Boston Celtics 109, Houston Rockets 111 — Recap

March 13, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 109, Houston Rockets 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 29-31 HOU; Q2 BOS 26-31 HOU; Q3 BOS 25-23 HOU; Q4 BOS 29-26 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 43 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 16-of-25 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 28 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-29 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 24 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-11 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-22 shooting; Kenyon Martin Jr. (HOU) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

43 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 16-25 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jalen Green

28 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 8-29 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jabari Smith Jr.

24 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 9-11 FG

Season highs

Jaylen Brown · Season-high 43 points

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	29	26	25	29		109
HOU	31	31	23	26		111

🧮 How They Scored

BOSHOU

50Points in the paint56

9Fast-break points11

10Second-chance points17

16Points off turnovers22

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.7%Effective FG%50.6%

11.9%Turnover %8.9%

23.3%Offensive rebound %34.9%

0.241Free-throw rate0.300

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	41	22	8	6	1	0	4	8-22	2-10	4-4	-2
Jaylen Brown G	39	43	5	2	1	1	2	16-25	4-10	7-8	+3
Al Horford C-F	31	2	5	3	1	2	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	0
Malcolm Brogdon G	29	20	2	1	2	0	1	5-11	3-5	7-7	+1
Marcus Smart G	28	6	2	2	2	0	4	2-7	1-5	1-2	-5
Derrick White G	27	9	5	3	0	0	1	4-8	1-3	0-0	-2
Sam Hauser F	20	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-8	1-6	0-0	-7
Luke Kornet F-C	9	2	4	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+3
Grant Williams F	8	0	2	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4
Blake Griffin F	8	0	4	2	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Green G	40	28	7	3	2	0	3	8-29	2-8	10-11	+2
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	40	20	8	1	1	0	1	8-13	1-6	3-5	+2
Kevin Porter Jr. G	38	14	6	13	3	0	1	5-13	1-4	3-3	+4
Jabari Smith Jr. F	36	24	11	3	1	1	1	9-11	5-6	1-2	0
Tari Eason F	35	6	9	2	0	1	1	3-7	0-3	0-2	+4
Jae'Sean Tate F	24	11	2	2	2	0	3	4-10	0-3	3-4	-6
Usman Garuba F	12	6	4	3	0	0	0	2-2	2-2	0-0	+2
TyTy Washington Jr. G	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+6
Josh Christopher G	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	39	43	75.4	33.0	+6.5	24.8
Jayson Tatum	Bench	41	22	46.3	29.5	+0.3	11.9
Malcolm Brogdon	Bench	29	20	71.0	22.4	+1.7	12.7
Derrick White	Bench	27	9	56.3	14.8	-1.7	6.2
Marcus Smart	Bench	28	6	38.1	17.2	-4.9	-4.5
Sam Hauser	Bench	20	5	31.3	17.4	-24.9	-3.0
Al Horford	Bench	31	2	33.3	4.2	+1.7	7.2
Luke Kornet	Bench	9	2	50.0	10.0	+2.0	10.7
Grant Williams	Bench	8	0	0.0	5.0	+25.0	3.3
JD Davison	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Blake Griffin	Bench	8	0	0.0	5.3	-23.9	10.2
Mike Muscala	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	40	28	41.4	34.7	+1.1	6.0
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	36	24	101.0	14.3	-2.9	23.4
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	40	20	65.8	16.2	+1.1	12.3
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	38	14	48.9	15.8	+2.3	17.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	24	11	46.8	26.8	-10.2	1.2
Tari Eason	Bench	35	6	38.1	10.5	+4.0	5.2
Usman Garuba	Bench	12	6	150.0	8.0	+14.4	21.3
Josh Christopher	Bench	3	2	33.3	42.9	-71.4	-5.4
TyTy Washington Jr.	Bench	11	0	0.0	8.7	+35.5	-2.3
Boban Marjanovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	0.0
Daishen Nix	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0