#LA Clippers at Boston Celtics
TD Garden- Boston, MA
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401468680)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/zyk5by/game_thread_la_clippers_2115_at_boston_celtics/j269w8n/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|LAC |26|23|36|25|110|
|BOS |27|33|24|32|116|
###Player Stats
**LA Clippers**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|K. Leonard|36:52|26|11-16|3-6|1-1|0|8|8|3|0|1|3|4|0
|M. Morris Sr.|32:05|12|5-13|2-7|0-0|1|5|6|4|1|1|1|1|-4
|I. Zubac|29:57|13|6-9|0-0|1-4|4|7|11|0|1|1|1|3|10
|P. George|40:18|24|10-22|3-9|1-1|0|4|4|6|2|0|4|4|-9
|R. Jackson|24:08|8|3-9|2-6|0-0|1|3|4|3|0|0|1|2|-3
|J. Wall|15:39|8|3-6|2-3|0-0|1|0|1|4|0|0|0|1|-4
|N. Powell|30:51|19|5-12|3-6|6-8|1|3|4|2|0|1|1|2|-12
|N. Batum|8:02|0|0-2|0-2|0-0|0|2|2|2|0|0|1|2|-7
|L. Kennard|17:23|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|1|0|0|0|1|2
|T. Mann|4:43|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|-3
**Boston Celtics**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|J. Brown|32:39|29|12-25|0-8|5-5|2|5|7|2|0|0|3|5|5
|J. Tatum|35:45|29|10-26|3-11|6-10|1|10|11|1|0|1|2|2|-5
|A. Horford|31:41|8|3-6|2-3|0-0|2|5|7|2|0|2|0|0|5
|D. White|37:17|15|6-8|2-4|1-1|0|2|2|4|0|2|1|3|4
|M. Smart|37:10|17|7-15|2-7|1-2|0|3|3|9|2|1|3|2|10
|G. Williams|22:53|3|1-1|1-1|0-0|2|8|10|2|0|0|0|2|9
|S. Hauser|15:24|3|1-5|1-4|0-0|0|3|3|1|0|0|0|1|1
|P. Pritchard|5:46|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-7
|R. Williams III|21:25|12|4-4|0-0|4-4|4|2|6|1|1|1|2|2|8
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|LAC|43-89|15-39|9-14|26|20|4|12|4|8|33|48|
|BOS|44-91|11-39|17-22|22|17|3|11|7|11|38|55|
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Derrick White is the greatest basketball player to ever live.
Really good win
Marcus set the tone early
29 each for the Jays
DWhite HUGE down the stretch
Good to have the Al/Rob duo back
4-3 homestand isnt great but id much rather win the last 4 than lose the last 3!
I love Marcus Smart
Fuck the bum ass Clippers.
MARCUS. SMART. IS. THAT. GUY. FUCK. YOU.
Smarts play making ability this season has been incredible
We’re such a lucky fanbase. The Jays going off for casual 30s every game it feels like at this point in the season. I don’t even notice them particularly balling out, it’s just like “yah they’ve made their shots” and then you look and it’s >30 points on >60% TS. To have these two be so great, so young is so great for the future of the team
PS. Love and trust ☘️
Great defensive ending, great win
This team is seriously destined for the Finals. Never like hot takes but the team has everything. I’m in awe.
Tatum wanted that 30
Smart and D White were players of the game
I’ve been saying this one. D White driving in the paint is as solid as it is. He’s a smart player who either gets foul (often times and-1) or pass to open player for 3.
To top it all off, a winning block to Paul George. He da real mvp of this game.
Man I love this team
Great win, but can’t be letting up on the gas like that with the lead.
i would top al off
Smart should be in the all star game
Derrick white to me was the player of the game
BUFFALO AND AL SAVE THE DAY
29 & 29 right after 38 & 39. All they want to do is win win win!
Good game, high level basketball. Clippers are good, these games make us better, very impressed with White down the stretch
Good guy Tatum smoking that last free throw so that he wouldn’t get 30 without Jaylen
The AL wink turns me on so much
Great team win, everybody seemed to make timely plays. Game felt tight pretty much the entire way through, even when we were up 10 Clips seemed to make tough shots. Kawhi is truly one of a kind.
Beautiful response to the last game in LA. Tough test and we came out on top.
The C’s took their foot off the gas about a minute too early and gave a lot of fans a lot of bad flashbacks of blown leads past, but they managed to recover and finish off the Clippers which was good to see. In the past I feel like the C’s would’ve had more trouble course correcting, but they managed to do so tonight to extend the win streak to 4.
4-3 on the homestand is one thing, but FOUR WINS IN A ROW after suffering a MEASELY THREE-GAME SLUMP is something else.
Tatum settled a lot in the second half, was incredibly frustrating to watch but his shot was not there tonight, even at the line. Good grind it out win, wasn’t pretty but the boys got it done.
Smart and Rob are the bees knees.
Defense win championship
Great win but need to be way more intense in closeout situations
This team is unbelievably fun to watch. We’re an incredibly lucky fanbase. See y’all next year 🍀🍀🍀
The fact that the Jays are consistently scoring this highly while shooting poorly from 3 is insane! Imagine when the 3s start falling!
If rob works on his driving/post game, the league is finished
I really don’t like the way the Celtics close out games when they have a lead. As soon as the clock ticks below 5 minutes left, they abandon everything that’s worked for them all game and play not to lose. They drain the shot clock as much as they can before running a single action for Tatum or Brown that usually results in them coughing up a difficult shot. I understand why they do it, they wanna drain the clock, but it’s usually counterproductive because they’re harming their own offense and helping the other team’s offense by giving them a 24 second breather.
This is a pattern that goes back for years, and it really bugs me. I don’t think that strategy works.