Boston 77, Indiana 89

April 21, 2003

Opening Round - Boston wins 4-2

Gainbridge Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Indiana)

Attendance: 15,881

Officials: Ron Garretson, Tony Brothers, Bernie Fryer

Team Rebounds: Boston (4) Indiana (6)

Technicals: Boston (2 (Bench)) Indiana (1 (Bench))

  1 2 3 4 Final
BOS (44-38) 24 24 17 12 77
IND (48-34) 33 21 16 19 89

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
BOS 86 89.2 103.1
IND 86 103.1 89.2

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
BOS .404 0.116 0.214 0.179
IND .466 0.151 0.167 0.288

Boston Celtics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Tony Battie Starter C 28:00 4-9 0-0 0-0 10.8 3 8 11 0 3 1 1 0 8
7 Tony Delk Starter PG 37:00 3-9 0-1 6-8 6.2 0 4 4 1 2 2 0 1 12
34 Paul Pierce Starter SG 48:00 5-18 1-7 3-5 8.1 1 8 9 6 3 1 0 3 14
88 Antoine Walker Starter PF 47:00 7-15 3-4 2-2 9.2 1 5 6 3 5 1 0 4 19
55 Eric Williams Starter SF 32:00 1-10 0-4 2-2 0.8 0 2 2 4 3 2 0 1 4
30 Mark Blount Bench C 10:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.8 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0
9 J.R. Bremer Bench PG 11:00 2-4 0-2 0-0 2.8 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 4
43 Grant Long Bench PF 01:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 Walter McCarty Bench C 26:00 6-12 3-8 1-1 14.1 3 4 7 1 1 0 1 0 16
  Team                   4         1  
        240 28-78 7-26 14-18 68.0 9 33 46 16 21 9 2 11 77
          35.9% 26.9% 77.8%                    

Indiana Pacers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
91 Metta World Peace Starter SF 47:00 5-16 1-4 2-4 7.5 1 4 5 6 2 1 2 4 13
52 Brad Miller Starter C 29:00 5-8 0-0 0-0 12.5 0 4 4 5 1 2 0 1 10
31 Reggie Miller Starter SG 37:00 4-13 1-7 9-9 12.6 0 5 5 6 2 1 1 3 18
7 Jermaine O'Neal Starter PF 44:00 9-16 0-1 5-6 22.0 3 17 20 0 3 0 1 2 23
11 Jamaal Tinsley Starter PG 39:00 5-7 4-5 1-2 16.5 1 2 3 7 4 1 0 1 15
44 Austin Croshere Bench PF 21:00 2-9 0-4 2-2 5.2 3 5 8 1 2 0 1 1 6
10 Jeff Foster Bench C 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Al Harrington Bench PF 08:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2.2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0
5 Ron Mercer Bench SG 06:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 0.8 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
21 Erick Strickland Bench PG 07:00 0-0 0-0 2-2 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
  Team                   6            
        240 31-73 6-21 21-25 92.9 8 40 54 25 18 6 5 13 89
          42.5% 28.6% 84.0%                    

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Tony Delk
9.8p, 3.5r, 2.2a
Paul Pierce
25.9p, 7.3r, 4.4a
Eric Williams
9.1p, 4.7r, 1.7a
Antoine Walker
20.1p, 7.2r, 4.8a
Tony Battie
7.3p, 6.5r, 0.7a
Rotation J.R. Bremer
8.3p, 2.3r, 2.6a
 
 
 
 
 
 
Walter McCarty
6.1p, 3.5r, 1.3a
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mark Blount
5p, 3.8r, 0.7a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Grant Long
1.8p, 2r, 0.6a
 
 

Indiana Pacers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Jamaal Tinsley
7.8p, 3.6r, 7.5a
Reggie Miller
12.6p, 2.5r, 2.4a
Metta World Peace
15.5p, 5.2r, 2.9a
Jermaine O'Neal
20.8p, 10.3r, 2a
Brad Miller
13.1p, 8.3r, 2.6a
Rotation  
 
 
 
 
 
Austin Croshere
5.1p, 3.2r, 1.1a
 
 
Lim PT Erick Strickland
6.5p, 2r, 2.9a
Ron Mercer
7.7p, 2.1r, 1.6a
 
 
Al Harrington
12.2p, 6.2r, 1.5a
Jeff Foster
2.1p, 3.6r, 0.7a

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