P&T Video: How the hell did Steve Novak get so open against the Celtics?
A look (with video) at how Steve Novak got open to hit eight threes against the Celtics.
| Final - 4.17.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics | 26 | 27 | 31 | 26 | 110 |
| New York Knicks | 32 | 40 | 24 | 22 | 118 |
A look (with video) at how Steve Novak got open to hit eight threes against the Celtics.
Reflecting on a wonderful win.
Carmelo Anthony and Paul Pierce had a battle for the ages as the Knicks beat the Celtics at Madison Square Garden.
That was a lot of threes.
Who's ready to go for Tuesday and Wednesday's games?
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 26 | 27 | 31 | 26 | 110 |
| New York | 32 | 40 | 24 | 22 | 118 |
| Boston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bass | 34 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 6-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-1 | 15 |
| Paul Pierce | 43 | 11-19 | 4-6 | 17-18 | 2-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 43 |
| Kevin Garnett | 34 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 5-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 20 |
| Avery Bradley | 38 | 6-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 17 |
| Rajon Rondo | 38 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 13 |
| Greg Stiemsma | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 16 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Marquis Daniels | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Keyon Dooling | 16 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Ryan Hollins | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| E`Twaun Moore | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| JaJuan Johnson | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jermaine O`Neal | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Ray Allen | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Mickael Pietrus | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-66 | 11-21 | 27-34 | 26-6 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 17-2 | 110 | |
| .545 | .524 | .794 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (18 pts) | |||||||
| New York | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelo Anthony | 40 | 13-24 | 2-4 | 7-8 | 12-4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5-1 | 35 |
| Landry Fields | 19 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Tyson Chandler | 41 | 9-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 7-5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 20 |
| Baron Davis | 18 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Iman Shumpert | 24 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4-0 | 6 |
| J.R. Smith | 35 | 8-16 | 7-10 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 25 |
| Mike Bibby | 26 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Jared Jeffries | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Steve Novak | 27 | 8-10 | 8-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 25 |
| Amare Stoudemire | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Bill Walker | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jerome Jordan | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jeremy Lin | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Toney Douglas | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Josh Harrellson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 42-74 | 19-32 | 15-17 | 36-10 | 28 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 26-3 | 118 | |
| .568 | .594 | .882 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 0 (18 pts) | |||||||