Celtics Vs. Hawks: Atlanta Loses Boston Street Fight 79-76
The Atlanta Hawks fell 79-76 to the Boston Celtics Monday night despite 25 points from Joe Johnson.
| Final - 3.19.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics | 12 | 19 | 19 | 29 | 79 |
| Atlanta Hawks | 15 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 76 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 12 | 19 | 19 | 29 | 79 |
| Atlanta | 15 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 76 |
| Boston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pierce | 27 | 4-14 | 0-3 | 5-6 | 5-1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5-0 | 13 |
| Brandon Bass | 37 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-0 | 8 |
| Kevin Garnett | 36 | 7-17 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 8-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Ray Allen | 36 | 5-9 | 4-6 | 5-5 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 19 |
| Rajon Rondo | 38 | 4-14 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Greg Stiemsma | 19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Mickael Pietrus | 28 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 9 |
| Avery Bradley | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Keyon Dooling | 5 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Jermaine O`Neal | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Chris Wilcox | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Sasha Pavlovic | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Marquis Daniels | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| E`Twaun Moore | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| JaJuan Johnson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 29-74 | 6-16 | 15-17 | 40-6 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 23-0 | 79 | |
| .392 | .375 | .882 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 1 (22 pts) | |||||||
| Atlanta | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Johnson | 35 | 9-17 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 6-2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5-0 | 25 |
| Josh Smith | 37 | 5-20 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 11-1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Zaza Pachulia | 38 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 13-4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Kirk Hinrich | 36 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3-0 | 9 |
| Jeff Teague | 41 | 4-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-1 | 8 |
| Tracy McGrady | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Ivan Johnson | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | 15 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Jason Collins | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Erick Dampier | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Vladimir Radmanovic | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jannero Pargo | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Willie Green | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Marvin Williams | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Al Horford | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 29-75 | 5-15 | 13-19 | 45-9 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 19-1 | 76 | |
| .387 | .333 | .684 | Team Reb: 8 | Total TO: 0 (15 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Bill Spooner, Kane Fitzgerald, Derek Richardson
Duration:2:25
Officials: - Bill Spooner, Kane Fitzgerald, Derek Richardson
Duration:2:25
