Dallas Mavericks 106, Boston Celtics 98  at Boston  (December 18)

          1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
Dallas     32  27  25  22 -  106   .534  .438  .514  .885
Boston     15  35  29  19 -   98   .492  .278  .444  .840

Halftime: Dallas 59-50
3rd Q: Dallas 84-79
Technicals: None
Refs: Ron Garretson, Derrick Stafford, Jason Phillips
Attendance: 11,327  (cap 18,624)


Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Michael Finley         44   8-17    0-1     2-3    18  2-5   6  3  1   2   1 
Dirk Nowitzki          39  10-16    5-7     6-7    31  0-4   2  2  3   0   0 
Shawn Bradley          32   5-9     0-0     3-4    13  3-6   0  2  5   1   3 
Howard Eisley          33   2-8     1-3     2-2     7  0-2   4  2  3   0   0 
Steve Nash             41   6-7     1-2     7-7    20  0-5  14  2  2   5   0 
Hubert Davis           24   0-4     0-3     0-0     0  0-1   0  0  2   0   0 
Loy Vaught              5   1-2     0-0     0-0     2  0-2   0  0  2   0   0 
Christian Laettner      6   2-3     0-0     2-2     6  0-0   0  0  2   0   1 
Gary Trent             12   2-3     0-0     0-0     4  1-3   0  1  1   0   0 
Courtney Alexander      4   2-5     0-0     1-1     5  2-4   0  0  0   0   0 
Totals                 48  38-74    7-16   23-26  106  8-32 26 12 21   8   5 

Boston Celtics                                         REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Paul Pierce            41   9-20    0-3    12-13   30  1-3   2  0  2   4   1 
Antoine Walker         44   9-21    1-7     1-3    20  5-17  6  3  1   2   0 
Tony Battie            20   5-7     0-0     2-2    12  2-6   0  2  4   0   2 
Kenny Anderson         25   2-7     0-1     0-0     4  0-0   2  2  3   0   0 
Bryant Stith           38   4-9     3-5     0-0    11  2-4   4  2  4   0   0 
Randy Brown             9   0-1     0-0     0-0     0  0-0   1  2  0   0   0 
Adrian Griffin         16   1-4     0-0     0-0     2  3-6   2  1  2   1   0 
Vitaly Potapenko       26   5-6     0-0     4-5    14  3-7   1  0  4   0   0 
Walter McCarty          7   1-2     1-1     0-0     3  0-1   1  0  1   1   1 
Milt Palacio           14   0-4     0-1     2-2     2  0-0   5  0  3   1   0 
Totals                 48  36-81    5-18   21-25   98 16-44 24 12 24   9   4