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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nets | 33 | 32 | 25 | 17 | 107 |
 Celtics | 24 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 114 |
BKNTeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BKN | 35-7646.1% | 10-2147.6% | 27-3479.4% | 36 | 16 | 14 |
| BOS | 39-7552.0% | 11-3135.5% | 25-3180.6% | 36 | 27 | 14 |
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 Celtics114| 41 | 19 | 5-16 | 2-5 | 7-8 | 0 | +11 | −1.2 | |||||||
| 39 | 22 | 9-18 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.8 | ||||||
| 36 | 12 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −6.4 | ||||||
| 32 | 16 | 6-10 | 3-6 | 0 | 1-2 | +11 | +4.0 | |||||||
| 31 | 15 | 7-9 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.2 | ||||||
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| 32 | 17 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | +9 | +8.5 | |||||
| 16 | 10 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +1.1 | |||||
| 13 | 3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.1 | |||||
| Team | 114 | 39-7552.0% | 11-3135.5% | 36 | 27 | 14 | 27 | 25-3180.6% | 7 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 30 points on 9 for 13 shooting
Did not play: Aaron Nesmith, Nik Stauskas, Sam Hauser, Luke Kornet, Malik Fitts and Juwan Morgan (coach’s decision).
Brooklyn Nets107| 42 | 27 | 4-17 | 1-2 | 18-20 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −5.4 | ||||||
| 40 | 10 | 4-13 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | −9 | −7.9 | |||||||
| 38 | 23 | 8-12 | 3-4 | 4-4 | −8 | +10.8 | ||||||||
| 31 | 16 | 6-11 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | +0.2 | |||||||
| 24 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | −0.5 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-4 | 0 | −10 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 20 | 18 | 8-14 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +1 | +4.1 | |||||
| 18 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.3 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.7 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 107 | 35-7646.1% | 10-2147.6% | 36 | 16 | 14 | 28 | 27-3479.4% | 9 | 8 | 8 | |||
Bench 26 points on 11 for 19 shooting
Did not play: LaMarcus Aldridge and Blake Griffin (coach’s decision).
Celtics114Nets107ClickTap 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.
The Boston Celtics rallied from 17 points down in the second quarter to beat the Brooklyn Nets 114-107 for a 2-0 lead in the first-round series.
The Celtics trailed 62-45 with 1:45 left in the second quarter and 65-55 at halftime. They outscored the Nets 69-45 the rest of the way.
Jaylen Brown had 22 points (7 during an 11-0 run in the fourth quarter), 6 assists and 3 steals, and Grant Williams added 17 points (9 on 3 3-pointers) off the bench. The Celtics had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Nets, Kevin Durant scored 27 points but shot 4 for 17, and Bruce Brown added 23 points and 8 rebounds on 8 for 12 shooting.
The Celtics shot 52.0% from the field to the Nets’ 46.1%. The Celtics outscored the Nets 12-2 in 5 minutes with Horford, Brown, Tatum, Williams and Pritchard on the floor together. Al Horford fouled out.
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. The Celtics’ chance bottomed out at 14% (2nd quarter, 1:45 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
89 points from the field on 75 shots: 10.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-18 | 77.8% | 65% |
| In the paint | 8-15 | 53.3% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 6-11 | 54.5% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 4-9 | 44.4% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-22 | 31.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Curry | 25 | 3 | 1-6 | −6 |
| Kyrie Irving | 15 | 9 | 4-6 | +4 |
| Bruce Brown | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Goran Dragic | 8 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 10 | 4-10 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Brown | 43 | 2 | 0-6 | −15 |
| Kevin Durant | 10 | 3 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Kyrie Irving | 8 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Nic Claxton | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 7 | 2-6 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 86 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | 14 | 5 | 1-1 | +3 |
| Nic Claxton | 13 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Kyrie Irving | 12 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Andre Drummond | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 5 | 1-1 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 9 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.
BOS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BKN
50/50
BOS
Highest Leverage Moments
Brown 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (22 PTS)
Q4 6:04
14.9%
62→77
Horford 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Tatum 6 AST)
Q3 8:12
13.8%
29→43
Brown 5' Driving Layup (17 PTS) (Pritchard 1 AST)
Q4 8:24
13.5%
40→54
Brown 26' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Tatum 7 AST)
Q4 9:02
11.0%
29→40
Brown 4' Driving Layup (19 PTS)
Q4 7:04
10.5%
62→73
