Houston Rockets @ Boston Celtics
15-17, 8-11 Away
93
15-17, 8-11 Away
27-3, 15-1 Home
97
27-3, 15-1 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
42% (35-83)
Field Goal %
53% (41-77)
24% (5-21)
Three Point %
25% (4-16)
78% (18-23)
Free Throw %
58% (11-19)
26
Turnovers
26
63
Rebounds
54
5
Largest Lead
20
Game Information
Boston, MA
Referee:Bill Spooner
Referee:Derrick Collins
Referee:Rodney Mott
Game Flow
--HOU
--BOS
Shot Chart
- Chuck Hayes misses 4-foot jumper
- Luther Head makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Yao Ming misses 6-foot jumper
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Rajon Rondo makes driving layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
- Paul Pierce misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 7-foot running jumper
- Rajon Rondo misses jumper
- Kendrick Perkins misses tip shot
- Rafer Alston makes 3-foot two point shot
- Kevin Garnett makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Yao Ming misses 10-foot jumper
- Rajon Rondo misses 20-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 16-foot two point shot
- Ray Allen makes 19-foot jumper
- Luther Head misses 13-foot jumper
- Kevin Garnett makes two point shot (Ray Allen assists)
- Kevin Garnett makes free throw 1 of 1
- Yao Ming misses 20-foot jumper
- Rajon Rondo makes layup (Paul Pierce assists)
- Yao Ming misses two point shot
- Kevin Garnett misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Garnett makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rafer Alston misses running jumper
- Ray Allen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Yao Ming makes slam dunk
- Ray Allen makes 13-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Paul Pierce makes layup (Kendrick Perkins assists)
- Ray Allen misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kendrick Perkins makes two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Yao Ming misses 5-foot hook shot
- Eddie House makes 18-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming misses 14-foot jumper
- Paul Pierce makes driving layup
- Bonzi Wells makes slam dunk (Luis Scola assists)
- Paul Pierce makes 16-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming makes 2-foot hook shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Eddie House makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Posey assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses three point jumper
- Yao Ming misses 16-foot jumper
- Paul Pierce misses 20-foot jumper
- James Posey misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Bonzi Wells misses 13-foot jumper
- Paul Pierce makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tony Allen assists)
- Bonzi Wells makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Eddie House misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Bonzi Wells misses layup
- Aaron Brooks misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 2
- Paul Pierce makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
- Scot Pollard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Scot Pollard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Brooks makes 18-foot two point shot
- Eddie House makes 20-foot two point shot
- Tony Allen misses layup
- Glen Davis makes 1-foot two point shot
- Mike James makes layup (Yao Ming assists)
- Glen Davis misses 20-foot jumper
- Bonzi Wells misses free throw 1 of 2
- Bonzi Wells makes free throw 2 of 2
- Bonzi Wells makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bonzi Wells makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ray Allen misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes 12-foot jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Mike James misses jumper
- James Posey misses three point jumper
- Bonzi Wells misses jumper
- Rajon Rondo misses 4-foot jumper
- Bonzi Wells makes driving dunk (Mike James assists)
- Rajon Rondo makes 10-foot running jumper (Kendrick Perkins assists)
- Yao Ming misses 6-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston misses three point jumper
- Bonzi Wells makes driving dunk (Luis Scola assists)
- Kevin Garnett makes 9-foot jumper
- Mike James misses 19-foot jumper
- Bonzi Wells makes 15-foot two point shot
- Kevin Garnett makes 7-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes jumper (Luther Head assists)
- Ray Allen misses 10-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Paul Pierce makes layup
- Luther Head makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 2
- Paul Pierce misses free throw 2 of 2
- Luther Head makes 21-foot jumper
- Scot Pollard makes 7-foot two point shot (Kevin Garnett assists)
- Bonzi Wells misses layup
- Scot Pollard makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
- Kevin Garnett misses 66-foot three point jumper
- Ray Allen misses layup
- Kevin Garnett misses 12-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming misses jumper
- Kevin Garnett makes 19-foot two point shot (Paul Pierce assists)
- Kevin Garnett makes free throw 1 of 1
- Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Paul Pierce misses free throw 1 of 2
- Paul Pierce misses free throw 2 of 2
- Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rajon Rondo makes dunk
- Luther Head makes two point shot
- Ray Allen makes 22-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Chuck Hayes makes 3-foot two point shot
- Luther Head misses layup
- Paul Pierce misses layup
- Yao Ming makes 6-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 1
- Rajon Rondo makes 9-foot two point shot
- Rafer Alston makes 9-foot running jumper
- Kendrick Perkins misses layup
- Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Chuck Hayes makes two point shot (Luther Head assists)
- Kevin Garnett misses jumper
- Yao Ming makes dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
- Rajon Rondo misses 18-foot jumper
- Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes dunk
- Rafer Alston misses two point shot
- Kevin Garnett makes 10-foot two point shot (Ray Allen assists)
- Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
- Ray Allen makes 21-foot two point shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Yao Ming misses free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ray Allen misses 21-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes driving layup (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 1
- Scot Pollard makes layup (Paul Pierce assists)
- Scot Pollard makes free throw 1 of 1
- Ray Allen misses layup
- Scot Pollard misses layup
- Paul Pierce makes 14-foot two point shot
- Bonzi Wells misses free throw 1 of 2
- Bonzi Wells misses free throw 2 of 2
- Bonzi Wells makes 3-foot two point shot
- Eddie House makes 21-foot jumper (Scot Pollard assists)
- Rafer Alston misses layup
- Yao Ming misses 7-foot jumper
- Bonzi Wells makes tip shot
- Eddie House misses 34-foot three point jumper
- Ray Allen misses jumper
- Rafer Alston makes driving layup
- James Posey misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Scot Pollard makes 18-foot jumper (Tony Allen assists)
- Rafer Alston makes driving layup
- Bonzi Wells makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bonzi Wells makes free throw 2 of 2
- Bonzi Wells makes dunk (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Tony Allen misses layup
- Rafer Alston makes driving layup
- Rafer Alston makes free throw 1 of 1
- Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kendrick Perkins makes slam dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luis Scola misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ray Allen misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Bonzi Wells misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Rajon Rondo makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rajon Rondo misses free throw 2 of 2
- Rafer Alston misses 21-foot jumper
- Bonzi Wells makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bonzi Wells makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Garnett makes 7-foot two point shot (Paul Pierce assists)
- Ray Allen makes layup (Paul Pierce assists)
- Yao Ming misses 6-foot hook shot
- Kevin Garnett makes 17-foot jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
- Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bonzi Wells assists)
- Rajon Rondo misses 17-foot jumper
- Shane Battier misses three point jumper
- Paul Pierce misses 19-foot jumper
- Rajon Rondo makes driving layup
- Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Garnett misses 17-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 4-foot jumper
- Kevin Garnett makes 23-foot jumper
- Bonzi Wells makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bonzi Wells makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Garnett misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Garnett makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ray Allen misses 11-foot jumper
- Kevin Garnett makes 13-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
- Luther Head misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes jumper
- James Posey misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Garnett makes 19-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
- James Posey misses free throw 1 of 2
- James Posey makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes layup
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 62 | 20 | .756 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | L2 |
| Dallas | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37 | L8 |
Eastern Conference
| Atlantic | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 56 | 26 | .683 | - | W2 |
| New York | 53 | 29 | .646 | 3 | L1 |
| Toronto | 46 | 36 | .561 | 10 | W1 |
| Philadelphia | 45 | 37 | .549 | 11 | W2 |
| Brooklyn | 20 | 62 | .244 | 36 | L3 |
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