Boston traveled to Portland Sunday night time having received the previous six conferences between the 2 groups. The Path Blazers got here into the sport with many injured gamers, their kids hanging robust with the seasoned Celtics to grab an enormous 114-108 dwelling win. Jaylen Brown had 37 factors for Boston in a historic record-setting sport for Boston.
Boston rolled with what’s now thought-about their common beginning 5 of Brown, Payton Pritchard, Jordan Walsh, Derrick White and Neemias Queta. Chris Boucher was nonetheless out for private causes and for Portland, they began Shaedon Sharpe, Deni Avdija, Donovan Clingan, Toumani Camara and Kris Murray.
Jaylen Brown scored the sport’s first 4 factors within the opening minute of motion. Payton Pritchard returned dwelling to Portland and nailed his first nook triple try on a stepback over Sharpe. Boston raced out to an early 9-1, earlier than Portland’s performing head coach and former Spur, Tiago Splitter, known as the sport’s first timeout.
Shaedon Sharpe scored the Blazers first discipline objective as he drove and skied for a layup bumping off Neemias Queta’s chest and banking it dwelling. Jordan Walsh drained a three-pointer over 7-foot, 2-inch large man Clingan in entrance of the Boston bench.
Portland had 4 early turnovers as Boston was seeking to get out in transition and get some simple buckets. Jordan Walsh went to the bench with 3 first quarter fouls as Hugo Gonzalez checked into the sport. Clingan hit a straight on three-pointer from the highest of the important thing to make it 16-13, Boston up by 3 with 6 minutes remaining within the first.
Former Blazer Anfernee Simons checked into the sport and instantly hit his first triple try in his return to Rip Metropolis. Jaylen Brown continued to really feel good early, he had 13 first quarter factors on a super-efficient 6-9 from the sphere on a mixture of mid-range jumpers and contested paint scores.
Donovan Clingan was feasting inside for Portland within the first quarter, the sophomore Heart had 11 factors and 9 rebounds within the first quarter, earlier than being substituted for crowd favourite, Rookie Yang Hansen. Caleb Love got here off the bench and offered a spark for the house workforce scoring 5 fast factors, the Blazers took a 31-30 lead after one quarter.
Baylor Scheierman began the quarter in his first minutes of the sport and acquired his arms on a dribble hand off between Hansen and Avdija earlier than being fouled at mid courtroom and falling to the bottom. Portland was not caring for the ball in any respect, they’d 10 turnovers on the 9-minute mark of the second quarter. Nevertheless, Boston was not capitalizing and couldn’t get any constant scoring from anybody exterior of Jaylen Brown who was on the C’s bench.
Portland went on 10-4 run to begin the second quarter earlier than Jaylen Brown returned to motion. “Portland” P drilled a three-pointer from the 45 and Hugo Gonzalez stole an errand go a half courtroom and jammed dwelling a one-handed dunk to chop it again to 2 factors, 39-41.
Portland and Boston traded buckets as Avdija and Brown went back-to-back on 4 consecutive performs. Pritchard’s second three-pointer off a Jaylen Brown help gave the Celtics a 51-45 lead. Brown exploded for the Celtics to finish the half, with 27 factors, on 11-16 capturing and scoring 10 of the final 12 factors. Boston took an 8-point lead into halftime, 63-55.
Portland reeled off 7 factors to Boston’s 2 to begin the second half. Jaylen Brown drove and scored his twenty ninth level of the sport, shifting into twelfth all time on the Celtics scoring listing with 12,289 factors. The Blazers took the lead on the seven-minute mark, as Deni Avdija hit a step again jumper over Derrick White.
It was an historic night time for Jaylen Brown who tied Larry Hen’s franchise document for consecutive 30-point video games with 9 straight. Portland outscored the Celtics 25-14 within the first 10 minutes of the third quarter, Avdija main the best way for the house workforce. Boston bounced again on the scoreboard as Simons scored 6 straight factors, the house workforce took a 1-point lead into the third quarter break on the Moda Heart, 86-85.
White was capturing the ball extraordinarily poorly on the night time, going simply 2 for 12, earlier than he lastly hit his third shot on a push try over Clingan. Boston was capturing simply 23 % from three halfway by the fourth quarter. Each groups traded empty possessions earlier than Jaylen Brown sticked his thirty fourth level of the sport.
Sam Hauser was whistled for a foul on Caleb Love, however the Celtics coaches challenged the play and it was dominated profitable and overturned at 95-92, Portland. Hauser hit a a lot wanted three-pointer, his first of the night time off a candy Hugo Gonzalez dime. The Spanish rook splashed an enormous three-pointer from in entrance of the Portland bench to tie the sport at 98 apiece with 5 minutes to go.
Derrick White had an excellent chase down block on Sharpe and Jaylen Brown got here down the top and drove onerous connecting with Deni Avdija’s chin. Brown was whistled for a flagrant foul 1, and Avdija missed each free throws. The Celtics managed to flee the flagrant and the ensuing possession with no factors conceded.
Brown drove and dished to Queta who dunked it dwelling to make it a one-point sport. Sharpe linked on his twenty fifth level of the night time with a triple, JB wasn’t executed, hitting his personal triple and thirty seventh level of the sport. Boston was down 1 with a minute to go and was stripped in a double workforce, Sharpe ran the break was fouled and hit simply 1 of two photographs. Brown then turned the ball over at half courtroom.
Derrick White hit an enormous three to get it again to 1 level as soon as extra, Donovan Clingan grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled, the Blazers within the driving seat, 112-108 with 22 seconds to go. Boston unraveled down the stretch at hand Portland the win.
Boston subsequent face the Jazz in Utah on December thirtieth at 9 pm EST.
