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Boston Celtics at LA Clippers

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31-13, 16-5 Away
Final
117 - 113

24-19, 15-8 Home
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Brown and Tatum lead Celtics past Clippers 117-113 in overtime with both teams missing starters

Boston Celtics vs. LA Clippers: Game Highlights

Derrick White added 20 points and Sam Hauser had 15, tying his season high with five 3-pointers. The defending NBA champions played without Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis.

Derrick Jones Jr. scored a career-high 29 points, 17 in the first quarter, to lead the Clippers. Kevin Porter Jr. added a season-high 26 and Amir Coffey had 24. LA's Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac were all sidelined.

The Clippers trailed by seven in the fourth, but Coffey dunked and then Jones stole the ball from Brown and scored with 4.2 seconds remaining to tie the game at 103-103 and force overtime.

The Celtics opened the five-minute extra session with 3-pointers by White, Tatum and Brown that stretched the lead to 112-105. The Clippers twice cut the deficit to two points, the last time on Coffey's three-point play with 30 seconds to go.

After the Celtics worked the ball downcourt, Neemias Queta scored underneath and time expired.

Takeaways Celtics: They trailed for much of the third quarter before hitting four 3-pointers in the fourth, when Tatum had just five points.

Clippers: They got to see some of their younger players step up against the Celtics, who are second in the East.

Key moment The Celtics turned it around in the fourth after trailing by six early. They ran off 13 straight points, including three consecutive 3-pointers, two by White and one from Tatum, to pull ahead by seven.

Key stat The game featured 16 ties and 25 lead changes.

Up next The Celtics visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. The Clippers host NBA-worst Washington on Thursday night to finish their second back-to-back this week.

Regular Season Series

BOS wins series 2-0

Matchup Prediction

Clippers: 27.0%
Celtics: 73.0%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

5th 0.0 End of Game 117 - 113
5th 0.0 End of the 1st Overtime 117 - 113
5th 0.1 Celtics defensive team rebound 117 - 113
5th 2.0 Jayson Tatum blocks Kevin Porter Jr. 's 25-foot three point pullup jump shot 117 - 113
5th 6.1 Neemias Queta makes 2-foot two point shot (Derrick White assists) 117 - 113

Statistics

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41-90 FG 47-90
45.6 Field Goal % 52.2
19-50 3PT 9-28
38.0 Three Point % 32.1
16-20 FT 10-13
80.0 Free Throw % 76.9
32 Rebounds 40
8 Offensive Rebounds 9
24 Defensive Rebounds 31
24 Assists 24
11 Steals 11
4 Blocks 6
19 Turnovers 22
0 Team Turnovers 1
19 Total Turnovers 23
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
22 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 25
8 Fast Break Points 11
40 Points in Paint 54
14 Fouls 25
7 Largest Lead 6

Game Information

Intuit Dome

Location: Inglewood, CA
Attendance: 15,342 · Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 31 14 .689 - L1
New York 29 16 .644 2 W2
Philadelphia 15 27 .357 14.5 L7
Brooklyn 14 31 .311 17 L5
Toronto 12 32 .273 18.5 W2

2024-25 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Lakers - 18 W2 0.5714286 24
LA Clippers - 19 W1 0.5681818 25
Sacramento 2 21 L1 0.52272725 23
Phoenix 2.5 21 W1 0.5116279 22
Golden State 3 22 W1 0.5 22
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