New Orleans Pelicans 115, Boston Celtics 109 — Recap

March 29, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 115, Boston Celtics 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 32-27 BOS; Q2 NOP 32-28 BOS; Q3 NOP 24-26 BOS; Q4 NOP 27-28 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 34 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-25 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 28 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists on 11-of-22 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 25 points, 1 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Kemba Walker (BOS) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (NOP) 17 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

34 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 12-25 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

28 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST · 11-22 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

25 PTS, 1 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 7-17 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
NOP	32	32	24	27		115
BOS	27	28	26	28		109

🧮 How They Scored

NOPBOS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.8%Effective FG%50.5%

12.8%Turnover %12.1%

19.0%Offensive rebound %23.5%

0.366Free-throw rate0.204

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Ingram F	37	25	1	9	1	0	3	7-17	3-5	8-11	-8
Eric Bledsoe G	36	13	3	5	0	0	1	4-9	4-8	1-2	-8
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	34	17	7	3	0	0	1	7-15	3-9	0-2	+17
Josh Hart G	32	15	15	3	0	1	4	5-8	3-5	2-2	+8
Zion Williamson F	31	28	8	3	4	0	2	11-22	0-0	6-9	+2
Steven Adams C	30	4	5	1	2	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-4	-9
Kira Lewis Jr. G	18	9	3	4	1	0	0	3-6	3-4	0-0	+13
Jaxson Hayes C	18	4	4	2	0	0	2	2-2	0-0	0-0	+15
Wes Iwundu F	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	40	34	9	5	2	0	1	12-25	5-9	5-6	-1
Marcus Smart G	38	15	3	3	0	2	2	6-15	0-6	3-3	-7
Kemba Walker G	33	23	4	4	0	0	3	8-18	2-9	5-5	+6
Evan Fournier G-F	33	0	2	0	2	2	1	0-10	0-5	0-0	-12
Robert Williams III C-F	32	7	10	5	0	3	2	3-5	0-0	1-2	+6
Grant Williams F	23	3	5	1	0	0	2	1-4	1-4	0-0	-4
Payton Pritchard G	15	11	5	0	1	1	1	4-6	3-4	0-0	-4
Luke Kornet F-C	13	10	4	2	0	1	1	4-6	2-4	0-1	-7
Aaron Nesmith G-F	8	5	2	0	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	-6
Moritz Wagner C	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	31	28	53.9	35.9	+2.9	19.5
Brandon Ingram	Bench	37	25	57.2	27.6	-11.8	10.7
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	34	17	53.5	19.8	+22.5	9.8
Josh Hart	Bench	32	15	84.5	17.6	+10.5	18.4
Eric Bledsoe	Bench	36	13	65.8	12.8	-10.5	7.0
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	18	9	75.0	14.6	+34.2	19.6
Steven Adams	Bench	30	4	53.2	6.9	-18.0	3.2
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	18	4	100.0	9.5	+36.4	8.4
Wes Iwundu	Bench	5	0	0.0	11.1	+11.1	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	40	34	61.5	29.2	+0.2	19.5
Kemba Walker	Bench	33	23	56.9	29.1	+12.3	10.5
Marcus Smart	Bench	38	15	46.0	19.1	-5.9	3.5
Payton Pritchard	Bench	15	11	91.7	18.4	-9.2	19.7
Luke Kornet	Bench	13	10	77.6	21.9	-25.0	21.8
Robert Williams III	Bench	32	7	59.5	10.1	+10.6	10.2
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	8	5	62.5	23.8	-36.5	13.7
Grant Williams	Bench	23	3	37.5	11.8	+1.6	-1.5
Moritz Wagner	Bench	4	1	56.8	10.0	-10.0	14.3
Evan Fournier	Bench	33	0	0.0	13.3	-14.1	-7.8