San Antonio Spurs 99, Boston Celtics 97 — Recap

January 5, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): San Antonio Spurs 99, Boston Celtics 97. Scoring by quarter: Q1 SAS 30-30 BOS; Q2 SAS 28-26 BOS; Q3 SAS 22-21 BOS; Q4 SAS 19-20 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-25 shooting; Dejounte Murray (SAS) 22 points, 9 rebounds, 12 assists on 11-of-21 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-20 shooting; Devin Vassell (SAS) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Derrick White (SAS) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

30 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 12-25 FG

Scoring · SAS

Dejounte Murray

22 PTS, 9 REB, 12 AST · 11-21 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

19 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 6-20 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
SAS	30	28	22	19		99
BOS	30	26	21	20		97

🧮 How They Scored

SASBOS

40Points in the paint48

10Fast-break points6

10Second-chance points13

11Points off turnovers8

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.4%Effective FG%49.4%

15.9%Turnover %7.8%

30.0%Offensive rebound %26.5%

0.057Free-throw rate0.100

Box Score

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jakob Poeltl C	35	8	14	1	1	1	1	4-7	0-0	0-0	+5
Dejounte Murray G	33	22	9	12	3	0	4	11-21	0-2	0-0	+2
Keldon Johnson F	33	13	6	1	0	0	1	5-10	3-4	0-0	+2
Devin Vassell G-F	32	17	6	0	0	2	2	7-14	2-7	1-1	+3
Derrick White G	31	17	4	2	0	2	3	7-17	3-7	0-0	+3
Keita Bates-Diop F	25	6	4	2	1	0	1	3-6	0-0	0-0	-2
Bryn Forbes G	23	8	1	1	0	0	1	2-8	1-4	3-3	+2
Jock Landale C	13	6	2	0	0	0	3	2-2	1-1	1-1	-3
Tre Jones G	9	2	1	1	1	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-2
Joshua Primo G	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	38	19	8	3	0	2	0	6-20	1-6	6-6	-9
Jaylen Brown G	35	30	6	1	2	1	3	12-25	4-8	2-3	-2
Marcus Smart G	33	14	5	6	3	1	0	6-12	2-4	0-0	-1
Robert Williams III C-F	32	6	9	2	1	2	2	3-5	0-0	0-0	-7
Al Horford C-F	27	4	7	5	0	1	0	2-7	0-3	0-0	+1
Dennis Schroder G	26	15	3	2	1	0	1	7-14	1-4	0-0	+4
Grant Williams F	22	2	0	0	0	1	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	+1
Josh Richardson G-F	21	7	2	0	3	0	0	3-5	1-2	0-0	+3
Romeo Langford G	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

San Antonio SpursTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Dejounte Murray	Bench	33	22	52.4	34.2	+4.8	20.7
Derrick White	Bench	31	17	50.0	29.4	+6.8	8.2
Devin Vassell	Bench	32	17	58.9	23.2	+8.1	7.9
Keldon Johnson	Bench	33	13	65.0	15.1	+3.1	10.7
Jakob Poeltl	Bench	35	8	57.1	10.7	+8.8	12.5
Bryn Forbes	Bench	23	8	42.9	16.7	+6.3	1.2
Jock Landale	Bench	13	6	123.0	15.2	-15.7	7.9
Keita Bates-Diop	Bench	25	6	50.0	12.3	+4.1	8.7
Tre Jones	Bench	9	2	33.3	15.0	-24.3	6.0
Joshua Primo	Bench	6	0	0.0	6.3	0.0	-1.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	35	30	57.0	37.7	-4.5	16.7
Jayson Tatum	Bench	38	19	42.0	25.6	-15.0	8.7
Dennis Schroder	Bench	26	15	53.6	25.9	+6.4	14.8
Marcus Smart	Bench	33	14	58.3	16.7	0.0	15.2
Josh Richardson	Bench	21	7	70.0	11.1	+7.5	10.2
Robert Williams III	Bench	32	6	60.0	9.6	-14.9	8.1
Al Horford	Bench	27	4	28.6	11.7	+3.8	10.8
Grant Williams	Bench	22	2	50.0	8.5	+2.4	-1.7
Romeo Langford	Bench	8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5