The Boston Celtics (44-23) defeat the Phoenix Suns (39-28), 120-112 behind a 41 point night from Jaylen Brown

112 - 120

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: TD Garden

Officials: Mark Lindsay, Josh Tiven, and Ashley Moyer-Gleich

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Phoenix Suns	32	29	25	26	112
Boston Celtics	31	34	26	29	120

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Phoenix Suns	112	37-83	44.6%	13-40	32.5%	25-29	86.2%	8	46	26	20	7	9	6
Boston Celtics	120	39-80	48.8%	17-40	42.5%	25-27	92.6%	7	48	31	21	7	13	3

PLAYER STATS


Phoenix Suns	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jalen Green^SF	33:21	21	8-20	1-7	4-4	1	6	7	1	0	0	1	1	-12
Royce O’Neale^PF	18:40	6	2-5	2-5	0-0	0	2	2	3	0	2	0	1	-4
Oso Ighodaro^C	32:35	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	8	2	0	0	3	-2
Devin Booker^SG	37:22	40	15-24	2-7	8-9	0	3	3	6	0	1	7	3	2
Collin Gillespie^PG	22:38	3	1-8	1-5	0-0	1	2	3	1	2	0	0	1	-2
Khaman Maluach	12:21	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	-8
Grayson Allen	21:42	13	3-7	2-6	5-6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	-5
Rasheer Fleming	14:45	1	0-1	0-1	1-2	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	1	0
Jordan Goodwin	23:44	6	2-5	1-4	1-2	2	3	5	4	2	0	1	5	-9
Haywood Highsmith	18:43	16	4-8	4-5	4-4	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	3	-1
Amir Coffey	04:06	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Jamaree Bouyea	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Dunn	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Koby Brea	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dillon Brooks	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CJ Huntley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Livers	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boston Celtics	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Sam Hauser^SF	23:09	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	4	5
Jayson Tatum^PF	32:20	21	8-18	2-8	3-3	1	6	7	4	1	0	2	1	11
Neemias Queta^C	33:07	5	2-4	0-0	1-1	2	1	3	6	1	1	1	3	5
Jaylen Brown^SG	39:29	41	10-20	2-5	19-21	1	6	7	6	1	1	4	0	9
Derrick White^PG	29:22	21	8-16	5-11	0-0	0	4	4	5	1	1	4	5	-2
Payton Pritchard	37:14	19	6-13	5-9	2-2	1	3	4	6	1	0	2	4	8
Luka Garza	11:20	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	6
Baylor Scheierman	25:54	8	3-3	2-2	0-0	0	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	5
Hugo González	08:01	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	-7
Charles Bassey	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
Jordan Walsh	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amari Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Tonje	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikola Vučević	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

heat_fan_ | Raptors

74 | 14 hours ago

Jaylen Brown 21 FT, this will be civil

Rrypl | Celtics

17 | 13 hours ago

Thunder fans please supply us with the most current high FTAs defenses and arguments, “stop fouling him” gets old quick

lukewwilson | Lakers

7 | 14 hours ago

Wasn’t brown just complaining about not getting calls on his latest stream

deets23_ | Celtics

20 | 14 hours ago

Nope. His latest stream was the St Patrick’s day parade.

jjjuuubbbsss | Celtics

-7 | 13 hours ago

Our #1 option averages about the same amount of FTs as Austin Reaves so shut up

Admirable_Let_2961

3 | 13 hours ago

Be civil. You make us all look bad.

Wolfpac187 | OKC

-2 | 8 hours ago

Homie get over yourself

Admirable_Let_2961

1 | 4 hours ago

Rather be righteous than a prick, you should take the same approach.

Debits_equals_credit

5 | 14 hours ago

The haters are out commenting today

barath_s | Lakers

-1 | 9 hours ago

Why the heck is Tatum playing 32 mpg, dude just got back from a pretty severe injury, shouldn’t the celtics be more careful with his minutes ?

e: JB got virtually all his team’s FTs though, rest of celtics didn’t get much.. He was the guy putting the pressure on..

fueelin | Celtics

6 | 8 hours ago

His minutes are basically entirely dictated by conditioning right now. It’s not really about re-injury risk. So they’ll play him as many minutes as they can to keep building that conditioning back up.

barath_s | Lakers

-4 | 8 hours ago

Fair, but it’s when you are fatigued and out of shape that injuries are more likely to occur. I hope the physio is keeping an eye out for his conditioning each game

Brady331 | Celtics

47 | 14 hours ago

Jaylen Brown joins Tatum and Pierce as the only Celtics in the last 20 years to shoot 20+ FTs in a game

Kyler1313

38 | 14 hours ago

Jaylen Brown said he might have to join the dark side and start foul baiting like the rest of the MVP candidates, and a couple games later he puts up one of his best games of his career with 21 FTAs. Lmao

IconicNova | Celtics

9 | 14 hours ago

JB gonna have the nicest comments after the game lmao

jordan142142 | Celtics

22 | 14 hours ago

“ I thought the officials were great tonight “

UmbertoChacon

1 | 14 hours ago

No dark side for Brown, guy isn’t a foul baiter.

NothingHead8233 | Celtics

29 | 14 hours ago

This is preemptive. They were fouls stop crying.

Kuntsaw | Suns

34 | 14 hours ago

That’s fine, he was genuinely fouled on most drives going downhill. But you can’t say that Booker wasn’t being manhandled on and off the ball.

CloudySkies64 | CLE

18 | 14 hours ago

watched PP hold that man multiple times

Ok_Possible_5702

10 | 14 hours ago

but PP is small so he gets the “Alex Caruso on Jokic” bonus and he is only whistled for one foul on every 3 he commits.

deets23_ | Celtics

4 | 14 hours ago

Can agree with you there.

Stiff_Tacos | Celtics

1 | 13 hours ago

I agree

NothingHead8233 | Celtics

-4 | 14 hours ago

Ya I mean I legitimately believe they told the refs to give Jaylen a good whistle and hold off as much as they could the other way. Celtics tax that’s gonna happen sometimes

Aggravating_Bad5004 | Thunder

1 | 10 hours ago

Still kinda funny tho lmao, great comedic timing. But honestly I’m not hating it is what it is.

SignificantNatural11

-1 | 13 hours ago

Of course they were… but so were the ones he was complaining about that “weren’t basketball” the other night against the Thunder.

That’s why it’s annoying. If you are gonna make a moral judgement against other players for how they manipulate the rules, but then you go and initiate contact in similar ways it comes off as hypocritical.

Ok_Shop7600 | Lakers

21 | 14 hours ago

Bookers been on a heater damn

EarthWarping | NBA

15 | 14 hours ago

Phoenix had the same problems with less than 5 min to go as they did vs the Raptors.

Offense was stagnant, Booker doing isos. Need Dillon for that stretch.

CDR57 | Celtics

10 | 12 hours ago

Just once, once, I’d love for the Cs to lock down a teams star player lmao it works or makes the game close but damn. Wemby shot for 39, Shai shot for 35, book goes for 40 in back to back games

GardenStateKing | Celtics

7 | 11 hours ago

I think it’s sometimes that the stars HAVE to drop that number or the team doesn’t win.

CDR57 | Celtics

8 | 11 hours ago

No I know it’s our strategy to take out everyone else but the star rather than try to take out the star but damn it’s alot on the nerves

GardenStateKing | Celtics

2 | 11 hours ago

I 100% agree, it’s tough keeping up that defensive pressure, my heart can only take so much

sup3rdr01d | Celtics

2 | 2 hours ago

If there’s any team equipped to do it defensively it’s Boston

GardenStateKing | Celtics

1 | 43 minutes ago

They went the Hawks route with the multiple crazy long armed wings

sup3rdr01d | Celtics

1 | 2 hours ago

That’s what we want. We want to force them to score everything and deny the other players opportunities.

The stars will get their stats but it’s not balanced basketball. Celtics play very balanced and it’s been highly successful so far.

sunsbr | Suns

7 | 14 hours ago

Good bye hopes of not getting to play the play-in. Fuck, we need more scoring power

WinterCareful8525

4 | 14 hours ago

Man. I’m so proud of yalls season

jjjuuubbbsss | Celtics

0 | 13 hours ago

I hope Green doesn’t turn to poison for you come the play-ins/playoffs time

SignificantNatural11

5 | 13 hours ago

My dude is gonna whine about what “is and isn’t basketball” and then go out and do the exact things he was whining about… and it worked!

Glitch378 | Celtics

1 | an hour ago

Well he did say he needs to start doing it since it’s what works

Electronic_Pea_4845 | Iran

1 | 5 hours ago

Tuff

Debits_equals_credit

-8 | 14 hours ago

If anyone mentions the free throws your a hater

Panzer_I | Celtics

4 | 14 hours ago

I love free throws now

a_fking_feeder | BOS

2 | 13 hours ago

refs are straight and have a lot of sex

According_One811 | Suns

-9 | 14 hours ago

I’m so tired of moral victories. Book gave away back to back games

Kuntsaw | Suns

21 | 14 hours ago

Phoenix are only in that game because of him, ya’ll weird.

According_One811 | Suns

0 | 14 hours ago

He also sold down the stretch… both can be true. Players are allowed to be criticized

Debits_equals_credit

-6 | 14 hours ago

Uh. No. Just. No.

According_One811 | Suns

0 | 14 hours ago

Uh yes

Debits_equals_credit

-2 | 14 hours ago

??? Dafuq

chef_iblocka | Thunder

-17 | 14 hours ago

21 free throws. Im genuinely baffled at how effective bitching to the league is.

DistrictDifficult456

29 | 14 hours ago

Bet you didnt even watch the game lol

Hour-Ad3774 | Celtics

21 | 14 hours ago

Definitely not, JB was getting mauled.

UmbertoChacon

20 | 14 hours ago

There is a difference between being fouled and baiting for fouls.

LordHussyPants | Celtics

1 | 4 hours ago

baiting for fouls successfully leads to being fouled, by definition

L4ZERDT | Celtics

10 | 14 hours ago

When he shot free throws, he actually got fouled. Nothing like SGA

ChemicalPower9020 | Celtics

1 | 5 hours ago

This is rich coming from a Thunder fan