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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 19 | 30 | 22 | 34 | 105 |
 Rockets | 23 | 24 | 31 | 38 | 116 |
BOSTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 37-8543.5% | 11-3234.4% | 20-2580.0% | 48 | 24 | 18 |
| HOU | 33-7742.9% | 13-4528.9% | 37-4288.1% | 45 | 17 | 14 |
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.
Houston Rockets116| 40 | 17 | 5-11 | 3-9 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +1.1 | ||||||
| 39 | 42 | 9-19 | 7-16 | 17-18 | 0 | +24 | +12.3 | |||||||
| 38 | 12 | 3-11 | 2-8 | 4-5 | 0 | +15 | −1.0 | |||||||
| 37 | 36 | 13-23 | 0-2 | 10-13 | 0 | +9 | +8.6 | |||||||
| 36 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +21 | −4.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −6.2 | |||
| 18 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −4.1 | |||
| 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.3 | |
| Team | 116 | 33-7742.9% | 13-4528.9% | 45 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 37-4288.1% | 5 | 9 | 6 | |||
Bench 5 points on 2 for 9 shooting
Did not play: Tyson Chandler (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics105| 35 | 15 | 5-15 | 0-7 | 5-9 | −10 | +0.5 | ||||||||
| 34 | 20 | 8-14 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −19 | +4.9 | |||||||
| 33 | 19 | 7-12 | 4-8 | 1-2 | −13 | −2.1 | ||||||||
| 29 | 11 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | −6 | +3.6 | ||||||
| 28 | 14 | 5-17 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −24 | −6.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 8 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | +1 | −4.2 | ||||||||
| 20 | 11 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +2.3 | ||||||
| 9 | 7 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3.2 | ||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −5.7 | ||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.0 | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.2 | ||
| Team | 105 | 37-8543.5% | 11-3234.4% | 48 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 20-2580.0% | 10 | 11 | 4 | |||
Bench 26 points on 9 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Javonte Green (coach’s decision).
Rockets116Celtics105ClickTap 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.
James Harden scored 42 points (21 on 7 3-pointers), and the Houston Rockets went on a 14-3 run that bridged the second and third quarters to beat the Boston Celtics 116-105.
The Celtics went on a 12-0 run to lead 47-43 with 1:19 left in the second quarter. Russell Westbrook’s 16-foot pull-up jumper put the Rockets ahead for good with 11:29 left in the third quarter. He scored 10 points during the run, and they led 57-50 with 8:27 left in the quarter and by as many as 18 in the fourth quarter.
The Celtics got within 78-77 on Marcus Smart’s 13-foot floater with 10:32 to play, but Danuel House Jr. answered with 2 free throws, and the Celtics got no closer than 96-94.
Westbrook had 36 points and 10 rebounds. The Rockets had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Celtics, Gordon Hayward had 20 points (11 in the third quarter), 8 rebounds and 6 assists, and Jayson Tatum went 0 for 7 from 3.
The Rockets went 37 for 42 at the line to the Celtics’ 20 for 25. The Celtics turned it over 18 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Rockets 26-5 off the bench. The Rockets’ starters outscored the Celtics 65-51 in 23 minutes together.
Houston RocketsBoston CelticsPS, 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).
79 points from the field on 77 shots: 6.9 fewer 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 | 18-25 | 72.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 1-4 | 25.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 1-3 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3-10 | 30.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-35 | 28.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | 23 | 3 | 0-1 | −7 |
| Marcus Smart | 19 | 6 | 2-3 | −3 |
| Jayson Tatum | 11 | 13 | 3-3 | +8 |
| Gordon Hayward | 9 | 5 | 1-5 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 14 | 4-8 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 41 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 38 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayson Tatum | 20 | 8 | 3-5 | +1 |
| Marcus Smart | 19 | 12 | 4-7 | +5 |
| Jaylen Brown | 12 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Gordon Hayward | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 9 | 4-8 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 36 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Hayward | 24 | 6 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Jayson Tatum | 16 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Daniel Theis | 10 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Jaylen Brown | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 26 | 7 | 3-6 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 13 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.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
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HOU
Highest Leverage Moments
Wanamaker 25' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Brown 1 AST)
Q4 9:33
11.6%
77→66
Harden 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (33 PTS) (Westbrook 2 AST)
Q4 9:07
11.6%
66→77
House Jr. 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Westbrook 4 AST)
Q4 4:41
11.5%
82→93
Brown 24' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Walker 3 AST)
Q4 5:54
11.4%
89→77
Westbrook Driving Layup (28 PTS)
Q4 7:34
11.0%
71→82
