Celtics 125-98 Suns (Dec 7, 2022) Box Score

Boston Celtics

21-5, 10-3 away

125

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	31	38	35	21	125
PHX	21	21	23	33	98

Phoenix Suns

16-9, 12-3 home

Boston Celtics

starters
Blake GriffinB. Griffin#91
Grant WilliamsG. Williams#12
Jayson TatumJ. Tatum#0
Marcus SmartM. Smart#36
Jaylen BrownJ. Brown#7
bench
Noah VonlehN. Vonleh#4
Justin JacksonJ. Jackson#43
Sam HauserS. Hauser#30
Luke KornetL. Kornet#40
Malcolm BrogdonM. Brogdon#13
Derrick WhiteD. White#9
Payton PritchardP. Pritchard#11
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	3-6	3-4	0-0	1	8	9	1	0	1	0	3	+32	9
22	6-6	2-2	0-0	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	+31	14
29	9-19	3-8	4-6	0	5	5	2	2	0	3	2	+26	25
26	2-5	0-3	0-0	1	3	4	6	3	0	5	3	+23	4
28	9-24	2-8	5-5	3	4	7	3	2	0	1	0	+27	25
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	4	4	0	0	1	1	4	-13	0
10	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	-10	0
21	2-7	2-6	0-0	1	5	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	6
26	6-6	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	3	2	1	0	0	-3	12
19	7-9	2-4	0-0	0	3	3	5	0	0	1	2	+9	16
18	3-9	1-4	0-0	1	1	2	6	3	0	0	2	+23	7
10	2-5	1-3	2-2	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	-10	7
	49-101	16-45	11-13	11	42	53	29	14	3	12	20		125
	48.5%	35.6%	84.6%

Phoenix Suns

starters
Torrey CraigT. Craig#0
Mikal BridgesM. Bridges#25
Deandre AytonD. Ayton#22
Chris PaulC. Paul#3
Devin BookerD. Booker#1
bench
Dario SaricD. Saric#20
Ish WainrightI. Wainright#12
Josh OkogieJ. Okogie#2
Bismack BiyomboB. Biyombo#18
Jock LandaleJ. Landale#11
Cameron PayneC. Payne#15
Damion LeeD. Lee#10
Landry ShametL. Shamet#14
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	5-9	1-5	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	3	-36	11
28	2-12	0-5	0-0	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	-33	4
24	4-7	0-0	0-0	2	5	7	2	1	0	4	1	-28	8
24	2-6	0-2	0-0	0	4	4	4	1	0	4	3	-28	4
25	6-17	1-6	4-4	1	4	5	3	0	1	2	5	-40	17
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
12	1-3	0-1	2-2	0	6	6	0	0	0	1	0	+12	4
10	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	+10	0
23	8-14	4-6	8-10	5	2	7	2	0	1	2	0	+13	28
5	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	+5	0
14	1-4	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	1	-1	2
16	5-13	0-2	2-3	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	2	-14	12
14	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	-9	2
21	2-5	2-4	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	+14	6
	37-93	8-32	16-19	13	36	49	19	5	4	18	17		98
	39.8%	25.0%	84.2%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

BOS leads 1-0

Celtics
125
Suns
98

Game 1

12/7

Suns
106
Celtics
94

Game 2

2/3

Footprint Center

10:00 PM, December 7, 2022Coverage: ESPN

Phoenix, AZ

Line: PHX -2.5

Over/Under: 230.5

Attendance: 17,071

Referees:
Brent Barnaky
Tony Brothers
John Butler

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	12	3	.800	-	W3
New York	9	6	.600	3	W4
Brooklyn	6	9	.400	6	W1
Toronto	4	12	.250	8.5	W2
Philadelphia	2	12	.143	9.5	L5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	11	3	.786	-	W1
LA Lakers	10	5	.667	1.5	L1
Phoenix	9	7	.563	3	L5
LA Clippers	9	7	.563	3	W3
Sacramento	8	7	.533	3.5	L1

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BOS leads 1-0

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