Magic Vs. Celtics: Boston Holds Orlando to Record Lows
The Boston Celtics won 87-56, holding the Orlando Magic to all-time franchise lows for points and shooting percentage.
| Final - 1.23.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Magic | 20 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 56 |
| Boston Celtics | 22 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 87 |
The Boston Celtics won 87-56, holding the Orlando Magic to all-time franchise lows for points and shooting percentage.
Ed. note: I'm letting Mike's analysis here serve as a Magic/Celtics game recap. - EDIn a performance that absolutely no one saw coming, the struggling Celtics, who were 0-6 against winning teams...
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando | 20 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 56 |
| Boston | 22 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 87 |
| Orlando | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedo Turkoglu | 24 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 7 |
| Ryan Anderson | 23 | 0-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Dwight Howard | 35 | 4-15 | 0-1 | 10-18 | 14-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3-1 | 18 |
| Jason Richardson | 21 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Jameer Nelson | 24 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Glen Davis | 23 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 11-5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1-0 | 6 |
| J.J. Redick | 18 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Chris Duhon | 11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Quentin Richardson | 21 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Earl Clark | 9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Von Wafer | 14 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Larry Hughes | 8 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Justin Harper | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Daniel Orton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| DeAndre Liggins | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 16-65 | 4-16 | 20-30 | 44-11 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 16-3 | 56 | |
| .246 | .250 | .667 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 2 (6 pts) | |||||||
| Boston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 33 | 6-14 | 1-3 | 6-6 | 5-0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 19 |
| Kevin Garnett | 28 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 10-3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2-0 | 14 |
| Jermaine O`Neal | 18 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6-1 | 0 |
| Sasha Pavlovic | 33 | 4-9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Avery Bradley | 29 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Brandon Bass | 34 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 8-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 19 |
| Greg Stiemsma | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-0 | 2 |
| Marquis Daniels | 28 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 8 |
| E`Twaun Moore | 19 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 6 |
| JaJuan Johnson | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Ray Allen | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Chris Wilcox | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Mickael Pietrus | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Keyon Dooling | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Rajon Rondo | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 33-78 | 2-13 | 19-19 | 46-8 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 21-1 | 87 | |
| .423 | .154 | 1.000 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 0 (24 pts) | |||||||