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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 34 | 30 | 38 | 27 | 129 |
 Trail Blazers | 24 | 27 | 39 | 26 | 116 |
BOSTeam statsPOR| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 48-8854.5% | 23-5046.0% | 10-1471.4% | 38 | 31 | 9 |
| POR | 43-8848.9% | 19-4740.4% | 11-1668.8% | 38 | 24 | 12 |
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Boston Celtics129| 39 | 24 | 8-11 | 8-10 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +5.3 | ||||
| 37 | 17 | 6-12 | 4-10 | 0 | 1-2 | +11 | +3.7 | |||||||
| 37 | 30 | 11-24 | 1-7 | 7-7 | +16 | +6.6 | ||||||||
| 32 | 16 | 6-14 | 4-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +0.5 | |||||
| 30 | 14 | 6-12 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | +4 | +0.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 6 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | −1.7 | |||||||
| 19 | 13 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +7.4 | |||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | +10 | +1.7 | ||||||
| 8 | 4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +1.4 | |||||
| Team | 129 | 48-8854.5% | 23-5046.0% | 38 | 31 | 9 | 14 | 10-1471.4% | 11 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bench 28 points on 11 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Neemias Queta, Jordan Walsh and Drew Peterson (coach’s decision); Kristaps Porziņģis (injury/illness).
Portland Trail Blazers116| 39 | 17 | 6-16 | 2-6 | 3-3 | 0 | −5 | −0.2 | |||||||
| 38 | 23 | 9-16 | 3-9 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | −1 | +2.9 | ||||||
| 36 | 19 | 7-13 | 4-7 | 0 | 1-2 | −14 | +8.5 | |||||||
| 31 | 15 | 6-13 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −2.8 | ||||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.5 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 9 | 2-10 | 2-8 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −6.3 | ||||
| 19 | 12 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | −4 | +6.2 | |||||
| 17 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +1.6 | |||
| 9 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.9 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.0 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +3.2 | ||||
| Team | 116 | 43-8848.9% | 19-4740.4% | 38 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 11-1668.8% | 11 | 6 | 3 | |||
Bench 38 points on 13 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Jerami Grant (injury/illness); Rayan Rupert, Justin Minaya and Bryce McGowens (coach’s decision).
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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 scored 30 points (18 in the third quarter), and the defending champion Boston Celtics beat the Portland Trail Blazers 129-116 for their fifth straight win.
The Celtics took control with a 26-10 run bridging the second and third quarters and led by as many as 18.
Sam Hauser scored 24 points (all 24 on 8 3-pointers) on 8 for 11 shooting, and Luke Kornet added 13 points off the bench.
For the Trail Blazers, Shaedon Sharpe scored 23 points, and Toumani Camara added 19 points.
The Celtics shot 54.5% from the field and 46.0% from 3 to the Trail Blazers’ 48.9% and 40.4%. The Celtics made 23 3-pointers, 8 of them by Hauser and 4 by Derrick White. The Trail Blazers forced 9 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions.
Boston CelticsPortland Trail BlazersPS, 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).
119 points from the field on 88 shots: 24.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 13-15 | 86.7% | 66% |
| In the paint | 6-12 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 6-11 | 54.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 8-14 | 57.1% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 15-36 | 41.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toumani Camara | 30 | 4 | 1-6 | −8 |
| Deni Avdija | 10 | 6 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Shaedon Sharpe | 9 | 6 | 3-5 | +2 |
| Donovan Clingan | 6 | 10 | 4-5 | +8 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 4 | 1-4 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deni Avdija | 23 | 9 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Shaedon Sharpe | 16 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Anfernee Simons | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Scoot Henderson | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaedon Sharpe | 17 | 0 | 0-2 | −4 |
| Anfernee Simons | 13 | 1 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Matisse Thybulle | 12 | 3 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Deni Avdija | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 10 | 4-5 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 18 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.
POR win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
POR
Highest Leverage Moments
Avdija 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (10 PTS)
Q2 8:36
13.8%
29→43
Camara 26' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Avdija 3 AST)
Q3 5:52
9.8%
10→20
Hauser 26' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Pritchard 3 AST)
Q2 4:10
9.6%
43→34
Camara 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Sharpe 1 AST)
Q1 11:11
9.5%
49→58
Camara 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Henderson 1 AST)
Q1 6:40
9.5%
49→58
