San Antonio Spurs 95 - Boston Celtics 87 highlights and box score
The Boston Celtics were unable to overcome a very slow start on Sunday afternoon, where they only scored 13 points in the first quarter against the San Antonio Spurs.
Avery Bradley was Boston's leading scorer with 18 points, and Marcus Smart was right behind him with 17. Isaiah Thomas scored 15 off the bench, but shot only 4 of 18 from the floor. Jared Sullinger and David Lee both led the C's in rebounds with 8 each.
The Celtics were able to cut the Spurs' lead to 4 points multiple times in the last few minutes of the game, including a corner 3 from Marcus Smart that made the game score 86-82 with 2:45 left.
Full game highlights in the video above, individual highlights and box score below. Click here for the full Celtics Life game recap.
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| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | ||
| J. Crowder | F | 22:59 | 3-9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| D. Lee | F | 20:35 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| T. Zeller | C | 06:28 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A. Bradley | G | 30:28 | 7-18 | 1-4 | 3-4 | +3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | |
| M. Smart | G | 38:30 | 7-12 | 1-5 | 2-4 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |
| I. Thomas | 26:35 | 4-18 | 1-5 | 6-6 | -15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ||
| E. Turner | 15:49 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| J. Sullinger | 23:31 | 4-12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| A. Johnson | 28:24 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| J. Jerebko | 13:40 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| K. Olynyk | 13:00 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R. Hunter | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| T. Rozier | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 240 | 35-98 | 6-29 | 11-14 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 87 | |||
| 35.7% | 20.7% | 78.6% | team rebs: 10 | total to: 16 | |||||||||||||
