Boston Celtics 98, Dallas Mavericks 98  at Dallas  (October 12)

          1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
Boston     26  23  23  26 -   98   .431  .375  .420  .600
Dallas     28  20  19  29 -   96   .328  .400  .348  .710

Halftime: Boston 49-48
3rd Q: Boston 72-67
Technicals: Don Nelson 2:12 1st, Boston defensive 3 seconds 1:05 1st, 
Boston defensive 3 seconds 9:58 2nd, Dallas defensive 3 seconds 4:55 
3rd 
Refs: Derrick Staffod, Tommy Nunez, Kevin Fehr
Attendance: 11,884  (cap 19,200)
Did not play due to injury: Michael Finley (family emergency)


Boston Celtics                                         REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Antoine Walker         42   6-17    1-6     2-4    15  2-9  11  7  4   4   1 
Paul Pierce            39  10-17    3-4     9-15   32  2-15  3  4  4   2   0 
Vitaly Potapenko       22   1-3     0-0     3-4     5  0-3   0  0  1   4   1 
Kenny Anderson         24   3-7     0-0     0-0     6  0-1   1  2  2   1   0 
Eric Williams           7   0-0     0-0     1-2     1  1-3   0  1  1   0   0 
Joe Johnson            29   5-8     1-1     2-2    13  2-5   2  2  1   1   0 
Tony Battie            22   2-4     0-0     5-10    9  3-6   0  2  5   0   1 
Milt Palacio           17   1-6     0-1     0-1     2  0-3   1  0  1   0   0 
Walter McCarty          6   0-1     0-0     0-0     0  0-3   1  2  1   1   0 
Joe Forte              17   3-10    0-1     0-0     6  1-6   3  1  2   0   0 
Mark Blount             4   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-1   0  1  1   0   0 
Kendrick Brown         11   3-8     1-3     2-2     9  1-4   0  1  1   1   0 
Totals                 48  34-81    6-16   24-40   98 12-59 22 24 24  14   3 

Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Juwan Howard           27   3-10    0-0     2-2     8  5-11  0  3  5   0   1 
Dirk Nowitzki          34   7-17    3-9     6-6    23  0-3   4  4  1   1   2 
Ruben Wolkowyski        6   1-2     0-0     0-0     2  1-2   0  1  1   1   1 
Adrian Griffin         30   2-5     1-2     0-2     5  0-5   2  2  6   1   0 
Steve Nash             34   5-13    2-2     1-1    13  1-3  11  4  4   2   0 
Greg Buckner           29   6-11    1-3     3-4    16  2-10  2  0  4   2   0 
Tim Hardaway           23   5-14    3-8     4-6    17  0-3   1  3  1   1   0 
Donnell Harvey         17   1-3     0-0     3-6     5  2-5   0  0  0   1   0 
Khalid El-Amin          8   1-5     0-1     0-0     2  0-1   1  0  1   1   0 
Danny Manning          18   1-7     0-0     2-2     4  0-1   0  1  4   2   0 
Shawn Bradley          12   0-4     0-0     1-2     1  1-4   1  1  0   0   0 
Evan Eschmeyer          2   0-1     0-0     0-0     0  0-0   0  0  2   0   1 
Totals                 48  32-92   10-25   22-31   96 12-48 22 19 29  12   5