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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 31 | 27 | 32 | 26 | 116 |
 Spurs | 29 | 29 | 39 | 28 | 125 |
BOSTeam statsSAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 42-8947.2% | 19-5137.3% | 13-1776.5% | 37 | 27 | 8 |
| SAS | 44-8551.8% | 20-4742.6% | 17-2568.0% | 44 | 27 | 11 |
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San Antonio Spurs125| 37 | 39 | 11-20 | 8-15, Ties his career high | 9-12 | +5 | +11.2 | ||||||||
| 35 | 25 | 11-14 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0 | +2 | +11.3 | |||||||
| 34 | 18 | 6-12 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +3.2 | ||||||
| 32 | 14 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +0.7 | ||||
| 27 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10.6 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 9 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.6 | |||||
| 24 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −2.2 | ||||
| 13 | 8 | 3-8 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.0 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +0.4 | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.1 | ||
| Team | 125 | 44-8551.8% | 20-4742.6% | 44 | 27 | 11 | 19 | 17-2568.0% | 9 | 3 | 2 | |||
Bench 29 points on 11 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Kelly Olynyk and Bismack Biyombo (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics116| 40 | 34, Season high (his best before, 33) | 11-22 | 3-11 | 9-11 | 0 | −14 | +8.7 | |||||||
| 34 | 11 | 4-10 | 3-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | +1.3 | ||||||
| 27 | 24 | 10-24 | 4-14 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +2.1 | ||||||
| 19 | 5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −10 | −1.5 | ||||||
| 15 | 8 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −5.3 | |||||
| 33 | 22, Career high (his best before, 11) | 8-11 | 6-9, Career high (his best before, 3) | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +7.4 | |||
| 24 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −6.5 | |||||
| 10 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.0 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0.0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.6 | ||
| Team | 116 | 42-8947.2% | 19-5137.3% | 37 | 27 | 8 | 18 | 13-1776.5% | 5 | 6 | 4 | |||
Bench 34 points on 12 for 22 shooting
Spurs125Celtics116ClickTap 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.
Victor Wembanyama had 39 points (24 on 8 3-pointers) and 11 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Boston Celtics 125-116 for their fifth straight win.
Dylan Harper’s driving layup put the Spurs ahead for good with 6:42 left in the third quarter.
The Celtics got within 106-105 on Baylor Scheierman’s pull-up 3-pointer with 6:38 to play, but Wembanyama answered with a driving dunk, and the Celtics got no closer.
De'Aaron Fox had 25 points (16 in the paint) and 9 assists on 11 for 14 shooting.
For the Celtics, Derrick White had a season-high 34 points and 7 assists, and Jayson Tatum added 24 points. Ron Harper Jr. scored a career-high 22 points on 8 for 11 shooting off the bench. The Celtics had 3 20-point scorers.
The Spurs shot 51.8% from the field and 42.6% from 3 to the Celtics’ 47.2% and 37.3%. The Spurs made 20 3-pointers, 8 of them by Wembanyama. The Celtics got 5 offensive rebounds, about 7 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Celtics were outscored 28-17 in 8 minutes with White, Garza, Hauser, Harper and Scheierman on the floor together.
San Antonio SpursBoston CelticsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
108 points from the field on 85 shots: 15.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-18 | 66.7% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-13 | 61.5% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 4-7 | 57.1% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 7-19 | 36.8% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-28 | 46.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luka Garza | 25 | 20 | 5-9 | +10 |
| Sam Hauser | 11 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Neemias Queta | 10 | 7 | 2-5 | +3 |
| Derrick White | 8 | 5 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 3 | 1-3 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 39 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Harper Jr. | 14 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Derrick White | 11 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Baylor Scheierman | 11 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Hugo González | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 12 | 5-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick White | 30 | 5 | 1-5 | −3 |
| Sam Hauser | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Jaylen Brown | 7 | 1 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Ron Harper Jr. | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 5 | 2-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 18 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.
Score margin over time — positive = SAS leads, negative = BOS leads
SAS Largest Lead
13
Q4 3:18
BOS Largest Lead
7
Q1 1:49
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
SAS 9-0 run
Q1 10:32 – Q1 8:43
-1 → +8
SAS 12-0 run
Q4 6:23 – Q4 3:18
+1 → +13
BOS 8-0 run
Q4 2:38 – Q4 1:43
+13 → +5
