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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 30 | 33 | 23 | 29 | 115 |
 Nets | 27 | 24 | 30 | 32 | 113 |
BOSTeam statsBKN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 44-8452.4% | 13-3834.2% | 14-1973.7% | 38 | 29 | 7 |
| BKN | 42-9046.7% | 20-4643.5% | 9-1369.2% | 45 | 34 | 9 |
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 Celtics115| 38 | 11 | 5-12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | +6 | +3.2 | ||||||||
| 36 | 20 | 8-19 | 1-7 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −2.1 | |||||
| 32 | 24 | 9-16 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +1.0 | ||||
| 28 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −0.5 | |||||
| 24 | 8 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +9 | +0.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 22 | 7-11 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 0 | +6 | +7.5 | |||||||
| 25 | 10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +4.4 | ||||||
| 13 | 6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 0.0 | ||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.2 | ||||
| Team | 115 | 44-8452.4% | 13-3834.2% | 38 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 14-1973.7% | 13 | 5 | 7 | |||
Bench 41 points on 15 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Jordan Walsh, Xavier Tillman, JD Davison and Torrey Craig (coach’s decision).
Brooklyn Nets113| 35 | 23 | 9-19 | 2-8 | 3-3 | 0 | −7 | +2.9 | |||||||
| 35 | 14 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | +15 | −0.1 | ||||||||
| 31 | 21 | 8-15 | 5-9, Career high (his best before, 4) | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | +5.8 | ||||||
| 31 | 9 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +4.8 | |||||
| 27 | 11 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 4-6 | 0 | −2 | +1.8 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 15 | 5-11 | 4-8 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −1.2 | ||||
| 23 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.4 | |||||
| 19 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −5.6 | |||||
| 16 | 15 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +11 | +6.1 | ||||||
| Team | 113 | 42-9046.7% | 20-4643.5% | 45 | 34 | 9 | 21 | 9-1369.2% | 18 | 4 | 3 | |||
Bench 35 points on 13 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Noah Clowney, Trendon Watford and Cam Thomas (injury/illness).
Celtics115Nets113ClickTap 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.
Payton Pritchard scored 22 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), and the defending champion Boston Celtics held off the Brooklyn Nets 115-113.
The Celtics took control with a 24-5 run bridging the first and second quarters and led by as many as 21. The Celtics led 55-34 with 4:12 left in the second quarter, and the Nets got within 114-113 with 4.5 seconds left. Cameron Johnson’s 30-foot pull-up 3-pointer made it 114-113 with 4.5 seconds left, and Pritchard went 1 for 2 at the line with the Celtics up 1 and 2.9 seconds left.
During clutch time, the Nets outscored the Celtics 5-3.
Kristaps Porziņģis scored 24 points (14 in the fourth quarter), and Jayson Tatum added 20 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. Porziņģis scored 14 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter. The Celtics had 3 20-point scorers. Jrue Holiday assisted on 6 of Porziņģis’ 9 baskets, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Nets, Cameron Johnson had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, and Keon Johnson added 21 points with 5 3-pointers. Maxwell Lewis scored 15 points off the bench.
The Nets made 20 3-pointers, 5 of them by Keon Johnson and 4 by Ziaire Williams. They forced 8 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Celtics 22-2 on the fast break. The Nets outscored the Celtics 30-19 in 9 minutes with Williams, Wilson, Martin, Lewis and Beekman on the floor together.
Boston CelticsBrooklyn NetsPS, 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 83 shots: 10.4 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 | 17-23 | 73.9% | 66% |
| In the paint | 9-15 | 60.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 5-8 | 62.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-9 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-29 | 34.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day'Ron Sharpe | 23 | 11 | 5-6 | +3 |
| Jalen Wilson | 10 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Cameron Johnson | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| D'Angelo Russell | 5 | 0 | 0-3 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 4 | 1-3 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 54 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keon Johnson | 13 | 5 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Reece Beekman | 13 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Tyrese Martin | 11 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Cameron Johnson | 7 | 6 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 6 | 2-3 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 56 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ziaire Williams | 31 | 7 | 2-6 | −5 |
| D'Angelo Russell | 6 | 1 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Jalen Wilson | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Keon Johnson | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 8 | 4-10 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 65 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.
BKN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
BKN
Highest Leverage Moments
Hauser 27' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Tatum 5 AST)
Q3 8:49
13.8%
43→30
Porzingis 26' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Scheierman 1 AST)
Q4 6:59
12.5%
27→14
Wilson 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Martin 6 AST)
Q4 6:43
12.5%
14→27
Pritchard 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Holiday 11 AST)
Q4 5:59
12.1%
21→8
C. Johnson 30' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Russell 8 AST)
Q4 0:05
11.2%
3→14
