NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Miami Heat91–81Boston Celtics

Miami Heat at Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday 18 December 2002
Arena: FleetCenter13,994 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 59th meetingof 186 played

Miami Heat

Miami Heat box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
LaPhonso Ellis	33:13	3–13	1–7	5–6	1	7	8	2	0	0	1	3	12	+10
Travis Best	30:36	3–7	1–1	1–2	0	1	1	6	2	0	0	6	8	0
Mike James	25:43	5–10	3–4	0–0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	3	13	+3
Vladimir Stepania	21:33	2–6	0–0	2–2	3	7	10	0	0	1	1	3	6	+9
Eddie Jones	—	5–17	4–10	7–9	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	3	21	+8
Brian Grant	—	5–8	0–0	7–8	2	8	10	1	3	0	1	4	17	+5
Caron Butler	—	6–13	1–1	1–2	4	6	10	3	3	0	5	3	14	+12
Anthony Carter	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	0	3	3	4	1	1	1	0	0	+3
Team totals	111:05	29–77	10–23	23–29	10	33	43	21	11	2	11	25	91	—

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Paul Pierce	45:36	4–13	0–3	10–15	1	7	8	2	2	1	8	2	18	-5
Tony Delk	42:36	5–12	5–9	5–6	1	7	8	5	0	1	1	2	20	-6
Walter McCarty	28:57	2–4	0–2	2–2	2	2	4	0	2	0	1	1	6	-11
Shammond Williams	28:44	4–12	1–5	2–2	0	2	2	2	0	1	2	3	11	-3
Vin Baker	12:52	2–5	0–0	0–0	2	2	4	0	0	0	2	4	4	-7
Tony Battie	11:21	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	-3
Bruno Šundov	1:39	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3
Antoine Walker	—	7–16	3–8	2–5	0	7	7	2	1	0	1	5	19	-6
Eric Williams	—	1–5	0–0	1–2	2	4	6	2	1	0	3	1	3	-6
Team totals	171:45	25–69	9–27	22–32	9	31	40	13	6	4	18	19	81	—

This season

Boston Celtics 2, Miami Heat 2 in NBA 2002-03.

18 Dec 200291–81 this game
27 Dec 2002Boston Celtics 70–90 Miami Heat
2 Apr 2003Miami Heat 62–90 Boston Celtics
13 Apr 2003Boston Celtics 94–86 Miami Heat

Records going in

Miami Heat: 6–18
Boston Celtics: 16–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 111, Miami Heat 75.

10 Apr 2002Miami Heat 65–70 Boston Celtics
27 Dec 2002Boston Celtics 70–90 Miami Heat

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.