CELTICS GREEN BLOG by and for boston celtics fans: C's 85, NOH 93 Post Game 2/10

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Even without injured Point Guard Chris Paul, the Hornets sting the Celtics 93 to 85. Good thing NO has Darren Collison. He torched the C's for a game best 25 points and dished out 9 assists. Although, his 10 turnovers almost takes away from his performance.

Boston, down 2 points after 1 quarter (27-29), held NO to just 14 points in the 2nd leading by 12 into the halftime, 55-43. However, the C's, seems to be trend lately, go cold in the 3rd as the Hornets put up 29 points while holding Boston to just 12 points (72-67). The 4th found Boston trying to make runs and play catch-up, but all was for not as NO closed the door putting up 21 points to Bostons 18.

Pierce led the way for Boston scoring 15 points on 4-11 shooting and 0-3 downtown. Combine that with 8 turnovers and needless to say Paul was not having a great game. The C's as a team turned it over 23 times, but NO bested them by 1 with 24 total turnovers.

Rondo had just 7 points and 4 assists to go along with 3 steals and only 2 turnovers, probably due to the fact he had his hands full with Collison who was able to penetrate against Rondos D almost at will.

KG once again look liked he had no lift and finished with 7 points, 7 rebounds.

Overall, Boaton shot under 50%, 16-27 from the charity stripe (58.2%), and only 1-8 from deep. Compared to the Hornets who hit 44% from the 3 and 81% from the line. NO also outrebounded Boston by 10 (47-37).

One of the bright spots for Boston was Marquis Daniels who had 14 points off the bench on 7-9 shooting. Wallace and Tony Allen chipped in 13 a piece. Wallace also had 2 out of Bostons 5 total blocks.

Ray Allen missed this one due to back spasms.

Boston
Starters		Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
R. Rondo	G	24:54	2-7	0-1	3-6	-18	2	3	4	2	3	0	1	4	7
T. Allen	G	24:25	6-9	0-0	1-3	-9	2	3	1	2	3	0	0	3	13
K. Perkins	C	22:40	1-4	0-0	1-2	-5	0	7	1	2	0	1	1	0	3
P. Pierce	F	33:37	4-11	0-3	7-8	-17	0	3	4	8	0	0	0	4	15
K. Garnett	F	26:29	2-9	0-1	3-5	-5	0	7	1	0	1	1	2	3	7
Bench		Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
R. Wallace		25:22	6-9	1-2	0-1	-5	0	5	3	3	2	2	0	2	13
M. Daniels		24:14	7-9	0-0	0-1	+1	0	2	3	1	2	1	0	0	14
E. House		23:49	2-6	0-1	0-0	+8	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	4
G. Davis		21:29	4-7	0-0	1-1	-1	1	4	0	1	1	0	1	2	9
B. Scalabrine		13:01	0-1	0-0	0-0	+11	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0

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