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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 33 | 27 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 117 |
 Clippers | 34 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 113 |
BOSTeam statsLAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 41-9045.6% | 19-5038.0% | 16-2080.0% | 32 | 24 | 19 |
| LAC | 47-9052.2% | 9-2832.1% | 10-1376.9% | 40 | 24 | 22 |
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Boston Celtics117| 43 | 24 | 9-22 | 4-13 | 2-3 | 0 | +1 | −1.6 | |||||||
| 42 | 20 | 7-17 | 4-12 | 2-2 | 0 | +8 | −2.1 | |||||||
| 39 | 25 | 8-15 | 2-2 | 7-9 | 0 | +1 | +1.5 | |||||||
| 30 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +18 | −6.0 | ||||||||
| 25 | 15 | 5-7 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +5.4 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 9 | 4-11 | 1-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −5.9 | |||||
| 23 | 11 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −12 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 20 | 8 | 2-6 | 2-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.2 | |||||
| 9 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +1.4 | ||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.4 | ||
| Team | 117 | 41-9045.6% | 19-5038.0% | 32 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 16-2080.0% | 8 | 11 | 4 | |||
Bench 31 points on 12 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Jrue Holiday, Al Horford and Kristaps Porziņģis (injury/illness); Xavier Tillman (coach’s decision).
LA Clippers113| 45 | 11 | 4-11 | 0-3 | 3-4 | −2 | −6.7 | ||||||||
| 44 | 24 | 9-15 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.4 | ||||||
| 44 | 29, Career high (his best before, 25) | 12-20 | 4-7 | 1-2 | +5 | +6.5 | ||||||||
| 39 | 26, Season high (his best before, 19) | 12-21 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +5.8 | ||||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 38 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | −7 | −6.0 | ||||||||
| 17 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −4.7 | ||||||
| 16 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | −0.2 | |||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.8 | |||||
| Team | 113 | 47-9052.2% | 9-2832.1% | 40 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 10-1376.9% | 9 | 11 | 6 | |||
Bench 18 points on 8 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Kris Dunn (injury/illness); Kai Jones and Trentyn Flowers (coach’s decision).
Celtics117Clippers113ClickTap 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 scored 25 points, and the defending champion Boston Celtics beat the LA Clippers 117-113 in overtime.
Derrick Jones Jr. made a driving layup with 4.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie it at 103 for the Clippers, but the Celtics outscored them 14-10 in overtime.
Jaden Springer’s 28-foot 3-pointer with 34.4 seconds left in overtime made it 115-110, and Neemias Queta’s reverse layup with 6.4 seconds left in overtime put it away at 117-113.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Clippers 21-13. Springer scored 6 of the Celtics’ 21 on 2 for 4 shooting. Late in the fourth quarter, Jones had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to his driving layup that tied the game at 103, and the Clippers scored 4 points off them.
Jayson Tatum had 24 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) and 8 assists. Derrick White added 20 points (8 during a 13-0 run in the fourth quarter), and Sam Hauser scored 15 points with 5 3-pointers. The Celtics had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Clippers, Jones had a career-high 29 points and 3 steals, and Kevin Porter Jr. added a season-high 26 points, 7 assists and 3 steals. Amir Coffey scored 24 points on 9 for 15 shooting. The Clippers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Clippers turned it over 23 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. The Clippers were outscored 16-5 in 5 minutes with Coffey, Mann, Hyland, Brown and Miller on the floor together.
Boston CelticsLA ClippersPS, 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).
101 points from the field on 89 shots: 5.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-17 | 70.6% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-16 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 2-7 | 28.6% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-8 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 15-42 | 35.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 23 | 9 | 4-5 | +1 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 15 | 4 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Amir Coffey | 12 | 3 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Terance Mann | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 7 | 2-2 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 36 | 4 | 2-7 | −10 |
| Amir Coffey | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −4 |
| Kobe Brown | 8 | 5 | 2-6 | +2 |
| Terance Mann | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 15 | 5-7 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terance Mann | 33 | 2 | 1-3 | −6 |
| Amir Coffey | 12 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Kevin Porter Jr. | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 10 | 3-7 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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
Jones Jr. 1' Running Layup (24 PTS)
Q4 0:04
39.7%
13→53
Springer 28' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Tatum 8 AST)
OT 0:34
29.3%
29→0
Jones Jr. 3PT Jump Shot (29 PTS) (Mann 6 AST)
OT 0:56
27.1%
2→29
Brown 25' 3PT Jump Shot (25 PTS) (Tatum 7 AST)
OT 2:56
24.4%
29→5
Tatum 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (24 PTS)
OT 4:12
19.4%
44→24
