Celtics (123) vs Thunder (127) · Jan 2, 2024 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Jan 2, 2024

26-7BostonCeltics

123

23-9Oklahoma CityThunder

127

Game Recap

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the way with 36 points, six rebounds, seven assists and 0 turnovers as the Thunder defeated the Celtics, 127-123. Kristaps Porzingis (34 points, 10 rebounds, three blocks) and Jayson Tatum (30 points, 13 rebounds, eight assists) combine for 64 points for the Celtics in the losing effort. The Thunder have won five consecutive games and improve to 23-9 on the season, while the Celtics fall to 26-7.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	29	32	25	37	123
OKC	31	27	40	29	127

CELTICS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
7Jaylen BrownSF	37	4-18	0-8	7-8	6	3	0	0	4	5	15	-1
0Jayson TatumPF	37	10-21	2-5	8-10	13	8	1	0	4	3	30	0
8Kristaps PorzingisC	34	12-18	2-3	8-9	10	2	0	3	1	1	34	+3
9Derrick WhiteSG	28	7-12	5-9	0-0	5	6	1	1	2	4	19	+5
4Jrue HolidayPG	30	2-8	2-5	1-2	5	7	1	0	3	1	7	-15
30Sam Hauser	10	2-3	2-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	-7
42Al Horford	19	3-5	1-3	0-0	2	3	1	5	0	0	7	-13
11Payton Pritchard	25	2-5	1-4	0-0	3	4	2	0	0	1	5	+9
40Luke Kornet	14	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	-1
45Dalano Banton	— did not play —												— did not play —
12Oshae Brissett	— did not play —												— did not play —
50Svi Mykhailiuk	— did not play —												— did not play —
88Neemias Queta	— did not play —												— did not play —
77Lamar Stevens	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		42-9245.7%	15-4037.5%	24-2982.8%	47	33	7	10	14	15	123

THUNDER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
5Luguentz DortSF	37	4-14	1-7	0-0	8	1	1	3	0	2	9	+8
8Jalen WilliamsPF	31	6-9	2-2	2-2	1	1	3	2	5	3	16	+2
7Chet HolmgrenC	32	5-9	3-5	1-2	3	7	0	4	1	1	14	+4
3Josh GiddeySG	26	8-14	4-7	3-3	8	6	0	0	3	0	23	+10
2Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPG	36	14-22	3-5	5-8	6	7	1	0	0	5	36	+3
34Kenrich Williams	13	1-3	0-1	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	4	2	-1
22Cason Wallace	17	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	3	1	0	0	3	5	-14
11Isaiah Joe	12	4-5	2-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	1	10	-4
21Aaron Wiggins	12	1-3	0-1	2-2	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	+4
29Vasilije Micic	10	1-5	1-4	0-0	1	5	0	0	0	2	3	+4
6Jaylin Williams	8	2-4	1-3	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	0	5	+4
9Davis Bertans	— did not play —												— did not play —
23Tre Mann	— did not play —												— did not play —
17Aleksej Pokusevski	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		48-9152.7%	18-4045.0%	13-1776.5%	38	34	7	10	10	22	127

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterbosokc

(11:55) Jump Ball Holmgren vs. Porzingis: Tip to White
(11:43) MISS Brown 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(11:40) Giddey REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:29) Gilgeous-Alexander 14' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Holmgren 1 AST)
02
(11:16) Tatum Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (10:57) Jal. Williams 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Giddey 1 AST)
04
+2 (10:45) Porzingis 2' Alley Oop Layup (2 PTS) (Brown 1 AST)
24
+2 (10:30) Holmgren 8' Turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS)
26
(10:16) Gilgeous-Alexander S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Taylor)
+1 (10:16) Holiday Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
36
(10:16) MISS Holiday Free Throw 2 of 2
(10:12) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(10:07) MISS Tatum 3' Cutting Layup Shot
(10:04) Tatum REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (9:58) White 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Holiday 1 AST)
66
(9:41) MISS Giddey 7' Floating Jump Shot
(9:39) Tatum REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(9:39) Tatum Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P2.T2)
+3 (9:27) Giddey 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Holmgren 2 AST)
69
(9:20) Jal. Williams P.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Butler)
(9:17) Holiday Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T3)
(9:01) MISS Giddey 2' Driving Layup
(8:59) Tatum REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(8:56) MISS White 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(8:52) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
+2 (8:50) Porzingis 1' Putback Layup (4 PTS)
89
+3 (8:38) Gilgeous-Alexander 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (5 PTS)
812
+3 (8:23) Porzingis 27' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Tatum 1 AST)
1112
+3 (8:07) Giddey 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Gilgeous-Alexander 1 AST)
1115
+3 (7:43) Porzingis 26' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Tatum 2 AST)
1415
(7:34) THUNDER Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(7:22) MISS Giddey 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:18) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:11) MISS Holiday 3PT Jump Shot
(7:08) Gilgeous-Alexander REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:03) Gilgeous-Alexander 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (7 PTS)
1417
(7:03) Holiday S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Taylor)
(7:03) MISS Gilgeous-Alexander Free Throw 1 of 1
(7:00) Tatum REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+3 (6:52) Holiday 24' 3PT Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Porzingis 1 AST)
1717
(6:40) MISS Gilgeous-Alexander 14' Pullup Jump Shot
(6:40) THUNDER Rebound
(6:40) Brown L.B.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Dagher)
(6:32) MISS Dort 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:30) Horford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:21) K. Williams P.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Butler)
(6:07) MISS Porzingis 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(6:04) Giddey REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:59) MISS Giddey 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(5:55) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:51) MISS Porzingis 2' Layup
(5:51) Dort BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:51) Celtics Rebound
(5:41) MISS Brown 5' Driving Layup
(5:41) Jal. Williams BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:38) Gilgeous-Alexander REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:33) MISS Dort 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(5:31) K. Williams REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (5:24) Gilgeous-Alexander 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (9 PTS) (K. Williams 1 AST)
1719
(5:04) MISS Pritchard 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:01) Gilgeous-Alexander REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(4:50) MISS Dort 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:48) Giddey REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(4:44) Giddey Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(4:44) Horford STEAL (1 STL)
(4:35) MISS Brown 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(4:32) Giddey REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+3 (4:27) Dort 25' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Gilgeous-Alexander 2 AST)
1722
+2 (4:02) Porzingis 9' Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Horford 1 AST)
1922
+2 (3:44) Giddey 8' Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS) (K. Williams 2 AST)
1924
(3:25) Brown Offensive Charge Foul (P2) (B.Taylor)
(3:25) Brown Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T4)
(3:16) Tatum P.FOUL (P1.T3) (M.Dagher)
+3 (3:11) Joe 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Gilgeous-Alexander 3 AST)
1927
(3:09) Celtics Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+2 (2:51) Tatum 14' Fadeaway Jumper (2 PTS) (Holiday 2 AST)
2127
+2 (2:31) Joe 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (5 PTS) (Holmgren 3 AST)
2129
(2:13) MISS Holiday 3PT Jump Shot
(2:13) THUNDER Rebound
(1:59) MISS Wiggins 2' Driving Layup
(1:59) Horford BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:57) Horford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (1:49) Hauser 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Horford 2 AST)
2429
(1:31) MISS Wiggins 3PT Jump Shot
(1:29) Tatum REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
+3 (1:10) Horford 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Tatum 3 AST)
2729
(0:58) MISS Gilgeous-Alexander 12' Pullup Jump Shot
(0:54) Wallace REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(0:53) MISS Holmgren 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:49) Pritchard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:36) MISS Tatum 5' Driving Layup
(0:36) Holmgren BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:33) Joe REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:17) Gilgeous-Alexander 15' Pullup Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Wiggins 1 AST)
2731
(0:00) Wallace S.FOUL (P1.T4) (M.Dagher)
(0:00) THUNDER Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
+1 (0:00) Tatum Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2831
+1 (0:00) Tatum Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2931

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4th quarter

Team Stats

BOS

OKC

123Points127

42-92(45.7%)Field Goal(%)48-91(52.7%)

15-40(37.5%)3-Point(%)18-40(45.0%)

24-29(82.8%)Free Throw(%)13-17(76.5%)

47(17)Rebounds(Offensive)38(10)

33Assists34

7Steals7

10Blocks10

14Turnovers10

15Fouls22

46Pts In The Paint50

15Fast Break Pts15

18Pts Off Turnovers16

18Bench Pts29

3Largest Lead18

Game Details

Tuesday, January 2, 2024 · 8:00 PM

Paycom Center · Oklahoma City, OK

attendance: 18,203 (100.0%)