Mar 20, 2013 - Boston Celtics at New Orleans Pelicans

3/20/2013 New Orleans v. Boston Game Preview

	Boston Celtics	(36-31, 12-21 away)
	New Orleans Pelicans	(23-46, 13-21 home)

March 20, 2013 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

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Season Series - New Orleans won 2-0

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 16, 2013	New Orleans	Boston	90 - 78	New Orleans	Regular Season	TD Garden
Mar 20, 2013	Boston	New Orleans	86 - 87	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center

2012-2013 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Boston	81	49.0	96.5	37.0	79.7	.465	6.1	17.2	.358	16.3	21.0	.776	8.1	31.3	39.3	22.8	8.2	4.5	14.6	21.2
New Orleans	82	48.2	94.1	36.0	80.4	.448	6.5	18.0	.363	15.5	20.0	.776	12.0	29.6	41.6	21.0	6.3	5.4	14.5	20.4
BOS Opponents	81	49.0	96.7	36.1	82.0	.441	6.8	19.9	.342	17.7	23.9	.740	11.4	32.1	43.6	21.6	7.8	4.7	15.1	19.4
NOP Opponents	82	48.2	97.9	37.0	78.5	.471	7.7	20.6	.374	16.3	21.5	.759	10.2	29.2	39.3	23.4	7.9	6.0	13.6	18.7

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 16, 2013	New Orleans	Boston	90 - 78	New Orleans	Regular Season	TD Garden
Dec 28, 2011	Boston	New Orleans	78 - 97	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 19, 2011	Boston	New Orleans	89 - 85	Boston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 31, 2010	New Orleans	Boston	83 - 81	New Orleans	Regular Season	TD Garden
Feb 10, 2010	Boston	New Orleans	85 - 93	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 1, 2009	New Orleans	Boston	87 - 97	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Feb 11, 2009	Boston	New Orleans	89 - 77	Boston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 12, 2008	New Orleans	Boston	82 - 94	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Mar 28, 2008	New Orleans	Boston	92 - 112	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Mar 22, 2008	Boston	New Orleans	106 - 113	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 19, 2007	Boston	New Orleans	88 - 106	New Orleans	Regular Season	Paycom Center
Nov 1, 2006	New Orleans	Boston	91 - 87	New Orleans	Regular Season	TD Garden
Jan 23, 2006	New Orleans	Boston	78 - 91	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Dec 7, 2005	Boston	New Orleans	101 - 87	Boston	Regular Season	Paycom Center
Mar 19, 2005	Boston	New Orleans	113 - 100	Boston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 3, 2005	New Orleans	Boston	90 - 108	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Apr 9, 2004	Boston	New Orleans	80 - 89	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 31, 2003	New Orleans	Boston	96 - 94	New Orleans	Regular Season	TD Garden
Nov 19, 2003	New Orleans	Boston	81 - 73	New Orleans	Regular Season	TD Garden
Nov 1, 2003	Boston	New Orleans	90 - 97	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 12, 2003	New Orleans	Boston	65 - 93	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden
Feb 3, 2003	Boston	New Orleans	96 - 103	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 8, 2003	Boston	New Orleans	93 - 83	Boston	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 1, 2002	New Orleans	Boston	86 - 95	Boston	Regular Season	TD Garden

2012-2013 Boston Celtics Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	A. Bradley	P. Pierce	J. Green	B. Bass	K. Garnett
Rotation	J. Terry	J. Crawford	T. Williams
Rotation		C. Lee
Lim PT	R. Rondo			J. Sullinger	S. Randolph
Lim PT				D. White	C. Wilcox
Lim PT					F. Melo

2012-2013 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	G. Vasquez	E. Gordon	A. Aminu	A. Davis	R. Lopez
Rotation	B. Roberts	A. Rivers	D. Miller	R. Anderson	J. Smith
Rotation		R. Mason	X. Henry	L. Thomas
Lim PT		T. Harris		L. Amundson

Boston Celtics Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
30	Brandon Bass	PF	81	27.6	8.7	3.5	7.3	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	1.9	.860	1.6	3.7	5.2	1.0	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.3
0	Avery Bradley	PG	50	28.7	9.2	3.8	9.6	.402	0.8	2.5	.317	0.7	1.0	.755	0.6	1.6	2.2	2.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.6
27	Jordan Crawford	G	27	21.5	9.1	3.3	8.0	.415	0.9	2.8	.320	1.6	2.0	.792	0.5	2.3	2.7	2.5	0.4	0.1	1.6	1.7
5	Kevin Garnett	PF	68	29.7	14.8	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.2	.125	2.3	3.0	.786	1.1	6.7	7.8	2.3	1.1	0.9	1.6	2.3
8	Jeff Green	F	81	27.8	12.8	4.6	10.0	.467	0.9	2.2	.385	2.6	3.3	.808	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.2
11	Courtney Lee	SG	78	24.9	7.8	3.2	6.8	.464	0.7	2.0	.372	0.8	0.9	.861	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.8	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.8
13	Fab Melo	C	6	6.0	1.2	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.7	.250	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	1.2
34	Paul Pierce	SF	77	33.4	18.6	6.2	14.2	.436	1.9	5.0	.380	4.3	5.5	.787	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.8	2.7
42	Shavlik Randolph	F	16	12.4	4.2	1.8	3.0	.583	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.7	.407	1.8	2.6	4.4	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.6	2.4
9	Rajon Rondo	PG	38	37.4	13.7	5.9	12.2	.484	0.3	1.3	.240	1.6	2.4	.645	1.1	4.4	5.6	11.1	1.8	0.2	3.9	2.5
7	Jared Sullinger	C	45	19.8	6.0	2.5	5.0	.493	0.0	0.1	.200	1.0	1.4	.746	2.0	3.8	5.9	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.6	3.4
4	Jason Terry	G	79	26.9	10.1	3.6	8.2	.434	1.6	4.2	.372	1.4	1.7	.870	0.2	1.8	2.0	2.5	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.4
12	D.J. White	PF	12	7.2	2.4	1.0	1.9	.522	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.556	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.4
44	Chris Wilcox	FC	61	13.6	4.2	1.8	2.5	.719	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.0	.672	0.9	2.0	3.0	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	2.0
55	Terrence Williams	GF	24	13.2	4.6	2.0	4.0	.495	0.2	0.6	.333	0.4	0.9	.429	0.2	1.7	1.8	1.6	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.5

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
0	Al-Farouq Aminu	F	76	27.2	7.3	3.0	6.2	.475	0.1	0.2	.211	1.3	1.8	.737	1.8	5.9	7.7	1.4	1.2	0.7	1.5	2.0
17	Lou Amundson	PF	18	11.6	2.4	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.9	.500	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.5
33	Ryan Anderson	PF	81	30.9	16.2	5.8	13.8	.423	2.6	6.9	.382	1.9	2.2	.844	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.2	2.2
23	Anthony Davis	PF	64	28.8	13.5	5.4	10.5	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.5	.751	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.4	2.5
10	Eric Gordon	G	42	30.1	17.0	5.6	13.9	.402	1.3	4.1	.324	4.5	5.3	.842	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.3	1.1	0.2	2.8	1.8
12	Terrel Harris	SF	13	8.3	0.4	0.2	1.5	.105	0.0	0.5	.000	0.1	0.2	.500	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.0	1.1
4	Xavier Henry	G	50	12.5	3.9	1.3	3.2	.410	0.1	0.2	.364	1.2	1.8	.630	0.4	1.4	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.4
15	Robin Lopez	FC	82	26.0	11.3	4.7	8.8	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.5	.778	2.8	2.9	5.6	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.3	2.0
8	Roger Mason	SG	69	17.7	5.3	1.9	4.4	.433	1.0	2.3	.415	0.6	0.6	.907	0.2	1.8	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.5
21	Darius Miller	GF	52	13.3	2.3	0.8	2.1	.407	0.4	1.1	.393	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.7
25	Austin Rivers	SG	61	23.2	6.2	2.4	6.4	.372	0.5	1.4	.326	1.0	1.8	.546	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.0
22	Brian Roberts	PG	78	17.0	7.1	2.7	6.6	.417	0.8	2.0	.386	0.9	1.0	.909	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.8	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.4
14	Jason Smith	PF	51	17.2	8.2	3.3	6.7	.490	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.0	.843	1.3	2.4	3.6	0.7	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.4
42	Lance Thomas	F	59	11.0	2.5	0.9	1.8	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.729	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.3
21	Greivis Vasquez	G	78	34.4	13.9	5.6	13.0	.433	1.1	3.1	.342	1.6	2.0	.805	0.6	3.8	4.3	9.0	0.8	0.1	3.2	2.4

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2012-2013 Team Stats

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

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Boston Celtics Player Stats

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