short game recap & box scores

[Steve Huffman <stevhuff@eastky.net>]

                            BOSTON 107
                            PHILADELPHIA 101
                            File Dated: 11-15-97 22:18 EDT


                            Antoine Walker scored seven of his 25 points
in a
                            decisive fourth-quarter run as the Boston
Celtics edged
                            the Philadelphia 76ers, 107-101, for their
first
                            three-game winning streak in nearly two
years.

                            Walker scored the last seven points of a
12-2 burst
                            that broke open a tie game midway through
the period.
                            The Celtics nearly squandered the lead but
held on,
                            winning three straight games for the first
time since
                            December 12th-15th, 1995.

                            Walter McCarty added a career-high 19 points
for
                            Boston, which has won just two of its last
29 Atlantic
                            Division games -- both against Philadelphia.
The Celtics
                            lost their first 23 division games last
season but avoided
                            becoming the first team in NBA history to go
winless in
                            its division by beating Philadelphia in its
division finale.

                            Jerry Stackhouse scored 23 points and
Derrick
                            Coleman added 16 and 18 rebounds for the
Sixers, who
                            had a two-game winning streak snapped.


Celtics-76ers, Box



                  BOSTON (107)
                  Walker 9-23 5-8 25, McCarty 8-11 3-4 19, Knight 1-7
0-0 3,
                   Billups 4-10 2-4 12, Brown 3-8 2-2 9, Ellison 3-3 0-0
6, Edney 4-9
                   6-6 14, Barros 2-5 1-2 5, Minor 5-8 2-6 12, DeClerq
1-4 0-0 2.
                   Totals 40-88 21-32 107.

                  PHILADELPHIA (101)
                  Jackson 5-10 4-4 15, Coleman 5-10 6-10 16,
Weatherspoon 5-10 3-6
                   13, Stackhouse 8-16 6-7 23, Iverson 5-16 0-1 11,
Williams 1-5 2-2
                   4, Overton 1-4 2-2 4, Cummings 1-4 2-2 4, Thomas 3-5
0-1 7, Walters
                   2-2 0-0 4. Totals 36-82 25-35 101.

                  Boston       27 18 26 36 107
                  Philadelphia 20 26 27 28 101

                  3-Point goals Boston 6-15 (Billups 2-3, Walker 2-4,
Knight 1-3,
                   Brown 1-3, McCarty 0-1, Barros 0-1), Philadelphia 4-8
(Stackhouse
                   1-1, Thomas 1-1, Jackson 1-2, Iverson 1-4). Fouled
out McCarty,
                   Weatherspoon. Rebounds Boston 49 (Walker 13),
Philadelphia 66
                   (Coleman 18). Assists Boston 29 (Billups 9),
Philadelphia 27
                   (Jackson 7, Coleman 7). Total fouls Boston 30,
Philadelphia 27.
                   Technicals Boston, illegal defense, 2. A 14,127
(20,444).

                  11-15-97 22:46

steve huffman