Houston Rockets @ Boston Celtics

19-19, 4-13 Away

113

19-19, 4-13 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	31	27	28	27	113
Celtics BOS	35	34	43	33	145

Boston CelticsCelticsBOS

30-9, 19-0 Home

145

30-9, 19-0 Home

Houston Rockets

starters
Dillon BrooksD. Brooks#9
Jabari Smith Jr.J. Smith Jr.#10
Alperen SengunA. Sengun#28
Fred VanVleetF. VanVleet#5
Jalen GreenJa. Green#4
bench
Jeff GreenJe. Green#32
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#8
Cam WhitmoreC. Whitmore#7
Reggie Bullock Jr.R. Bullock Jr.#25
Boban MarjanovicB. Marjanovic#51
Jock LandaleJ. Landale#2
Aaron HolidayA. Holiday#0
Nate WilliamsN. Williams#19
Amen ThompsonA. Thompson#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
25	12	3-8	0-1	6-6	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	-20
27	9	4-11	0-4	1-1	6	2	2	0	0	1	5	2	-20
24	19	8-17	0-2	3-3	10	3	3	4	0	2	8	3	-14
23	5	2-6	1-3	0-0	1	7	0	0	1	1	0	2	-15
20	10	3-9	2-5	2-2	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	-17
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
14	9	3-5	1-1	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	-6
9	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	-13
28	22	7-13	2-7	6-8	7	0	1	1	1	1	6	2	-15
8	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	-8
7	2	1-4	0-0	0-1	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0
12	2	1-6	0-3	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	-6
9	5	2-6	0-3	1-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-13
9	5	2-3	0-0	1-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	+1
25	10	3-10	0-0	4-4	10	3	4	3	0	3	7	0	-14
	113	40-99	7-30	26-30	50	20	12	10	3	15	35	18
		40%	23%	87%

Boston Celtics

starters
Jayson TatumJ. Tatum#0
Kristaps PorzingisK. Porzingis#8
Jrue HolidayJ. Holiday#4
Derrick WhiteD. White#9
Jaylen BrownJ. Brown#7
bench
Sam HauserS. Hauser#30
Lamar StevensL. Stevens#77
Oshae BrissettO. Brissett#12
Al HorfordA. Horford#42
Luke KornetL. Kornet#40
Svi MykhailiukS. Mykhailiuk#50
Payton PritchardP. Pritchard#11
Dalano BantonD. Banton#45
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
30	27	9-17	4-7	5-7	8	5	2	1	1	1	7	2	+9
28	17	6-11	3-5	2-2	7	5	2	1	3	1	6	3	+23
26	11	4-10	1-4	2-2	6	3	1	0	0	2	4	2	+22
25	13	5-9	3-5	0-0	3	5	0	2	0	1	2	1	+29
28	32	11-15	4-6	6-10	6	2	3	2	2	1	5	5	+19
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
20	6	2-9	2-8	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	+20
7	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-2
9	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	-1
20	7	2-3	1-2	2-2	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	+30
14	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0
9	6	2-5	2-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1
23	19	7-10	3-6	2-2	4	3	2	0	0	2	2	1	+12
DNP-G-LEAGUE ASSIGNMENT
	145	51-95	24-47	19-25	50	26	11	7	8	10	40	21
		54%	51%	76%

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

Matchups

HOU

BOS leads season

1-0

BOS

113

Game 1•@ BOS

Final

145

107

Game 2•@ HOU

Final

116

Game Information

Boston, MA

Referee:Ed Malloy

Referee:CJ Washington

Referee:Matt Kallio

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	51	18	.739	-	W3
Houston	41	26	.612	9	L1
Memphis	23	44	.343	27	L8
New Orleans	23	46	.333	28	W1
Dallas	23	46	.333	28	L1

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	45	23	.662	-	W2
New York	45	25	.643	1	W4
Toronto	38	29	.567	6.5	W2
Philadelphia	37	32	.536	8.5	L1
Brooklyn	17	51	.250	28	L4

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