NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics96–105Houston Rockets

Boston Celtics at Houston Rockets

Date: Thursday 19 March 1998
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 125th meetingof 178 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Žan Tabak	5:07	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Mercer	—	12–24	0–0	7–8	3	1	4	3	6	0	0	4	31	-4
Antoine Walker	—	8–24	3–6	4–6	2	6	8	0	0	0	2	5	23	-4
Dana Barros	—	6–14	0–4	0–0	1	1	2	4	0	0	2	1	12	-13
Andrew DeClercq	—	4–6	0–0	1–2	5	4	9	5	5	1	2	4	9	+2
Bruce Bowen	—	4–6	1–1	0–0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	4	9	-6
Kenny Anderson	—	1–4	0–0	1–1	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	3	3	-1
Walter McCarty	—	1–9	0–2	1–2	1	4	5	4	0	0	1	2	3	-11
Greg Minor	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	-4
Travis Knight	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	3	2	-9
Tyus Edney	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	+5
Team totals	5:07	39–96	4–13	14–19	15	23	38	23	13	2	8	26	96	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Hakeem Olajuwon	—	15–20	0–0	3–3	3	4	7	1	1	2	2	2	33	+2
Clyde Drexler	—	6–17	2–8	6–9	1	2	3	5	3	1	2	4	20	+9
Mario Elie	—	3–4	1–1	4–4	0	4	4	2	0	0	3	2	11	+4
Charles Barkley	—	4–7	0–1	2–2	4	8	12	0	0	1	2	2	10	+9
Kevin Willis	—	3–9	0–0	4–7	5	7	12	1	0	3	3	3	10	+7
Matt Maloney	—	4–8	2–5	0–0	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	1	10	+7
Matt Bullard	—	3–6	1–4	0–0	2	3	5	4	0	0	1	1	7	+5
Othella Harrington	—	1–1	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Brent Price	—	0–4	0–3	0–0	0	2	2	3	0	0	3	2	0	+2
Eddie Johnson	—	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Team totals	—	39–77	6–22	21–27	16	30	46	21	4	8	18	17	105	—

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 1997-98.

1 Feb 1998Houston Rockets 96–107 Boston Celtics
19 Mar 199896–105 this game

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 29–36
Houston Rockets: 34–31

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 63, Boston Celtics 115.

1 Feb 1998Houston Rockets 96–107 Boston Celtics
10 Dec 1999Houston Rockets 96–100 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.