Brooklyn Nets vs. Boston Celtics

May 30, 2021

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BKN	33	40	39	29	141
BOS	34	26	31	35	126

Game Recap

Kevin Durant (42 points, 14-20 FG), Kyrie Irving (39 points, 11 rebounds) and James Harden (23 points, five rebounds, Playoff career-high 18 assists) combined for 104 points for the No. 2 seed Nets as they defeated the No. 7 seed Celtics, 141-126, in Game 4. Jayson Tatum tallied 40 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Celtics in the losing effort. The Nets lead this best-of-seven series, 3-1, with Game 5 taking place on Tuesday, June 1

Player Stats

NETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
7Kevin DurantSF	39	14-20	3-3	11-11	4	5	1	2	1	4	+3	42
12Joe HarrisPF	37	5-9	4-5	0-0	4	3	0	0	0	3	+17	14
2Blake GriffinC	18	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	2	+12	2
11Kyrie IrvingSG	40	11-24	6-12	11-11	11	2	2	0	1	4	+15	39
13James HardenPG	40	8-12	2-5	5-6	5	18	2	2	6	3	+8	23
10Tyler Johnson	16	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	4	+5	2
33Nic Claxton	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	3	0	1	+14	0
20Landry Shamet	13	2-4	1-2	0-0	2	0	2	0	1	2	+6	5
1Bruce Brown	23	6-10	0-0	2-2	7	1	0	1	0	5	-4	14
55Mike James	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
4Chris Chiozza	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Alize Johnson	— did not play —												— did not play —
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
0Reggie Perry	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	48-8357.8%	16-2759.3%	29-3096.7%	36	29	8	9	9	28	-	141

CELTICS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
94Evan FournierSF	27	5-15	2-9	4-4	0	2	1	0	0	3	-24	16
0Jayson TatumPF	40	10-22	3-7	17-17	7	5	1	2	2	3	-9	40
13Tristan ThompsonC	22	2-4	0-0	1-2	6	1	2	0	0	4	-15	5
45Romeo LangfordSG	25	2-6	1-3	4-4	1	1	0	0	1	0	-13	9
36Marcus SmartPG	33	4-12	2-9	6-7	6	9	2	0	2	4	-9	16
11Payton Pritchard	23	5-9	2-4	0-0	2	3	1	0	1	0	-1	12
26Aaron Nesmith	19	4-6	3-5	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	3	-1	11
12Grant Williams	20	1-3	1-2	2-2	2	2	0	1	0	1	-11	5
20Jabari Parker	17	4-5	0-0	2-2	6	1	0	1	2	3	+9	10
37Semi Ojeleye	5	0-2	0-1	1-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	-5	1
51Tremont Waters	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1	1
40Luke Kornet	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0
99Tacko Fall	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0
4Carsen Edwards	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0

TOTAL	-	37-8444.0%	14-4035.0%	38-4290.5%	34	24	8	4	10	21	-	126

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterBKNBOS

(11:57) Jump Ball Thompson vs. Durant: Tip to Langford
+3 (11:38) Smart 28' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Langford 1 AST)
03
(11:18) Irving Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:18) Smart STEAL (1 STL)
(11:14) MISS Fournier 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(11:12) Harris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:00) Harden Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(11:00) Thompson STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (10:54) Tatum 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Smart 1 AST)
06
(10:37) Smart S.FOUL (P1.T1) (R.Mott)
+1 (10:37) Irving Free Throw 1 of 3 (1 PTS)
16
+1 (10:37) Irving Free Throw 2 of 3 (2 PTS)
26
+1 (10:37) Irving Free Throw 3 of 3 (3 PTS)
36
(10:30) Harris S.FOUL (P1.T1) (K.Cutler)
+1 (10:30) Tatum Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
37
+1 (10:30) Tatum Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
38
(10:13) MISS Griffin 2' Driving Reverse Layup
(10:11) Irving REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (10:08) Harris 4' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Durant 1 AST)
58
+3 (9:53) Smart 27' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Fournier 1 AST)
511
+2 (9:43) Irving 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (5 PTS)
711
(9:32) Griffin S.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Goble)
+1 (9:32) Tatum Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
712
+1 (9:32) Tatum Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
713
(9:17) MISS Durant 11' Pullup Jump Shot
(9:15) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:05) Tatum 14' Turnaround Fadeaway (9 PTS)
715
(8:56) Fournier S.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Goble)
+1 (8:56) Harden Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
815
+1 (8:56) Harden Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
915
(8:43) MISS Langford 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(8:42) Nets Rebound
(8:32) MISS Irving 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(8:28) CELTICS Rebound
(8:20) MISS Fournier 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(8:19) Langford REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (8:19) Langford Tip Dunk Shot (2 PTS)
917
+2 (8:03) Durant 17' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1117
(7:44) Harris S.FOUL (P2.T3) (J.Goble)
+1 (7:44) Fournier Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1118
+1 (7:44) Fournier Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1119
(7:39) Thompson P.FOUL (P1.T3) (R.Mott)
(7:35) Tatum S.FOUL (P1.T4) (K.Cutler)
+1 (7:35) Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1219
+1 (7:35) Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
1319
(7:11) MISS Tatum 17' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(7:09) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:02) MISS Harden 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(7:00) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (6:54) Thompson 1' Layup (2 PTS) (Fournier 2 AST)
1321
(6:34) MISS Irving 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:34) Thompson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:24) MISS Fournier 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(6:22) Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(6:19) MISS Thompson 2' Layup
(6:19) Harden BLOCK (1 BLK)
(6:17) Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:07) Durant 16' Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Harden 1 AST)
1521
(6:06) CELTICS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+2 (5:53) Tatum 12' Driving Floating Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Smart 2 AST)
1523
(5:53) Griffin S.FOUL (P2.T4) (R.Mott)
+1 (5:53) Tatum Free Throw 1 of 1 (12 PTS)
1524
+2 (5:39) Durant 1' Driving Layup (8 PTS)
1724
(5:24) MISS Tatum 2' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot
(5:22) Harris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (5:20) Irving 25' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (8 PTS)
2024
+2 (5:04) Fournier 14' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Smart 3 AST)
2026
(5:04) Irving S.FOUL (P1.PN) (K.Cutler)
+1 (5:04) Fournier Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
2027
+2 (4:49) Durant 12' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (10 PTS)
2227
(4:49) Thompson S.FOUL (P2.PN) (R.Mott)
+1 (4:49) Durant Free Throw 1 of 1 (11 PTS)
2327
(4:42) MISS Smart 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:39) Irving REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(4:34) Smart S.FOUL (P2.PN) (J.Goble)
+1 (4:34) Irving Free Throw 1 of 2 (9 PTS)
2427
+1 (4:34) Irving Free Throw 2 of 2 (10 PTS)
2527
(4:17) MISS Tatum 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:15) CELTICS Rebound
(4:05) MISS Tatum 6' Driving Layup
(4:05) Claxton BLOCK (1 BLK)
(4:02) Williams REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(4:01) MISS Pritchard 3PT Jump Shot
(3:59) Irving REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(3:45) Nesmith S.FOUL (P1.PN) (R.Mott)
+1 (3:45) Irving Free Throw 1 of 2 (11 PTS)
2627
+1 (3:45) Irving Free Throw 2 of 2 (12 PTS)
2727
(3:30) Shamet S.FOUL (P1.PN) (K.Cutler)
+1 (3:30) Tatum Free Throw 1 of 2 (13 PTS)
2728
+1 (3:30) Tatum Free Throw 2 of 2 (14 PTS)
2729
+2 (3:20) Durant 2' Driving Dunk (13 PTS) (Irving 1 AST)
2929
(2:58) MISS Pritchard 15' Pullup Jump Shot
(2:56) Irving REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(2:45) MISS Irving 9' Turnaround Fadeaway Bank Jump Shot
(2:43) Parker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:35) MISS Fournier 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(2:35) Claxton BLOCK (2 BLK)
(2:33) Shamet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:26) MISS Shamet 3' Driving Layup
(2:26) Tatum BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:26) Nets Rebound
(2:26) Nets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(2:14) MISS Durant 15' Jump Shot
(2:12) Parker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (1:58) Parker 7' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Pritchard 1 AST)
2931
(1:44) Durant Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(1:44) Ojeleye STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:39) Pritchard 2' Running Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
2933
(1:22) MISS Irving 12' Driving Layup
(1:20) Parker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(1:13) MISS Pritchard 4' Driving Layup
(1:11) Irving REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
(0:58) MISS Durant 9' Turnaround Jump Shot
(0:57) Durant REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:56) MISS Durant 2' Putback Layup
(0:56) Williams BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:55) CELTICS Rebound
(0:35) Parker Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(0:35) T. Johnson STEAL (1 STL)
(0:29) Williams S.FOUL (P1.PN) (R.Mott)
+1 (0:29) Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (14 PTS)
3033
+1 (0:29) Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (15 PTS)
3133
(0:09) MISS Tatum 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(0:08) CELTICS Rebound
(0:08) T. Johnson L.B.FOUL (P1.PN) (K.Cutler)
(0:08) MISS Ojeleye Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:08) CELTICS Rebound
+1 (0:08) Ojeleye Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
3134
+2 (0:03) Durant 18' Pullup Jump Shot (17 PTS)
3334
(0:00) MISS Williams 30' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(0:00) CELTICS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

BKN

BOS

141Points126

48-83(57.8%)Field Goal(%)37-84(44.0%)

16-27(59.3%)3-Point(%)14-40(35.0%)

29-30(96.7%)Free Throw(%)38-42(90.5%)

36(9)Rebounds(Offensive)34(11)

29Assists24

8Steals8

9Blocks4

9Turnovers10

28Fouls21

42Pts In The Paint32

9Fast Break Pts12

18Pts Off Turnovers15

21Bench Pts40

27Largest Lead9

Game Details

Sunday, May 30, 2021 · 7:00 PM

TD Garden · Boston, MA

attendance: 17,226 (88.0%)

tv: TNT OT