Boston Celtics 107, Houston Rockets 97 — Recap

October 24, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 107, Houston Rockets 97. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 22-30 HOU; Q2 BOS 31-21 HOU; Q3 BOS 36-21 HOU; Q4 BOS 18-25 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 31 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 30 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 8 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 20 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-14 shooting; Dennis Schroder (BOS) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Grant Williams (BOS) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

31 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jalen Green

30 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 8 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · HOU

Christian Wood

20 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 5-14 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	22	31	36	18		107
HOU	30	21	21	25		97

🧮 How They Scored

BOSHOU

38Points in the paint32

12Fast-break points13

3Second-chance points6

28Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.9%Effective FG%52.0%

10.4%Turnover %17.4%

14.6%Offensive rebound %11.9%

0.233Free-throw rate0.320

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	37	31	9	2	1	1	1	12-24	4-11	3-4	+4
Marcus Smart G	36	8	6	5	3	0	1	3-8	1-5	1-1	+12
Dennis Schroder G	33	18	5	5	1	0	4	7-14	1-4	3-4	+15
Grant Williams F	31	18	3	2	0	0	0	6-8	5-7	1-2	+8
Al Horford C-F	30	17	10	1	3	3	1	4-12	1-6	8-9	+18
Robert Williams III C-F	28	2	3	1	1	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0
Josh Richardson G-F	19	7	2	2	0	1	2	3-8	1-5	0-0	+2
Payton Pritchard G	16	6	3	3	0	0	1	2-6	2-5	0-0	0
Aaron Nesmith G-F	12	0	2	1	1	0	1	0-4	0-4	0-0	-9

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Porter Jr. G	37	15	3	3	0	0	8	5-12	3-7	2-4	-8
Jalen Green G	36	30	4	3	1	2	3	11-18	8-10	0-0	-12
Christian Wood F	36	20	9	1	1	0	0	5-14	2-4	8-10	-9
Jae'Sean Tate F	35	12	8	4	2	0	1	4-8	0-2	4-4	+1
Eric Gordon G	26	2	4	2	0	0	2	1-6	0-3	0-0	-6
Daniel Theis F	23	6	5	2	0	1	0	3-7	0-3	0-0	-11
Alperen Sengun F-C	19	7	4	4	3	1	1	1-5	0-1	5-6	-3
Danuel House Jr. F	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-3
D.J. Augustin G	10	3	0	1	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-2
David Nwaba G	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Josh Christopher G	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2

🔬 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	37	31	60.2	32.1	+3.9	21.0
Dennis Schroder	Bench	33	18	57.1	26.7	+19.1	10.6
Grant Williams	Bench	31	18	101.4	12.5	+9.2	15.0
Al Horford	Bench	30	17	53.3	24.6	+24.9	17.3
Marcus Smart	Bench	36	8	47.4	11.3	+14.9	9.4
Josh Richardson	Bench	19	7	43.8	21.3	+7.1	5.5
Payton Pritchard	Bench	16	6	50.0	17.1	-5.0	9.4
Robert Williams III	Bench	28	2	50.0	3.3	+1.8	6.5
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	12	0	0.0	18.5	-27.7	-10.0

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	36	30	83.3	26.3	-13.4	20.6
Christian Wood	Bench	36	20	54.3	24.4	-10.9	14.1
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	37	15	54.5	27.2	-9.4	-1.5
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	35	12	61.5	14.1	+2.7	14.2
Alperen Sengun	Bench	19	7	45.8	20.0	-7.0	12.4
Daniel Theis	Bench	23	6	42.9	13.5	-26.6	8.2
D.J. Augustin	Bench	10	3	150.0	8.3	-4.5	6.1
Eric Gordon	Bench	26	2	16.7	12.9	-8.6	0.0
Josh Christopher	Bench	1	2	100.0	100.0	+100.0	50.0
David Nwaba	Bench	4	0	0.0	9.1	+1.4	-3.3
Danuel House Jr.	Bench	14	0	0.0	9.7	-6.7	-2.1