NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

New Jersey Nets87–74Boston Celtics

New Jersey Nets at Boston Celtics

Date: Tuesday 18 March 2003
Arena: FleetCenter18,624 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 139th 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	+/−
Richard Jefferson	38:44	11–20	0–1	5–6	2	5	7	1	2	0	0	2	27	+11
Kenyon Martin	32:36	5–12	0–0	12–14	1	3	4	2	3	1	1	3	22	+24
Lucious Harris	28:32	3–8	0–2	4–6	0	2	2	5	0	0	1	1	10	+8
Kerry Kittles	21:23	3–7	0–3	0–0	0	4	4	2	1	1	1	3	6	+10
Rodney Rogers	13:51	1–8	0–1	0–0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	2	2	-7
Tamar Slay	2:48	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4
Jason Kidd	—	4–8	1–2	0–0	1	12	13	7	2	0	3	0	9	+19
Aaron Williams	—	2–5	0–0	1–2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	5	-1
Brian Scalabrine	—	2–5	0–1	0–0	2	3	5	1	1	0	0	3	4	-2
Anthony Johnson	—	1–4	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	-7
Jason Collins	—	0–2	0–0	0–0	2	6	8	1	1	2	3	2	0	+14
Team totals	137:54	32–81	1–11	22–28	9	38	47	21	11	5	11	23	87	—

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Paul Pierce	34:24	8–19	0–4	7–8	1	2	3	5	2	1	4	2	23	-19
Tony Delk	24:25	0–8	0–4	2–2	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	2	-5
Mark Blount	24:13	3–6	0–0	0–1	1	6	7	1	0	0	2	3	6	+2
Tony Battie	23:47	4–9	0–0	4–4	1	7	8	0	0	0	2	3	12	-15
Walter McCarty	14:00	0–2	0–2	0–0	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	-9
Kedrick Brown	6:13	0–2	0–0	0–0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	+4
Antoine Walker	—	6–15	1–4	1–2	3	3	6	2	0	0	5	2	14	-16
Bimbo Coles	—	3–4	0–0	2–2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	8	+6
Eric Williams	—	1–6	0–3	2–2	3	6	9	1	0	0	0	3	4	-10
Grant Long	—	2–2	0–0	0–0	2	6	8	2	0	0	3	2	4	+9
J.R. Bremer	—	0–7	0–4	1–2	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	4	1	-12
Team totals	127:02	27–80	1–21	19–23	12	40	52	19	3	1	20	20	74	—

This season

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

20 Nov 2002New Jersey Nets 79–96 Boston Celtics
25 Dec 2002Boston Celtics 81–117 New Jersey Nets
13 Mar 2003Boston Celtics 75–90 New Jersey Nets
18 Mar 200387–74 this game
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

New Jersey Nets: 40–26
Boston Celtics: 38–28

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

13 Mar 2003Boston Celtics 75–90 New Jersey Nets
5 May 2003Boston Celtics 93–97 New Jersey Nets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.