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Sam Hauser scores 24, Celtics hit 29 3s, rout Pelicans 144-118 to clinch East's No. 2 playoff seed

— Sam Hauser had 24 points on eight 3-pointers, and the Boston Celtics tied the franchise and NBA record with 29 3s on their way to clinching the Eastern Conference’s No. 2 playoff seed with a 144-118 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.
Apr 11, 2026, 03:13 am - AP

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Jordan Walsh misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Derrick White misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Derik Queen makes driving layup (Jordan Poole assists)
  • Derrick White makes 28-foot three pointer (Neemias Queta assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sam Hauser makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
  • Jordan Poole makes driving layup (Jeremiah Fears assists)
  • Derrick White misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Derrick White makes 34-foot three point jumper (Sam Hauser assists)
  • Jordan Poole makes 29-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Derrick White misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jeremiah Fears makes two point shot (Micah Peavy assists)
  • Jaylen Brown misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Micah Peavy misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jaylen Brown makes two point shot (Derrick White assists)
  • Jordan Poole misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Walsh misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Neemias Queta makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Kevon Looney misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Hauser makes 26-foot three point jumper (Neemias Queta assists)
  • Jordan Poole misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Payton Pritchard misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Jeremiah Fears makes 20-foot fade away jump shot
  • Sam Hauser makes 27-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Derik Queen misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Sam Hauser misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jeremiah Fears misses running layup
  • Hugo Gonzalez misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Vucevic makes tip shot
  • Jordan Poole misses two point shot
  • Jaylen Brown misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jaylen Brown makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Derik Queen makes driving layup (Jeremiah Fears assists)
  • Jaylen Brown makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Hunter Dickinson makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Payton Pritchard makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Derik Queen makes driving dunk (Jordan Poole assists)
  • Jaylen Brown makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Jeremiah Fears misses two point shot
  • Jordan Poole misses free throw 1 of 3
  • Jordan Poole misses free throw 2 of 3
  • Jordan Poole makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Hugo Gonzalez makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Vucevic assists)
  • Josh Oduro misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Payton Pritchard makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Jordan Hawkins misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jaylen Brown misses 11-foot fade away jump shot
  • Micah Peavy misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Payton Pritchard makes two point shot
  • Jordan Hawkins misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jordan Hawkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Oduro assists)
  • Payton Pritchard makes driving layup (Nikola Vucevic assists)
  • Trey Alexander makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaylen Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordan Hawkins makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Payton Pritchard misses heave jump shot
  • Payton Pritchard misses 15-foot fade away jump shot
  • Josh Oduro makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Josh Oduro makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sam Hauser misses layup
  • Micah Peavy misses running layup
  • Josh Oduro makes two point shot
  • Josh Oduro misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Hugo Gonzalez makes driving dunk (Sam Hauser assists)
  • Trey Alexander misses driving layup
  • Derrick White makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sam Hauser assists)
  • Trey Alexander makes 26-foot three point jumper (Derik Queen assists)
  • Sam Hauser misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Garza makes layup
  • Luka Garza makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jeremiah Fears misses driving floating jump shot
  • Luka Garza misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Garza makes 5-foot two point shot (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Luka Garza misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jordan Hawkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Payton Pritchard makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Jeremiah Fears misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Derrick White misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jeremiah Fears misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Vucevic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Payton Pritchard misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordan Walsh makes 22-foot three point jumper (Sam Hauser assists)
  • Jordan Hawkins misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jeremiah Fears makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevon Looney assists)
  • Jaylen Brown makes two point shot (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Jordan Hawkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Hawkins makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Kevon Looney assists)
  • Payton Pritchard misses 29-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jeremiah Fears misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jeremiah Fears misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Micah Peavy makes 1-foot running dunk (Kevon Looney assists)
  • Jaylen Brown makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Jaylen Brown misses 22-foot running jump shot
  • Derik Queen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Derik Queen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Vucevic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jaylen Brown makes driving layup
  • Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaylen Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Derik Queen makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Payton Pritchard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Payton Pritchard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Micah Peavy misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Micah Peavy misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Vucevic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Walsh assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jeremiah Fears misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordan Walsh makes 25-foot three point jumper (Baylor Scheierman assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan Poole assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordan Poole misses two point shot
  • Derrick White misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Neemias Queta makes two point shot
  • Micah Peavy misses layup
  • Jeremiah Fears makes running layup (Derik Queen assists)
  • Sam Hauser makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derrick White assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Sam Hauser makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot (Derrick White assists)
  • Jordan Poole makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jordan Poole makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sam Hauser makes 31-foot three point jumper (Derrick White assists)
  • Kevon Looney misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Derik Queen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Derik Queen misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Sam Hauser makes 26-foot three point jumper (Derrick White assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Neemias Queta makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan Walsh assists)
  • Derik Queen misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Derrick White misses 31-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Poole makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Jaylen Brown makes running layup
  • Derik Queen makes two point shot (Jeremiah Fears assists)
  • Sam Hauser misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jordan Poole misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Derik Queen makes two point shot
  • Nikola Vucevic misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Vucevic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Josh Oduro makes layup (Derik Queen assists)
  • Jaylen Brown misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaylen Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jeremiah Fears misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Vucevic makes 15-foot jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Derik Queen makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Payton Pritchard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Sam Hauser misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Derik Queen makes driving layup (Trey Alexander assists)
  • Trey Alexander misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jaylen Brown misses layup
  • Jeremiah Fears makes running layup
  • Hugo Gonzalez makes 3-foot layup (Nikola Vucevic assists)
  • Trey Alexander misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Baylor Scheierman makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Vucevic assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Alexander misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Josh Oduro misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Baylor Scheierman makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Vucevic assists)
  • Sam Hauser makes 26-foot running jump shot (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Derik Queen makes 11-foot two point shot
  • Derik Queen makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Payton Pritchard misses 9-foot fade away jump shot
  • Trey Alexander makes running layup (Derik Queen assists)
  • Nikola Vucevic misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Vucevic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jeremiah Fears makes driving layup
  • Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Baylor Scheierman misses heave jump shot
  • Trey Alexander misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jordan Hawkins makes 30-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Fears assists)
  • Hugo Gonzalez misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Garza misses 4-foot two point shot
  • Luka Garza makes two point shot
  • Luka Garza makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jordan Hawkins makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Ron Harper Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Alexander makes 25-foot running jump shot (Jordan Hawkins assists)
  • Baylor Scheierman misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Ron Harper Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Alexander misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Payton Pritchard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ron Harper Jr. assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears makes driving layup
  • Jordan Hawkins makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jordan Hawkins makes driving layup
  • Jordan Poole misses running layup
  • Luka Garza makes 12-foot hook shot (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Ron Harper Jr. makes running layup (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Derik Queen misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Derik Queen makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Payton Pritchard misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Luka Garza makes driving layup
  • Jeremiah Fears misses 19-foot fade away jump shot
  • Payton Pritchard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Baylor Scheierman assists)
  • Baylor Scheierman makes two point shot (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Jordan Hawkins misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Ron Harper Jr. makes 22-foot running jump shot (Hugo Gonzalez assists)
  • Josh Oduro misses driving floating jump shot
  • Derik Queen misses tip shot
  • Baylor Scheierman makes technical free throw
  • Jeremiah Fears misses driving floating jump shot
  • Josh Oduro makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Luka Garza misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Josh Oduro makes 13-foot floating jump shot (Jeremiah Fears assists)
  • Baylor Scheierman misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Ron Harper Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jeremiah Fears makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Jeremiah Fears makes running dunk
  • Ron Harper Jr. makes 2-foot layup (Luka Garza assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan Hawkins assists)
  • Luka Garza misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Jordan Hawkins makes 12-foot fade away jump shot (Jeremiah Fears assists)
  • Luka Garza misses layup
  • Jeremiah Fears misses running layup
  • Josh Oduro makes tip shot
  • Luka Garza misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jeremiah Fears misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Ron Harper Jr. misses 6-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jeremiah Fears makes driving layup (Jordan Hawkins assists)
  • Hugo Gonzalez makes 26-foot three pointer (Luka Garza assists)
  • Derik Queen misses two point shot
  • Jordan Hawkins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jordan Hawkins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Luka Garza makes 1-foot driving dunk
  • Baylor Scheierman misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • Derik Queen makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Derik Queen makes free throw 2 of 2
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