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Key players
Boston: Jaylen Brown (41 pts, 12 rebounds), Jayson Tatum (31 pts, 10 rebounds). From the bench: Malcolm Brogdon (20 pts)
New Orleans: CJ McCollum (38 pts), Naji Marshall (18 pts, 7 rebounds)
Game over!
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Payton Pritchard
Celtics player feels some in the foot
Timeout NO
Boston lead by 19
Time on the clock
Less than 3 minutes left!
Jaylen Brown!
He converts for three against good defense and reaches 39 points in the game!
Rebounds
Boston 46 x 33 Celtics
Timeout NO
Home team with 13-point lead with nine minutes to the end
All alone
Brogdon receives with no defense against right in front of the basket and converts for three
End of 3rd quarter!
Celtics ahead by 12 points!
Marshall
Pelicans player misses two times in a row for 3, including one with an air ball
Timeout New Orleans
Celtics lead by 12 with 02:48 left in the 3rd quarter
Jaylen Brown
He reaches 31 in the game
Jump ball
Brown and Alvarado fight for it in the air, and Boston gets it
CJ McCollum!
Pelicans players dribbles past the defender beautifully and converts for two with the floater!
What a play!
Jaylen Brown converts with turnaround fadeaway jump shot!
Second half begins!
Third quarter in action!
First half key players
Boston: Jaylen Brown (18 points, 10 rebounds), Jayson Tatum (14 points), Al Horford (11 points)
Pelicans: CJ McCollum (22 points)
Halftime
Celtics 64-58 Pelicans
Counter-attack not taken
McCollum delivers good steal on defense, sends to Marshall, but he misses for 2
3pts
Boston: 8-22
New Orleans: 7-11
Timeout Boston
Home team lead by 7 with 6:05 left to halftime
Slam!
Trey Murphy III dunks beautifully for the Pelicans!
Good sequence
Celtics score seven in a row and open ten ahead
Serving up
Derrick White already has five assists in the game
End of the quarter!
Celtics three points ahead!
Good starting performances
CJ McCollum and Al Horford already have 11 points each
Timeout Pelicans
Visitors take a timeout with 2 minutes left in the quarter
Wrong pass
Alvarado misses the pass and turns the ball over
Time on the clock
7 minutes until the end of the 1st quarter
Nice shot
McCollum hits beautiful 3pt shot with stepback
Rough foul
Personal foul from Grant Williams on Valenciunas. He converts both free throws.
Ball went up!
The game begins!
Few minutes late
As usual in the NBA, the game will start a few minutes later than the exact starting time
Celtics starters
Tonight's starters ⤵️@DraftKings pic.twitter.com/7CAoUdU6xl — Boston Celtics (@celtics) January 12, 2023
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Last games between the teams
There's been a while since the Pelicans last won against the Celtics. The two teams played only one time against each other this season up to now. It was on November 18th, 2022, at the Smoothie King Center, in New Orleans. Boston won on the road by 117 to 109. Jaylen Brown (27 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists) and Derrick White (26 points) had the best performances
Last season, the Celtics won the two games between them, one on the road and one at home; both were played in January
Pelicans problable starting five
With Herbert Jones questionable, coach Willie Green will probably start the game with CJ McCollum, Jose Alvarado, Naji Marshall, Trey Murphy III and Jonas Valanciunas
Celtics probable starting line-up
The coach Joe Mazzulla will probably repeat the line-up that started the previous game against the Bulls, with: Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Al Horford and Robert Williams III
Pelicans Injury Report
The team's Star Zion Williamson had another injury last week, this time being a hamstring. He will be re-evaluated in three weeks.
A foot injury took him out for most of last season.
E.J. Liddell and Brandon Ingram are also still out, the first one with a knee injury and the other with a toe one.
Herbert Jones (back) is questionable for tonight. He left the previous game against the Washington Wizards with pain in the back, after only 12 minutes played and five points scored
Boston Injury Report
Danilo Gallinari is out for the season with a knee injury. He is being cared by the team's medical department in Boston to remain close to his teammates.
On the other hand, Marcus Smart is questionable to play tonight, algo with a knee injury. He had the same status to the team's previous match against the Chicago Bulls and ended being out for the game. We will only know if he will play today or not until it's close to the starting time
Pelicans in the Standings
In the Western Conference, the New Orleans Pelicans are in the third place, right behind Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies that lead with records of 27-13, as mentioned before. New Orleans has two victories less and three more defeats than them.
The team remains on the road today after winning against the Wizards in Washington, by 132 to 112, also last Monday (9). Jonas Valanciunas (27 points and 12 rebounds) and CJ McCollum (34 points) dominated that night.
Celtics in the standings
Boston has the best record in the moment not only within the Eastern Conference, but for the whole league. They 29 victories and 12 defeats up to now.
The leaders in the West, Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies have 27 victories and 13 defeats, same campaign as the runner-up in the East, Brooklyn Nets, that comes right behind the Celtics.
The home team for this game comes from three wins in a row, including the last one over the Chicago Bulls, also at home, last Monday January 9th, with a final scoreboard by 107 to 99. Jayson Tatum had the most significant performance, with 32 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists
The match will be played at the TD Garden
The Boston Celtics-New Orleans Pelicans match will be played at the stadium TD Garden, in Boston, Massachusetts, with a capacity of 19.580 people.
The home team has 16 victories and five defeats there so far in the season, while the Pelicans have a negative campaign on the road up to now, with eight wins and eleven losses.
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Tonight, the Boston Celtics take on the New Orleans Pelicans in Boston for the NBA 2022/33 Regular Season. The game begins at 7:30 PM (ET)