Celtics (109) vs Rockets (86) · Jan 3, 2025 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Jan 3, 2025

Game Recap

The Celtics defeated the Rockets, 109-86. The Celtics win their third in a row and fourth of their last 5 to improve to 26-9. The Rockets move to 22-12.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	37	28	17	27	109
HOU	31	25	16	14	86

CELTICS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
0Jayson TatumSF	32	7-19	4-10	2-2	6	5	1	0	3	1	20	+11
30Sam HauserPF	19	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	+2
8Kristaps PorzingisC	27	3-8	2-3	3-4	5	2	0	2	1	3	11	+10
9Derrick WhiteSG	34	8-16	6-12	1-2	4	2	0	2	3	0	23	+27
4Jrue HolidayPG	27	5-9	2-5	2-2	4	3	1	1	2	0	14	+16
40Luke Kornet	23	4-7	0-0	1-4	10	4	1	1	1	2	9	+23
11Payton Pritchard	32	8-10	4-6	0-0	4	2	0	1	0	1	20	+21
27Jordan Walsh	8	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	-2
88Neemias Queta	19	2-3	0-0	1-2	2	1	0	0	1	4	5	+1
13Drew Peterson	4	2-2	1-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	+2
26Xavier Tillman	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	+2
44Jaden Springer	3	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	+2
42Al Horford	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL		39-7750.6%	19-3948.7%	12-1866.7%	41	20	6	8	14	13	109

ROCKETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
9Dillon BrooksSF	30	4-13	2-6	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	5	10	-10
32Jeff GreenPF	28	2-3	1-2	2-2	5	0	1	0	1	3	7	-16
28Alperen SengunC	28	6-15	0-1	2-2	7	3	1	1	4	4	14	-28
4Jalen GreenSG	35	10-21	5-13	2-2	3	1	0	2	1	3	27	-24
5Fred VanVleetPG	30	3-7	1-3	1-1	1	3	0	0	1	3	8	-15
7Cam Whitmore	33	4-17	1-9	2-2	6	1	1	0	1	0	11	-12
12Steven Adams	6	2-4	0-0	2-2	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	+8
8Jae'Sean Tate	17	0-1	0-1	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	-7
0Aaron Holiday	18	0-4	0-1	0-0	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	-7
2Jock Landale	4	1-3	0-0	1-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	-2
15Reed Sheppard	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	-2
17Tari Eason	— did not play —												— did not play —
10Jabari Smith Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
1Amen Thompson	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		32-8836.4%	10-3627.8%	12-12100.0%	37	9	6	4	11	21	86

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterboshou

(11:57) Jump Ball Sengun vs. Porzingis: Tip to White
(11:44) MISS White 1' Driving Layup
(11:44) Je. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:38) MISS Ja. Green 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(11:35) Sengun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (11:33) Sengun 1' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
02
+2 (11:21) Holiday 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
22
+2 (10:56) Sengun 13' Turnaround Fadeaway (4 PTS)
24
(10:42) MISS Holiday 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:41) Sengun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(10:38) Sengun Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:38) Holiday STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (10:35) Porzingis 1' Alley Oop Dunk (2 PTS) (Holiday 1 AST)
44
+2 (10:22) Je. Green 14' Turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS) (VanVleet 1 AST)
46
+3 (9:59) White 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Porzingis 1 AST)
76
+2 (9:45) Brooks 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
78
+2 (9:32) Holiday 7' Turnaround Bank Shot (4 PTS)
98
(9:07) MISS VanVleet 17' Step Back Jump Shot
(9:05) ROCKETS Rebound
+2 (8:55) Sengun 2' Driving Dunk (6 PTS)
910
(8:39) VanVleet P.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Goble)
(8:35) MISS Porzingis 14' Jump Shot
(8:34) Brooks REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:29) Porzingis P.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Adair)
(8:22) Porzingis S.FOUL (P2.T2) (N.Sago)
+1 (8:22) Sengun Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
911
+1 (8:22) Sengun Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
912
(8:04) Je. Green P.FOUL (P1.T2) (B.Adair)
+3 (7:55) White 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Porzingis 2 AST)
1212
+3 (7:36) Brooks 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Ja. Green 1 AST)
1215
(7:29) Brooks P.FOUL (P1.T3) (N.Sago)
(7:29) ROCKETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+2 (7:20) Kornet 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Tatum 1 AST)
1415
(7:08) MISS Ja. Green 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(7:05) White REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (6:57) Holiday 25' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Pritchard 1 AST)
1715
(6:42) MISS Sengun 5' Driving Reverse Layup
(6:41) Kornet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (6:29) Holiday 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (10 PTS)
2015
(6:06) MISS Brooks 2' Driving Layup
(6:06) Kornet BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:04) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:50) Kornet 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Tatum 2 AST)
2215
(5:31) MISS VanVleet 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:28) Holiday REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:21) MISS White 29' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(5:20) Sengun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (5:07) Ja. Green 21' Step Back Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Sengun 1 AST)
2217
+3 (4:49) Tatum 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
2517
+2 (4:28) Ja. Green 17' Pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS)
2519
+2 (4:16) Pritchard 1' Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS)
2719
(3:54) MISS Sengun 4' Hook Shot
(3:53) Holiday REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (3:44) Holiday 6' Driving Hook Shot (12 PTS)
2919
(3:44) ROCKETS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(3:28) Pritchard P.FOUL (P1.T3) (N.Sago)
(3:17) MISS Brooks 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:15) Adams REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (3:13) Adams 1' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
2921
(2:58) MISS Tatum 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(2:57) Kornet REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (2:52) Pritchard 24' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Kornet 1 AST)
3221
(2:34) MISS Adams 3' Reverse Layup
(2:34) ROCKETS Rebound
(2:32) MISS Ja. Green 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:28) Brooks REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(2:25) MISS Brooks 10' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(2:24) Adams REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(2:24) MISS Adams Tip Layup Shot
(2:22) Adams REBOUND (Off:3 Def:0)
+2 (2:22) Adams Tip Layup Shot (4 PTS)
3223
(2:01) MISS Kornet 10' Turnaround Hook Shot
(2:00) Celtics Rebound
(1:58) MISS Pritchard 3PT Jump Shot
(1:56) ROCKETS Rebound
+3 (1:45) VanVleet 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
3226
+3 (1:19) Pritchard 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (8 PTS)
3526
(1:08) MISS VanVleet 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(1:07) Walsh REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:57) MISS Tatum 3' Driving Layup
(0:57) Tate BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:55) VanVleet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:44) MISS Brooks 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:42) Tate REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (0:35) Whitmore 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (VanVleet 2 AST)
3529
+2 (0:29) Pritchard 7' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (10 PTS)
3729
+2 (0:09) VanVleet 3' Driving Layup (5 PTS)
3731
(0:00) MISS Walsh 3PT Jump Shot
(0:00) Celtics Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

BOS

HOU

109Points86

39-77(50.6%)Field Goal(%)32-88(36.4%)

19-39(48.7%)3-Point(%)10-36(27.8%)

12-18(66.7%)Free Throw(%)12-12(100.0%)

41(12)Rebounds(Offensive)37(14)

20Assists9

6Steals6

8Blocks4

14Turnovers11

13Fouls21

38Pts In The Paint30

4Fast Break Pts4

11Pts Off Turnovers9

41Bench Pts20

28Largest Lead3

Game Details

Friday, January 3, 2025 · 8:00 PM

Toyota Center · Houston, TX

attendance: 18,055 (98.7%)