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Win probability changed during the game. · 17 April 2022

BKN114–115BOS

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It was more exciting than 68% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ BOS winsBKN wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when BOS leads and falls when BKN does.

This is how the game was decided.

Jayson Tatum decided it, the Boston Celtics player with the most points (31, with 4 rebounds and 8 assists; +2 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Jaylen Brown's (+10). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Boston Celtics 115-114 Brooklyn Nets (April 17, 2022) was hit by Jayson Tatum: a layup with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Boston Celtics up 115-114. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Boston Celtics 115-114 Brooklyn Nets (April 17, 2022) was a 13-0 run by the Brooklyn Nets in the fourth quarter (from 10:23 to 7:22), from 89-98 to 102-98. The Boston Celtics' best was a 9-0 run in the third quarter (from 10:43 to 9:12), from 63-63 to 72-63.

With 39 points, this is Kyrie Irving's highest-scoring game of the 2021‑22 playoffs.

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Play: Jayson Tatum makes layup (Marcus Smart assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

Jayson Tatum decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 8 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Tatum decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

17 April 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401429890:666; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2021-22 regular season, not this game.

Brooklyn Nets

Nic Claxton contested 9.1 shots per game over his 47 games.
He ranks 24 of 386 in the league.
Bruce Brown deflected 2.3 passes per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 36 of 386 in the league.
Kevin Durant contested 8.1 shots per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 42 of 386 in the league.

Boston Celtics

Derrick White drew 0.33 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 5 of 386 in the league.
Al Horford contested 11.0 shots per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 9 of 386 in the league.
Marcus Smart deflected 2.9 passes per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 11 of 386 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Boston Celtics have won 41 of their 64 games against the Brooklyn Nets.

41-23record of the Boston Celtics · NBA 2012-13 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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See the full head-to-head in the Analyst

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2012-13 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

19.156

102.9% of capacity

TD Garden · Boston

Series

Game 1

First round

BOS 4-0

Scoring

229

combined points

16.4 above the season average (212.6)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

32 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Personal · 00:54.0

Jayson Tatum → Kevin Durant

Tatum (BOS) initiates contact with Durant (BKN) off ball that re-routes him and affects his FOM.

Foul: Loose Ball · 01:34.5

Seth Curry → Jaylen Brown

Curry (BKN) fully extends both hands against Brown's (BOS) back and delivers contact that alters Brown's body trajectory as he elevates for the rebound. This contact causes the subsequent contact between Claxton (BKN) and Brown thereafter.