Dallas Mavericks 98, Boston Celtics 92  at Dallas  (February 21)

             1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
Dallas        28  20  23  27 -   98   .417  .400  .412  .857
Boston        30  30  18  14 -   92   .484  .261  .424  .700

Halftime: Boston 60-48
3rd Q: Boston 78-71
Technicals: Dallas defensive 3 seconds 8:56 1st, Jim O'Brien 4:20 
2nd, Antoine Walker 8:07 3rd, Johnny Newman 8:07 3rd
Refs: Ed F. Rush, Courtney Kirkland, Mike Smith
Attendance: 20,013  (sellout)
Did not play due to trade: Nick Van Exel, Raef LaFrentz, Avery Johnson,
Tariq Abdul-Wahad


Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Danny Manning          23   4-10    0-0     0-0     8  0-4   1  1  3   4   0 
Johnny Newman          43   3-9     1-5     1-2     8  0-1   1  4  5   0   0 
Dirk Nowitzki          45  12-23    3-6     6-6    33  5-23  8  3  2   1   4 
Michael Finley         45  10-20    2-5     2-2    24  1-10  6  2  2   0   0 
Steve Nash             32   3-9     3-4     7-7    16  0-4   4  4  0   0   0 
Eduardo Najera         28   2-5     0-1     2-4     6  4-7   0  3  5   3   1 
Evan Eschmeyer         10   0-2     0-0     0-0     0  3-5   0  2  3   0   1 
Wang Zhizhi            14   1-7     1-4     0-0     3  0-0   0  0  1   0   0 
Totals                 48  35-85   10-25   18-21   98 13-54 20 19 21   8   6 

Boston Celtics                                         REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Paul Pierce            43   5-12    0-2     7-9    17  0-6   1  1  5   1   2 
Antoine Walker         36   7-16    2-5     0-0    16  0-7   2  4  4   1   0 
Tony Battie            33   8-13    0-0     1-4    17  5-9   0  2  4   1   0 
Kenny Anderson         38   4-12    0-0     2-2    10  0-3   9  6  2   1   0 
Kedrick Brown          19   1-4     0-2     0-0     2  0-7   1  0  1   0   0 
Erick Strickland       29   6-15    2-8     1-1    15  0-3   1  0  1   1   0 
Eric Williams          20   1-3     0-1     1-2     3  0-4   3  1  4   2   0 
Vitaly Potapenko        8   2-2     0-0     2-2     6  2-4   0  2  1   1   0 
Walter McCarty         14   2-8     2-5     0-0     6  0-1   1  0  1   0   0 
Totals                 48  36-85    6-23   14-20   92  7-44 18 17 23   8   2