Game ID: 22300194
Boston Celtics @ Philadelphia 76ers
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 7:30 PM ET
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
PHI 22 36 17 32 107BOS 37 20 26 34 117
BOS @ PHI ScoutingBOS @ PHI Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
PHI availability going into 11/08 · 1 day's restBACK Morris Sr. back 11/06 after 2, 6 min since (38% of 17)
BACK House Jr. back 11/06 after 2, 7 min since (45% of 15)
BACK Bamba back 10/29 after 2, 2 min since (18% of 13)
PHI availability going into 11/10 · 1 day's restBACK Morris Sr. back 11/06 after 2, 6 min since (38% of 17)
BACK House Jr. back 11/06 after 2, 7 min since (45% of 15)
BACK Bamba back 10/29 after 2, 2 min since (18% of 13)
PHI availability going into 11/12 · 1 day's restOUT House Jr. missed 2 since 11/08, returns tonight: 16 min (109% of 15)
OUT Bamba missed 2 since 11/08, out tonight
OUT Martin missed 2 since 11/08, out tonight
BACK Morris Sr. back 11/06 after 2, 6 min since (36% of 17)
PHI availability going into 11/14 · 1 day's restOUT Bamba missed 3 since 11/08, out tonight
OUT Martin missed 3 since 11/08, returns tonight: 1 min (5% of 12)
BACK Morris Sr. back 11/06 after 2, 6 min since (36% of 17)
BACK House Jr. back 11/06 after 2, 12 min since (77% of 15)
PHI availability going into 11/15 · back-to-backOUT Oubre Jr. missed 2 since 11/12, out tonight
OUT Bamba missed 4 since 11/08, out tonight
OUT Springer missed 2 since 11/12, returns tonight: 20 min (171% of 12)
BACK Morris Sr. back 11/06 after 2, 10 min since (59% of 17)
BACK House Jr. back 11/06 after 2, 14 min since (91% of 15)
BACK Martin back 11/14 after 3, 1 min since (5% of 12)
PHI availability going into 11/17 · 1 day's restOUT Oubre Jr. missed 3 since 11/12, out tonight
OUT Batum missed 2 since 11/14, out tonight
OUT Bamba missed 5 since 11/08, out tonight
BACK House Jr. back 11/12 after 2, 12 min since (83% of 15)
BACK Martin back 11/14 after 3, 1 min since (5% of 12)
BACK Springer back 11/15 after 2, 20 min since (171% of 12)
NEW Melton 26 to 31 min over the last 5
PHI availability going into 11/19 · 1 day's restOUT Oubre Jr. missed 4 since 11/12, out tonight
OUT Batum missed 3 since 11/14, returns tonight: 24 min (91% of 26)
OUT Bamba missed 6 since 11/08, returns tonight: 3 min (24% of 13)
OUT Martin missed 2 since 11/15, returns tonight: 4 min (36% of 12)
BACK House Jr. back 11/12 after 2, 14 min since (93% of 15)
BACK Springer back 11/15 after 2, 21 min since (180% of 12)
NEW Melton 26 to 33 min over the last 5
PHI availability going into 11/21 · 1 day's restOUT Oubre Jr. missed 5 since 11/12, out tonight
BACK Batum back 11/19 after 3, 24 min since (91% of 26)
BACK House Jr. back 11/12 after 2, 14 min since (93% of 15)
BACK Bamba back 11/19 after 6, 3 min since (24% of 13)
BACK Martin back 11/14 after 3, 2 min since (20% of 12)
BACK Springer back 11/15 after 2, 21 min since (179% of 12)
NEW Melton 26 to 32 min over the last 5
PHI availability going into 11/22 · back-to-backOUT Oubre Jr. missed 6 since 11/12, out tonight
BACK Batum back 11/19 after 3, 25 min since (97% of 26)
BACK Bamba back 11/19 after 6, 3 min since (24% of 13)
BACK Martin back 11/14 after 3, 2 min since (20% of 12)
BACK Springer back 11/15 after 2, 18 min since (149% of 12)
NEW Melton 26 to 35 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 11/08 · 1 day's restOUT White missed 2 since 11/04, returns tonight: 38 min (113% of 33)
OUT Queta missed 6 since 10/25, out tonight
BOS availability going into 11/10 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 7 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Brissett missed 2 since 11/06, returns tonight: 8 min (74% of 10)
BACK White back 11/08 after 2, 38 min since (113% of 33)
BOS availability going into 11/11 · back-to-backOUT Queta missed 8 since 10/25, out tonight
BACK White back 11/08 after 2, 32 min since (97% of 33)
BACK Brissett back 11/10 after 2, 8 min since (74% of 10)
BOS availability going into 11/13 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 9 since 10/25, out tonight
BACK White back 11/08 after 2, 30 min since (90% of 33)
BACK Brissett back 11/10 after 2, 6 min since (60% of 10)
BOS availability going into 11/15 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 10 since 10/25, out tonight
BACK White back 11/08 after 2, 30 min since (91% of 33)
BACK Brissett back 11/10 after 2, 6 min since (60% of 10)
BOS availability going into 11/17 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 11 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Brissett missed 2 since 11/13, out tonight
BACK White back 11/08 after 2, 31 min since (95% of 33)
BOS availability going into 11/19 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 12 since 10/25, returns tonight: 5 min (47% of 11)
OUT Brissett missed 3 since 11/13, out tonight
BOS availability going into 11/20 · back-to-backOUT Kornet missed 2 since 11/17, returns tonight: 18 min (126% of 15)
OUT Brissett missed 4 since 11/13, returns tonight: 17 min (166% of 10)
BACK Queta back 11/19 after 12, 5 min since (47% of 11)
BOS availability going into 11/22 · 1 day's restBACK Kornet back 11/20 after 2, 18 min since (126% of 15)
BACK Queta back 11/19 after 12, 5 min since (47% of 11)
BACK Brissett back 11/20 after 4, 17 min since (166% of 10)
NEW Porziņģis 29 to 34 min over the last 4
NEW Hauser 21 to 28 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 126 a night and allowing 119, shooting 49 percent and 34 from three, 29 free throws a game; Embiid at 37 and Maxey at 31 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without Oubre Jr. (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 104, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 22 free throws a game; Tatum at 27 and Brown at 23 a game. That is 3 straight wins. One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 104 a night to Philadelphia's 119 and the glass, where Philadelphia has been plus-7 a night and Boston plus-0. Call it Philadelphia 116, Boston 115, Boston keeping it close.
11/08 vs BOS 106-103 — PHI notes
PHI won 106-103. PHI shot 44% (42 of 95) to BOS's 40%, 9 of 34 from three. The glass went 56-43 for them. Embiid led with 27 (10 of 20, 1 of 4 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Maxey added 25, Harris 17. The hinge was Q2, 39-27: PHI came in trailing by 5 and left it ahead by 7, and the lead reached 15.
11/10 @ DET 114-106 — PHI notes
PHI won 114-106. PHI shot 42% (35 of 83) to DET's 47%, 9 of 28 from three, and went to the line 41 times to DET's 22 — 35 points from the stripe to their 18. PHI turned it over 8 times to DET's 16. Embiid led with 33 (8 of 21, 1 of 4 from three, 16 of 19 at the line); Maxey added 29, Harris 24. The hinge was Q3, 35-21: PHI came in trailing by 8 and left it ahead by 6, and the lead reached 17. PHI trailed 48-56 at the half and won the second half 66-50. Maxey was the night's best plus/minus at +17.
11/12 vs IND 137-126 — PHI notes
PHI won 137-126. PHI shot 50% (53 of 105) to IND's 52%, 14 of 33 from three. The glass went 54-32 for them. Maxey led with 50 (20 of 32, 7 of 11 from three); Embiid added 37, Harris 18. The hinge was Q1, 38-27: from level to 11 ahead, and the lead reached 19. Maxey was the night's best plus/minus at +17.
11/14 vs IND 126-132 — PHI notes
PHI lost 126-132. PHI shot 50% (43 of 86) to IND's 52%, 6 of 22 from three. PHI turned it over 16 times to IND's 11. Embiid led with 39 (11 of 22, 0 of 4 from three, 17 of 17 at the line); Melton added 30, Maxey 27. Q3 was theirs, 40-32, the deficit cut from 9 to 1, but the other 3 periods went 100-86 against them.
11/15 vs BOS 107-117 — PHI notes
PHI lost 107-117. PHI shot 46% (39 of 85) to BOS's 48%, 11 of 30 from three. Maxey led with 20 (6 of 15, 3 of 7 from three); Embiid added 20, Harris 16. Q2 was theirs, 36-20, turning a 15-point deficit into a 1-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 97-71 against them. Embiid's -25 in 34 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/17 @ ATL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 120, shooting 47 percent and 37 from three, 26 free throws a game; Young at 26 and Murray at 23 a game. Without Fernando (3 straight). One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 117, shooting 47 percent and 33 from three, 27 free throws a game; Embiid at 31 and Maxey at 30 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Oubre Jr. (3 straight), Batum (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Atlanta wins, and the game turns on the turnovers, Atlanta giving it away 16 times a game to Philadelphia's 11 and the glass, where Philadelphia has been plus-5 a night and Atlanta minus-1. Call it Atlanta 118, Philadelphia 117, Philadelphia keeping it close.
11/19 @ BKN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Brooklyn comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 107, shooting 44 percent and 37 from three, 20 free throws a game; Bridges at 19 and Walker IV at 16 a game. It has won the glass by 6 a night. Without Thomas (4 straight), Simmons (5 straight), Clowney (12 straight). 2 days' rest. Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 119, shooting 48 percent and 37 from three, 29 free throws a game; Embiid at 32 and Maxey at 29 a game. Without Oubre Jr. (4 straight), Batum (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Brooklyn wins, and the game turns on the defense, Brooklyn allowing 107 a night to Philadelphia's 119 and the line, where Philadelphia takes 29 free throws a game to Brooklyn's 20. Call it Brooklyn 116, Philadelphia 115, Philadelphia keeping it close.
11/21 vs CLE — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 123 a night and allowing 118, shooting 48 percent and 40 from three, 25 free throws a game; Embiid at 32 and Maxey at 28 a game. Without Oubre Jr. (5 straight). One day's rest. Cleveland comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 109, shooting 51 percent and 39 from three, 26 free throws a game; Mitchell at 26 and Garland at 22 a game. That is 3 straight wins. Without Mitchell (2 straight), Okoro (7 straight). One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, and the game turns on the defense, Cleveland allowing 109 a night to Philadelphia's 118. Call it Philadelphia 117, Cleveland 113, Cleveland keeping it close.
11/22 @ MIN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Minnesota comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 113, shooting 49 percent and 34 from three, 28 free throws a game; Towns at 26 and Edwards at 22 a game. One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 117, shooting 47 percent and 38 from three, 27 free throws a game; Embiid at 31 and Maxey at 24 a game. Without Oubre Jr. (6 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Minnesota wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Minnesota 116, Philadelphia 113, Philadelphia keeping it close.
11/08 @ PHI 103-106 — BOS notes
BOS lost 103-106. BOS shot 40% (36 of 91) to PHI's 44%, 15 of 47 from three. The glass went 43-56 against them. Porziņģis led with 29 (10 of 19, 2 of 6 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); White added 19, Tatum 16. Q4 was theirs, 32-25, the deficit cut from 10 to 3, but the other 3 periods went 81-71 against them. They led by as many as 11. Horford's -23 in 26 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/10 vs BKN 121-107 — BOS notes
BOS won 121-107. BOS shot 44% (41 of 94) to BKN's 45%, 19 of 52 from three, and went to the line 28 times to BKN's 18 — 20 points from the stripe to their 16. Brown led with 28 (10 of 19, 5 of 9 from three); Tatum added 23, Hauser 15. The hinge was Q2, 28-21: a lead of 5 became 12, and the lead reached 24. Tatum was the night's best plus/minus at +28.
11/11 vs TOR 117-94 — BOS notes
BOS won 117-94. BOS shot 55% (47 of 86) to TOR's 38%, 15 of 44 from three. Brown led with 29 (12 of 20, 3 of 8 from three); Tatum added 27, Porziņģis 21. The hinge was Q3, 33-25: a lead of 9 became 17, and the lead reached 30. Tatum was the night's best plus/minus at +42.
11/13 vs NYK 114-98 — BOS notes
BOS won 114-98. BOS shot 51% (40 of 79) to NYK's 42%, 19 of 43 from three, and got to the line 16 times to NYK's 24. Tatum led with 35 (13 of 23, 5 of 12 from three); Brown added 22, Porziņģis 21. The hinge was Q3, 32-23: BOS came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 8, and the lead reached 17. BOS trailed 52-53 at the half and won the second half 62-45. Porziņģis was the night's best plus/minus at +19.
11/15 @ PHI 117-107 — BOS notes
BOS won 117-107. BOS shot 48% (42 of 88) to PHI's 46%, 18 of 50 from three. Tatum led with 29 (10 of 23, 4 of 10 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); White added 27, Holiday 18. The hinge was Q1, 37-22: from level to 15 ahead. BOS trailed 57-58 at the half and won the second half 60-49.
11/17 @ TOR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 117, shooting 45 percent and 30 from three, 25 free throws a game; Siakam at 21 and Barnes at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 6 a night. Without Anunoby (2 straight), Trent Jr. (3 straight), Freeman-Liberty (9 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 102, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 19 free throws a game; Tatum at 26 and Brown at 22 a game. That is 4 straight wins. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 102 a night to Toronto's 117 and the arc, Boston at 36 percent from three to Toronto's 30. Call it Boston 114, Toronto 109.
11/19 @ MEM — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Memphis comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 116, shooting 42 percent and 35 from three, 23 free throws a game; Bane at 24 and Jackson Jr. at 18 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Morant (12 straight), Jackson (8 straight), LaRavia (7 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Boston comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 102, shooting 48 percent and 37 from three, 17 free throws a game; Tatum at 26 and Brown at 26 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Boston has been plus-4 a night and Memphis minus-5 and the defense, Boston allowing 102 a night to Memphis's 116. Call it Boston 115, Memphis 108.
11/20 @ CHA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Charlotte comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 122, shooting 45 percent and 36 from three, 19 free throws a game; Ball at 31 and Miller at 16 a game. That is 4 straight losses. Without Rozier (7 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 101, shooting 49 percent and 37 from three, 16 free throws a game; Tatum at 26 and Brown at 22 a game. That is 5 straight wins. Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 101 a night to Charlotte's 122. Call it Boston 116, Charlotte 109.
11/22 vs MIL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 106, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 19 free throws a game; Tatum at 29 and Porziņģis at 20 a game. One day's rest. Milwaukee comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 130 a night and allowing 115, shooting 53 percent and 41 from three, 22 free throws a game; Antetokounmpo at 33 and Lillard at 25 a game. That is 5 straight wins. Without Crowder (5 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 106 a night to Milwaukee's 115 and the arc, Milwaukee at 41 percent from three to Boston's 37. Call it Boston 117, Milwaukee 114, Milwaukee keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PHIDH D. House Jr.
DM D. Melton
FK F. Korkmaz
JE J. Embiid
JS J. Springer
MM M. Morris Sr.
PB P. Beverley
PR P. Reed
RC R. Covington
TH T. Harris
TM T. Maxey
BOSAH A. Horford
DB D. Banton
DW D. White
JH J. Holiday
JT J. Tatum
LK L. Kornet
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
SM S. Mykhailiuk
PHI/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
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
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
Derrick White, Jayson Tatum lead short-handed Celtics over 76ers in matchup of East leaders
PHILADELPHIA -- — Derrick White scored 14 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Boston Celtics to a 117-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night in a matchup of the early pacesetters in the Eastern Conference.
Jayson Tatum scored a game-high 29 points and Jrue Holiday added 18 points, 10 rebounds and three assists for the Celtics (9-2), who were missing Jaylen Brown (non-COVID illness) and Kristaps Porzingis (right knee contusion).
“Everyone has to step it up a little bit,” said White, who was 7 of 12 from the floor. “Obviously, guys like J.B. and K.P., you can't do what they do. But you have to step it up just a little bit and I think that a lot of guys stepped up tonight.”
Philadelphia (8-3), playing its second game in a back-to-back and third game in four nights, got 20 points apiece from Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey . That total was well below the season-scoring average for both. The Sixers played most of the night seemingly with tired legs and struggled to adjust defensively as the Celtics whipped the ball around.
“The physicality on the ball, we were not able to get into things as crisply as we would like to,” Sixers head coach Nick Nurse said. “It's not always easy coming off a back-to-back like that and it took us a minute to get into the game. I think that we gave up some easy offense and dug ourselves a hole.”
White took charge of the offense early in the fourth quarter, running toward the rim and mixing between penetration and outside shots that seemed to throw Philadelphia's defense.
“I didn't say it in those words, but he kind of knows that,” Boston head coach Joe Mazzulla said. “With the matchups that we had, his efficiency was sky high. And when we can get him into those pick and rolls with his right hand, it's a good effective play for us. He's one of those guys who just shows up and makes the big play.”
Sam Hauser and Al Horford took the places of Brown and Porzingis in the starting lineup and had productive moments, with Horford -- a long time starter who has adjusted to bench life- scoring 14 points and providing a big block of a driving layup by Maxey that ended with White hitting a backbreaking 3-pointer with 4:47 left that extended the Celtics' lead to seven points. Horford was 4 for 8 from beyond the 3-point line for a Celtics team that built its lead to 17 points at one point in the game.
“The only difference is the starting and the not starting,” Horford said. “Besides that, this is what I do for the most part. If I have to guard on the perimeter, guard on the post, create energy in different ways, shoot 3s, I'm trying to do whatever I can to help our group.”
Embiid, who was been on the injury report with left hip soreness for the second straight game, was a minus-25 in his 34 minutes on the floor. In the second half, Philadelphia's high-powered offense was held to just 49 points after scoring 36 points in the second quarter.
UP NEXT
Celtics: Will face the Raptors on Friday in Toronto in an NBA In-Season Tournament game.
76ers: Travel to Atlanta for an NBA In-Season Tournament game against the Hawks.