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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 18 | 30 | 19 | 30 | 97 |
 Jazz | 24 | 15 | 32 | 23 | 94 |
BOSTeam statsUTA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 35-7944.3% | 12-2157.1% | 15-2075.0% | 42 | 20 | 16 |
| UTA | 34-8241.5% | 9-3327.3% | 17-2181.0% | 45 | 25 | 16 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Boston Celtics97| 32 | 16 | 6-15 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 30 | 13 | 4-15 | 3-8 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −2.1 | |||||
| 30 | 21 | 6-10 | 3-3 | 6-8 | 0 | +5 | +5.9 | |||||||
| 28 | 13 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −3.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 10 | 4-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +25 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 32 | 7 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 23 | 8 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0 | +4 | +2.4 | |||||||
| 16 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.7 | ||||
| Team | 97 | 35-7944.3% | 12-2157.1% | 42 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 15-2075.0% | 11 | 11 | 2 | |||
Bench 31 points on 12 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Kadeem Allen, Jabari Bird and Xavier Silas (coach’s decision); Al Horford (injury/illness).
Utah Jazz94| 40 | 10 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4-6 | −7 | −0.7 | ||||||||
| 40 | 22 | 7-20 | 3-8 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.8 | |||||
| 36 | 14 | 4-14 | 1-6 | 5-6 | 0 | +1 | +4.2 | |||||||
| 33 | 11 | 4-12 | 2-7 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.2 | ||||||
| 24 | 8 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −0.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 16 | 7-14 | 2-8 | 0 | 0-0 | −8 | −1.2 | |||||||
| 18 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.4 | |||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −0.5 | ||||
| 9 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | −3 | +3.2 | |||||||
| Team | 94 | 34-8241.5% | 9-3327.3% | 45 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 17-2181.0% | 12 | 7 | 6 | |||
Bench 29 points on 12 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Georges Niang, Alec Burks, David Stockton and Ekpe Udoh (coach’s decision).
Celtics97Jazz94ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Jaylen Brown made a 3-pointer on a pass from Semi Ojeleye with 1.3 seconds left, and the Boston Celtics beat the Utah Jazz 97-94 for their fifth straight win.
The Jazz led 94-88 with 2:25 left before the Celtics went on a 9-0 run.
The Jazz had the ball in a tie game with 40 seconds left, but Jayson Tatum blocked Jae Crowder’s 3-pointer. It would have put the Jazz ahead. They had the ball down 3 after a timeout, but Donovan Mitchell missed a 31-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Jazz 9-7. With 1:11 left, Brown stole the ball from Mitchell, and Tatum’s driving dunk off it tied the game at 94.
Brown scored 21 points on 6 for 10 shooting.
For the Jazz, Mitchell had 22 points (12 in the third quarter) and 6 assists, and Crowder added 16 points off the bench.
The Celtics shot 44.3% from the field and 57.1% from 3 to the Jazz’s 41.5% and 27.3%.
Boston CelticsUtah JazzPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Celtics’ chance bottomed out at 6.7% (4th quarter, 2:52 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
82 points from the field on 79 shots: 1.1 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-25 | 48.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 5-15 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 6-18 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-4 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-17 | 58.8% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ingles | 28 | 3 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 12 | 11 | 3-4 | +8 |
| Ricky Rubio | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 57 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royce O'Neale | 17 | 2 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Donovan Mitchell | 15 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Joe Ingles | 13 | 7 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Jae Crowder | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 0-5 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Gobert | 31 | 6 | 3-4 | +1 |
| Jae Crowder | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Jonas Jerebko | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Joe Ingles | 3 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 52 possessions. He usually scores about 8 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
UTA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
UTA
Highest Leverage Moments
Brown 27' 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Ojeleye 1 AST)
Q4 0:01
47.8%
53→5
Larkin 25' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Yabusele 1 AST)
Q4 5:45
18.7%
77→59
Tatum 3' Running Dunk (16 PTS) (Brown 3 AST)
Q4 1:09
16.3%
73→56
Rozier 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Larkin 4 AST)
Q4 8:07
15.6%
88→73
Mitchell 2' Driving Layup (20 PTS)
Q4 4:48
13.6%
68→82
