NBA 1997-98Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets117–104Boston Celtics

New Jersey Nets at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 8 April 1998
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1997-98Regular season
Meeting: 114th meetingof 242 played

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Sam Cassell	39:12	5–12	0–1	19–20	2	2	4	9	3	0	4	2	29	+11
Kerry Kittles	31:49	7–15	2–5	5–6	1	3	4	2	1	0	1	2	21	+6
Keith Van Horn	31:25	8–12	1–2	7–9	2	9	11	3	2	0	2	5	24	+2
Michael Cage	29:17	2–3	0–0	0–0	2	6	8	1	1	0	1	0	4	+8
Chris Gatling	27:05	7–8	0–0	1–2	2	3	5	5	1	1	3	3	15	+9
Kendall Gill	26:29	4–8	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	8	+9
Sherman Douglas	20:15	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	1	2	+16
Brian Evans	16:34	4–6	0–2	1–1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	-5
Lucious Harris	9:41	1–5	1–2	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	+2
David Vaughn	8:13	1–2	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	+7
Team totals	240:00	40–74	4–12	33–38	12	27	39	29	10	2	12	16	117	—

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Žan Tabak	4:38	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
Antoine Walker	—	18–26	5–7	2–6	4	0	4	4	2	0	0	5	43	-10
Ron Mercer	—	8–16	0–0	2–2	4	2	6	1	2	0	3	2	18	-14
Dana Barros	—	5–11	3–5	0–0	0	1	1	8	0	1	1	3	13	+7
Greg Minor	—	5–7	0–1	0–0	1	3	4	5	0	0	2	3	10	0
Walter McCarty	—	4–10	0–3	0–0	3	3	6	3	2	0	1	5	8	-20
Travis Knight	—	3–6	0–0	0–0	2	6	8	3	2	2	2	5	6	+12
Kenny Anderson	—	1–7	0–1	2–2	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	3	4	-17
Tyus Edney	—	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	-3
Andrew DeClercq	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	-16
Team totals	4:38	44–86	8–17	8–12	15	17	32	27	9	3	15	27	104	—

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Brooklyn Nets 2 in NBA 1997-98.

19 Nov 1997Boston Celtics 100–108 New Jersey Nets
21 Nov 1997New Jersey Nets 93–101 Boston Celtics
27 Mar 1998Boston Celtics 82–76 New Jersey Nets
8 Apr 1998117–104 this game

Records going in

New Jersey Nets: 39–36
Boston Celtics: 34–41

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 155, Brooklyn Nets 87.

27 Mar 1998Boston Celtics 82–76 New Jersey Nets
27 Feb 1999Boston Celtics 101–92 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.