Boston Celtics 123, Oklahoma City Thunder 127 — Recap

January 2, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 123, Oklahoma City Thunder 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 29-31 OKC; Q2 BOS 32-27 OKC; Q3 BOS 25-40 OKC; Q4 BOS 37-29 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 36 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 14-of-22 shooting; Kristaps Porzingis (BOS) 34 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 30 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Josh Giddey (OKC) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

36 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 14-22 FG

Scoring · BOS

Kristaps Porzingis

34 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 12-18 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

30 PTS, 13 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 10-21 FG

Season highs

Josh Giddey · Season-high 23 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	32	25	37		123
OKC	31	27	40	29		127

🧮 How They Scored

BOSOKC

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.8%Effective FG%64.5%

11.8%Turnover %9.7%

38.6%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.315Free-throw rate0.198

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	38	30	13	8	1	—	4	10-21	2-5	8-10	—
Jaylen Brown G	38	15	6	3	—	—	4	4-18	0-8	7-8	-1
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	35	34	10	2	—	3	1	12-18	2-3	8-9	+3
Jrue Holiday G	31	7	5	7	1	—	3	2-8	2-5	1-2	-15
Derrick White G	29	19	5	6	1	1	2	7-12	5-9	—	+5
Payton Pritchard G	25	5	3	4	2	—	—	2-5	1-4	—	+9
Al Horford C-F	20	7	2	3	1	5	—	3-5	1-3	—	-13
Luke Kornet F-C	15	—	2	—	1	1	—	0-2	—	—	-1
Sam Hauser F	10	6	1	—	—	—	—	2-3	2-3	—	-7

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	37	36	6	7	1	—	—	14-22	3-5	5-8	+3
Luguentz Dort G	37	9	8	1	1	3	—	4-14	1-7	—	+8
Chet Holmgren C-F	33	14	3	7	—	4	1	5-9	3-5	1-2	+4
Jalen Williams G-F	31	16	1	1	3	2	5	6-9	2-2	2-2	+2
Josh Giddey G	27	23	8	6	—	—	3	8-14	4-7	3-3	+10
Cason Wallace G	17	5	1	3	1	—	—	2-3	1-2	—	-14
Isaiah Joe G	13	10	3	—	—	—	1	4-5	2-3	—	-4
Aaron Wiggins G	13	4	1	1	1	—	—	1-3	0-1	2-2	+4
Kenrich Williams G-F	13	2	4	2	—	—	—	1-3	0-1	—	-1
Jaylin Williams F	8	5	2	1	—	1	—	2-4	1-3	—	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	35	34	77.4	24.5	+2.2	18.5
Jayson Tatum	Bench	38	30	59.1	31.3	+3.3	14.5
Derrick White	Bench	29	19	79.2	17.7	+3.8	13.4
Jaylen Brown	Bench	38	15	34.9	26.0	-1.3	-0.5
Jrue Holiday	Bench	31	7	39.4	16.2	-17.9	5.1
Al Horford	Bench	20	7	70.0	11.6	-28.6	17.2
Sam Hauser	Bench	10	6	100.0	12.5	-28.8	12.6
Payton Pritchard	Bench	25	5	50.0	8.2	+21.0	7.8
Luke Kornet	Bench	15	—	0.0	5.1	-6.7	0.7
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neemias Queta	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bench	37	36	70.5	29.1	+2.2	16.7
Josh Giddey	Bench	27	23	75.1	29.5	+15.3	18.1
Jalen Williams	Bench	31	16	81.0	20.0	+3.0	7.2
Chet Holmgren	Bench	33	14	70.9	15.3	+5.9	10.5
Isaiah Joe	Bench	13	10	100.0	18.2	-28.4	15.4
Luguentz Dort	Bench	37	9	32.1	15.7	+10.3	3.1
Jaylin Williams	Bench	8	5	62.5	18.2	+23.5	18.1
Cason Wallace	Bench	17	5	83.3	7.0	-36.8	6.0
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	13	4	51.5	14.3	+16.0	6.2
Kenrich Williams	Bench	13	2	33.3	8.3	+6.3	0.8
Tre Mann	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0