Brooklyn Nets 119, Boston Celtics 125 — Recap

May 28, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Brooklyn Nets 119, Boston Celtics 125. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BKN 32-33 BOS; Q2 BKN 25-28 BOS; Q3 BKN 27-35 BOS; Q4 BKN 35-29 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 50 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 16-of-30 shooting; James Harden (BKN) 41 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, 7 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Kevin Durant (BKN) 39 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Marcus Smart (BOS) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Tristan Thompson (BOS) 19 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

50 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 16-30 FG

Scoring · BKN

James Harden

41 PTS, 7 REB, 10 AST, 7 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · BKN

Kevin Durant

39 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 13-24 FG

Season highs

James Harden · Season-high 7 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BKN	32	25	27	35		119
BOS	33	28	35	29		125

🧮 How They Scored

BKNBOS

30Points in the paint36

8Fast-break points9

5Second-chance points13

15Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.8%Effective FG%59.6%

8.4%Turnover %11.6%

23.3%Offensive rebound %32.5%

0.369Free-throw rate0.258

Box Score

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kyrie Irving G	41	16	6	2	1	0	1	6-17	2-6	2-2	+1
Kevin Durant F	40	39	9	1	4	1	3	13-24	4-9	9-12	-1
James Harden G	39	41	7	10	1	0	2	11-18	7-12	12-13	+13
Joe Harris F-G	35	8	2	0	0	1	1	3-9	2-7	0-0	+4
Blake Griffin F	25	4	5	1	1	0	0	1-5	0-1	2-2	+16
Landry Shamet G	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-27
Nicolas Claxton F-C	16	4	5	0	0	1	2	2-5	0-0	0-0	-21
Bruce Brown G	15	2	3	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	2-2	+2
Tyler Johnson G	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-17

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	41	50	6	7	2	1	1	16-30	5-11	13-15	+1
Marcus Smart G	39	23	3	6	1	0	4	8-11	5-8	2-2	+1
Evan Fournier G-F	37	17	5	2	1	0	1	6-12	4-7	1-2	+11
Kemba Walker G	34	6	8	3	1	0	5	3-14	0-7	0-0	-15
Tristan Thompson C-F	30	19	13	1	0	0	2	8-13	0-0	3-4	-16
Romeo Langford G	27	6	6	1	0	0	0	2-7	2-6	0-0	+22
Grant Williams F	11	4	3	0	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+14
Aaron Nesmith G-F	9	0	2	1	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Payton Pritchard G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Robert Williams III C-F	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+8

🔬 Advanced Stats

Brooklyn NetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
James Harden	Bench	39	41	86.4	28.4	+16.7	30.3
Kevin Durant	Bench	40	39	66.6	34.0	+0.3	21.1
Kyrie Irving	Bench	41	16	44.7	20.0	+2.6	4.8
Joe Harris	Bench	35	8	44.4	12.7	+7.5	0.0
Tyler Johnson	Bench	10	5	83.3	15.0	-109.9	6.3
Nicolas Claxton	Bench	16	4	40.0	20.0	-67.7	1.3
Blake Griffin	Bench	25	4	34.0	10.3	+29.4	1.0
Bruce Brown	Bench	15	2	34.7	9.7	+11.2	2.8
Landry Shamet	Bench	19	0	0.0	2.4	-77.0	-3.6

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	41	50	68.3	37.8	-0.3	27.8
Marcus Smart	Bench	39	23	96.8	15.8	-0.3	14.3
Tristan Thompson	Bench	30	19	64.4	23.3	-22.9	17.1
Evan Fournier	Bench	37	17	66.0	15.4	+16.2	7.3
Kemba Walker	Bench	34	6	21.4	23.2	-21.4	-2.3
Romeo Langford	Bench	27	6	42.9	11.3	+41.6	4.8
Grant Williams	Bench	11	4	100.0	7.1	+55.8	7.6
Robert Williams III	Bench	6	0	0.0	0.0	+57.1	0.0
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	9	0	0.0	0.0	+15.8	2.9
Payton Pritchard	Bench	6	0	0.0	0.0	+33.3	-4.4