NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics83–86Detroit Pistons

Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons

Date: Tuesday 28 January 2003
Arena: The Palace of Auburn Hills17,371 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 357th meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Paul Pierce	44:49	10–31	0–6	10–12	2	9	11	6	0	0	3	2	30	-2
Tony Battie	31:53	6–12	0–0	4–6	3	3	6	2	0	2	2	4	16	+2
Walter McCarty	31:43	3–4	2–3	1–1	0	8	8	0	2	0	3	2	9	0
Shammond Williams	16:09	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	5	2	-9
Vin Baker	16:07	0–3	0–0	1–2	3	3	6	0	1	1	2	2	1	-5
Kedrick Brown	2:55	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-9
Eric Williams	—	5–11	0–0	4–5	4	8	12	1	1	0	2	5	14	+9
J.R. Bremer	—	4–8	2–5	1–2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	11	+5
Grant Long	—	0–3	0–0	0–0	2	5	7	3	0	0	2	2	0	-6
Team totals	143:36	28–72	4–14	23–30	14	38	52	14	5	4	16	26	83	—

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Richard Hamilton	33:24	5–17	0–1	4–6	0	6	6	3	0	0	0	2	14	+6
Michael Curry	23:49	3–5	1–2	0–0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	7	+1
Mehmet Okur	17:47	3–5	3–4	2–4	0	3	3	0	2	0	1	3	11	-3
Jon Barry	13:51	1–5	0–2	0–1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	2	-3
Chauncey Billups	—	4–14	3–9	5–9	2	2	4	5	0	0	1	2	16	-1
Corliss Williamson	—	4–6	0–0	4–4	1	4	5	1	2	2	2	3	12	+4
Clifford Robinson	—	5–12	1–2	0–0	1	2	3	6	0	0	1	3	11	+2
Ben Wallace	—	4–4	0–0	0–4	1	12	13	1	1	7	2	3	8	+5
Chucky Atkins	—	2–5	1–2	0–0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	5	+4
Team totals	88:51	31–73	9–22	15–28	6	29	35	25	7	9	10	23	86	—

This season

Detroit Pistons 2, Boston Celtics 2 in NBA 2002-03.

28 Jan 200383–86 this game
31 Jan 2003Detroit Pistons 118–66 Boston Celtics
15 Mar 2003Boston Celtics 81–71 Detroit Pistons
16 Apr 2003Detroit Pistons 92–99 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 26–18
Detroit Pistons: 28–15

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 165, Boston Celtics 281.

14 May 2002Boston Celtics 90–81 Detroit Pistons
31 Jan 2003Detroit Pistons 118–66 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.