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Philadelphia 76ers 87, Boston Celtics 121 — Recap

May 3, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Philadelphia 76ers 87, Boston Celtics 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHI 22-28 BOS; Q2 PHI 27-29 BOS; Q3 PHI 16-35 BOS; Q4 PHI 22-29 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Malcolm Brogdon (BOS) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Tobias Harris (PHI) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Marcus Smart (BOS) 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Joel Embiid (PHI) 15 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists on 4-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

25 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · BOS

Malcolm Brogdon

23 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 7-15 FG

Scoring · PHI

Tobias Harris

16 PTS, 7 REB, 0 AST, 2 3PM · 7-12 FG

Season highs

Malcolm Brogdon · Season-high 6 threes

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
PHI	22	27	16	22		87
BOS	28	29	35	29		121

🧮 How They Scored

PHIBOS

34Points in the paint36

14Fast-break points15

14Second-chance points21

5Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

43.0%Effective FG%57.6%

11.0%Turnover %5.7%

13.6%Offensive rebound %18.6%

0.291Free-throw rate0.174

Box Score

Philadelphia 76ers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tobias Harris F	33	16	7	0	0	0	0	7-12	2-5	0-0	-21
James Harden G	32	12	10	4	0	0	0	2-14	0-6	8-10	-21
Tyrese Maxey G	30	13	3	3	0	1	1	6-14	1-4	0-0	-25
Joel Embiid F-C	27	15	3	0	0	5	3	4-9	0-2	7-8	-23
PJ Tucker F	21	5	4	0	0	1	1	2-3	1-1	0-0	-19
De'Anthony Melton G	18	2	2	2	1	0	1	1-5	0-2	0-0	-12
Paul Reed F	16	6	8	2	0	1	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	-7
Georges Niang F	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-2	0-0	-11
Jalen McDaniels F	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	-11
Jaden Springer G	10	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	1-2	-2
Shake Milton G	9	4	1	2	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	-5
Danuel House Jr. F	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-3	1-1	-5
Furkan Korkmaz G-F	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	2-2	-4
Dewayne Dedmon C	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	30	25	3	4	2	0	1	9-17	3-6	4-4	+18
Derrick White G	30	15	1	1	0	0	0	5-9	3-6	2-2	+23
Grant Williams F	29	12	4	4	1	0	0	4-8	4-8	0-0	+22
Marcus Smart G	27	15	5	2	0	1	1	7-14	1-4	0-0	+17
Malcolm Brogdon G	24	23	6	2	0	1	0	7-15	6-10	3-4	+11
Al Horford C-F	24	5	7	2	1	2	0	2-10	1-8	0-0	+19
Robert Williams III C-F	22	2	7	4	0	3	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+12
Jayson Tatum F	19	7	7	3	0	1	2	1-7	0-3	5-5	+24
Payton Pritchard G	12	8	2	3	1	0	2	3-3	1-1	1-1	+7
Sam Hauser F	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+5
Luke Kornet F-C	5	6	4	0	0	0	0	3-3	0-0	0-0	+4
Mike Muscala F-C	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+4
Justin Champagnie F	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Philadelphia 76ersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Tobias Harris	Bench	33	16	66.7	16.9	-30.8	13.2
Joel Embiid	Bench	27	15	59.9	28.6	-41.7	9.0
Tyrese Maxey	Bench	30	13	46.4	23.8	-40.3	6.7
James Harden	Bench	32	12	32.6	27.1	-31.4	7.9
Paul Reed	Bench	16	6	75.0	12.8	-27.6	18.2
PJ Tucker	Bench	21	5	83.3	8.9	-45.2	6.3
Shake Milton	Bench	9	4	100.0	9.5	-34.6	26.7
Georges Niang	Bench	13	3	37.5	16.1	-35.4	-3.0
Jalen McDaniels	Bench	13	3	37.5	14.3	-37.7	0.0
Danuel House Jr.	Bench	8	3	27.6	25.0	-37.1	0.0
Jaden Springer	Bench	10	3	79.8	13.0	-10.0	0.0
De'Anthony Melton	Bench	18	2	20.0	15.8	-30.3	1.2
Furkan Korkmaz	Bench	5	2	53.2	25.0	-49.1	0.0
Montrezl Harrell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dewayne Dedmon	Bench	5	0	0.0	16.7	-49.1	-9.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	30	25	66.6	29.9	+28.4	20.7
Malcolm Brogdon	Bench	24	23	68.6	32.7	+27.9	19.2
Marcus Smart	Bench	27	15	53.6	24.2	+28.9	15.0
Derrick White	Bench	30	15	75.9	14.7	+37.5	10.2
Grant Williams	Bench	29	12	75.0	12.1	+34.4	11.0
Payton Pritchard	Bench	12	8	116.3	19.2	+34.4	24.2
Jayson Tatum	Bench	19	7	38.0	24.4	+56.6	8.5
Luke Kornet	Bench	5	6	100.0	27.3	+49.1	46.3
Al Horford	Bench	24	5	25.0	18.5	+37.0	7.1
Mike Muscala	Bench	5	3	150.0	9.1	+49.1	14.6
Robert Williams III	Bench	22	2	100.0	2.1	+32.5	12.9
Justin Champagnie	Bench	5	0	0.0	18.2	+49.1	-14.6
Sam Hauser	Bench	8	0	0.0	11.1	+37.1	-6.3
Blake Griffin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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