National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 123,
Boston 120
When: 8:30 PM ET, Saturday, March 3, 2018
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #21 Dedric Taylor, #6 Tony Brown, #14 Ed Malloy
Attendance: 18476
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #21 Dedric Taylor, #6 Tony Brown, #14 Ed Malloy
Attendance: 18476
Final Scoring Summary
Boston Celtics
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kyrie Irving - G | 35:25 | 6-17 | 2-7 | 4-5 | -17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Jaylen Brown - G | 23:42 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Al Horford - F | 31:07 | 4-12 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -22 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Jayson Tatum - F | 27:41 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Aron Baynes - C | 12:09 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Marcus Morris | 33:34 | 8-13 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Marcus Smart | 28:54 | 4-12 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Terry Rozier | 28:20 | 7-10 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Greg Monroe | 19:08 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Shane Larkin | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Abdel Nader | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Semi Ojeleye | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Daniel Theis | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 44-91 | 13-24 | 19-21 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 120 | |
| 48.4% | 54.2% | 90.5% | Team Rebs: 13 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Harden - G | 37:48 | 6-18 | 3-12 | 11-13 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
| Chris Paul - G | 35:22 | 5-11 | 1-4 | 4-4 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Trevor Ariza - F | 33:39 | 8-18 | 4-13 | 1-1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| PJ Tucker - F | 29:30 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Clint Capela - C | 33:49 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eric Gordon | 27:18 | 8-13 | 7-11 | 6-8 | -7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| Luc Mbah a Moute | 15:04 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Nene | 14:06 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Joe Johnson | 13:24 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarik Black | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Gerald Green | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ryan Anderson | DND | |||||||||||||
| Brandan Wright | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-87 | 19-49 | 26-30 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 123 | |
| 44.8% | 38.8% | 86.7% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| BOS | Jaylen Brown , Marcus Morris |
| HOU | Chris Paul |
Team Statistics
| Boston | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 2 | Fast Break Points | 20 |
| Points in the Paint | 48 | Points in the Paint | 32 |
| Biggest Lead | 9 | Biggest Lead | 8 |