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C's win!
I love the comeback! shows celtic pride-ness.
Wednesday, January 19, 2000
CELTICS 94, Raptors 90
Raptors fall apart in fourth quarter
Summary
BOSTON (AP) -- Paul Pierce scored 30 points,
hitting the game-winning 3-pointer with 4.6
seconds left on Wednesday night to cap a 14-0 run
as the Boston Celtics beat the Toronto Raptors
94-90.
The Celtics rallied from a 13-point,
fourth-quarter deficit with eight late points from
Calbert Cheaney before Pierce's right-side shot
swished through as the 24-second clock expired. It
was Boston's first lead since midway through the
second quarter.
Toronto called timeout, and fans showered the
court with debris, prompting Celtics coach Rick
Pitino to take the public address microphone and
beg them to stop lest his team be charged with a
crucial technical foul.
When play resumed, Vince Carter made just one of
two free throws and Pierce sank two to clinch the
game.
Carter scored 20 points, including a
highlight-reel dunk and a half-courter, but he was
just 8-for-27 overall. Charles Oakley had 10
rebounds for the Raptors, who have lost five
consecutive road games.
Antoine Walker had 19 points and 12 rebounds and
Vitaly Potapenko also had 12 boards -- two in the
crucial final minute.
The Celtics trailed 75-62 at the start of the
fourth before mounting a 16-8 run that included
two 3-pointers and four free throws by Pierce.
After Toronto expanded the lead to 89-78, the
Celtics ran off the next 14 points.
Toronto led 89-86 when Potapenko missed an
eight-footer that could have cut the lead to one.
At the other end, Doug Christie missed a 3-point
attempt at 24-second buzzer, and Potapenko got the
rebound.
He grabbed another board off a Celtics miss and
dished it to Cheaney in the left corner, who hit
the 3 to tie it with 52 seconds to play. After
Carter's miss and Kenny Anderson's rebound, Pierce
nailed the 3 to win it.
Toronto led by one when Carter hit a half-court
shot to beat the first-half buzzer, giving the
Raptors a 53-49 lead.
Toronto scored 10 of the first 11 points in the
second half to take a 63-50 lead, opening up a
16-point advantage midway through the quarter.
Notes: Oakley returned after serving a one-game
suspension for failing to leave the court in a
timely manner following his ejection Saturday for
a flagrant foul and for "extreme unsportsmanlike
conduct." ... Carter has scored at least 10 points
in all 39 games, breaking double digits Wednesday
when his half-court buzzer-beater gave him 11 at
the half. He also had a highlight reel dunk on a
breakaway. ... Potapenko and Antonio Davis picked
up double technicals after they went
chest-to-chest in the middle of the third quarter.
... Before the game, Walter McCarty led a
remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.
Summary
TORONTO (90)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Carter 39 8-28 3-4 4-7 4 4 20
Oakley 40 4-7 2-2 1-10 3 5 10
Davis 34 5-9 4-5 3-8 1 5 14
Christie 32 4-10 0-0 1-5 3 2 11
A Williams 28 5-10 2-2 0-3 5 1 13
K Willis 18 1-2 0-0 1-4 0 1 2
Mcgrady 18 6-10 2-3 0-4 0 3 14
Bogues 29 2-5 2-3 0-1 5 1 6
Thomas 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0
Lang DNP - coach's decision
Marks DNP - coach's decision
Stewart DNP - coach's decision
_______________________________________________
TOTALS 240 35-81 15-19 10-42 22 23 90
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Percentages: FG-.432, FT-.789. 3-Point Goals:
5-14, .357 (Carter 1-2, Oakley 0-1, Christie 3-7,
A Williams 1-3, Mcgrady 0-1). Team rebounds: 10.
Blocked shots: 6 (Davis 4, Christie, Oakley).
Turnovers: 15 (Carter 3, Davis 3, K Willis 3,
Oakley 3, A Williams, Christie, Mcgrady). Steals:
9 (Oakley 3, Christie 2, K Willis 2, Carter,
Davis).
BOSTON (94)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Pierce 42 10-22 6-7 0-7 3 4 30
Walker 45 9-19 1-3 4-12 8 2 19
Potapenko 28 2-7 4-6 7-12 2 4 8
Anderson 32 4-12 4-8 2-7 3 4 13
Cheaney 25 3-5 0-0 0-2 0 1 8
Battie 9 0-3 0-0 0-1 0 0 0
Mccarty 20 1-5 1-2 1-3 3 3 4
Barros 16 1-2 2-2 0-1 1 0 4
Fortson 14 2-4 2-4 5-7 1 3 6
Williams 8 1-4 0-0 1-2 0 0 2
Overton 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Ellison DNP - coach's decision
_______________________________________________
TOTALS 240 33-84 20-32 20-54 21 22 94
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Percentages: FG-.393, FT-.625. 3-Point Goals:
8-24, .333 (Pierce 4-10, Walker 0-2, Potapenko
0-1, Anderson 1-5, Cheaney 2-2, Mccarty 1-4).
Team rebounds: 7. Blocked shots: 3 (Pierce 3).
Turnovers: 12 (Pierce 7, Walker 2, Anderson,
Barros, Potapenko). Steals: 9 (Pierce 4, Anderson
2, Barros, Battie, Walker).
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Toronto 26 27 22 15 - 90
Boston 26 23 13 32 - 94
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Technical fouls: Toronto 1 (Davis, 6:11 3rd).
Boston 2 (Illegal Defense, 6:49 2nd; Potapenko,
6:11 3rd). Flagrant fouls: None. A: 16,124. T:
2:18. Officials: Dick Bavetta, Bill Spooner,
Kevin Fehr.