National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Boston 99,
Houston 98
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 28, 2017
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #29 Mark Lindsay, #50 Gediminas Petraitis
Attendance: 18624
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #29 Mark Lindsay, #50 Gediminas Petraitis
Attendance: 18624
Final Scoring Summary
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eric Gordon - G | 40:09 | 9-23 | 4-14 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| James Harden - G | 39:03 | 7-27 | 5-15 | 15-15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 34 |
| Ryan Anderson - F | 40:05 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Trevor Ariza - F | 38:47 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Nene - C | 19:09 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| PJ Tucker | 24:58 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Briante Weber | 15:00 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Tarik Black | 11:48 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-4 | -6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Gerald Green | 11:02 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Brown | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Chris Paul | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Zhou Qi | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 30-80 | 14-43 | 24-31 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 98 | |
| 37.5% | 32.6% | 77.4% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Boston Celtics
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kyrie Irving - G | 37:53 | 9-18 | 1-6 | 7-8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
| Marcus Smart - G | 34:15 | 6-14 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Jayson Tatum - F | 39:54 | 5-11 | 0-3 | 9-11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| Al Horford - F | 33:09 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-2 | -5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Aron Baynes - C | 12:39 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Abdel Nader | 20:56 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Terry Rozier | 20:06 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Marcus Morris | 19:25 | 4-11 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Shane Larkin | 15:29 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Daniel Theis | 5:12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabari Bird | 1:02 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guerschon Yabusele | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-82 | 8-29 | 17-24 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 99 | |
| 45.1% | 27.6% | 70.8% | Team Rebs: 12 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| BOS | Marcus Smart , Daniel Theis , Marcus Morris |
Team Statistics
| Houston | Boston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 14 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
| Points in the Paint | 28 | Points in the Paint | 56 |
| Biggest Lead | 26 | Biggest Lead | 1 |