 with 3:14 to play on
a lay-in by McKey.
"That first half might have been entertaining, but I liked the
defense a whole lot more in the second," said Bird. "We were
unselfish. When you play hard and are into the game, you see
guys on the other side of the court like we did."
"We did the best we could," said Celtics coach Rick Pitino. "We
just got a little tired in the second half. We really enjoyed
playing that style, we just didn't have the depth or the numbers
to continue it. Although we really tried to do it, we just ran
out of gas."
Seven players finished in double figures for the Pacers as McKey
netted 13 points, Jackson 12 and Dale Davis and Jalen Rose had
10 each. Indiana shot better from 3-point range (10-of-18, 55.6
percent) than overall (44-of-87, 50.6 percent).
"We're all disappointed about the last two games, losing to
Philly and Miami," said Miller. "But I am happy we're giving a
good team effort."
Pierce also had 12 rebounds for the Celtics, who shot 46 percent
(40-of-87). The former Jayhawk was 5-of-8 from beyond the arc,
but the rest of his teammates went 2-of-9 from the 3-point
circle.
