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Boston Celtics @ Orlando Magic 6:00pm EST
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The Boston Celtics' superstar trio of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen hasn't had many growing pains in its first season. Neither has the Orlando Magic's new duo of Dwight Howard and Rashard Lewis.
The Celtics look to remain the NBA's only undefeated team when they visit the Magic on Sunday in a matchup between division leaders.
Pierce, Garnett and Allen have each averaged more than 20.0 points to help the Atlantic Division-leading Celtics to their first 8-0 start since 1972-73, when they won their first 10 games en route to a 68-win season - still the franchise record.
The Magic (8-2), meanwhile, have used their best start since the lockout-shortened 1998-99 season to take the top spot in the Southeast Division. Howard led them to a playoff berth last season, but getting swept by Detroit showed that Orlando was still a player away from taking the next step. The Magic feel they've found that player in Lewis, who joined the team in a sign-and-trade deal from Seattle over the summer.
Lewis is averaging 21.3 points while shooting 50.7 percent from the field and 48.5 percent from 3-point range. His accuracy from beyond the arc has cleared the lane for Howard, who's averaging 21.8 points and 15.0 rebounds - both career highs.
[table][tr][td]2007-08 Stats at a Glance[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td][/td] [td]@[/td] [td]
[/td] [td]News | Players | Stats | Schedule[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td]Boston Celtics[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Record:[/td] [td]8 - 0 (1.000)[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Standings:[/td] [td]First, Atlantic[/td] [/tr][tr][td]At Home:[/td] [td]5 - 0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]At Road:[/td] [td]3 - 0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Streak:[/td] [td]W 8[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td]
[/td] [td] [table][tr][td]Orlando Magic[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Record:[/td] [td]8 - 2 (.800)[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Standings:[/td] [td]First, Southeast[/td] [/tr][tr][td]At Home:[/td] [td]2 - 2[/td] [/tr][tr][td]At Road:[/td] [td]6 - 0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Streak:[/td] [td]W 3[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td]Season[/td] [/tr][tr][td]PPG:[/td] [td]102.8[/td] [td]Opp PPG:[/td] [td]87.6[/td] [/tr][tr][td]FG%:[/td] [td].500[/td] [td]Opp FG%:[/td] [td].399[/td] [/tr][tr][td]RPG:[/td] [td]42.3[/td] [td]Opp RPG:[/td] [td]37.4[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td]
[/td] [td] [table][tr][td]Season[/td] [/tr][tr][td]PPG:[/td] [td]102.7[/td] [td]Opp PPG:[/td] [td]95.0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]FG%:[/td] [td].454[/td] [td]Opp FG%:[/td] [td].418[/td] [/tr][tr][td]RPG:[/td] [td]44.5[/td] [td]Opp RPG:[/td] [td]45.3[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][tr][td]http://www.nba.com/games/20071118/BOSORL/preview.html?nav=scoreboardhome#top
[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td]Player[/td] [td]G[/td] [td]PPG[/td] [td]RPG[/td] [td]APG[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pierce, P[/td] [td]8[/td] [td]22.0[/td] [td]4.9[/td] [td]4.5[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Garnett, K[/td] [td]8[/td] [td]21.6[/td] [td]13.6[/td] [td]4.8[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Allen, R[/td] [td]8[/td] [td]20.4[/td] [td]4.1[/td] [td]4.0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Rondo, R[/td] [td]8[/td] [td]9.4[/td] [td]3.3[/td] [td]5.0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]House, E[/td] [td]7[/td] [td]8.7[/td] [td]3.0[/td] [td]2.1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Posey, J[/td] [td]5[/td] [td]7.2[/td] [td]3.2[/td] [td]0.8[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Perkins, K[/td] [td]8[/td] [td]6.9[/td] [td]5.0[/td] [td]1.3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Allen, T[/td] [td]8[/td] [td]3.3[/td] [td]1.9[/td] [td]1.3[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Scalabrine, B[/td] [td]7[/td] [td]3.3[/td] [td]2.3[/td] [td]1.0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Powe, L[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]2.5[/td] [td]0.8[/td] [td]0.0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Davis, G[/td] [td]6[/td] [td]2.0[/td] [td]2.2[/td] [td]0.7[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pruitt, G[/td] [td]2[/td] [td]2.0[/td] [td]0.0[/td] [td]0.5[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Pollard, S[/td] [td]4[/td] [td]2.0[/td] [td]1.8[/td] [td]0.0[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td]Head Coach:[/td] [td]Doc Rivers[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [td]
[/td] [td] [table][tr][td]Player[/td] [td]G[/td] [td]PPG[/td] [td]RPG[/td] [td]APG[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Howard, D[/td] [td]10[/td] [td]21.8[/td] [td]15.0[/td] [td]1.6[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Lewis, R[/td] [td]10[/td] [td]21.3[/td] [td]4.8[/td] [td]2.6[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Turkoglu, H[/td] [td]10[/td] [td]17.8[/td] [td]5.9[/td] [td]3.8[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Nelson, J[/td] [td]9[/td] [td]13.1[/td] [td]4.2[/td] [td]6.7[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Bogans, K[/td] [td]10[/td] [td]9.9[/td] [td]4.7[/td] [td]1.7[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Arroyo, C[/td] [td]9[/td] [td]6.3[/td] [td]2.0[/td] [td]3.4[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Dooling, K[/td] [td]10[/td] [td]5.2[/td] [td]0.9[/td] [td]1.6[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Ariza, T[/td] [td]9[/td] [td]3.7[/td] [td]2.2[/td] [td]0.8[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Garrity, P[/td] [td]9[/td] [td]2.6[/td] [td]2.0[/td] [td]0.8[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Foyle, A[/td] [td]10[/td] [td]2.4[/td] [td]3.3[/td] [td]0.1[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Outlaw, B[/td] [td]2[/td] [td]2.0[/td] [td]0.0[/td] [td]0.0[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Augustine, J[/td] [td]5[/td] [td]1.6[/td] [td]1.0[/td] [td]0.2[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Redick, J[/td] [td]3[/td] [td]0.0[/td] [td]0.0[/td] [td]0.3[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td]Head Coach:[/td] [td]Stan Van Gundy[/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table][/td] [/tr][/table]
This should be a good game
