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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kings | 22 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 102 |
 Celtics | 19 | 34 | 22 | 28 | 103 |
SACTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAC | 37-7946.8% | 18-4738.3% | 10-1566.7% | 36 | 28 | 14 |
| BOS | 38-8544.7% | 7-3023.3% | 20-2387.0% | 38 | 20 | 11 |
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Boston Celtics103| 37 | 17 | 7-12 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | +2 | +10.0 | |||||||
| 34 | 20 | 7-18 | 0-3 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −6.3 | ||||||
| 34 | 24 | 9-16 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +3.1 | |||
| 27 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −3.4 | ||||
| 25 | 13 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | +9 | +5.1 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | −8 | +2.6 | ||||||
| 21 | 3 | 0-8 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −22 | −10.2 | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0 | +20 | −2.1 | |||||||
| 13 | 6 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.0 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.6 | ||
| Team | 103 | 38-8544.7% | 7-3023.3% | 38 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 20-2387.0% | 11 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 22 points on 7 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Javonte Green and Vincent Poirier (coach’s decision).
Sacramento Kings102| 42 | 41, Career high (his best before, 37) | 15-26 | 11-21, Career high (his best before, 8) | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +9.9 | |||||
| 35 | 20 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 7-10 | 0 | +3 | +3.3 | |||||||
| 35 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | −0.2 | |||||||
| 28 | 8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | −8 | +2.2 | |||||||
| 26 | 4 | 1-7 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −5.4 | ||||||
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| 29 | 13 | 5-20 | 2-13 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −5.9 | ||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.7 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −1.7 | |||||
| 12 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +2.1 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −0.5 | ||||||
| Team | 102 | 37-7946.8% | 18-4738.3% | 36 | 28 | 14 | 18 | 10-1566.7% | 8 | 3 | 8 | |||
Bench 24 points on 10 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Wenyen Gabriel, Kyle Guy and Caleb Swanigan (coach’s decision).
Celtics103Kings102ClickTap 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.
The Boston Celtics beat the Sacramento Kings 103-102.
Marcus Smart’s driving layup answered Bogdan Bogdanović’s pull-up 3-pointer and put the Celtics back ahead for good with 31 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Kings had the ball down 1 with 31 seconds left, but Smart stole the ball from Bogdanović. A basket would have put the Kings ahead. They had the ball down 1 after a timeout, but Bogdanović missed a step-back 3-pointer with 3 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Kings outscored the Celtics 15-13. Buddy Hield scored 6 of the Kings’ 15 on 2 for 2 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Bogdanović had 5 of his 8 assists off the bench, 1 of them on a basket by Cory Joseph that tied the game.
Jaylen Brown scored 24 points (14 in the paint). Jayson Tatum added 20 points (10 in the paint), and Smart had 17 points, 7 assists and 5 steals.
For the Kings, Hield scored a career-high 41 points with 11 3-pointers, and Harrison Barnes added 20 points.
The Celtics outscored the Kings 50-26 in the paint. The Celtics were outscored 19-7 in 6 minutes with Wanamaker, Smart, Brown, Ojeleye and Williams on the floor together.
Boston CelticsSacramento KingsPS, 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
83 points from the field on 85 shots: 9.6 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-33 | 63.6% | 64% |
| In the paint | 4-9 | 44.4% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 6-13 | 46.2% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-12 | 16.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-18 | 27.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemanja Bjelica | 24 | 7 | 3-6 | 0 |
| Cory Joseph | 17 | 4 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Buddy Hield | 9 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Bogdan Bogdanović | 7 | 6 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Barnes | 37 | 8 | 4-9 | −3 |
| Justin James | 9 | 2 | 0-3 | −1 |
| Cory Joseph | 5 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Buddy Hield | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 0-5 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Hield | 35 | 7 | 3-7 | +1 |
| Cory Joseph | 10 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Justin James | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 6 | 3-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 11 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.
BOS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
SAC
50/50
BOS
Highest Leverage Moments
Bogdanovic 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (13 PTS)
Q4 0:40
35.4%
73→37
Smart 7' Driving Layup (17 PTS)
Q4 0:31
33.5%
37→71
Joseph 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Bogdanovic 8 AST)
Q4 1:07
28.3%
85→56
Hield 26' 3PT Jump Shot (41 PTS) (Bogdanovic 7 AST)
Q4 1:44
21.0%
85→64
Brown 5' Fadeaway Jumper (24 PTS)
Q4 1:26
21.0%
64→85
