Rockets 123-120 Celtics (4 Mar, 2018) Play-by-Play

Boston Celtics

44-20, 21-9 away

120

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	32	32	25	31	120
HOU	30	28	28	37	123

TIME	BOS	HOU
12:00	Aron Baynes vs. Clint Capela (PJ Tucker gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Clint Capela makes dunk (James Harden assists)	0	2
11:30	Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	2
11:28	Clint Capela defensive rebound	0	2
11:11	James Harden misses 22-foot jumper	0	2
11:10	Kyrie Irving defensive rebound	0	2
11:04	Jaylen Brown makes driving layup	2	2
10:49	PJ Tucker misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	2
10:46	Aron Baynes defensive rebound	2	2
10:34	Al Horford misses 11-foot two point shot	2	2
10:31	PJ Tucker defensive rebound	2	2
10:22	Trevor Ariza makes driving layup (PJ Tucker assists)	2	4
10:05	Jayson Tatum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)	5	4
9:43	Chris Paul makes 17-foot jumper	5	6
9:28	Kyrie Irving misses two point shot	5	6
9:28	Celtics offensive team rebound	5	6
9:28	Chris Paul loose ball foul	5	6
9:22	Kyrie Irving makes three point jumper (Aron Baynes assists)	8	6
9:11	Chris Paul makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot	8	8
8:49	Jaylen Brown makes 17-foot jumper (Al Horford assists)	10	8
8:27	James Harden lost ball turnover (Aron Baynes steals)	10	8
8:23	Aron Baynes bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	10	8
8:20	Chris Paul misses 14-foot jumper	10	8
8:18	Aron Baynes defensive rebound	10	8
8:16	Jaylen Brown lost ball turnover (James Harden steals)	10	8
8:16	Jaylen Brown personal foul	10	8
7:56	James Harden misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	10	8
7:52	Jayson Tatum defensive rebound	10	8
7:45	Aron Baynes misses 13-foot jumper	10	8
7:41	Clint Capela defensive rebound	10	8
7:29	James Harden makes 26-foot step back jumpshot	10	11
7:10	Jaylen Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)	13	11
6:51	Trevor Ariza makes 22-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)	13	14
6:40	Kyrie Irving bad pass (Trevor Ariza steals)	13	14
6:35	James Harden makes three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)	13	17
6:14	Kyrie Irving bad pass (James Harden steals)	13	17
6:10	Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	17
6:08	Clint Capela offensive rebound	13	17
6:04	Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper	13	17
6:00	Rockets offensive team rebound	13	17
6:00	Rockets Full timeout	13	17
6:00	Luc Mbah a Moute enters the game for PJ Tucker	13	17
6:00	Eric Gordon enters the game for Chris Paul	13	17
6:00	Marcus Smart enters the game for Jayson Tatum	13	17
6:00	Marcus Morris enters the game for Aron Baynes	13	17
6:00	Rockets Full timeout	13	17
5:58	Eric Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper	13	17
5:55	Marcus Morris defensive rebound	13	17
5:35	Marcus Morris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)	16	17
5:20	James Harden bad pass (Marcus Morris steals)	16	17
5:17	Jaylen Brown bad pass	16	17
5:10	Al Horford kicked ball violation	16	17
4:57	James Harden misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	16	17
4:55	Marcus Smart defensive rebound	16	17
4:55	Luc Mbah a Moute personal foul	16	17
4:38	Kyrie Irving misses two point shot	16	17
4:38	Rockets defensive team rebound	16	17
4:38	Joe Johnson enters the game for Trevor Ariza	16	17
4:23	Clint Capela makes alley oop layup (James Harden assists)	16	19
4:12	Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	19
4:10	Al Horford offensive rebound	16	19
4:05	Marcus Morris misses 18-foot pullup jump shot	16	19
4:03	Clint Capela defensive rebound	16	19
3:51	Jaylen Brown shooting foul	16	19
3:51	James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2	16	20
3:51	Nene enters the game for Clint Capela	16	20
3:51	Terry Rozier enters the game for Jaylen Brown	16	20
3:51	James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2	16	21
3:30	Al Horford misses 10-foot two point shot	16	21
3:29	Celtics offensive team rebound	16	21
3:29	Joe Johnson loose ball foul	16	21
3:22	James Harden shooting foul	16	21
3:22	Al Horford makes free throw 1 of 2	17	21
3:22	Al Horford makes free throw 2 of 2	18	21
3:08	Eric Gordon makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot	18	23
2:56	Al Horford makes dunk (Kyrie Irving assists)	20	23
2:36	Luc Mbah a Moute makes 24-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)	20	26
2:15	Marcus Morris misses 23-foot three point jumper	20	26
2:12	Eric Gordon defensive rebound	20	26
2:09	Marcus Morris shooting foul	20	26
2:09	Eric Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2	20	27
2:09	Chris Paul enters the game for James Harden	20	27
2:09	Greg Monroe enters the game for Kyrie Irving	20	27
2:09	Jayson Tatum enters the game for Al Horford	20	27
2:09	Eric Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2	20	28
2:03	Nene personal foul	20	28
2:03	Greg Monroe makes free throw 1 of 2	21	28
2:03	Greg Monroe makes free throw 2 of 2	22	28
1:50	Luc Mbah a Moute makes driving layup (Chris Paul assists)	22	30
1:37	Jayson Tatum makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)	25	30
1:25	Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper	25	30
1:23	Greg Monroe defensive rebound	25	30
1:14	Terry Rozier makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot	27	30
53.7	Joe Johnson misses hook shot	27	30
52.3	Greg Monroe defensive rebound	27	30
45.9	Nene shooting foul	27	30
45.9	Greg Monroe makes free throw 1 of 2	28	30
45.9	Greg Monroe makes free throw 2 of 2	29	30
36.7	Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper	29	30
34.9	Marcus Morris defensive rebound	29	30
24.3	Terry Rozier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)	32	30
7.4	Terry Rozier personal foul	32	30
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	32	30

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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Rockets
98
Celtics
99

Game 1

29/12

Celtics
120
Rockets
123

Game 2

4/3

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:30 AM, 4 March 2018

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,476

Referees:
Ed Malloy
Tony Brown
Dedric Taylor

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

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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