Boston 92, Atlanta 97

April 28, 2008

Opening Round - Boston wins 4-3

State Farm Arena (Atlanta, Georgia)

Attendance: 20,016

Officials: Monty McCutchen, Mike Callahan, Eddie Rush

Team Rebounds: Boston (15) Atlanta (9)

Technicals: Boston (2 (Bench)) Atlanta (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
BOS (66-16) 24 24 27 17 92
ATL (37-45) 29 22 14 32 97

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
BOS 85 107.7 113.6
ATL 85 113.6 107.7

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
BOS .482 0.117 0.417 0.118
ATL .507 0.199 0.216 0.433

Boston Celtics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
20 Ray Allen Starter SG 44:32 8-14 5-8 0-0 16.5 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 0 21
5 Kevin Garnett Starter PF 41:53 9-21 0-0 2-4 12.5 4 5 9 1 4 6 0 3 20
43 Kendrick Perkins Starter C 24:44 3-4 0-0 0-0 10.2 4 5 9 1 3 0 1 1 6
34 Paul Pierce Starter SF 35:36 5-14 4-7 4-8 11.0 3 4 7 5 5 1 0 3 18
9 Rajon Rondo Starter PG 35:18 6-16 0-0 2-2 14.2 1 2 3 12 3 2 0 2 14
28 Sam Cassell Bench PG 06:35 0-3 0-0 0-0 -1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Glen Davis Bench PF 04:54 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
50 Eddie House Bench PG 06:31 0-2 0-1 0-0 0.2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
41 James Posey Bench SF 18:07 3-7 3-7 1-2 6.2 1 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 10
0 Leon Powe Bench PF 21:50 1-4 0-0 1-2 0.2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
  Team                   15         1  
        240 35-85 12-23 10-18 84.2 15 21 51 26 24 11 3 11 92
          41.2% 52.2% 55.6%                    

Atlanta Hawks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
10 Mike Bibby Starter PG 40:23 5-8 2-4 6-8 8.8 0 3 3 2 3 1 0 4 18
15 Al Horford Starter C 43:52 1-6 0-0 2-2 5.2 3 10 13 2 4 0 0 4 4
2 Joe Johnson Starter SG 46:02 14-24 2-6 5-6 16.5 0 1 1 6 2 0 0 4 35
5 Josh Smith Starter SF 37:09 8-16 0-6 12-13 24.1 0 6 6 2 3 2 7 1 28
24 Marvin Williams Starter PF 22:04 2-4 0-0 4-4 2.0 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 4 8
1 Josh Childress Bench SF 31:48 2-6 0-2 0-0 8.2 4 5 9 2 2 0 0 0 4
44 Solomon Jones Bench C 03:31 0-1 0-0 0-0 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 Acie Law Bench PG 03:44 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
27 Zaza Pachulia Bench C 11:09 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.5 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
6 Mario West Bench SG 00:18 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   9         1  
        240 32-67 4-18 29-33 82.1 8 29 46 16 22 4 8 18 97
          47.8% 22.2% 87.9%                    

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rajon Rondo
10.6p, 4.2r, 5.1a		 Ray Allen
17.4p, 3.7r, 3.1a		 Paul Pierce
19.6p, 5.1r, 4.5a		 Kevin Garnett
18.8p, 9.2r, 3.4a		 Kendrick Perkins
6.9p, 6.1r, 1.1a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 James Posey
7.4p, 4.4r, 1.5a		 Leon Powe
7.9p, 4.1r, 0.3a		  
 
Lim PT Sam Cassell
11.2p, 2.5r, 3.9a		  
 		  
 		 Glen Davis
4.5p, 3r, 0.4a		  
 
Lim PT Eddie House
7.5p, 2.1r, 1.9a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 

Atlanta Hawks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mike Bibby
13.9p, 3.3r, 6a		 Joe Johnson
21.7p, 4.5r, 5.8a		 Josh Smith
17.2p, 8.2r, 3.4a		 Marvin Williams
14.8p, 5.7r, 1.7a		 Al Horford
10.1p, 9.7r, 1.5a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Josh Childress
11.8p, 4.9r, 1.5a		  
 		 Zaza Pachulia
5.2p, 4r, 0.6a
Lim PT Acie Law
4.2p, 1r, 2a		 Mario West
0.9p, 0.8r, 0.2a		  
 		  
 		 Solomon Jones
1p, 1.2r, 0a

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