Highlights and box score: Celtics fall to Spurs 95-93 despite clutch game-tying 3 pointer from Rozier
The Boston Celtics have been eliminated from the Las Vegas Summer League after being defeated by the San Antonio Spurs 95-93 in quarterfinal action.
Down 93 to 86 with 58 seconds left in the game, the Celtics rattled off 7 unanswered points, capped off by a clutch game-tying 3 pointer from Terry Rozier with 2.5 seconds left on the clock.
Boston fans were certain the game would go into overtime, but Spurs guard Shannon Scott sunk a floater with time expiring to give San Antonio the win.
Highlights above courtesy of Celtics Lowdown, box score below.
| Boston Celtics (4-1) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | ||
| J. Holmes | F | 20:00 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| R. O'Neale | F | 17:51 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| J. Mickey | C | 32:53 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 4-7 | -11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | |
| J. Young | G | 23:38 | 5-14 | 2-7 | 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |
| T. Rozier | G | 26:30 | 2-12 | 1-4 | 1-2 | +5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| C.J. Fair | 08:14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| R.J. Hunter | 24:24 | 7-14 | 3-8 | 5-7 | +11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | ||
| C. Walden | 11:08 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| M. Thornton | 10:26 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2-3 | -13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| R. Sampson III | 02:44 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| M. Miller | 22:13 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-2 | +7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| M. Holyfield | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| M. Smart | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 200 | 33-77 | 8-28 | 19-28 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 93 | |||
| 42.9% | 28.6% | 67.9% | team rebs: 11 | total to: 8 | |||||||||||||
