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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spurs | 39 | 38 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 140 |
 Celtics | 16 | 32 | 42 | 38 | 15 | 143 |
SASTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAS | 49-9253.3% | 11-2445.8% | 31-3881.6% | 43 | 29 | 11 |
| BOS | 49-10546.7% | 18-3847.4% | 27-3675.0% | 52 | 31 | 13 |
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Boston Celtics143| 45 | 60, Career high (his best before, 53) | 20-37 | 5-7 | 0 | 15-17 | 0 | +6 | +19.8 | ||||||
| 44 | 10 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 5-6 | +2 | +0.8 | ||||||||
| 44 | 17 | 5-24 | 4-12 | 3-5 | 0 | +3 | −13.9 | |||||||
| 23 | 10 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | +1 | +5.2 | |||||
| 21 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 16 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +12 | +4.3 | ||||||
| 29 | 8 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | −1 | +3.2 | |||||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | −2.6 | ||||||
| 9 | 8 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +1.8 | |||
| 7 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +1.2 | ||||
| Team | 143 | 49-10546.7% | 18-3847.4% | 52 | 31 | 13 | 26 | 27-3675.0% | 17 | 7 | 7 | |||
Bench 38 points on 15 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Romeo Langford, Semi Ojeleye, Jabari Parker, Carsen Edwards and Luke Kornet (coach’s decision).
San Antonio Spurs140| 43 | 15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 5-7 | −17 | +1.8 | ||||||||
| 43 | 24 | 10-18 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | −6 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 42 | 30 | 7-21 | 0-2 | 16-19 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +6.4 | ||||||
| 39 | 14 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −6.4 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 24 | 9-12 | 4-7 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +6.3 | |||||
| 22 | 11 | 4-10 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.6 | ||||||
| 18 | 16 | 6-9 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +1.6 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −1.3 | ||||
| Team | 140 | 49-9253.3% | 11-2445.8% | 43 | 29 | 11 | 27 | 31-3881.6% | 8 | 6 | 1 | |||
Bench 55 points on 21 for 33 shooting
Did not play: Luka Samanic, Keita Bates-Diop, Tre Jones and Gorgui Dieng (coach’s decision).
Celtics143Spurs140ClickTap 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 corner 3-pointer on a pass from Marcus Smart with 16 seconds left in overtime, and the Boston Celtics rallied from 32 points down in the second quarter to beat the San Antonio Spurs 143-140 in overtime.
The Celtics trailed 65-33 with 3:58 left in the second quarter and 77-48 at halftime. They were still down 88-60 with 8:07 left in the third quarter, with less than a 1% chance to win, and outscored the Spurs 83-52 the rest of the way, the biggest comeback of the season.
The Spurs had the ball down 2 with 16 seconds left, but Aaron Nesmith stole the ball from Rudy Gay. A basket would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Spurs 25-22. Jayson Tatum (No. 4 in clutch wins added, 2020-21) scored 18 of the Celtics’ 25 on 5 for 8 shooting and 7 for 8 at the line.
Tatum had a career-high 60 points and 8 rebounds, and Brown added 17 points but shot 5 for 24. Tatum scored 21 of his 60 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Spurs, DeMar DeRozan had 30 points (16 at the free-throw line) and a season-high 14 assists but shot 7 for 21, and Lonnie Walker IV added 24 points (12 in the third quarter) on 9 for 12 shooting off the bench. Dejounte Murray had 24 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. The Spurs had 3 20-point scorers and 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Spurs gave up 17 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Celtics missed. The Spurs were outscored 51-39 in 17 minutes with DeRozan, Murray, Poeltl, Walker and Johnson on the floor together.
Boston CelticsSan Antonio SpursPS, 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 <1% (3rd quarter, 8:07 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
116 points from the field on 105 shots: 3.7 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 | 9-28 | 32.1% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 3-8 | 37.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-10 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-28 | 46.4% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonnie Walker IV | 27 | 15 | 5-8 | +5 |
| Keldon Johnson | 18 | 9 | 3-7 | +2 |
| Devin Vassell | 13 | 13 | 5-6 | +8 |
| Dejounte Murray | 12 | 10 | 3-5 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 29 | 18 | 7-17 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 65 points on 98 possessions. He usually scores about 37 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keldon Johnson | 40 | 9 | 3-9 | −6 |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 10 | 3 | 1-1 | −1 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Dejounte Murray | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 7 | 2-15 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 90 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dejounte Murray | 18 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Lonnie Walker IV | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Keldon Johnson | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 8 | 3-3 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 62 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.
BOS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
SAS
50/50
BOS
Highest Leverage Moments
Brown 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Smart 12 AST)
OT 0:17
47.3%
37→85
Tatum 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (49 PTS)
Q4 0:38
36.4%
27→64
Murray 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot (24 PTS) (DeRozan 13 AST)
Q4 0:52
29.2%
57→27
Johnson 2' Cutting Layup Shot (14 PTS) (DeRozan 12 AST)
Q4 1:39
27.1%
57→29
Nesmith 4' Layup (14 PTS)
Q4 1:05
27.1%
29→56
