Boston Celtics – Philadelphia 76ers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 25 February 2023

BOS110–107PHI

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 88% of NBA games since 2017

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.

↑ PHI winsBOS wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Jaylen Brown decided it, the Boston Celtics player with the most points (26, with 4 rebounds and 3 assists; -6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Derrick White's (+25). 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 Philadelphia 76ers 107-110 Boston Celtics (February 25, 2023) was hit by Jayson Tatum: a three-pointer with 2.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Boston Celtics up 110-107. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Philadelphia 76ers 107-110 Boston Celtics (February 25, 2023) was a 13-0 run by the Boston Celtics between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 23-30 to 36-30. The Philadelphia 76ers' best was a 9-0 run in the second quarter (from 5:14 to 3:43), from 39-43 to 48-43.

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Play: Jayson Tatum makes 26-foot three pointer (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.

Jayson Tatum decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 2 seconds left in 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.

25 February 2023 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401469063:607; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · BOS

Brown · Tatum · Horford · Smart · White

Closing lineup · PHI

Harden · Embiid · Harris · Tucker · Melton

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BOS

Jaylen Brown

37′ · -6

Jayson Tatum

36′ · -6

Al Horford

32′ · -12

Robert Williams III

31′ · +10

Marcus Smart

26′ · -22

Derrick White

25′ · +25

Grant Williams

29′ · +9

Malcolm Brogdon

21′ · +18

Sam Hauser

2′ · -1

PHI

James Harden

41′ · +9

Joel Embiid

40′ · +8

Tobias Harris

38′ · +18

P.J. Tucker

38′ · +21

De'Anthony Melton

25′ · +3

Tyrese Maxey

25′ · -11

Jalen McDaniels

15′ · -23

Georges Niang

13′ · -22

Paul Reed

5′ · -14

Shake Milton

2′ · -4

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. BOS and PHI.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Boston Celtics

Brown, Tatum, Williams, Horford, and Smart played 12.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Brown, Brogdon, White, Williams, and Williams played 9.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.
Brown, Tatum, Williams, Horford, and Smart played 8.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.

Philadelphia 76ers

Melton, Tucker, Harden, Harris, and Embiid played 22.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Maxey, Tucker, Harden, Harris, and Embiid played 9.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 14 points.
Niang, McDaniels, Maxey, Reed, and Harden played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 14 points.

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Boston Celtics

Brogdon, Tatum, White, Williams, and Williams played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Brown, Tatum, White, Williams, and Horford played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Brogdon, Tatum, White, Williams, and Horford played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Brogdon, Tatum, Williams, Horford, and Smart played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Tatum, White, Williams, Horford, and Smart played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Brown, Brogdon, White, Williams, and Hauser played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Brown, Tatum, White, Horford, and Smart played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Philadelphia 76ers

Niang, McDaniels, Maxey, Harris, and Embiid played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
McDaniels, Maxey, Tucker, Harden, and Harris played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Niang, Milton, McDaniels, Maxey, and Embiid played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Niang, McDaniels, Maxey, Tucker, and Harden played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

P.J. Tucker covered 4.44 km, more than anyone in the game.

James Harden touched the ball 106 times, a game high.
James Harden made 78 passes, a game high.
Joel Embiid defended 12 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 7.
P.J. Tucker had 23 rebound chances, a game high.

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Boston Celtics

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jaylen Brown	4.23	6.5	58	30
Jayson Tatum	3.89	6.0	80	54
Al Horford	3.67	6.4	50	41
Robert Williams III	3.60	6.6	33	24
Grant Williams	3.20	6.3	23	15
Derrick White	2.77	6.2	37	27
Marcus Smart	2.72	5.8	53	38
Malcolm Brogdon	2.25	6.2	28	22
Sam Hauser	0.24	7.0	1	1

Philadelphia 76ers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
P.J. Tucker	4.44	6.7	44	37
James Harden	4.15	5.7	106	78
Tobias Harris	4.15	6.2	38	24
Joel Embiid	4.02	5.7	80	45
Tyrese Maxey	3.17	7.1	51	40

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2022-23 regular season, not this game.

Boston Celtics

Jaylen Brown recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 9 of 382 in the league.
Jayson Tatum recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 11 of 382 in the league.
Al Horford contested 10.1 shots per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 15 of 382 in the league.

Philadelphia 76ers

Joel Embiid recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 11 of 382 in the league.
De'Anthony Melton deflected 3.0 passes per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 12 of 382 in the league.
James Harden recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 32 of 382 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 Philadelphia 76ers have won 65 of their 152 games against the Boston Celtics.

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Game context

Attendance

20.993

104.9% of capacity

Xfinity Mobile Arena · Philadelphia

Scoring

217

combined points

12.4 below the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

16 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 00:24.0

Tobias Harris → Jayson Tatum

Harris (PHI) contests the shot and initiates contact with Tatum's (BOS) body, affecting the jump shot attempt.

Turnover: Traveling · 01:41.0

Jayson Tatum → 76ers

Tatum (BOS) slides his pivot foot at the start of his dribble.