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Boston Celtics (0-2) at New Orleans Hornets (1-0)
Wednesday, December 28
8:00 PM ET
Regular Season Game #3, Road Game #3
TV: NBA-TV, CSN-NE, CST, NBAC
Radio: WEEI, WMTI
Referees: Scott Foster, Tony Brown, Josh Tiven
New Orleans Arena
Celtics are closing out their first road trip in New Orleans. They are also playing in their first back to back of the season. In spite of this being the second of back to back games and the third game on the road after 2 very tough games, this is a very winnable game.
The Hornets are still reeling from the trade of Chris Paul and the defection of David West and are trying to find their identity with all the new players. But, they did pull off a win in their first game in Phoenix, so the Celtics will still have to play well in order to get a win in this game. They can't take them for granted.
The Celtics don't want to go 0-3 to start the season and need to come out strong and not let up. Since this is the s...
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PLAYERS:
Chris Paul,
David West,
Rajon Rondo,
Ray Allen,
Sasha Pavlovic,
Kevin Garnett,
Avery Bradley,
Marquis Daniels,
Chris Wilcox,
Brandon Bass,
Keyon Dooling,
Greg Stiemsma,
JaJuan Johnson,
Paul Pierce,
Mickael Pietrus,
Jarrett Jack,
Trevor Ariza,
Carl Landry,
Emeka Okafor,
Greivis Vasquez,
Al-Farouq Aminu,
Gustavo Ayon,
Marco Belinelli,
Trey Johnson,
Chris Kaman,
Jason Smith,
Lance Thomas,
DaJuan Summers,
Eric Gordon
TEAMS: Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, New Orleans Hornets
TEAMS: Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, New Orleans Hornets
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