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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 34 | 37 | 32 | 26 | 129 |
 Celtics | 32 | 39 | 27 | 21 | 119 |
PORTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 44-8551.8% | 19-3850.0% | 22-2684.6% | 36 | 27 | 9 |
| BOS | 43-8948.3% | 20-3951.3% | 13-1586.7% | 45 | 29 | 18 |
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Portland Trail Blazers129| 39 | 26 | 8-18 | 3-9 | 7-7 | 0 | +17 | +4.9 | |||||||
| 39 | 23 | 8-15 | 4-6 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +12 | +3.3 | ||||||
| 38 | 33 | 12-20 | 4-8 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +9.8 | |||||
| 31 | 10 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +11 | +1.4 | |||||
| 29 | 14 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | +24 | +4.4 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 13 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.6 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.7 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −20 | −1.0 | ||||||
| Team | 129 | 44-8551.8% | 19-3850.0% | 36 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 22-2684.6% | 3 | 8 | 5 | |||
Bench 23 points on 7 for 16 shooting
Did not play: Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Derrick Jones Jr., CJ Elleby, Nassir Little, Keljin Blevins, T.J. Leaf and Harry Giles III (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics119| 37 | 33 | 11-19 | 4-5 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | −15 | +2.9 | ||||||
| 35 | 11 | 4-14 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −4.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 16 | 6-22 | 1-9 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −8.9 | ||||||
| 34 | 21 | 8-10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | +8.2 | ||||||
| 23 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −20 | −4.5 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | +13 | +2.2 | ||||||||
| 20 | 16 | 6-7 | 4-4, Career high (his best before, 3) | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +4.0 | |||||
| 19 | 13 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +3.9 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.2 | |
| Team | 119 | 43-8948.3% | 20-3951.3% | 45 | 29 | 18 | 21 | 13-1586.7% | 10 | 3 | 6 | |||
Bench 36 points on 13 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Grant Williams, Jabari Parker, Semi Ojeleye, Luke Kornet and Carsen Edwards (coach’s decision).
Trail Blazers129Celtics119ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
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CJ McCollum scored 33 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Boston Celtics 129-119 for their fourth straight win.
Damian Lillard’s step-back 3-pointer put the Trail Blazers ahead for good with 9:24 left in the third quarter.
The Celtics got within 107-106 on Aaron Nesmith’s 10-foot floater with 8:39 to play, but McCollum answered with a 3-pointer, and the Celtics got no closer than 121-119.
Carmelo Anthony’s 3-pointer with 1:08 left made it 124-119, and Norman Powell’s driving layup with 55.6 seconds left put it away at 126-119.
During clutch time, the Trail Blazers outscored the Celtics 11-2. McCollum scored 5 of the Trail Blazers’ 11 on 2 for 2 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Jusuf Nurkić had 2 steals, 1 of them during an 8-0 Trail Blazers run, and the Trail Blazers scored 5 points off them.
Lillard had 26 points and 13 assists, and Powell added 23 points (12 on 4 3-pointers). The Trail Blazers had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Celtics, Jayson Tatum scored 33 points (16 in the second quarter), and Jaylen Brown went 1 for 9 from 3. Evan Fournier scored 21 points on 8 for 10 shooting.
The Celtics made 20 3-pointers, 5 of them by Fournier and 4 by Tatum. They forced 10 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Trail Blazers scored the last 8 points of the game. The Celtics’ starters were outscored 52-33 in 16 minutes together.
Portland Trail BlazersBoston 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).
107 points from the field on 85 shots: 18.1 more 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 | 10-18 | 55.6% | 64% |
| In the paint | 6-12 | 50.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 9-17 | 52.9% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-4 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 17-34 | 50.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Fournier | 19 | 2 | 1-5 | −5 |
| Jayson Tatum | 17 | 7 | 3-3 | +1 |
| Marcus Smart | 9 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 9 | 2 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 25 | 15 | 6-8 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Smart | 31 | 2 | 1-3 | −10 |
| Jayson Tatum | 16 | 4 | 1-2 | −3 |
| Evan Fournier | 11 | 9 | 4-6 | +5 |
| Jaylen Brown | 7 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 8 | 3-8 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | 27 | 7 | 2-6 | −1 |
| Payton Pritchard | 17 | 0 | 0-0 | −5 |
| Evan Fournier | 11 | 3 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Marcus Smart | 10 | 4 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 9 | 4-8 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 25 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
POR
50/50
BOS
Highest Leverage Moments
Anthony 26' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Lillard 13 AST)
Q4 1:08
20.9%
29→8
Smart 26' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Brown 3 AST)
Q3 2:02
16.2%
21→37
Nesmith 28' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Williams III 4 AST)
Q4 9:43
15.3%
34→49
Fournier 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Tatum 5 AST)
Q4 2:27
13.9%
13→27
McCollum 27' 3PT Jump Shot (33 PTS) (Powell 3 AST)
Q4 3:51
13.2%
27→14
