Portland Trail Blazers 129, Boston Celtics 119 — Recap

May 2, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Portland Trail Blazers 129, Boston Celtics 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 34-32 BOS; Q2 POR 37-39 BOS; Q3 POR 32-27 BOS; Q4 POR 26-21 BOS.

Top performers (box score): CJ McCollum (POR) 33 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 33 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Damian Lillard (POR) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Norman Powell (POR) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Evan Fournier (BOS) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

CJ McCollum

33 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 12-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

33 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · POR

Damian Lillard

26 PTS, 6 REB, 13 AST, 3 3PM · 8-18 FG

Season highs

Aaron Nesmith · Season-high 4 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
POR	34	37	32	26		129
BOS	32	39	27	21		119

🧮 How They Scored

PORBOS

32Points in the paint34

16Fast-break points16

0Second-chance points10

25Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.9%Effective FG%59.6%

8.5%Turnover %15.8%

7.9%Offensive rebound %23.3%

0.306Free-throw rate0.169

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	39	26	6	13	1	1	5	8-18	3-9	7-7	+17
Norman Powell F-G	39	23	2	3	1	1	0	8-15	4-6	3-4	+12
CJ McCollum G	38	33	5	5	0	1	1	12-20	4-8	5-6	+13
Robert Covington F	31	10	4	1	1	2	0	3-6	3-6	1-2	+11
Jusuf Nurkic C	29	14	11	4	2	0	1	6-10	1-1	1-1	+24
Carmelo Anthony F	27	13	3	0	0	0	1	5-9	3-5	0-0	0
Anfernee Simons G	20	5	0	1	1	0	0	1-3	1-3	2-2	-7
Enes Kanter C	18	5	5	0	2	0	1	1-4	0-0	3-4	-20

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	37	33	2	5	0	1	6	11-19	4-5	7-7	-15
Jaylen Brown G	35	16	11	4	0	0	3	6-22	1-9	3-4	-13
Marcus Smart G	35	11	8	8	0	0	3	4-14	3-9	0-0	-13
Evan Fournier G-F	34	21	5	3	2	0	1	8-10	5-7	0-0	-16
Robert Williams III C-F	24	5	5	5	1	2	1	2-3	0-0	1-2	+13
Tristan Thompson C-F	23	2	4	4	0	3	2	1-6	0-0	0-0	-20
Aaron Nesmith G-F	20	16	4	0	0	0	1	6-7	4-4	0-0	+11
Payton Pritchard G	19	13	6	0	0	0	1	4-6	3-5	2-2	+8
Romeo Langford G	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-3
Tremont Waters G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
CJ McCollum	Bench	38	33	72.9	26.7	+14.5	18.8
Damian Lillard	Bench	39	26	61.7	28.9	+21.2	15.0
Norman Powell	Bench	39	23	68.6	19.3	+13.0	9.9
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	29	14	67.0	16.4	+35.4	14.1
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	27	13	72.2	16.7	0.0	5.4
Robert Covington	Bench	31	10	72.7	9.7	+19.2	8.4
Anfernee Simons	Bench	20	5	64.4	9.1	-17.1	2.9
Enes Kanter	Bench	18	5	43.4	17.5	-51.4	5.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	37	33	74.7	31.5	-19.0	14.0
Evan Fournier	Bench	34	21	105.0	13.1	-21.6	15.2
Jaylen Brown	Bench	35	16	33.7	30.6	-15.7	2.9
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	20	16	114.3	17.8	+29.6	13.0
Payton Pritchard	Bench	19	13	94.5	17.8	+17.2	19.3
Marcus Smart	Bench	35	11	39.3	19.3	-18.8	6.1
Robert Williams III	Bench	24	5	64.4	8.9	+25.0	10.6
Tristan Thompson	Bench	23	2	16.7	13.8	-43.0	2.3
Romeo Langford	Bench	14	2	50.0	6.5	+2.9	-1.5
Tremont Waters	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-66.7	0.0