Boston Celtics 102, Los Angeles Lakers 117 — Recap

December 7, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 102, Los Angeles Lakers 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 33-31 LAL; Q2 BOS 22-29 LAL; Q3 BOS 20-31 LAL; Q4 BOS 27-26 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 34 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 13-of-22 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 30 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-19 shooting; Russell Westbrook (LAL) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Anthony Davis (LAL) 17 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists on 7-of-13 shooting; Robert Williams III (BOS) 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists on 5-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

34 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 13-22 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

30 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 13-19 FG

Scoring · LAL

Russell Westbrook

24 PTS, 3 REB, 11 AST, 1 3PM · 9-16 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	33	22	20	27		102
LAL	31	29	31	26		117

🧮 How They Scored

BOSLAL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%55.9%

12.1%Turnover %12.2%

15.6%Offensive rebound %32.5%

0.354Free-throw rate0.183

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	34	34	8	3	1	1	5	13-22	5-7	3-5	-8
Marcus Smart G	33	6	4	6	3	0	3	2-7	0-2	2-3	-6
Dennis Schroder G	32	10	1	5	1	0	1	1-6	0-3	8-10	-8
Al Horford C-F	30	7	8	2	2	0	0	3-9	1-5	0-0	+4
Robert Williams III C-F	25	13	4	1	1	1	1	5-7	0-0	3-4	-20
Romeo Langford G	17	5	1	1	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	1-1	-7
Josh Richardson G-F	16	11	0	2	0	0	0	4-9	1-4	2-4	-13
Aaron Nesmith G-F	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	4-8	1-3	0-0	+4
Grant Williams F	14	1	1	0	0	1	2	0-2	0-1	1-2	-21
Payton Pritchard G	12	6	1	5	0	0	1	2-6	2-5	0-0	+1
Enes Kanter C	9	0	3	1	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Juancho Hernangomez F	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	+4

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	36	30	4	5	0	0	3	13-19	2-5	2-2	+18
Russell Westbrook G	36	24	3	11	1	0	4	9-16	1-4	5-6	+11
Anthony Davis F-C	35	17	16	3	2	2	3	7-13	0-0	3-4	+17
Talen Horton-Tucker G	35	12	6	4	2	1	3	5-14	0-5	2-3	+16
Avery Bradley G	24	5	3	0	0	0	1	2-6	1-2	0-0	+4
Carmelo Anthony F	21	9	8	0	1	0	0	4-11	0-4	1-2	+2
Malik Monk G	20	10	2	2	1	0	0	4-6	2-3	0-0	+12
Wayne Ellington G	14	6	1	0	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	+3
Dwight Howard C	13	4	8	0	0	1	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	-2
Kent Bazemore G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Austin Reaves G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	34	34	70.2	37.2	-10.0	21.8
Robert Williams III	Bench	25	13	74.2	14.8	-38.5	12.6
Josh Richardson	Bench	16	11	51.1	30.6	-35.7	6.8
Dennis Schroder	Bench	32	10	48.1	15.8	-11.9	5.8
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	14	9	56.3	27.6	+14.3	3.4
Al Horford	Bench	30	7	38.9	13.4	+10.0	11.0
Marcus Smart	Bench	33	6	36.1	14.3	-7.2	5.2
Payton Pritchard	Bench	12	6	50.0	28.0	+4.2	13.5
Romeo Langford	Bench	17	5	72.7	7.9	-19.4	6.3
Grant Williams	Bench	14	1	17.4	16.1	-70.0	-7.1
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	5	0	0.0	27.3	+28.2	3.6
Enes Kanter	Bench	9	0	0.0	0.0	-30.8	9.9

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	36	30	75.5	25.8	+24.0	18.0
Russell Westbrook	Bench	36	24	64.4	25.3	+13.2	16.4
Anthony Davis	Bench	35	17	57.6	20.2	+21.9	17.0
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	35	12	39.2	21.4	+23.8	6.3
Malik Monk	Bench	20	10	83.3	12.8	+26.6	10.8
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	21	9	37.9	20.7	-0.2	7.3
Wayne Ellington	Bench	14	6	75.0	10.8	+6.4	3.7
Avery Bradley	Bench	24	5	41.7	11.1	+5.8	1.7
Dwight Howard	Bench	13	4	50.0	13.3	+0.3	15.7
Austin Reaves	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-31.0	0.0
Kent Bazemore	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-31.0	0.0