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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 29 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 92 |
 Celtics | 18 | 21 | 32 | 33 | 104 |
NOPTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 36-8741.4% | 9-3030.0% | 11-1861.1% | 41 | 23 | 11 |
| BOS | 38-8047.5% | 10-3231.3% | 18-2090.0% | 47 | 22 | 14 |
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Boston Celtics104| 41 | 23 | 9-16 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 | +21 | +6.4 | |||||||
| 38 | 27 | 9-18 | 0-4 | 9-11 | 0 | +12 | +2.3 | |||||||
| 35 | 23 | 8-17 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.8 | |||||
| 25 | 12 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +4.1 | ||||||
| 25 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −1.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | +6 | −3.1 | |||||||
| 19 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | −5.1 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | −4.4 | |||||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −3.9 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.7 | |
| Team | 104 | 38-8047.5% | 10-3231.3% | 47 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 18-2090.0% | 5 | 6 | 4 | |||
Bench 9 points on 3 for 13 shooting
Did not play: Juancho Hernangomez, Brodric Thomas and Bruno Fernando (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans92| 39 | 13 | 6-10 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0 | −20 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 35 | 15 | 6-19 | 0-4 | 3-3 | 0 | −7 | −1.2 | |||||||
| 34 | 16 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | +7 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 33 | 22 | 9-17 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +3.5 | ||||||
| 33 | 11 | 4-14 | 3-8 | 0-0 | −15 | −2.6 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | 9 | 3-8 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.2 | |||
| 18 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −5.3 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | −8 | −0.5 | ||||
| Team | 92 | 36-8741.4% | 9-3030.0% | 41 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 11-1861.1% | 8 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 15 points on 6 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Naji Marshall, Tomas Satoransky, Gary Clark, Willy Hernangomez and Trey Murphy III (coach’s decision).
Celtics104Pelicans92ClickTap 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.
Dennis Schröder scored 23 points (11 in the fourth quarter), and the Boston Celtics rallied from 18 points down in the second quarter to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 104-92.
The Celtics trailed 42-24 with 4:23 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Pelicans 80-50 the rest of the way.
Jayson Tatum had 27 points (16 in the paint) and 8 rebounds, and Jaylen Brown added 23 points and 8 rebounds. The Celtics had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Pelicans, Jonas Valančiūnas had 22 points and 14 rebounds.
The Celtics shot 47.5% from the field and 31.3% from 3 to the Pelicans’ 41.4% and 30.0%. The Pelicans got 8 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Celtics outscored the Pelicans 26-12 in 7 minutes with Freedom, Schröder, Richardson, Tatum and Nesmith on the floor together.
Boston CelticsNew Orleans PelicansPS, 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 14% (2nd quarter, 4:23 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
86 points from the field on 80 shots: 2.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 11-19 | 57.9% | 65% |
| In the paint | 10-19 | 52.6% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 7-10 | 70.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 4-11 | 36.4% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-21 | 28.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Hart | 33 | 4 | 1-6 | −8 |
| Herbert Jones | 15 | 4 | 2-3 | −1 |
| Jonas Valančiūnas | 9 | 14 | 6-10 | +11 |
| Devonte' Graham | 8 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 7 | 2-2 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Jones | 30 | 6 | 2-10 | −5 |
| Josh Hart | 13 | 7 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Brandon Ingram | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Garrett Temple | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 6 | 3-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonte' Graham | 34 | 4 | 2-3 | −5 |
| Jose Alvarado | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Herbert Jones | 8 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Brandon Ingram | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 15 | 6-10 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 20 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
NOP
50/50
BOS
Highest Leverage Moments
Schroder 27' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Richardson 3 AST)
Q3 0:34
15.3%
47→62
Graham 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Ingram 5 AST)
Q4 8:51
13.6%
92→78
Brown 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Schroder 6 AST)
Q3 5:55
11.0%
29→40
Jones 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Alvarado 2 AST)
Q3 5:06
10.2%
40→29
Horford 27' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Tatum 1 AST)
Q3 9:31
9.9%
37→47
