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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 30 | 27 | 35 | 24 | 116 |
 Trail Blazers | 38 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 115 |
BOSTeam statsPOR| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 42-9046.7% | 15-3542.9% | 17-2470.8% | 46 | 30 | 9 |
| POR | 43-9047.8% | 17-4339.5% | 12-1770.6% | 46 | 31 | 14 |
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Boston Celtics116| 40 | 24 | 9-21 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 0 | −2 | −2.4 | |||||||
| 38 | 32 | 10-17 | 4-7 | 8-10 | −1 | +9.2 | ||||||||
| 37 | 13 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 2-4 | +4 | +2.4 | ||||||||
| 36 | 21 | 7-17 | 4-11 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +3.4 | ||||||
| 26 | 16 | 8-12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +3.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 5 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +6 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −0.7 | |||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −7.0 | |||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.6 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.9 | |||
| Team | 116 | 42-9046.7% | 15-3542.9% | 46 | 30 | 9 | 19 | 17-2470.8% | 9 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 10 points on 4 for 14 shooting
Did not play: Tremont Waters, Carsen Edwards, Luke Kornet, Aaron Nesmith and Moritz Wagner (coach’s decision).
Portland Trail Blazers115| 38 | 20 | 8-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | +1.7 | |||||||
| 37 | 28 | 9-23 | 5-13 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.6 | |||||
| 37 | 16 | 6-19 | 4-11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +13 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 31 | 9 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.5 | ||||||
| 26 | 8 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | +19 | +4.1 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 25 | 10-15 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +4.5 | ||||||
| 21 | 9 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | −18 | +1.5 | |||||||
| 15 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −4.8 | ||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.1 | ||||
| Team | 115 | 43-9047.8% | 17-4339.5% | 46 | 31 | 14 | 22 | 12-1770.6% | 8 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 34 points on 13 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Anfernee Simons, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Harry Giles III and CJ Elleby (coach’s decision); Zach Collins (injury/illness).
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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.
Jayson Tatum scored 32 points (17 in the third quarter), and the Boston Celtics beat the Portland Trail Blazers 116-115 for their fourth straight win.
Tatum’s 2 free throws put the Celtics ahead for good with 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Tatum’s step-back 3-pointer with 8.5 seconds left made it 116-112. The Trail Blazers had the ball down 1, but Damian Lillard missed an 84-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Trail Blazers outscored the Celtics 13-9. Lillard (No. 1 in clutch wins added, 2020-21) scored 5 of the Trail Blazers’ 13 on 1 for 5 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. With 2:20 left, CJ McCollum stole the ball from Tatum, and Lillard’s corner 3-pointer off it tied the game at 109.
Jaylen Brown scored 24 points (12 in the paint), and Kemba Walker added 21 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. The Celtics had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Trail Blazers, Lillard had 28 points and 10 assists, and Carmelo Anthony added 25 points on 10 for 15 shooting off the bench. Norman Powell scored 20 points. The Trail Blazers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Celtics outscored the Trail Blazers 50-28 in the paint. The Trail Blazers’ starters outscored the Celtics 44-27 in 14 minutes together.
Boston CelticsPortland Trail BlazersPS, 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).
99 points from the field on 89 shots: 1.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-31 | 61.3% | 64% |
| In the paint | 6-16 | 37.5% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 2-8 | 25.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-10 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-25 | 40.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Powell | 22 | 5 | 2-3 | −3 |
| Robert Covington | 17 | 4 | 2-4 | −2 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 12 | 3 | 1-3 | −2 |
| CJ McCollum | 8 | 7 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 15 | 4-4 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 34 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Powell | 25 | 6 | 3-8 | −3 |
| Robert Covington | 18 | 5 | 2-4 | −1 |
| Damian Lillard | 10 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 10 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 11 | 4-7 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ McCollum | 21 | 0 | 0-3 | −6 |
| Damian Lillard | 16 | 8 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Norman Powell | 12 | 7 | 3-4 | +3 |
| Robert Covington | 12 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 8 | 2-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 22 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.
POR win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
POR
Highest Leverage Moments
McCollum 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Lillard 10 AST)
Q4 1:01
33.0%
29→62
Lillard 24' 3PT Jump Shot (28 PTS) (McCollum 5 AST)
Q4 2:03
32.4%
24→56
Williams III Tip Layup Shot (16 PTS)
Q4 1:42
27.1%
57→29
Tatum 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (32 PTS)
Q4 0:09
26.2%
29→3
Williams III 1' Cutting Layup Shot (14 PTS) (Tatum 5 AST)
Q4 2:35
19.0%
46→27
