NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics81–117New Jersey Nets

Boston Celtics at New Jersey Nets

Date: Wednesday 25 December 2002
Arena: Continental Airlines Arena20,049 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 137th meetingof 242 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Paul Pierce	38:51	7–20	3–6	10–12	2	4	6	1	1	0	3	2	27	-25
Tony Delk	27:58	2–6	2–5	0–0	0	4	4	1	1	0	1	2	6	-28
Shammond Williams	25:48	2–5	0–2	0–0	0	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	4	-11
Tony Battie	23:39	2–6	0–0	3–4	3	1	4	1	0	2	4	5	7	-26
Walter McCarty	21:21	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	4	4	3	0	0	3	5	0	-7
Kedrick Brown	13:08	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	+2
Vin Baker	10:46	1–1	0–0	4–6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	-16
Bruno Šundov	7:43	1–4	0–2	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	-4
Rubén Wolkowyski	6:47	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	-3
Antoine Walker	—	5–18	1–4	10–12	2	4	6	3	0	0	1	2	21	-32
Eric Williams	—	1–3	0–0	2–2	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	3	4	-24
J.R. Bremer	—	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
Team totals	176:01	23–71	6–21	29–36	9	23	32	11	6	3	18	24	81	—

New Jersey Nets

New Jersey Nets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Richard Jefferson	32:01	6–11	0–0	10–11	0	8	8	1	2	2	2	4	22	+22
Lucious Harris	29:49	7–12	1–3	2–2	1	3	4	6	0	0	0	2	17	+15
Kenyon Martin	28:51	7–11	0–1	2–3	5	8	13	2	1	1	2	4	16	+23
Rodney Rogers	23:32	5–11	0–5	3–6	0	5	5	4	1	0	1	4	13	+15
Tamar Slay	6:15	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	+6
Jason Kidd	—	7–11	2–3	0–0	0	3	3	11	3	0	3	3	16	+35
Jason Collins	—	2–8	0–0	6–7	1	3	4	0	2	0	0	4	10	+30
Aaron Williams	—	4–4	0–0	1–1	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	4	9	+6
Anthony Johnson	—	4–10	0–1	0–0	0	2	2	5	0	0	1	2	8	+16
Brandon Armstrong	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	+6
Brian Scalabrine	—	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	+6
Team totals	120:28	45–83	3–13	24–30	8	38	46	31	13	3	11	28	117	—

This season

Brooklyn Nets 7, Boston Celtics 1 in NBA 2002-03.

20 Nov 2002New Jersey Nets 79–96 Boston Celtics
25 Dec 200281–117 this game
13 Mar 2003Boston Celtics 75–90 New Jersey Nets
18 Mar 2003New Jersey Nets 87–74 Boston Celtics
5 May 2003Boston Celtics 93–97 New Jersey Nets
7 May 2003Boston Celtics 95–104 New Jersey Nets
9 May 2003New Jersey Nets 94–76 Boston Celtics
12 May 2003New Jersey Nets 110–101 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 18–9
New Jersey Nets: 19–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

20 Nov 2002New Jersey Nets 79–96 Boston Celtics
13 Mar 2003Boston Celtics 75–90 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.