New Orleans Pelicans @ Boston Celtics

26-21, 12-11 Away

112

26-21, 12-11 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Pelicans NO	36	24	27	25	112
Celtics BOS	25	25	31	37	118

Boston CelticsCelticsBOS

36-11, 21-2 Home

118

36-11, 21-2 Home

New Orleans Pelicans

starters
Brandon IngramB. Ingram#14
Herbert JonesH. Jones#5
Zion WilliamsonZ. Williamson#1
Jonas ValanciunasJ. Valanciunas#17
CJ McCollumC. McCollum#3
bench
Larry Nance Jr.L. Nance Jr.#22
Naji MarshallN. Marshall#8
Trey Murphy IIIT. Murphy III#25
Jordan HawkinsJ. Hawkins#24
Dyson DanielsD. Daniels#11
Jeremiah Robinson-EarlJ. Robinson-Earl#50
E.J. LiddellE.J. Liddell#32
Cody ZellerC. Zeller#40
Jose AlvaradoJ. Alvarado#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	28	12-24	2-8	2-3	7	6	2	1	1	1	6	2	+2
27	9	3-4	3-4	0-0	3	4	2	0	0	2	1	4	-7
31	26	11-18	0-1	4-5	4	3	3	2	0	0	4	0	-7
20	11	4-9	0-2	3-4	7	2	0	1	1	1	6	1	+6
37	16	7-14	1-5	1-1	2	2	4	0	1	0	2	3	-1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
20	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	-12
19	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	4	3	0	1	0	0	4	0	+9
28	15	6-14	3-10	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	-7
9	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	-5
14	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	-8
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	112	46-91	10-35	10-13	40	21	12	7	6	9	31	14
		51%	29%	77%

Boston Celtics

starters
Jayson TatumJ. Tatum#0
Al HorfordA. Horford#42
Jrue HolidayJ. Holiday#4
Derrick WhiteD. White#9
Jaylen BrownJ. Brown#7
bench
Sam HauserS. Hauser#30
Oshae BrissettO. Brissett#12
Neemias QuetaN. Queta#88
Payton PritchardP. Pritchard#11
Lamar StevensL. Stevens#77
Dalano BantonD. Banton#45
Svi MykhailiukS. Mykhailiuk#50
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
38	28	10-18	2-8	6-7	10	8	7	3	1	0	10	1	+9
36	11	4-9	3-6	0-0	8	4	0	0	1	1	7	1	+12
33	20	7-11	3-5	3-4	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	-4
35	17	6-14	4-10	1-2	1	4	1	1	1	0	1	2	+7
37	22	8-15	1-5	5-7	11	7	0	0	1	2	9	3	+6
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	11	4-8	3-7	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	+9
11	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	+2
10	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	-3
14	5	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	-8
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	118	43-85	17-46	15-20	40	27	11	7	5	6	34	15
		51%	37%	75%

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

Matchups

BOS leads season

1-0

BOS

112

Game 1@ BOS

Final

118

Game 2@ NO

Final

104

Game Information

Boston, MA

Referee:Jacyn Goble

Referee:Scott Wall

Referee:Aaron Smith

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	56	26	.683	-	W2
New York	53	29	.646	3	L1
Toronto	46	36	.561	10	W1
Philadelphia	45	37	.549	11	W2
Brooklyn	20	62	.244	36	L3

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