Boston Celtics 104, New Orleans Pelicans 92 — Recap

March 30, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 104, New Orleans Pelicans 92. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 28-37 NOP; Q2 BOS 31-20 NOP; Q3 BOS 24-11 NOP; Q4 BOS 21-24 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 25 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists on 9-of-17 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 24 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-23 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 23 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Kristaps Porzingis (BOS) 19 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Herbert Jones (NOP) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Zion Williamson

25 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST · 9-17 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

24 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 10-23 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

23 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 10-17 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	28	31	24	21		104
NOP	37	20	11	24		92

🧮 How They Scored

BOSNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.7%Effective FG%47.6%

12.1%Turnover %8.8%

20.5%Offensive rebound %18.9%

0.146Free-throw rate0.212

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	36	23	9	4	—	—	4	10-17	3-6	—	—
Jaylen Brown G	35	17	7	6	1	1	2	6-16	3-4	2-2	—
Jrue Holiday G	35	13	8	7	2	1	3	5-10	3-6	—	—
Derrick White G	32	15	3	3	—	—	—	5-9	3-7	2-2	—
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	31	19	10	3	2	4	2	6-14	1-6	6-6	—
Al Horford C-F	30	9	6	2	1	1	—	4-7	1-3	—	—
Payton Pritchard G	17	2	3	—	—	—	1	1-3	0-2	—	—
Sam Hauser F	14	3	3	1	1	—	—	1-3	1-3	—	—
Xavier Tillman F	10	3	2	1	—	—	—	1-3	—	1-2	—

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zion Williamson F	40	25	9	4	1	—	4	9-17	—	7-14	—
Herbert Jones F	40	18	5	3	2	—	—	6-15	4-9	2-2	—
Trey Murphy III F	39	11	9	2	2	1	1	3-10	3-6	2-2	—
CJ McCollum G	37	24	2	5	2	1	1	10-23	4-11	—	—
Naji Marshall F	23	5	5	1	—	1	1	2-4	1-1	—	—
Larry Nance Jr. F	21	5	3	2	—	—	—	2-5	1-3	—	—
Jonas Valanciunas C	15	2	5	2	—	—	1	1-5	0-1	—	—
Dyson Daniels G	11	2	3	2	2	—	1	1-3	0-2	—	—
Jordan Hawkins G	7	—	—	1	—	—	—	0-3	0-1	—	—

🔬 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	23	67.6	27.6	+10.2	16.4
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	31	19	57.1	27.5	+22.4	15.7
Jaylen Brown	Bench	35	17	50.4	25.0	+8.7	10.2
Derrick White	Bench	32	15	75.9	14.7	+15.9	10.5
Jrue Holiday	Bench	35	13	65.0	16.7	+11.3	13.0
Al Horford	Bench	30	9	64.3	10.9	+14.5	13.4
Xavier Tillman	Bench	10	3	38.7	16.7	+30.8	6.3
Sam Hauser	Bench	14	3	50.0	10.0	0.0	10.0
Payton Pritchard	Bench	17	2	33.3	10.5	+4.0	0.0
Luke Kornet	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	40	25	54.0	30.0	-10.0	9.9
CJ McCollum	Bench	37	24	52.2	31.6	-6.9	10.1
Herbert Jones	Bench	40	18	56.7	17.8	-7.7	9.5
Trey Murphy III	Bench	39	11	50.6	12.9	-10.4	8.6
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	21	5	50.0	10.9	-26.8	4.7
Naji Marshall	Bench	23	5	62.5	10.6	-16.7	11.0
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	15	2	20.0	17.1	-16.7	5.6
Dyson Daniels	Bench	11	2	33.3	16.7	-45.3	10.8
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	07	—	0.0	20.0	-7.6	-11.1