Boston Celtics @ Houston Rockets

47-22, 21-13 Away

109

47-22, 21-13 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Celtics BOS	29	26	25	29	109
Rockets HOU	31	31	23	26	111

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

16-52, 10-24 Home

111

16-52, 10-24 Home

Boston Celtics

starters
Jayson TatumJ. Tatum#0
Al HorfordA. Horford#42
Marcus SmartM. Smart#36
Derrick WhiteD. White#9
Jaylen BrownJ. Brown#7
bench
Blake GriffinB. Griffin#91
Sam HauserS. Hauser#30
Grant WilliamsG. Williams#12
Luke KornetL. Kornet#40
Malcolm BrogdonM. Brogdon#13
Mike MuscalaM. Muscala#57
JD DavisonJ. Davison#20
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
41	22	8-22	2-10	4-4	8	6	4	1	0	0	8	1	-2
31	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	5	3	0	1	2	1	4	1	0
28	6	2-7	1-5	1-2	2	2	4	2	0	1	1	6	-5
27	9	4-8	1-3	0-0	5	3	1	0	0	2	3	5	-2
39	43	16-25	4-10	7-8	5	2	2	1	1	1	4	1	+3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
8	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	1	3	2	-5
20	5	2-8	1-6	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-7
8	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	+4
9	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	+3
29	20	5-11	3-5	7-7	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	4	+1
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	109	39-87	12-42	19-21	38	19	13	7	5	10	28	22
		45%	29%	90%

Houston Rockets

starters
KJ MartinMartin Jr.#6
Jabari Smith Jr.J. Smith Jr.#1
Tari EasonT. Eason#17
Kevin Porter Jr.K. Porter Jr.#3
Jalen GreenJ. Green#4
bench
Usman GarubaU. Garuba#16
Frank KaminskyF. Kaminsky#33
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#8
Josh ChristopherJ. Christopher#9
TyTy Washington Jr.T. Washington Jr.#0
Boban MarjanovicB. Marjanovic#51
Daishen NixD. Nix#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
40	20	8-13	1-6	3-5	8	1	1	1	0	4	4	2	+2
36	24	9-11	5-6	1-2	11	3	1	1	1	3	8	2	0
35	6	3-7	0-3	0-2	9	2	1	0	1	2	7	2	+4
38	14	5-13	1-4	3-3	6	13	1	3	0	1	5	2	+4
40	28	8-29	2-8	10-11	7	3	3	2	0	3	4	4	+2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	6	2-2	2-2	0-0	4	3	0	0	0	2	2	2	+2
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1
24	11	4-10	0-3	3-4	2	2	3	2	0	0	2	6	-6
3	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5
11	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+6
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	111	40-90	11-35	20-27	48	27	10	9	2	15	33	21
		44%	31%	74%

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

Matchups

BOS

Season tied

1-1

HOU

126

Game 1•@ BOS

Final

102

109

Game 2•@ HOU

Final

111

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Ben Taylor

Referee:Scott Twardoski

Referee:Robert Hussey

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	34	18	.654	-	W5
New York	33	19	.635	1	L1
Toronto	31	22	.585	3.5	W1
Philadelphia	29	22	.569	4.5	L1
Brooklyn	14	37	.275	19.5	W1

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	35	16	.686	-	W3
Houston	31	19	.620	3.5	L2
Memphis	20	30	.400	14.5	L1
Dallas	19	32	.373	16	L6
New Orleans	14	40	.259	22.5	W1

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