Charlotte Hornets @ Boston Celtics

Preseason

0-1, 0-1 Away

106

0-1, 0-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hornets CHA	29	34	16	27	106
Celtics BOS	27	31	20	29	107

Boston CelticsCelticsBOS

1-0, 1-0 Home

107

1-0, 1-0 Home

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Nicolas BatumN. Batum#5
Miles BridgesM. Bridges#0
Cody ZellerC. Zeller#40
Terry RozierT. Rozier#12
Dwayne BaconD. Bacon#7
bench
Marvin WilliamsM. Williams#2
Caleb MartinCa. Martin#10
P.J. WashingtonP.J. Washington#25
Cody MartinCo. Martin#11
Bismack BiyomboB. Biyombo#8
Willy HernangomezW. Hernangomez#9
Devonte' GrahamD. Graham#4
Ahmed HillA. Hill#20
Robert FranksR. Franks#22
Kobi SimmonsK. Simmons#23
Michael Kidd-GilchristM. Kidd-Gilchrist#14
Thomas WelshT. Welsh#54
Joe ChealeyJ. Chealey#31
Josh PerkinsJ. Perkins#55
Malik MonkM. Monk#1
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
17	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	6	1	3	0	1	2	4	1	+9
23	12	4-8	1-3	3-4	10	1	6	0	0	4	6	4	+8
14	5	2-9	0-4	1-1	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	-14
22	9	3-7	1-3	2-2	4	9	0	2	1	0	4	0	+17
23	10	4-10	0-3	2-2	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	3	+10
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	7	3-5	1-2	0-1	4	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	0
23	13	5-11	2-5	1-1	4	2	5	0	0	1	3	1	-6
20	16	6-7	3-4	1-2	7	2	2	1	1	2	5	5	+2
10	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	-8
8	8	3-5	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	+4
15	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	1	2	1	1	3	3	-7
22	8	3-7	2-4	0-0	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	-15
9	3	1-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4
7	6	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	+1
12	3	1-6	1-3	0-0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	-2
DNP-NOT WITH TEAM
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT TOE
	106	40-90	14-38	12-15	48	29	25	11	5	13	35	29
		44%	37%	80%

Boston Celtics

starters
Jayson TatumJ. Tatum#0
Gordon HaywardG. Hayward#20
Robert Williams IIIR. Williams III#44
Kemba WalkerK. Walker#8
Jaylen BrownJ. Brown#7
bench
Semi OjeleyeS. Ojeleye#37
Grant WilliamsG. Williams#12
Enes FreedomKanter#11
Tacko FallT. Fall#99
Vincent PoirierV. Poirier#77
Brad WanamakerB. Wanamaker#9
Carsen EdwardsC. Edwards#4
Javonte GreenJ. Green#43
Marcus SmartM. Smart#36
Max StrusM. Strus#28
Tremont WatersT. Waters#51
Yante MatenY. Maten#26
Kaiser GatesK. Gates#30
Daniel TheisD. Theis#27
Romeo LangfordR. Langford#45
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
23	20	8-14	3-8	1-3	4	1	3	3	1	0	4	0	-5
22	9	4-10	1-4	0-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	3	1	-11
10	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	2	0	2	0	2	3	-3
21	12	3-7	2-5	4-4	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	-12
16	6	2-6	0-1	2-2	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	-10
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	2	1-6	0-3	0-0	3	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	+1
18	5	2-7	0-3	1-2	9	2	2	1	1	3	6	5	+14
20	11	4-4	0-0	3-5	4	1	2	0	1	1	3	0	+1
8	5	2-3	0-0	1-2	3	0	2	0	2	1	2	2	+5
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
14	8	2-5	0-0	4-4	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	4	+3
18	11	4-9	3-6	0-0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	+11
11	15	7-7	1-1	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	+5
21	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	+2
8	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
9	1	0-3	0-1	1-2	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	+4
DNP-ILLNESS
DNP-ILLNESS
DNP-LEFT HIP STRAIN
DNP-LEFT GROIN STRAIN
	107	40-87	10-35	17-24	41	23	23	10	11	10	31	18
		46%	29%	71%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

CHA

BOS wins season

3-0

BOS

Game 1@ CHA

Final

108

Game 2@ BOS

Final

119

Game 3@ CHA

Final

109

Game Information

Boston, MA

Referee:Brian Forte

Referee:Jonathan Sterling

Referee:Evan Scott

Eastern Conference

Southeast	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	46	36	.561	-	L1
Orlando	45	37	.549	1	L1
Charlotte	44	38	.537	2	W1
Miami	43	39	.524	3	W2
Washington	17	65	.207	29	L10

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	56	26	.683	-	W2
New York	53	29	.646	3	L1
Toronto	46	36	.561	10	W1
Philadelphia	45	37	.549	11	W2
Brooklyn	20	62	.244	36	L3

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