■ TV, radio: CSN, WEEI (850).

■ Scoring: Steve Nash 19.6, Amare Stoudemire 19.2, Leandro Barbosa 15.7.

■ Rebounding: Grant Hill 8.8, Stoudemire 8.6, Louis Amundson 5.2.

■ Assists: Nash 10.8, Goran Dragic 3.6, Jason Richardson 2.0.

■ Head to head: The Celtics swept a two-game series last year.

■ Miscellany: The Suns have scored at least 100 points in each of their five games this season (111.2 points per game). Meanwhile, the Celtics are allowing only 81.5 points per game . . . Barbosa, the team’s sixth man, is day-to-day with a wrist injury . . . Nash is leading the NBA in assists, followed by Rajon Rondo at 9.7. The two-time MVP has led the NBA in assists three times in his career, and is ninth all time with 7,559.