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| Final - 2.12.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bulls | 23 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 91 |
| Boston Celtics | 28 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 95 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago | 23 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 91 |
| Boston | 28 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 95 |
| Chicago | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luol Deng | 42 | 3-12 | 0-2 | 4-6 | 5-1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Carlos Boozer | 34 | 9-16 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 7-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5-0 | 22 |
| Joakim Noah | 35 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 9-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 16 |
| Ronnie Brewer | 31 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| C.J. Watson | 42 | 8-23 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 2-1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 22 |
| Taj Gibson | 12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Kyle Korver | 18 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Omer Asik | 9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 2 |
| John Lucas III | 11 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Richard Hamilton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brian Scalabrine | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Derrick Rose | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Butler | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-88 | 6-20 | 17-24 | 42-15 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 18-0 | 91 | |
| .386 | .300 | .708 | Team Reb: 12 | Total TO: 0 (14 pts) | |||||||
| Boston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 36 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4-0 | 9 |
| Chris Wilcox | 26 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 9-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5-0 | 11 |
| Kevin Garnett | 28 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 12-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Ray Allen | 35 | 3-9 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 11 |
| Rajon Rondo | 39 | 11-22 | 0-2 | 10-13 | 10-2 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3-0 | 32 |
| JaJuan Johnson | 33 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4-0 | 12 |
| Greg Stiemsma | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Mickael Pietrus | 18 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Keyon Dooling | 8 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Avery Bradley | 8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Jermaine O`Neal | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Sasha Pavlovic | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Brandon Bass | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Marquis Daniels | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| E`Twaun Moore | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 37-75 | 3-13 | 18-26 | 44-8 | 24 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 23-0 | 95 | |
| .493 | .231 | .692 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 1 (18 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Greg Willard, John Goble, Olandis Poole
Duration:2:33
Officials: - Greg Willard, John Goble, Olandis Poole
Duration:2:33
