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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 28 | 23 | 27 | 33 | 111 |
 Clippers | 24 | 39 | 24 | 27 | 114 |
BOSTeam statsLAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 41-8647.7% | 10-3231.3% | 19-2190.5% | 47 | 26 | 22 |
| LAC | 40-8547.1% | 14-3243.8% | 20-2290.9% | 38 | 20 | 20 |
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LA Clippers114| 37 | 17 | 6-22 | 2-8 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −10.9 | ||||||
| 35 | 20 | 7-16 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.3 | |||||
| 32 | 10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 32 | 10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-4 | −8 | +0.2 | ||||||||
| 15 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −2.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 15 | 5-10 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1.3 | ||||||
| 25 | 27, Career high (his best before, 13) | 9-13 | 5-8, Career high (his best before, 3) | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +12.0 | |||||
| 19 | 9 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0 | +6 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 15 | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +13 | +5.3 | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 114 | 40-8547.1% | 14-3243.8% | 38 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20-2290.9% | 9 | 13 | 7 | |||
Bench 57 points on 19 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Paul George (injury/illness); Serge Ibaka (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics111| 38 | 19 | 8-16 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0 | +9 | +3.2 | |||||||
| 37 | 16 | 7-16 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 36 | 29 | 9-20 | 2-7 | 9-10 | −4 | +0.9 | ||||||||
| 35 | 11 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +1.4 | ||||||
| 20 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −17 | −6.2 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 17 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0 | −5 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 24 | 5 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | +8 | −2.3 | |||||||
| 11 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | −3 | +2.3 | ||||||
| 5 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +0.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.7 | ||
| Team | 111 | 41-8647.7% | 10-3231.3% | 47 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 19-2190.5% | 14 | 11 | 3 | |||
Bench 32 points on 11 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Payton Pritchard and Juancho Hernangomez (coach’s decision).
Clippers114Celtics111ClickTap 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.
Brandon Boston scored a career-high 27 points (18 in the second quarter), and the LA Clippers held off the Boston Celtics 114-111.
The Clippers took control with a 28-10 run in the second quarter and led by as many as 21. The Clippers led 76-55 with 7:17 left in the third quarter, and the Celtics got within 112-111 with 9.3 seconds left.
During clutch time, the Clippers outscored the Celtics 9-7. Reggie Jackson (No. 7 in clutch points, 2021-22) scored 4 of the Clippers’ 9 on 1 for 1 shooting and 1 for 2 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Marcus Smart had 2 of his 4 steals, 1 of them during a 10-0 Celtics run, and the Celtics scored 4 points off them.
Marcus Morris Sr. scored 20 points.
For the Celtics, Jayson Tatum had 29 points (7 during an 11-0 run in the third quarter) and 10 rebounds.
The Celtics turned it over 23 times, about 9 more than usual for this many possessions. The Clippers outscored the Celtics 57-32 off the bench. The Celtics outscored the Clippers 16-2 in 4 minutes with Horford, Schröder, Smart, Tatum and Williams on the floor together.
LA ClippersBoston 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).
94 points from the field on 85 shots: 4.2 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 | 17-24 | 70.8% | 65% |
| In the paint | 5-19 | 26.3% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 4-10 | 40.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-25 | 44.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Richardson | 12 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Jayson Tatum | 11 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Marcus Smart | 9 | 7 | 2-3 | +5 |
| Romeo Langford | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 10 | 3-4 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Horford | 18 | 7 | 3-5 | +3 |
| Grant Williams | 17 | 4 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Jayson Tatum | 13 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Marcus Smart | 8 | 2 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 3 | 1-5 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Smart | 22 | 0 | 0-3 | −6 |
| Dennis Schröder | 17 | 6 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Josh Richardson | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Jayson Tatum | 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 4 | 2-11 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 12 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 21 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.
LAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
LAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Tatum 2' Running Dunk (27 PTS) (Smart 6 AST)
Q4 0:23
15.2%
97→82
Jackson 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (16 PTS)
Q4 3:30
13.2%
82→95
Morris Sr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Jackson 7 AST)
Q4 0:44
13.0%
85→98
Kennard 27' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Bledsoe 3 AST)
Q4 10:33
12.9%
79→92
Tatum Free Throw 2 of 2 (29 PTS)
Q4 0:09
12.9%
92→79
