NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics70–90Miami Heat

Boston Celtics at Miami Heat

Date: Friday 27 December 2002
Arena: AmericanAirlines Arena16,500 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 60th meetingof 186 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Paul Pierce	38:54	4–16	0–3	11–12	0	2	2	3	3	0	3	2	19	-16
Tony Delk	31:00	5–11	3–8	0–0	0	5	5	0	1	0	1	2	13	-13
Shammond Williams	29:57	1–6	0–2	0–0	1	2	3	2	2	0	1	1	2	-28
Tony Battie	29:34	1–4	0–0	1–2	3	4	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	-2
Walter McCarty	19:22	0–7	0–3	2–2	0	3	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	-6
Vin Baker	16:48	1–3	0–0	0–1	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	-18
Kedrick Brown	5:26	0–4	0–2	0–0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Antoine Walker	—	5–21	1–8	5–6	1	3	4	1	1	1	1	2	16	-10
Eric Williams	—	5–7	0–0	1–1	2	1	3	1	0	1	4	3	11	-7
J.R. Bremer	—	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team totals	171:01	22–79	4–26	22–26	9	21	30	8	9	5	11	14	70	—

Miami Heat

Miami Heat box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Travis Best	36:39	5–13	2–3	1–2	2	2	4	7	0	0	5	2	13	+9
Malik Allen	28:58	4–10	0–0	2–3	3	6	9	1	1	1	4	3	10	-3
Vladimir Stepania	28:33	7–11	0–0	0–0	1	13	14	0	2	0	2	2	14	+28
Mike James	25:46	3–5	1–1	0–0	0	3	3	6	1	0	3	3	7	+26
LaPhonso Ellis	4:18	1–2	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	+5
Rasual Butler	3:35	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Sean Marks	3:35	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Sean Lampley	2:15	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Jones	—	11–21	3–4	3–3	2	6	8	2	2	1	2	3	28	+14
Caron Butler	—	4–10	0–0	2–2	2	1	3	1	1	1	0	3	10	+11
Brian Grant	—	3–6	0–0	0–0	3	9	12	2	0	0	2	5	6	+10
Team totals	133:39	38–79	6–9	8–10	13	45	58	19	7	4	19	22	90	—

This season

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

18 Dec 2002Miami Heat 91–81 Boston Celtics
27 Dec 200270–90 this game
2 Apr 2003Miami Heat 62–90 Boston Celtics
13 Apr 2003Boston Celtics 94–86 Miami Heat

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 18–10
Miami Heat: 9–19

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

18 Dec 2002Miami Heat 91–81 Boston Celtics
2 Apr 2003Miami Heat 62–90 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.