Boston Celtics @ Utah Jazz
Friday, March 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM ET
Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT | Game ID: 22401020
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
UTA 21 30 24 24 99BOS 35 25 29 32 121
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Porzingis scores 27 and Celtics rout Jazz 121-99 for 4th straight win
SALT LAKE CITY -- — Kristaps Porzingis scored 27 points and Jayson Tatum added 26 to lead the Boston Celtics to a 121-99 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday night.
Porzingis added 10 rebounds and six assists, and Tatum chipped in six boards, six assists, and three steals as Boston won its four straight and ninth in its last 10 games.
Collin Sexton led Utah with 30 points on 12-of-15 shooting. Keyonte George added 19 points and seven assists as the Jazz lost for the seventh time in their last eight games.
Six of Boston’s first seven baskets were 3-pointers, opening the door for the Celtics to seize control early. The Celtics led 35-18 in the final minute of the first quarter. Tatum powered Boston’s first-quarter offense, scoring six baskets and assisting three others.
Sexton heated up after halftime, sparking a Utah rally. He made three 3-pointers early in the third quarter to trim the deficit to single digits. George added a fourth outside basket that cut Boston’s lead to 71-69.
Tatum answered George with a 3-pointer, sparking a 13-0 run that put Boston back in control.
Takeaways Celtics: Boston made 17 3-pointers. Four players chipped in three or more outside baskets for the Celtics, led by Payton Pritchard and Sam Hauser with four apiece.
Jazz: This was Sexton’s second game of the season with 12 made field goals.
Key moment After George made it a one-possession game, Tatum countered with a stepback three 19 seconds later to spark a 13-0 run that put the Celtics up 84-69 with 3:27 left in the third.
Key stat Boston outscored Utah 26-5 in points off turnovers.
Up next Both teams are back in action on Sunday. Boston is at Portland while Utah hosts Cleveland.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
UTABS B. Sensabaugh
CS C. Sexton
CW C. Williams
IC I. Collier
JJ J. Juzang
KF K. Filipowski
KG K. George
MP M. Potter
SM S. Mykhailiuk
WK W. Kessler
BOSAH A. Horford
BS B. Scheierman
DP D. Peterson
DW D. White
JD J. Davison
JH J. Holiday
JT J. Tatum
JW J. Walsh
KP K. Porziņģis
LK L. Kornet
NQ N. Queta
PP P. Pritchard
PO Porzingis
SH S. Hauser
UTA/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