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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 19 | 26 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 111 |
 Celtics | 28 | 28 | 22 | 26 | 6 | 110 |
HOUTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 41-9841.8% | 15-5527.3% | 14-1877.8% | 53 | 17 | 16 |
| BOS | 39-10039.0% | 13-4231.0% | 19-2576.0% | 54 | 22 | 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 Rockets111| 43 | 41 | 16-27 | 1-2 | 8-12 | 0 | −3 | +8.8 | |||||||
| 41 | 21 | 7-24 | 4-17 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −4.8 | ||||||
| 39 | 9 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 39 | 16 | 6-12 | 4-10 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | +1 | +2.4 | ||||||
| 34 | 9 | 4-10 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | −4.2 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 5 | 2-6 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | −4 | −2.2 | |||||
| 21 | 7 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.4 | |||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −4.7 | |||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.0 | ||||
| Team | 111 | 41-9841.8% | 15-5527.3% | 53 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 14-1877.8% | 12 | 10 | 8 | |||
Bench 15 points on 5 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Thabo Sefolosha, Tyson Chandler, DeMarre Carroll and Bruno Caboclo (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics110| 45 | 26 | 9-22 | 5-15 | 3-3 | 0 | +2 | +4.0 | |||||||
| 45 | 32 | 9-27 | 4-12 | 10-14 | −5 | +0.4 | ||||||||
| 44 | 22 | 9-23 | 2-6 | 2-4 | −1 | −5.3 | ||||||||
| 41 | 18 | 8-16 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 39 | 8 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | −11 | +0.8 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −0.5 | |||
| 14 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −3.7 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −3.2 | |||
| 11 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.0 | ||||
| Team | 110 | 39-10039.0% | 13-4231.0% | 54 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 19-2576.0% | 14 | 11 | 6 | |||
Bench 4 points on 1 for 4 shooting
Did not play: Javonte Green, Robert Williams III, Enes Freedom and Carsen Edwards (coach’s decision).
Rockets111Celtics110ClickTap 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.
Russell Westbrook scored 41 points (24 in the paint), and the Houston Rockets rallied from 17 points down in the second quarter to beat the Boston Celtics 111-110 in overtime for their sixth straight win.
The Rockets trailed 42-25 with 6:58 left in the second quarter and 56-45 at halftime. They outscored the Celtics 86-68 the rest of the way.
The Celtics had the ball down 1, but Jaylen Brown missed a 15-foot pull-up jumper with 3.5 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Rockets 19-18. Marcus Smart scored 7 of the Celtics’ 19 on 3 for 5 shooting. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Jayson Tatum had 2 steals, one of them leading to his driving layup that put the Celtics ahead 106-104, and the Celtics scored 2 points off them. With 29 seconds left in overtime, James Harden stole the ball from Smart, and his free throws off it tied the game at 110.
Harden had 21 points, 8 assists and 3 steals but shot 7 for 24.
For the Celtics, Tatum had 32 points and a season-high 13 rebounds but shot 9 for 27, and Smart added 26 points, 7 assists and 4 steals. Brown scored 22 points. The Celtics had 3 20-point scorers.
The Rockets did not make a field goal in the last 3:16.
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. The Rockets’ chance bottomed out at 6.7% (2nd quarter, 8:29 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
97 points from the field on 98 shots: 7.8 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 | 19-23 | 82.6% | 64% |
| In the paint | 4-12 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-8 | 37.5% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 5-14 | 35.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-41 | 24.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Smart | 20 | 4 | 2-5 | −3 |
| Jaylen Brown | 17 | 11 | 4-6 | +5 |
| Jayson Tatum | 15 | 6 | 3-6 | +1 |
| Daniel Theis | 12 | 5 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 30 | 17 | 8-12 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 43 points on 94 possessions. He usually scores about 34 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | 24 | 0 | 0-6 | −11 |
| Marcus Smart | 18 | 3 | 1-2 | −5 |
| Gordon Hayward | 13 | 7 | 3-7 | +1 |
| Jayson Tatum | 11 | 5 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 6 | 1-10 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 37 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayson Tatum | 25 | 3 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Jaylen Brown | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Gordon Hayward | 11 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Daniel Theis | 10 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 7 | 3-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 16 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
HOU
50/50
BOS
Highest Leverage Moments
Brown 26' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS)
Q4 0:01
47.8%
5→53
Covington 26' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Westbrook 5 AST)
Q4 2:37
25.4%
46→21
Harden Free Throw 1 of 2 (20 PTS)
OT 0:24
19.2%
68→49
Tatum 1' Driving Layup (32 PTS) (Smart 6 AST)
OT 4:27
18.7%
49→68
CELTICS Rebound
OT 0:00
17.7%
20→2
