Boston Celtics 116, Brooklyn Nets 112 — Recap

April 25, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Boston Celtics 116, Brooklyn Nets 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 30-26 BKN; Q2 BOS 28-24 BKN; Q3 BOS 32-28 BKN; Q4 BOS 26-34 BKN.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (BKN) 39 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-31 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 29 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Seth Curry (BKN) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-20 shooting; Kyrie Irving (BKN) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BKN

Kevin Durant

39 PTS, 7 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 13-31 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

29 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · BKN

Seth Curry

23 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 9-13 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	30	28	32	26		116
BKN	26	24	28	34		112

🧮 How They Scored

BOSBKN

44Points in the paint32

14Fast-break points17

17Second-chance points18

16Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.1%Effective FG%58.6%

11.6%Turnover %9.6%

25.0%Offensive rebound %18.6%

0.247Free-throw rate0.358

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	38	22	8	3	1	0	1	9-20	0-5	4-5	+4
Marcus Smart G	37	20	5	11	0	0	1	7-16	3-7	3-4	+9
Jayson Tatum F	36	29	3	5	0	0	6	9-16	4-6	7-8	+10
Grant Williams F	33	14	3	1	0	3	1	5-8	4-6	0-0	+1
Derrick White G	27	9	6	2	0	0	0	4-10	0-4	1-1	-2
Al Horford C-F	26	13	6	1	0	0	1	5-9	3-5	0-0	+4
Daniel Theis F	20	6	8	1	1	1	2	2-4	0-1	2-2	+5
Robert Williams III C-F	14	3	5	0	1	0	1	1-4	0-0	1-2	-3
Payton Pritchard G	9	0	1	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-8

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant F	47	39	7	9	1	0	4	13-31	3-11	10-11	-6
Kyrie Irving G	45	20	5	5	0	2	2	6-13	2-3	6-6	-3
Seth Curry G	38	23	4	2	0	2	0	9-13	5-9	0-1	-1
Goran Dragic G	24	10	8	4	1	0	2	4-6	2-4	0-0	+6
Bruce Brown G	24	2	2	2	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-7
Nicolas Claxton F-C	23	13	6	2	2	3	0	6-6	0-0	1-11	-7
Patty Mills G	19	5	2	0	0	0	0	2-6	1-4	0-0	-9
Blake Griffin F	18	0	3	4	1	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+10
Andre Drummond C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

🔬 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	36	29	74.3	29.9	+9.1	11.7
Jaylen Brown	Bench	38	22	49.5	25.8	+5.3	12.2
Marcus Smart	Bench	37	20	56.3	21.8	+13.7	13.5
Grant Williams	Bench	33	14	87.5	11.3	-0.2	9.3
Al Horford	Bench	26	13	72.2	16.7	+8.0	9.9
Derrick White	Bench	27	9	43.1	15.6	-3.7	10.9
Daniel Theis	Bench	20	6	61.5	15.6	+12.8	9.9
Robert Williams III	Bench	14	3	30.7	16.7	-10.0	-2.8
Payton Pritchard	Bench	9	0	0.0	8.7	-40.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Bench	47	39	54.4	38.5	-7.7	14.7
Seth Curry	Bench	38	23	85.6	16.0	-1.4	14.1
Kyrie Irving	Bench	45	20	63.9	18.4	-3.3	11.3
Nicolas Claxton	Bench	23	13	60.0	21.6	-9.7	12.6
Goran Dragic	Bench	24	10	83.3	14.3	+12.2	14.6
Patty Mills	Bench	19	5	41.7	13.6	-19.0	1.3
Bruce Brown	Bench	24	2	33.3	7.7	-11.8	0.0
Andre Drummond	Bench	4	0	0.0	14.3	-42.9	-9.1
Blake Griffin	Bench	18	0	0.0	7.5	+32.4	3.5