Phoenix Suns 108, Boston Celtics 123 — Recap

December 31, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 108, Boston Celtics 123. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 20-32 BOS; Q2 PHX 21-35 BOS; Q3 PHX 36-33 BOS; Q4 PHX 31-23 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 24 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Marcus Smart (BOS) 24 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists on 10-of-18 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-26 shooting; Cameron Johnson (PHX) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Jalen Smith (PHX) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists on 7-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

24 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 8-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Marcus Smart

24 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST · 10-18 FG

Scoring · PHX

Devin Booker

22 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 7-26 FG

Season highs

Marcus Smart · Season-high 24 pointsJaylen Brown · Season-high 11 reboundsRobert Williams III · Season-high 10 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
PHX	20	21	36	31		108
BOS	32	35	33	23		123

🧮 How They Scored

PHXBOS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.5%Effective FG%60.2%

7.8%Turnover %15.3%

28.3%Offensive rebound %37.1%

0.160Free-throw rate0.313

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	38	22	6	4	2	0	2	7-26	1-5	7-7	-16
Cameron Johnson F	34	20	5	1	2	0	1	8-15	4-9	0-0	-10
Chris Paul G	34	14	5	8	2	0	2	6-15	2-6	0-0	+4
Mikal Bridges F	29	10	4	2	2	1	0	4-11	2-4	0-0	+9
Jalen Smith F-C	27	19	7	0	0	1	0	7-9	0-1	5-5	-12
Landry Shamet G	23	4	1	2	0	0	0	2-5	0-3	0-0	-12
Cameron Payne G	21	9	1	2	0	0	1	3-9	1-4	2-2	-27
Ish Wainright F	13	5	1	0	0	0	1	2-4	1-3	0-0	+1
Emanuel Terry F	11	0	6	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	-15
Elfrid Payton G	10	5	1	1	2	0	0	2-4	0-0	1-2	+3
MJ Walker G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Marcus Smart G	39	24	9	3	0	0	3	10-18	0-2	4-5	+13
Jaylen Brown G	36	24	11	3	0	0	6	8-20	3-9	5-6	+6
Grant Williams F	35	15	4	1	1	1	0	6-11	0-3	3-3	+15
Robert Williams III C-F	35	10	11	10	2	5	3	5-5	0-0	0-0	+14
Josh Richardson G-F	33	19	4	2	1	1	2	5-10	2-4	7-7	+20
Al Horford C-F	25	4	7	7	0	0	2	1-5	0-1	2-2	-5
Romeo Langford G	23	16	3	1	2	0	0	6-10	2-5	2-3	+9
Payton Pritchard G	13	11	2	1	0	0	1	4-4	3-3	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	38	22	37.8	32.6	-18.9	7.1
Cameron Johnson	Bench	34	20	66.7	18.6	-11.1	11.2
Jalen Smith	Bench	27	19	84.8	16.4	-19.4	14.0
Chris Paul	Bench	34	14	46.7	20.0	+5.7	10.6
Mikal Bridges	Bench	29	10	45.5	15.5	+13.0	6.9
Cameron Payne	Bench	21	9	45.5	20.8	-65.5	2.8
Elfrid Payton	Bench	10	5	51.2	16.0	+9.8	12.2
Ish Wainright	Bench	13	5	62.5	15.6	+3.7	0.9
Landry Shamet	Bench	23	4	40.0	9.3	-23.1	3.6
Emanuel Terry	Bench	11	0	0.0	11.5	-74.5	1.4
MJ Walker	Bench	1	0	0.0	33.3	0.0	100.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	36	24	53.0	33.0	+8.0	8.8
Marcus Smart	Bench	39	24	59.4	24.2	+17.2	12.0
Josh Richardson	Bench	33	19	72.6	19.7	+30.4	12.0
Romeo Langford	Bench	23	16	70.7	21.2	+19.1	14.4
Grant Williams	Bench	35	15	60.9	14.3	+22.2	10.1
Payton Pritchard	Bench	13	11	137.5	18.5	+7.8	26.1
Robert Williams III	Bench	35	10	100.0	9.4	+19.2	21.3
Al Horford	Bench	25	4	34.0	12.7	-12.3	5.9