Boston Celtics 90, Phoenix Suns 111 — Recap

December 10, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 90, Phoenix Suns 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 24-25 PHX; Q2 BOS 15-32 PHX; Q3 BOS 30-27 PHX; Q4 BOS 21-27 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-25 shooting; JaVale McGee (PHX) 21 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Cameron Payne (PHX) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Jae Crowder (PHX) 16 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Cameron Johnson (PHX) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

24 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 10-25 FG

Scoring · PHX

JaVale McGee

21 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · PHX

Cameron Payne

17 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 7-16 FG

Season highs

JaVale McGee · Season-high 21 pointsJaVale McGee · Season-high 15 rebounds

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	24	15	30	21		90
PHX	25	32	27	27		111

🧮 How They Scored

BOSPHX

52Points in the paint50

10Fast-break points2

14Second-chance points16

10Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

39.8%Effective FG%52.1%

11.2%Turnover %10.6%

27.8%Offensive rebound %31.1%

0.258Free-throw rate0.115

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	34	24	7	3	0	1	4	10-25	1-7	3-6	-9
Dennis Schroder G	33	15	3	3	0	0	3	7-15	0-2	1-1	-21
Marcus Smart G	31	4	2	0	2	0	0	1-13	0-5	2-4	-12
Al Horford C-F	30	9	4	3	1	1	0	2-8	0-4	5-6	-19
Grant Williams F	25	7	3	0	2	0	1	2-3	2-3	1-2	-5
Romeo Langford G	23	6	7	0	0	1	1	3-7	0-1	0-0	-15
Robert Williams III C-F	22	10	5	1	0	2	0	4-5	0-0	2-2	-16
Aaron Nesmith G-F	13	2	4	0	2	1	3	1-4	0-2	0-1	-8
Payton Pritchard G	12	3	2	3	0	0	0	1-5	1-2	0-0	-6
Enes Kanter C	8	6	5	0	0	0	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	+4
Jabari Parker F	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	2-2	+1
Juancho Hernangomez F	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	35	14	3	1	0	1	1	5-9	2-2	2-2	+15
Cameron Johnson F	31	16	6	0	1	0	1	5-9	4-7	2-2	+12
Jae Crowder F	31	16	9	2	1	1	2	6-10	4-8	0-0	+18
Chris Paul G	30	10	3	12	1	2	1	4-9	0-2	2-2	+20
JaVale McGee C	26	21	15	2	0	2	0	9-16	1-2	2-2	+18
Landry Shamet G	26	10	2	1	0	0	1	4-11	1-4	1-1	+15
Cameron Payne G	22	17	4	5	0	0	4	7-16	1-4	2-2	+6
Jalen Smith F-C	22	7	9	1	1	2	1	3-8	1-6	0-0	+3
Elfrid Payton G	10	0	1	1	0	1	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	+3
Ish Wainright F	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-4	0-2	0-0	-2
Chandler Hutchison F	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	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	24	43.4	36.1	-12.5	8.2
Dennis Schroder	Bench	33	15	48.6	23.7	-31.3	6.2
Robert Williams III	Bench	22	10	85.0	11.5	-40.1	15.9
Al Horford	Bench	30	9	42.3	16.4	-32.2	10.1
Grant Williams	Bench	25	7	90.2	8.2	-7.5	6.0
Enes Kanter	Bench	8	6	60.0	23.1	+24.2	30.0
Romeo Langford	Bench	23	6	42.9	14.0	-28.4	7.3
Marcus Smart	Bench	31	4	13.6	19.2	-17.9	-6.4
Jabari Parker	Bench	5	4	51.5	30.8	+18.2	27.3
Payton Pritchard	Bench	12	3	30.0	17.2	-26.1	8.1
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	13	2	22.5	21.9	-28.6	-2.5
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	+18.2	6.1

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
JaVale McGee	Bench	26	21	62.2	25.8	+34.8	28.2
Cameron Payne	Bench	22	17	50.4	37.5	+8.2	12.7
Cameron Johnson	Bench	31	16	81.0	14.9	+16.6	16.3
Jae Crowder	Bench	31	16	80.0	16.0	+27.3	22.6
Mikal Bridges	Bench	35	14	70.9	13.4	+19.5	7.2
Chris Paul	Bench	30	10	50.6	15.7	+34.8	15.3
Landry Shamet	Bench	26	10	43.7	17.6	+26.3	3.8
Jalen Smith	Bench	22	7	43.8	17.6	+4.3	13.6
Elfrid Payton	Bench	10	0	0.0	12.0	+9.3	-1.6
Chandler Hutchison	Bench	2	0	0.0	16.7	-90.0	0.0
Ish Wainright	Bench	6	0	0.0	35.7	-15.4	-41.2