117 - 115

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Rocket Arena

Officials: Courtney Kirkland, Karl Lane, and Brandon Schwab

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Boston Celtics	28	30	32	27	117
Cleveland Cavaliers	26	25	28	36	115

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Boston Celtics	117	40-81	49.4%	14-40	35.0%	23-29	79.3%	15	55	19	17	9	16	4
Cleveland Cavaliers	115	43-94	45.7%	20-52	38.5%	9-13	69.2%	16	48	28	22	7	13	2

PLAYER STATS


Boston Celtics	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Sam Hauser^SF	35:12	7	3-6	1-4	0-0	1	4	5	2	1	0	0	1	19
Jordan Walsh^PF	38:04	14	4-7	1-3	5-6	6	5	11	1	2	1	4	5	-2
Xavier Tillman^C	29:49	9	4-9	1-5	0-0	3	3	6	0	3	1	2	0	0
Jaylen Brown^SG	37:40	19	3-13	1-4	12-16	1	11	12	11	1	0	6	3	16
Payton Pritchard^PG	30:43	42	15-22	6-11	6-6	0	3	3	3	0	0	2	3	10
Anfernee Simons	27:03	18	8-14	2-7	0-1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	-7
Amari Williams	06:16	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	-4
Baylor Scheierman	15:04	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	-9
Josh Minott	12:42	0	0-5	0-2	0-0	1	3	4	0	0	2	0	0	-4
Hugo González	07:22	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	-9
Chris Boucher	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luka Garza	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Harper Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Shulga	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neemias Queta	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jayson Tatum	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derrick White	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cleveland Cavaliers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
De’Andre Hunter^SF	26:38	8	3-10	2-8	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	3	-31
Jaylon Tyson^PF	34:08	17	6-18	5-12	0-0	4	1	5	1	2	2	0	3	2
Evan Mobley^C	38:40	27	11-17	3-6	2-2	5	9	14	4	0	0	1	1	8
Donovan Mitchell^SG	38:40	18	7-16	3-7	1-2	1	6	7	8	3	0	5	5	8
Darius Garland^PG	31:24	21	7-16	4-9	3-5	1	2	3	8	0	0	4	1	-27
Dean Wade	20:19	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	7
Nae’Qwan Tomlin	22:22	7	3-5	0-2	1-2	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	4	19
Craig Porter Jr.	10:46	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	3	1	4	2	1	0	1	1	-3
Thomas Bryant	06:00	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	-3
Tyrese Proctor	11:01	8	3-4	2-3	0-0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	10
Lonzo Ball	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Travers	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jarrett Allen	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Livingston	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Merrill	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Nance Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Strus	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Im__Ron__Burgundy | Celtics

158 | 3 hours ago

There’s just no way if I have Donovan Mitchell on my team that he’s the inbounder when I need a bucket with 0.6 left.

Rooleet | Celtics

51 | 3 hours ago

Especially when he regularly makes several bullshit 3s at the end of every 4th quarter of a Cavs-Celtics game.

DJRyGuy20 | Celtics

8 | an hour ago

Yeah, that was weird. I guess Atkinson used up all his good coaching during his CoY run last year.

truecolors5 | Celtics

119 | 3 hours ago

Celtics are a Jayson Tatum away from being a real contender

Kyler1313

60 | 3 hours ago

^(And a backup Center)

KorgG29 | Bucks

18 | 3 hours ago

Starting center*

Im__Ron__Burgundy | Celtics

26 | 3 hours ago

Neemias Queta disrespect will not be tolerated

KorgG29 | Bucks

11 | 3 hours ago

I’ve been a Queta fan since day 1 but not as the starting 5 on a contender haha, definitely a good bench piece though

Im__Ron__Burgundy | Celtics

6 | 3 hours ago

Yeah I was joking lol. But I genuinely can’t believe how well he has played this year, I thought he was destined to be a 3rd center at absolute best.

I don’t know where I would place him on the list of most important Celtics to this year’s team, but he’d be above names that I never thought possible.

DJRyGuy20 | Celtics

4 | an hour ago

He’s definitely taken a huge step up from last year- when it often looked like all four limbs were going different directions at once when he was making defensive rotations.

Kyler1313

12 | 3 hours ago

I’m at the point with Queta where I’m not sure if they need to bench him. Some of his advanced stats are amongst the best in the league. Hes been one of the MIPs so far.

My opinion is you get a starting caliber-esque Center and then you can have 2 good not great centers. I don’t think they need someone incredible, just someone who can play 20 impactful minutes. The biggest thing for me is Nemias Queta plays all gas no brakes, which scales best without a huge load of minutes. I think his sweetspot is like 25 minutes a game, and that probably means having another quality center to take some of that load.

So I don’t think they technically need a starting Center, but having one that is slightly better than an average backup would do them well (funnily enough Horford or Kornet would have been perfect for that).

fredinNH | Celtics

3 | an hour ago

Agree. The Celtics won a title with kristaps mostly injured and Al Horford starting. Horford was incredible… for someone his age.

Tatum picks up a lot of the slack on the defensive end.

JoJonesy | Celtics

7 | 3 hours ago

I mean a better starter than Queta would be nice, but honestly he’s been playing so well that I don’t hate the idea of sticking with him as our starting center (for this season, not necessarily long-term). We made the ECF starting Daniel Theis, if Queta’s current play is sustainable he can be better than that

bedlam_au | Celtics

5 | 2 hours ago

Tonight’s starting center was 30 minutes of Xavier Tillman (easily 10 more than his next highest game as a Celtic), followed by 6 minutes of Amari Williams (easily his 3 career game)

Jarrett Allen would have feasted

largehearted | Celtics

3 | 3 hours ago

Queta looks more and more like he can be A Normal Center

patscelticslions | Celtics

25 | 3 hours ago

a statement I would’ve found absolutely ludicrous like a month ago, but honestly if JT comes back and can knock the rust off quickly (very big if) this is not going to be a team anyone in the East will be happy to play a series against

greatcharacter20 | Celtics

10 | 3 hours ago

Seriously. The east is absurdly wide open

patscelticslions | Celtics

4 | 3 hours ago

I still think our lack of big man depth will ultimately preclude us from making a serious postseason run, but if Tatum comes back healthy I could def see us pulling off a series win in the first round depending on the opponent

JoJonesy | Celtics

6 | 3 hours ago

A lot of the problems we have right now basically boil down to “this team was built around JT, so there’s a JT-sized hole in the rotation.” With him back we’ll still need additional rim protection, but other than that this is still a pretty good roster even with all the depth we’ve lost

ManufacturerNew9888

3 | an hour ago

I still think NY beats them in that scenario. They have shaken their Celtics block

LordHussyPants | Celtics

2 | 3 hours ago

sixers in september :D

sixers at the prospect of the celtics making the playoffs D:

Rrypl | Celtics

2 | 3 hours ago

(and a back-up Center lol)

Celtic_Legend | Celtics

2 | 2 hours ago

We are on tatum away from losing to the nuggets or thunder in the finals

primepierce34 | BOS

95 | 3 hours ago

Cleveland is so disappointing so far this year.

Boston was on the road for a back to back, down derrick white, and still won.

Kyler1313

56 | 3 hours ago

They were down Queta too, and with the roster construction might be a bigger loss than White

rthtoreddit | Celtics

16 | 3 hours ago

Neemi erasure!

YewEhVeeInbound | Celtics

6 | 3 hours ago

That’s my future Most Improved Player.

junkit33

17 | 3 hours ago

Healthy dose of regression to the mean for Cavs. They’re probably more a 50-ish win talent team than 60+.

TheGreatForehead | Celtics

19 | 3 hours ago

they’re gonna have a 14 game winning streak at some point this season and people will fall for it again

bedlam_au | Celtics

6 | 2 hours ago

Our 3-6 first round matchup with them will be spicy

xuedad | Lakers

9 | 3 hours ago

They told us Cleveland have TWO Top-10 players in Mobley and Mitchell.

appealingtonature

1 | 3 hours ago

D White hasn’t had a great year so far though

juicejug | Celtics

13 | 3 hours ago

He’s still really important to this team even if he hasn’t been shooting well this season.

deets23_ | Celtics

8 | 3 hours ago

He still does all the little things especially on the defensive end

patscelticslions | Celtics

61 | 3 hours ago

terrible shooting game from JB but got the triple-double we leaving here with something. All-NBA campaign rolls on

juicejug | Celtics

16 | 3 hours ago

Yeah you could tell his legs were shot from going for 40 last night. Glad he kept making the right plays and finding other ways to impact the game.

utocmc2020 | Celtics

51 | 3 hours ago

Peyton Pritchard 40 bomb you read that right

ripmeleedair | Celtics

16 | 3 hours ago

Payton

utocmc2020 | Celtics

12 | 3 hours ago

I knew that. I blame the blueberry moscato. PP please forgive me.

FastBreakPhenom | Celtics

48 | 3 hours ago

Who woulda thought the Celtics would be only half a game back of the Cavs 20+ games in

ianbits | Cavaliers

41 | 3 hours ago

At home, against a team coming off a back to back, reasonably healthy (still missing Allen, Merrill, Ball but you know). This is by far the most worrying loss of the season.

The alarm bells aren’t ringing yet, but you might want to lift the cover for the button. I think they need more games as a group, this is really only the 3rd or 4th with Garland, but at some point we need to see the team we saw last year that just won no matter the circumstance.

bush_league_commish | Celtics

8 | 3 hours ago

Even if they’re on cruise control you like to see signs of life every so often, like grinding out a win against a rival or just blowing out the teams they should be beating.

The_War_Exclusion

3 | 2 hours ago

Sounds like us (Celtics, idk how to add flair) last season. “Oh we’re just coasting, we’ll step on the gas when it matters.”

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2 | an hour ago

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The_War_Exclusion

1 | an hour ago

Were you not around last season? Our sub was constant infighting of doomers saying the team was broken and homers saying we were saving our energy for the playoffs.

HeavenBeach777 | Celtics

4 | 3 hours ago

this happens way too often in the league. playing so well in the previous season and now thinking that they can cruise into the playoffs and still be ok. Only issue is that the Cavs didnt even play that well in the playoffs last year, and that all of the bad habits built during the regular season will show itself in the playoffs

WildCardBitches69420

3 | 3 hours ago

Strus, Allen, Merrill, Ball, Nance**

Erosun

3 | 2 hours ago

I think this year the East is just way more balanced 1-8 is goin to be a dog fight almost every night. I’d say maybe there’s only 3 teams you can kinda be off night on and squeak a win in the East, and even then if they get hot from 3 all bets are off.

Depth and multiple ways to win a game is the new norm now.

SquidwardLover48 | Cavaliers

40 | 3 hours ago

Idk how many “its just the regular season & we’re super injured” i got left in me

JackDellaCumalena | Heat

28 | 3 hours ago

Cavs are soft as. Celtics playing great so far this year

SteamingHotChocolate | Celtics

11 | 3 hours ago

Heat playing great too

…this mutual respect feels so gross

celtic_sea_salt | Celtics

24 | 3 hours ago

My PP is on fire 🔥

Glass-Fee-7765

4 | an hour ago

Get that checked

celtic_sea_salt | Celtics

1 | 8 minutes ago

Came back as short, stubby and still on fire.

Dangerous_Bit_8612

29 | 3 hours ago

Jordan Walsh with the DBL DBL! He has been hooping all year just need to learn how to control the fouls and he’s gonna be even better

Captaincrunchies | Celtics

5 | 2 hours ago

I love this bald kid

Dangerous_Bit_8612

5 | 2 hours ago

He’s nice lol I seen on a interview he said JB spoke up for him and got him extra minutes

deets23_ | Celtics

3 | 2 hours ago

I feel so vindicated for believing in him since the start

Dangerous_Bit_8612

3 | an hour ago

Lol my guy had invested early in those Walsh Stocks

STONKS 🤣

mikedw

2 | an hour ago

Walsh island

SegundaMortem | Celtics

24 | 3 hours ago

Celtics Jihad ball is going to give me an early death.

YewEhVeeInbound | Celtics

5 | 3 hours ago

Move over Cardiac Bulls, the Celtics are coming for that moniker

inightyDAB | Luka Dončić

21 | 3 hours ago

Mitchell as the inbounder on the last play of the game where you need a bucket? Lol

heat_fan_ | Raptors

15 | 3 hours ago

Payton Prichard legacy game wasn’t on my bingo card

YewEhVeeInbound | Celtics

7 | 3 hours ago

This wasn’t even a career high for him, 1 shy, but still.

prsbest11

16 | 3 hours ago

Drawing the Celtics in the playoffs as a top 3 seed would suck

Cuavooo | Lakers

5 | 3 hours ago

Or the Hawks. They’re a match up nightmare to this team with all of the wings they have

primepierce34 | BOS

15 | 3 hours ago

Cleveland probably has the biggest talent to toughness gap I’ve seen.

They’re way more talented than us at the moment, but thank goodness we’re nowhere near as soft as them

cl353 | Heat

12 | 3 hours ago

cavs lost to an alleyoop play with .06 seconds left and when theyre in the same situation they call…mobley fadeway near the 3 pt line?

Algorechan | Knicks

6 | 3 hours ago

They live and die by Mobley, he’s supposed to be their next star although it kinda looks like he looks better because he has two bonafide all-star guards making him look good

deets23_ | Celtics

13 | 3 hours ago

Jaylen and Mitchell’s friendship is also cute

okaybrah | CLE

8 | 3 hours ago

Hunter -31 and Garland -27 in a 2 point game is concerning stuff. I think we are just straight up bad this year without Ty Jerome in the 2nd unit.

WildCardBitches69420

1 | 3 hours ago

DG definitely still recovering from injury. Hunter needs to get his shit together.

findingmypurp0s8

6 | 3 hours ago

Inject Payton Pritchard hoops into my veins please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏league lucky he’s smurfing in the east

deets23_ | Celtics

5 | 3 hours ago

I said it was the weirdest Mitchell game because he always feasts against us and right on cue he hits back to back threes. That’s what I was expecting, just much earlier

CollateralSandwich | Celtics

6 | 3 hours ago

No D White and no Queta, and we still won this on the road? That’s stealing. We’ll take it!

thatgreik | BOS

6 | 3 hours ago

No DWhite or Queta? What a game!

iskamh

4 | 3 hours ago

Triple double Jaylen and PP 40 piece, what a game

JoJonesy | Celtics

5 | 3 hours ago

i fucking hate playing against Donovan Mitchell. the guy can be like 2-15 and he’ll still find a way to hit three circus threes in a row with five minutes left in the game to bring them back into it

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

3 | 3 hours ago

When is Tatum coming back

_Juntao | Celtics

6 | 3 hours ago

March/april

junkit33

2 | 3 hours ago

We really don’t know yet, but if he’s coming back this year, there’s a good chance it will be more like All Star break. If he’s not ready until end of season I don’t think they just thrust him into playoff basketball without a good month or two to play into peak shape.

StephySays | Celtics

1 | 2 hours ago

hope he’s back in time for JB Ramadan month. Inshallah

NegbombDB

3 | 3 hours ago

Wtf was that last play call? A Mitchell inbound for a Mobley fadeaway down 2…

Also, I think i’m officially out on the Cavs making noise playoff time. Yes, Jarret Allen wasn’t in and the Celtics could just bring up Mobley on the perimeter so he couldn’t grab boards..but even then this Cavs team can’t grab any boards if their life depended on lol.

AccomplishedBake8351

2 | 3 hours ago

Good news for Cleveland not being a 60+ win team might make it a bit more likely LeBron signs this summer lol

The Boston Celtics (11-9) defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers (12-9), 117-115, led by 42 points from Payton Pritchard.