Celtics 108-105 Nets (31 Dec, 2017) Play-by-Play

Brooklyn Nets

13-23, 6-13 away

105

	1	2	3	4	T
BKN	28	31	17	29	105
BOS	38	23	21	26	108

Boston Celtics

30-10, 16-5 home

108

Kyrie Irving makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Aron Baynes assists)
Allen Crabbe blocks Jaylen Brown 's 8-foot driving layup
Jaylen Brown makes layup
Aron Baynes makes jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
Jaylen Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jayson Tatum misses layup
Kyrie Irving makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot
Jayson Tatum misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)
Kyrie Irving makes 23-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)
Jayson Tatum makes 5-foot two point shot (Aron Baynes assists)
Al Horford makes 9-foot two point shot (Aron Baynes assists)
Al Horford makes 9-foot two point shot
Jaylen Brown makes two point shot
Marcus Smart makes 4-foot pullup jump shot
Marcus Morris makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
Marcus Smart misses 30-foot three point jumper
Marcus Smart makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Terry Rozier misses driving layup
Marcus Smart makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Jaylen Brown assists)
Marcus Morris makes 23-foot three point jumper (Terry Rozier assists)
Terry Rozier misses 27-foot three point jumper
Terry Rozier makes 27-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)
Daniel Theis makes 11-foot step back jumpshot (Terry Rozier assists)
Terry Rozier makes 27-foot three point jumper
Marcus Smart misses 26-foot three point jumper
Marcus Smart misses 27-foot three point jumper
Terry Rozier makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Daniel Theis misses 21-foot jumper
Daniel Theis makes 13-foot jumper (Shane Larkin assists)
Kyrie Irving misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kyrie Irving makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
Kyrie Irving makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot
Terry Rozier makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
Kyrie Irving makes 27-foot three point jumper
Kyrie Irving misses driving layup
Marcus Smart misses 28-foot three point jumper
Kyrie Irving makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
Jaylen Brown misses driving layup
Daniel Theis makes two point shot
Kyrie Irving misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marcus Smart misses 33-foot three point jumper
Al Horford misses two point shot
Kyrie Irving misses driving floating jump shot
Jaylen Brown misses 28-foot three point jumper
Kyrie Irving misses two point shot
Al Horford makes 9-foot two point shot (Kyrie Irving assists)
Al Horford makes 9-foot two point shot (Kyrie Irving assists)
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson blocks Al Horford 's 7-foot driving layup
Kyrie Irving misses driving floating jump shot
Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Jaylen Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aron Baynes assists)
Al Horford misses 4-foot two point shot
Kyrie Irving makes two point shot
Kyrie Irving makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
Kyrie Irving misses 28-foot three point jumper
Marcus Morris makes 9-foot step back jumpshot
Marcus Morris makes 28-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
Jarrett Allen blocks Marcus Morris 's 4-foot two point shot
Marcus Morris misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Brown makes 23-foot three point jumper (Terry Rozier assists)
Terry Rozier misses 24-foot three point jumper
Al Horford misses 27-foot three point jumper
Marcus Smart misses two point shot
Marcus Morris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)
Jayson Tatum makes 24-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)
Al Horford makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Marcus Smart assists)
Marcus Smart misses 13-foot jumper
Terry Rozier makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Terry Rozier misses driving floating jump shot
Jayson Tatum misses 24-foot three point jumper
Aron Baynes misses layup
Jayson Tatum misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
Allen Crabbe blocks Jaylen Brown 's 3-foot driving layup
Kyrie Irving makes 24-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
Kyrie Irving misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Kyrie Irving misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Aron Baynes blocks Tyler Zeller 's 4-foot two point shot
Allen Crabbe misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Kyrie Irving blocks Rondae Hollis-Jefferson's layup
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses two point shot
DeMarre Carroll makes 19-foot jumper
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeMarre Carroll misses driving layup
Tyler Zeller misses layup
DeMarre Carroll makes two point shot (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
Spencer Dinwiddie misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
DeMarre Carroll makes two point shot (Allen Crabbe assists)
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes 11-foot step back jumpshot
Tyler Zeller makes 23-foot three point jumper (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
Jaylen Brown blocks DeMarre Carroll 's 5-foot driving layup
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes 16-foot jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
Joe Harris misses two point shot
Jarrett Allen makes layup (Caris LeVert assists)
Quincy Acy makes 12-foot two point shot (Joe Harris assists)
Joe Harris makes 4-foot two point shot (Nik Stauskas assists)
Caris LeVert makes driving layup
Caris LeVert misses driving floating jump shot
Nik Stauskas makes 27-foot three pointer
Jarrett Allen misses 9-foot hook shot
Joe Harris misses 27-foot three point jumper
Joe Harris makes 10-foot two point shot (Allen Crabbe assists)
Allen Crabbe misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al Horford blocks Caris LeVert 's 2-foot driving layup
Al Horford blocks Jarrett Allen's layup
Caris LeVert makes layup
Allen Crabbe makes layup (Caris LeVert assists)
Caris LeVert makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Joe Harris makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses 11-foot two point shot
DeMarre Carroll misses 22-foot three point jumper
Quincy Acy makes 27-foot three point jumper (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
Allen Crabbe misses 26-foot three point jumper
Spencer Dinwiddie makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Quincy Acy makes driving layup
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses driving layup
Quincy Acy misses dunk
Spencer Dinwiddie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Caris LeVert assists)
Caris LeVert misses driving floating jump shot
DeMarre Carroll misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes 1-foot layup (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
Spencer Dinwiddie misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Caris LeVert makes driving layup
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses 7-foot two point shot
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes 2-foot layup (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
Allen Crabbe misses 27-foot three point jumper
DeMarre Carroll misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Jaylen Brown blocks Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 's 5-foot driving layup
Allen Crabbe makes 3-foot two point shot (Tyler Zeller assists)
Allen Crabbe misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeMarre Carroll makes 2-foot two point shot
Spencer Dinwiddie misses 34-foot three point jumper
Tyler Zeller misses two point shot
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes driving layup (Caris LeVert assists)
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses 17-foot two point shot
Tyler Zeller misses three point jumper
Joe Harris misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Quincy Acy misses 23-foot three point jumper
Quincy Acy misses layup
Joe Harris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jarrett Allen assists)
Caris LeVert misses 15-foot jumper
Caris LeVert misses driving floating jump shot
Al Horford blocks Caris LeVert 's 3-foot driving layup
Nik Stauskas misses 32-foot three point jumper
Caris LeVert makes 28-foot three point jumper (Quincy Acy assists)
Jarrett Allen misses 11-foot jumper
Allen Crabbe makes 28-foot three pointer (Joe Harris assists)
Quincy Acy misses 27-foot three point jumper
Allen Crabbe misses 28-foot three point jumper
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses 28-foot three point jumper
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes two point shot (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
Marcus Smart blocks DeMarre Carroll 's 6-foot driving layup
DeMarre Carroll misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tyler Zeller misses layup
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes driving layup (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
Allen Crabbe misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses two point shot
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
Allen Crabbe makes 28-foot three point jumper (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
Quincy Acy makes dunk (Allen Crabbe assists)
Spencer Dinwiddie misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes dunk (Caris LeVert assists)
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes driving layup (Caris LeVert assists)
Spencer Dinwiddie makes driving layup
Allen Crabbe misses 28-foot three point jumper
Spencer Dinwiddie misses driving layup
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses tip shot
Caris LeVert misses 27-foot three point jumper
Quincy Acy makes 27-foot three point jumper (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)
Spencer Dinwiddie misses 30-foot three point jumper
Allen Crabbe misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeMarre Carroll makes two point shot

NETS

CELTICS

TIME		BKN	BOS
12:00	Tyler Zeller vs. Al Horford (Kyrie Irving gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Kyrie Irving makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Aron Baynes assists)	0	2
11:29	Aron Baynes blocks Tyler Zeller 's 4-foot two point shot	0	2
11:29	Nets offensive team rebound	0	2
11:23	Allen Crabbe misses 14-foot pullup jump shot	0	2
11:21	Jayson Tatum defensive rebound	0	2
11:10	Allen Crabbe blocks Jaylen Brown 's 8-foot driving layup	0	2
11:09	Jaylen Brown offensive rebound	0	2
11:08	Jaylen Brown makes layup	0	4
10:48	Aron Baynes shooting foul	0	4
10:48	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2	1	4
10:48	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses free throw 2 of 2	1	4
10:46	Aron Baynes defensive rebound	1	4
10:30	Aron Baynes makes jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)	1	6
10:12	Kyrie Irving blocks Rondae Hollis-Jefferson's layup	1	6
10:09	Al Horford defensive rebound	1	6
10:06	Jaylen Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper	1	6
10:06	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson defensive rebound	1	6
9:58	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses two point shot	1	6
9:57	Nets offensive team rebound	1	6
9:45	DeMarre Carroll makes 19-foot jumper	3	6
9:29	Jayson Tatum misses layup	3	6
9:27	DeMarre Carroll defensive rebound	3	6
9:19	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson misses 26-foot three point jumper	3	6
9:16	Aron Baynes defensive rebound	3	6
9:12	Spencer Dinwiddie personal foul	3	6
9:06	Kyrie Irving makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot	3	8
8:41	DeMarre Carroll misses driving layup	3	8
8:39	Kyrie Irving defensive rebound	3	8
8:33	Jayson Tatum misses 20-foot pullup jump shot	3	8
8:29	Al Horford offensive rebound	3	8
8:27	Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)	3	11
8:12	Tyler Zeller misses layup	3	11
8:09	Al Horford defensive rebound	3	11
8:01	Kyrie Irving bad pass (Spencer Dinwiddie steals)	3	11
7:55	DeMarre Carroll makes two point shot (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)	5	11
7:35	Kyrie Irving makes 23-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)	5	14
7:20	Spencer Dinwiddie misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	5	14
7:18	Aron Baynes defensive rebound	5	14
7:05	Jayson Tatum makes 5-foot two point shot (Aron Baynes assists)	5	16
7:02	Nets Full timeout	5	16
6:42	DeMarre Carroll makes two point shot (Allen Crabbe assists)	7	16
6:24	Al Horford makes 9-foot two point shot (Aron Baynes assists)	7	18
6:09	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes 11-foot step back jumpshot	9	18
5:47	Al Horford makes 9-foot two point shot	9	20
5:25	Tyler Zeller makes 23-foot three point jumper (Spencer Dinwiddie assists)	12	20
5:10	Kyrie Irving offensive foul	12	20
5:10	Kyrie Irving turnover	12	20
5:10	Marcus Morris enters the game for Jayson Tatum	12	20
5:10	Marcus Smart enters the game for Al Horford	12	20
5:10	Caris LeVert enters the game for Tyler Zeller	12	20
5:10	Joe Harris enters the game for Allen Crabbe	12	20
5:10	Jarrett Allen enters the game for Spencer Dinwiddie	12	20
5:00	Jaylen Brown blocks DeMarre Carroll 's 5-foot driving layup	12	20
4:59	Kyrie Irving defensive rebound	12	20
4:53	Jaylen Brown makes two point shot	12	22
4:32	Rondae Hollis-Jefferson makes 16-foot jumper (Caris LeVert assists)	14	22
4:14	Marcus Smart makes 4-foot pullup jump shot	14	24
3:55	Joe Harris misses two point shot	14	24
3:53	Marcus Smart defensive rebound	14	24
3:46	Marcus Morris makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)	14	27
3:33	Jaylen Brown personal foul	14	27
3:33	Nik Stauskas enters the game for DeMarre Carroll	14	27
3:33	Quincy Acy enters the game for Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	14	27
3:33	Celtics Full timeout	14	27
3:23	Jarrett Allen makes layup (Caris LeVert assists)	16	27
3:07	Marcus Smart misses 30-foot three point jumper	16	27
3:04	Nik Stauskas defensive rebound	16	27
2:50	Quincy Acy makes 12-foot two point shot (Joe Harris assists)	18	27
2:33	Kyrie Irving out of bounds bad pass turnover	18	27
2:33	Daniel Theis enters the game for Kyrie Irving	18	27
2:33	Terry Rozier enters the game for Aron Baynes	18	27
2:26	Quincy Acy traveling	18	27
2:15	Marcus Smart makes 13-foot pullup jump shot	18	29
1:59	Joe Harris makes 4-foot two point shot (Nik Stauskas assists)	20	29
1:47	Terry Rozier misses driving layup	20	29
1:44	Caris LeVert defensive rebound	20	29
1:34	Caris LeVert makes driving layup	22	29
1:34	Marcus Morris shooting foul	22	29
1:34	Caris LeVert makes free throw 1 of 1	23	29
1:22	Marcus Smart makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Jaylen Brown assists)	23	31
1:09	Marcus Morris shooting foul	23	31
1:09	Jarrett Allen makes free throw 1 of 2	24	31
1:09	Al Horford enters the game for Jaylen Brown	24	31
1:09	Jarrett Allen makes free throw 2 of 2	25	31
58.0	Joe Harris personal foul	25	31
52.0	Marcus Morris makes 23-foot three point jumper (Terry Rozier assists)	25	34
42.0	Caris LeVert misses driving floating jump shot	25	34
40.0	Terry Rozier defensive rebound	25	34
36.0	Jarrett Allen shooting foul	25	34
36.0	Marcus Morris makes free throw 1 of 2	25	35
36.0	Marcus Morris misses free throw 2 of 2	25	35
34.0	Jarrett Allen defensive rebound	25	35
20.0	Nik Stauskas makes 27-foot three pointer	28	35
4.0	Terry Rozier misses 27-foot three point jumper	28	35
2.0	Al Horford offensive rebound	28	35
1.0	Terry Rozier makes 27-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)	28	38
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	38

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 2-0

Celtics
109
Nets
102

Game 1

15/11

Nets
105
Celtics
108

Game 2

31/12

Celtics
87
Nets
85

Game 3

6/1

Nets
97
Celtics
110

Game 4

12/4

TD Garden

10:30 PM, 31 December 2017

Boston, MA

Attendance: 18,624

Referees:
Tony Brown
Tony Brown
Brian Forte
Haywoode Workman

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	22	6	.786	-	W1
New York	18	10	.643	4	W3
Brooklyn	11	17	.393	11	L1
Philadelphia	9	17	.346	12	L1
Toronto	7	22	.241	15.5	L7

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