Boston Celtics 126, Portland Trail Blazers 112 — Recap

March 17, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 126, Portland Trail Blazers 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 32-24 POR; Q2 BOS 31-24 POR; Q3 BOS 26-22 POR; Q4 BOS 37-42 POR.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 41 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 34 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Anfernee Simons (POR) 17 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-15 shooting; Marcus Smart (BOS) 15 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

41 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

34 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 8-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

27 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 12-23 FG

Season highs

Al Horford · Season-high 10 assistsTrendon Watford · Season-high 8 assists

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	32	31	26	37		126
POR	24	24	22	42		112

🧮 How They Scored

BOSPOR

50Points in the paint38

18Fast-break points24

14Second-chance points4

28Points off turnovers19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.7%Effective FG%57.0%

13.5%Turnover %16.3%

38.3%Offensive rebound %19.0%

0.402Free-throw rate0.392

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	37	27	6	5	2	0	4	12-23	2-6	1-3	+9
Jayson Tatum F	36	34	12	4	3	0	5	8-20	2-11	16-18	+11
Marcus Smart G	36	15	2	6	4	0	4	5-8	3-6	2-3	+15
Derrick White G	36	13	4	2	1	1	3	2-5	1-3	8-8	+14
Al Horford C-F	27	12	5	10	0	0	0	4-6	3-4	1-2	+5
Sam Hauser F	20	6	6	0	1	0	0	2-5	2-4	0-0	0
Luke Kornet F-C	18	11	5	1	0	1	0	5-8	0-0	1-1	+3
Grant Williams F	16	6	3	0	0	0	0	2-7	2-6	0-0	+5
Blake Griffin F	14	2	9	1	1	0	0	1-5	0-2	0-0	+8
JD Davison G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anfernee Simons G	39	17	1	4	1	0	1	5-15	2-7	5-8	-6
Damian Lillard G	37	41	4	5	1	1	7	12-23	6-15	11-14	-14
Trendon Watford F	34	10	8	8	3	0	1	4-7	2-3	0-0	-11
Cameron Reddish F-G	29	10	4	0	3	0	3	4-8	1-3	1-3	-8
Jusuf Nurkic C	25	6	8	0	1	1	2	2-6	0-2	2-3	-11
Matisse Thybulle G-F	21	12	1	0	2	0	0	4-9	2-6	2-2	-11
Drew Eubanks F	18	6	3	0	0	2	1	3-3	0-0	0-0	-7
Shaedon Sharpe G	17	7	2	2	0	0	0	3-5	0-1	1-1	-4
Kevin Knox F	10	3	2	1	1	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+1
Jabari Walker F	8	0	4	0	0	0	3	0-2	0-0	0-0	+1
Ryan Arcidiacono G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Keon Johnson G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 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	34	60.9	35.5	+11.3	20.3
Jaylen Brown	Bench	37	27	55.5	32.2	+9.7	9.2
Marcus Smart	Bench	36	15	80.5	14.3	+16.0	9.8
Derrick White	Bench	36	13	76.3	13.3	+15.1	8.8
Al Horford	Bench	27	12	87.2	10.8	+4.5	16.8
Luke Kornet	Bench	18	11	65.2	17.4	+4.6	13.6
Grant Williams	Bench	16	6	42.9	16.3	+18.8	3.6
Sam Hauser	Bench	20	6	60.0	9.6	0.0	9.9
Blake Griffin	Bench	14	2	20.0	13.2	+25.4	12.0
JD Davison	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mike Muscala	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	37	41	70.3	41.4	-14.9	16.5
Anfernee Simons	Bench	39	17	45.9	21.1	-7.2	2.9
Matisse Thybulle	Bench	21	12	60.7	19.6	-21.9	10.8
Trendon Watford	Bench	34	10	71.4	9.9	-14.9	12.2
Cameron Reddish	Bench	29	10	53.6	17.4	-10.6	2.0
Shaedon Sharpe	Bench	17	7	64.3	14.3	-8.3	6.5
Drew Eubanks	Bench	18	6	100.0	9.8	-25.3	12.2
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	25	6	41.0	14.5	-15.2	3.3
Kevin Knox	Bench	10	3	150.0	5.0	+5.3	16.5
Jabari Walker	Bench	8	0	0.0	25.0	+0.7	-11.4
John Butler Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ryan Arcidiacono	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keon Johnson	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0