Boston Celtics @ Brooklyn Nets
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY | Game ID: 22300771
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
BKN 30 27 25 28 110BOS 36 36 26 20 118
NEW YORK -- — Even though he tied a career high by scoring 31 points before halftime, Jayson Tatum wasn't tempted to chase a huge number.
He's had big scoring nights before. He's after an NBA championship, and can only get that with all his teammates.
Tatum had 41 points and 14 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics won their fifth straight game by beating the Brooklyn Nets 118-110 on Tuesday night in the opener of a home-and-home series.
Tatum had his 25th 40-point game in the regular season, with a career high of 60. But after scoring 16 in the first quarter and 15 more in the second, he took only nine shots in the second half.
“We’ve got a really good team where in any given possession we could have two, three advantages and it’s not always just going to be me,” Tatum said. “So just understanding that and knowing that I need my teammates. I need everybody, we all need each other.”
Jaylen Brown added 19 points for the Celtics, who improved to 42-12 and will host the Nets on Wednesday in the final game for both teams before the All-Star break.
The Celtics led comfortably much of the way while playing without Kristaps Porzingis because of a lower back contusion. Coach Joe Mazzulla said Boston's starting center could play Wednesday.
Al Horford replaced Porzingis in the lineup and scored 16 points on 6-for-6 shooting. Derrick White also scored 16 and Jrue Holiday had 14 points and 12 assists as the Celtics won their sixth straight in Brooklyn.
Mikal Bridges scored 27 points and Cam Thomas had 26 for the Nets, who lost for the fourth time in five games and don't have much time to figure out what else they can do against Tatum.
“These high-level guys, once they get going, we started to trap him a little bit, but they’ve got so much shooting out there,” Nets coach Jacque Vaughn said. “It’ll be interesting to watch it again and see what adjustments we can make.”
Backup center Day'Ron Sharpe returned with six points after missing 15 games with a hyperextended left knee and starting forward Cam Johnson (adductor strain) could be back Wednesday for a Nets team that has gotten some healthy bodies back lately.
Still not enough of them to beat the Celtics, who won for the ninth time in the last 10 meetings.
Tatum made 3-pointers on consecutive possessions late in the first quarter, and when he pulled up behind the arc on the next trip, he made it while being fouled for a four-point play that gave him 16 points in the period.
“We rely on him to make those and he’s not afraid to shoot them,” Holiday said. “But tonight, him taking those shots gave us a lot of energy. It definitely gave us a boost to go out there, lock in defensively and then get him the ball back.”
But the Nets hung close for a while, trailing just 45-43 with 7 1/2 minutes remaining in the half. Tatum then hit another 3 and the Celtics began to open it up, eventually going ahead 72-52 on Luke Kornet 's dunk before Brooklyn scored the final five points of the half.
The lead grew to 93-70 on Tatum's dunk with 4:19 remaining in the third quarter but the Nets closed to 99-93 while he was resting in the fourth. Tatum returned and combined with Brown on a 7-0 run that pushed a seven-point lead to 109-95 with 5:38 to play.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrClFiSiTh 6 11 -5 5 13 38 1 3 33 0 2 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
BKN Bridges, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Simmons, Thomas
in Bridges, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Simmons, Thomas
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrFiScJrIv 3 12 +2 4 5 80 4 5 80 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1
BKN Bridges, Finney-Smith, Schröder, Smith Jr., Walker IV
in Schröder, Smith Jr., Walker IV
out Claxton, Simmons, Thomas
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
ScShJrIvWi 2 6 -4 2 3 67 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
BKN Schröder, Sharpe, Smith Jr., Walker IV, Wilson
in Sharpe, Wilson
out Bridges, Finney-Smith
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrScShJrIv 4 12 +3 4 8 50 2 4 50 1 1 100 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 3
BKN Bridges, Schröder, Sharpe, Smith Jr., Walker IV
in Bridges
out Wilson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrClFiScTh 2 2 -4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 100 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
BKN Bridges, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder, Thomas
in Claxton, Finney-Smith, Thomas
out Sharpe, Smith Jr., Walker IV
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrClFiSiTh 2 3 -1 1 3 33 0 0 0 1 2 50 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1
BKN Bridges, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Simmons, Thomas
in Simmons
out Schröder
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrClSiThIv 1 4 -1 1 2 50 0 1 0 2 4 50 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2
BKN Bridges, Claxton, Simmons, Thomas, Walker IV
in Walker IV
out Finney-Smith
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrClFiScIv 1 1 -4 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BKN Bridges, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder, Walker IV
in Finney-Smith, Schröder
out Simmons, Thomas
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
ClFiScThIv 2 5 -1 1 3 33 1 1 100 2 2 100 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 1
BKN Claxton, Finney-Smith, Schröder, Thomas, Walker IV
in Thomas
out Bridges
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrClFiSiTh 2 5 -1 2 5 40 1 2 50 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 1
BKN Bridges, Claxton, Finney-Smith, Simmons, Thomas
in Bridges, Simmons
out Schröder, Walker IV
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrClSiThWi 4 8 -2 4 8 50 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 3 1 1 2 3
BKN Bridges, Claxton, Simmons, Thomas, Wilson
in Wilson
out Finney-Smith
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
ClScJrThWi :53 0 -5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
BKN Claxton, Schröder, Smith Jr., Thomas, Wilson
in Schröder, Smith Jr.
out Bridges, Simmons
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
ScShJrThWi 2 6 +4 2 3 67 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
BKN Schröder, Sharpe, Smith Jr., Thomas, Wilson
in Sharpe
out Claxton
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
ScShJrIvWi :50 1 -1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
BKN Schröder, Sharpe, Smith Jr., Walker IV, Wilson
in Walker IV
out Thomas
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
ScSiJrIvWi :46 3 +3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
BKN Schröder, Simmons, Smith Jr., Walker IV, Wilson
in Simmons
out Sharpe
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrScSiJrIv 1 2 +1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 75 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
BKN Bridges, Schröder, Simmons, Smith Jr., Walker IV
in Bridges
out Wilson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrScSiThWi 6 13 +5 6 10 60 1 4 25 0 1 0 0 5 5 3 1 0 0 1
BKN Bridges, Schröder, Simmons, Thomas, Wilson
in Thomas, Wilson
out Smith Jr., Walker IV
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrClScThWi 6 15 +3 6 9 67 3 4 75 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 2 3
BKN Bridges, Claxton, Schröder, Thomas, Wilson
in Claxton
out Simmons
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHoHoTaWh 6 16 +5 8 12 67 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 5 0 0 1 1
BOS Brown, Holiday, Horford, Tatum, White
in Brown, Holiday, Horford, Tatum, White
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HaHoHoKoTa 3 10 -2 4 6 67 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
BOS Hauser, Holiday, Horford, Kornet, Tatum
in Hauser, Kornet
out Brown, White
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HaKoPrTaWh 2 10 +4 3 6 50 3 4 75 1 1 100 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
BOS Hauser, Kornet, Pritchard, Tatum, White
in Pritchard, White
out Holiday, Horford
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrBrKoPrWh 1 4 0 1 3 33 1 2 50 1 1 100 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
BOS Brissett, Brown, Kornet, Pritchard, White
in Brissett, Brown
out Hauser, Tatum
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrBrHoPrWh 2 5 -3 2 3 67 0 1 0 1 2 50 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
BOS Brissett, Brown, Horford, Pritchard, White
in Horford
out Kornet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHoHoPrTa 1 5 +3 2 3 67 1 1 100 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1
BOS Brown, Holiday, Horford, Pritchard, Tatum
in Holiday, Tatum
out Brissett, White
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHaHoHoTa 1 3 +1 1 2 50 0 1 0 1 2 50 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Brown, Hauser, Holiday, Horford, Tatum
in Hauser
out Pritchard
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HaHoHoTaWh 2 6 +1 1 4 25 0 1 0 4 4 100 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 3
BOS Hauser, Holiday, Horford, Tatum, White
in White
out Brown
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHoKoTaWh 3 12 +5 4 7 57 1 4 25 4 4 100 1 3 4 2 2 0 1 2
BOS Brown, Holiday, Kornet, Tatum, White
in Brown, Kornet
out Hauser, Horford
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHoHoTaWh 7 16 +3 5 9 56 4 6 67 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 3 4
BOS Brown, Holiday, Horford, Tatum, White
in Horford
out Kornet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHaHoKoTa 2 7 +1 3 4 75 1 2 50 2 2 100 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0
BOS Brown, Hauser, Holiday, Kornet, Tatum
in Hauser, Kornet
out Horford, White
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HaHoKoPrTa 1 2 -1 1 4 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
BOS Hauser, Holiday, Kornet, Pritchard, Tatum
in Pritchard
out Brown
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HaKoPrTaWh :48 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
BOS Hauser, Kornet, Pritchard, Tatum, White
in White
out Holiday
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
HaHoPrTaWh :46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
BOS Hauser, Horford, Pritchard, Tatum, White
in Horford
out Kornet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrBrHoPrWh 5 4 -9 1 7 14 1 4 25 1 2 50 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 0
BOS Brissett, Brown, Horford, Pritchard, White
in Brissett, Brown
out Hauser, Tatum
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrHoHoTaWh 7 16 +1 7 11 64 1 4 25 1 1 100 1 5 6 6 0 1 2 5
BOS Brown, Holiday, Horford, Tatum, White
in Holiday, Tatum
out Brissett, Pritchard
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
BKNBS B. Simmons
CT C. Thomas
DF D. Finney-Smith
DS D. Schröder
DS D. Sharpe
DS D. Smith Jr.
JW J. Wilson
LW L. Walker IV
MB M. Bridges
NC N. Claxton
SC Schroder
BOSAH A. Horford
DW D. White
JB J. Brown
JH J. Holiday
JT J. Tatum
LK L. Kornet
OB O. Brissett
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
BKN/BOS the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur