Brooklyn Nets 141, Boston Celtics 126 — Recap

May 30, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Brooklyn Nets 141, Boston Celtics 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BKN 33-34 BOS; Q2 BKN 40-26 BOS; Q3 BKN 39-31 BOS; Q4 BKN 29-35 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (BKN) 42 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 14-of-20 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 40 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Kyrie Irving (BKN) 39 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-24 shooting; James Harden (BKN) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 18 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Marcus Smart (BOS) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BKN

Kevin Durant

42 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 14-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

40 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · BKN

Kyrie Irving

39 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 11-24 FG

Season highs

James Harden · Season-high 18 assists

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	33	40	39	29		141
BOS	34	26	31	35		126

🧮 How They Scored

BKNBOS

42Points in the paint32

9Fast-break points12

15Second-chance points18

18Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

67.5%Effective FG%52.4%

8.6%Turnover %8.9%

28.1%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.361Free-throw rate0.500

Box Score

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kyrie Irving G	41	39	11	2	2	0	1	11-24	6-12	11-11	+15
Kevin Durant F	40	42	4	5	1	2	1	14-20	3-3	11-11	+3
James Harden G	40	23	5	18	2	2	6	8-12	2-5	5-6	+8
Joe Harris F-G	37	14	4	3	0	0	0	5-9	4-5	0-0	+17
Bruce Brown G	24	14	7	1	0	1	0	6-10	0-0	2-2	-4
Blake Griffin F	18	2	2	0	0	1	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	+12
Tyler Johnson G	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+5
Landry Shamet G	13	5	2	0	2	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	+6
Nicolas Claxton F-C	8	0	1	0	0	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+14
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot G-F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Chris Chiozza G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Mike James G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	40	40	7	5	1	2	2	10-22	3-7	17-17	-9
Marcus Smart G	34	16	6	9	2	0	2	4-12	2-9	6-7	-9
Evan Fournier G-F	28	16	0	2	1	0	0	5-15	2-9	4-4	-24
Romeo Langford G	26	9	1	1	0	0	1	2-6	1-3	4-4	-13
Payton Pritchard G	24	12	2	3	1	0	1	5-9	2-4	0-0	-1
Tristan Thompson C-F	23	5	6	1	2	0	0	2-4	0-0	1-2	-15
Grant Williams F	21	5	2	2	0	1	0	1-3	1-2	2-2	-11
Aaron Nesmith G-F	19	11	2	0	0	0	1	4-6	3-5	0-0	-1
Jabari Parker F	17	10	6	1	0	1	2	4-5	0-0	2-2	+9
Semi Ojeleye F	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-1	1-2	-5
Tremont Waters G	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	+1
Luke Kornet F-C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Tacko Fall C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Carsen Edwards G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Bench	40	42	84.5	27.7	+2.0	20.2
Kyrie Irving	Bench	41	39	67.6	30.2	+16.1	15.9
James Harden	Bench	40	23	78.6	22.3	+7.9	16.4
Bruce Brown	Bench	24	14	64.3	21.2	-5.3	9.4
Joe Harris	Bench	37	14	77.8	10.7	+22.4	6.9
Landry Shamet	Bench	13	5	62.5	16.1	+13.5	6.7
Tyler Johnson	Bench	16	2	100.0	3.0	+23.2	-1.5
Blake Griffin	Bench	18	2	33.3	7.0	+30.8	-0.5
Nicolas Claxton	Bench	8	0	0.0	0.0	+108.9	4.9
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chris Chiozza	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mike James	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-50.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	40	40	67.8	32.7	-14.2	17.5
Marcus Smart	Bench	34	16	53.1	20.5	-12.7	9.3
Evan Fournier	Bench	28	16	47.7	23.5	-42.1	4.0
Payton Pritchard	Bench	24	12	66.7	17.9	-5.0	10.8
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	19	11	91.7	15.9	-2.6	6.6
Jabari Parker	Bench	17	10	85.0	20.5	+30.0	12.4
Romeo Langford	Bench	26	9	58.0	14.1	-21.5	4.4
Grant Williams	Bench	21	5	64.4	8.0	-29.8	5.3
Tristan Thompson	Bench	23	5	51.2	8.9	-28.6	4.4
Semi Ojeleye	Bench	5	1	17.4	23.1	-45.5	-5.6
Tremont Waters	Bench	1	1	56.8	100.0	+50.0	-100.0
Luke Kornet	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+50.0	100.0
Tacko Fall	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+50.0	100.0
Carsen Edwards	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+50.0	0.0