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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 31 | 28 | 32 | 27 | 118 |
 Pelicans | 34 | 19 | 33 | 30 | 116 |
BOSTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 42-8450.0% | 16-4139.0% | 18-2669.2% | 35 | 32 | 13 |
| NOP | 44-9048.9% | 15-3740.5% | 13-1968.4% | 48 | 16 | 18 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Boston Celtics118| 39 | 27 | 10-21 | 4-10 | 3-5 | 0 | +4 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 35 | 28 | 11-18 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +4.7 | ||||||
| 34 | 16 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +2.0 | ||||||
| 30 | 16 | 5-12 | 2-7 | 4-8 | +3 | +5.1 | ||||||||
| 30 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −4.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 4 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −4 | −4.9 | ||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1.8 | ||||||
| 16 | 11 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-3 | +2 | +6.8 | |||||||
| 14 | 9 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.2 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 118 | 42-8450.0% | 16-4139.0% | 35 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 18-2669.2% | 5 | 12 | 7 | |||
Bench 27 points on 9 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Drew Peterson, Neemias Queta, Xavier Tillman and Jordan Walsh (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans116| 39 | 40, Season high (his best before, 35) | 15-20 | 8-12, Season high (his best before, 5) | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +12.6 | ||||||
| 34 | 17 | 8-19 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −7.2 | ||||||
| 30 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −5.1 | |||||
| 29 | 6 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 6-7 | 0 | +1 | −0.8 | ||||||
| 8 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −4.0 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 20 | 6-14 | 3-9 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | +1 | +4.5 | ||||||
| 30 | 10 | 5-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −6.6 | |||||
| 18 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | +0.5 | ||||||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.4 | |||||
| 5 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.4 | |||
| Team | 116 | 44-9048.9% | 15-3740.5% | 48 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 13-1968.4% | 10 | 7 | 2 | |||
Bench 43 points on 16 for 34 shooting
Did not play: Jordan Hawkins (not with team); Daniel Theis (injury/illness).
Celtics118Pelicans116ClickTap 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.
Jayson Tatum made a 21-foot pull-up jumper with 0.7 seconds left, and the defending champion Boston Celtics beat the New Orleans Pelicans 118-116.
CJ McCollum’s 11-foot floater had tied it at 116 with 24 seconds left.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 7. McCollum scored 4 of the Pelicans’ 7 on 2 for 2 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Tatum had 4 of his 10 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Jaylen Brown that put the Celtics ahead.
Brown scored 28 points on 11 for 18 shooting. Tatum added 27 points and 10 assists, and Luke Kornet scored 11 points (8 in the paint) off the bench. Brown and Tatum set each other up for 6 baskets and 14 points.
For the Pelicans, Trey Murphy III scored a season-high 40 points (24 on 8 3-pointers) on 15 for 20 shooting, and McCollum went 1 for 7 from 3. Jose Alvarado had 20 points and 6 assists off the bench.
The Pelicans turned it over 20 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions.
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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
100 points from the field on 84 shots: 8.5 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 | 16-22 | 72.7% | 66% |
| In the paint | 6-12 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-9 | 44.4% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-34 | 38.2% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Boston | 15 | 5 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Trey Murphy III | 14 | 6 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Jose Alvarado | 14 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
| Javonte Green | 10 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 12 | 5-9 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Boston | 21 | 6 | 2-2 | −2 |
| Javonte Green | 16 | 1 | 0-3 | −5 |
| Jose Alvarado | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Yves Missi | 7 | 7 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 13 | 5-10 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yves Missi | 27 | 0 | 0-1 | −9 |
| Javonte Green | 10 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Karlo Matković | 6 | 0 | 0-3 | −2 |
| CJ McCollum | 4 | 6 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 57 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.
NOP win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
NOP
Highest Leverage Moments
Tatum 21' Pullup Jump Shot (27 PTS)
Q4 0:01
44.3%
53→8
Brown 13' Fadeaway Jumper (28 PTS) (Tatum 10 AST)
Q4 0:34
30.7%
55→24
McCollum 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot (17 PTS)
Q4 0:24
28.4%
24→53
Murphy III 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (40 PTS)
Q4 1:37
27.0%
29→56
White 24' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Porzingis 6 AST)
Q4 5:06
16.1%
40→24
