Celtics 123-108 Suns (31 Dec, 2021) Box Score

Phoenix Suns

27-8, 11-4 away

108

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	20	21	36	31	108
BOS	32	35	33	23	123

Boston Celtics

17-19, 10-7 home

123

Phoenix Suns

starters
J. Smith PF
C. Johnson SF
M. Bridges SF
C. Paul PG
D. Booker SG
bench
I. Wainright F
E. Terry F
C. Payne PG
L. Shamet SG
E. Payton G
M. Walker G
P. Bass F
C. Hutchison SF
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	7-9	0-1	5-5	5	2	7	0	0	1	0	5	-12	19
34	8-15	4-9	0-0	4	1	5	1	2	0	1	3	-10	20
29	4-11	2-4	0-0	0	4	4	2	2	1	0	3	+9	10
34	6-15	2-6	0-0	1	4	5	8	2	0	2	2	+4	14
38	7-26	1-5	7-7	0	6	6	4	2	0	2	2	-16	22
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	+1	5
11	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	3	6	0	0	0	2	1	-15	0
21	3-9	1-4	2-2	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	2	-27	9
23	2-5	0-3	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	-12	4
10	2-4	0-0	1-2	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	+3	5
1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	41-100	11-35	15-16	15	22	37	20	10	2	9	21		108
	41.0%	31.4%	93.8%

Boston Celtics

starters
G. Williams PF
A. Horford C
R. Williams III C
M. Smart PG
J. Brown SG
bench
P. Pritchard PG
J. Richardson SG
R. Langford SG
N. Pelle PF
J. Parker PF
Hernangómez PF
A. Aminu SF
S. Hauser SF
J. Johnson G
B. Thomas G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	6-11	0-3	3-3	1	3	4	1	1	1	0	2	+15	15
25	1-5	0-1	2-2	3	4	7	7	0	0	2	3	-5	4
35	5-5	0-0	0-0	4	7	11	10	2	5	3	2	+14	10
39	10-18	0-2	4-5	1	8	9	3	0	0	3	3	+13	24
36	8-20	3-9	5-6	1	10	11	3	0	0	6	4	+6	24
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	4-4	3-3	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	+3	11
33	5-10	2-4	7-7	2	2	4	2	1	1	2	2	+20	19
23	6-10	2-5	2-3	1	2	3	1	2	0	0	1	+9	16
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	45-83	10-27	23-26	13	38	51	28	6	7	17	18		123
	54.2%	37.0%	88.5%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Celtics
90
Suns
111

Game 1

11/12

Suns
108
Celtics
123

Game 2

31/12

TD Garden

6:00 PM, 31 December 2021

Boston, MA

Attendance: 19,156

Referees:
Bill Kennedy
Scott Twardoski
Tyler Mirkovich

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Clippers	51	31	.622	-	L3
Phoenix	49	33	.598	2	W3
LA Lakers	47	35	.573	4	W2
Sacramento	46	36	.561	5	W1
Golden State	46	36	.561	5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	64	18	.780	-	W2
New York	50	32	.610	14	W5
Philadelphia	47	35	.573	17	W8
Brooklyn	32	50	.390	32	L2
Toronto	25	57	.305	39	L4

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Phoenix Suns

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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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