Boston Celtics 109, Brooklyn Nets 123 — Recap

June 1, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Boston Celtics 109, Brooklyn Nets 123. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 24-31 BKN; Q2 BOS 27-28 BKN; Q3 BOS 28-27 BKN; Q4 BOS 30-37 BKN.

Top performers (box score): James Harden (BKN) 34 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 32 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-27 shooting; Kyrie Irving (BKN) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Kevin Durant (BKN) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Evan Fournier (BOS) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BKN

James Harden

34 PTS, 10 REB, 10 AST, 4 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

32 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 12-27 FG

Scoring · BKN

Kyrie Irving

25 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 9-14 FG

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
BOS	24	27	28	30		109
BKN	31	28	27	37		123

🧮 How They Scored

BOSBKN

50Points in the paint52

9Fast-break points17

17Second-chance points14

11Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.5%Effective FG%60.1%

9.7%Turnover %7.8%

28.9%Offensive rebound %18.4%

0.250Free-throw rate0.298

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	41	32	9	5	0	2	3	12-27	4-11	4-4	-14
Marcus Smart G	39	14	7	4	0	1	4	5-17	1-10	3-4	-11
Romeo Langford G	38	17	1	2	2	2	0	7-12	3-7	0-0	-7
Evan Fournier G-F	36	18	6	1	0	0	1	8-17	1-5	1-2	-8
Tristan Thompson C-F	30	9	9	1	0	4	0	1-4	0-0	7-8	-17
Payton Pritchard G	18	3	4	4	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-11
Jabari Parker F	14	13	3	0	0	1	1	5-8	1-3	2-4	+5
Grant Williams F	12	3	3	1	1	2	1	1-3	0-1	1-1	-4
Aaron Nesmith G-F	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-3

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	39	34	10	10	2	2	1	10-17	4-7	10-11	+22
Kyrie Irving G	38	25	3	3	0	1	0	9-14	3-7	4-6	+23
Kevin Durant F	37	24	4	3	0	3	2	8-16	4-6	4-4	+16
Joe Harris F-G	35	10	3	6	0	0	1	3-8	2-5	2-2	-2
Bruce Brown G	24	10	5	3	4	0	2	4-8	0-1	2-2	+5
Landry Shamet G	22	5	2	1	0	0	1	2-6	1-3	0-0	+8
Blake Griffin F	18	6	4	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	0
Nicolas Claxton F-C	12	6	4	0	0	1	0	3-7	0-0	0-0	-4
Tyler Johnson G	11	3	4	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	+2
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	0-1	0-1	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	41	32	55.6	32.7	-20.1	15.1
Evan Fournier	Bench	36	18	50.3	20.2	-16.7	4.7
Romeo Langford	Bench	38	17	70.8	13.2	-9.3	10.8
Marcus Smart	Bench	39	14	37.3	24.7	-15.8	2.7
Jabari Parker	Bench	14	13	66.6	32.4	+16.7	15.3
Tristan Thompson	Bench	30	9	59.8	11.1	-31.8	9.2
Grant Williams	Bench	12	3	43.6	13.3	-11.3	5.1
Payton Pritchard	Bench	18	3	75.0	6.4	-31.8	8.7
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	12	0	0.0	7.1	-16.0	-4.5

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
James Harden	Bench	39	34	77.8	26.2	+29.6	24.5
Kyrie Irving	Bench	38	25	75.1	20.5	+32.5	16.3
Kevin Durant	Bench	37	24	67.6	24.7	+21.9	12.3
Bruce Brown	Bench	24	10	56.3	21.2	+12.6	12.9
Joe Harris	Bench	35	10	56.3	13.2	-1.0	4.8
Nicolas Claxton	Bench	12	6	42.9	25.9	-11.6	8.3
Blake Griffin	Bench	18	6	75.0	10.0	0.0	6.0
Landry Shamet	Bench	22	5	41.7	13.5	+19.6	2.1
Tyler Johnson	Bench	11	3	50.0	14.3	+12.7	5.4
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	50.0	0.0	66.7