| 127 - 99 |
| Box Scores: NBA & Yahoo |
| GAME SUMMARY |
| Location: Spectrum Center(12590) |
| Officials: Michael Smith, David Guthrie and Evan Scott |
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics | 34 | 32 | 34 | 27 | 127 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 19 | 21 | 25 | 34 | 99 |
| TEAM STATS |
| Team | PTS | FG | FG% | 3P | 3P% | FT | FT% | OREB | TREB | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics | 127 | 51-105 | 48.6% | 14-45 | 31.1% | 11-17 | 64.7% | 16 | 59 | 34 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 6 |
| Charlotte Hornets | 99 | 37-88 | 42% | 4-28 | 14.3% | 21-26 | 80.8% | 10 | 57 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 5 |
| PLAYER STATS |
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It wasn’t as close as the final score indicates
Hope Ntilikina is OK, Gabriel tripped and forced him into an uncomfortable landing in the 4th quarter with his knee. He should be OK, didn’t look like a severe injury, but with the season starting in five days, hope he’ll be ready to go. He was the backup PG in preseason for the Hornets. Now it may end up being Sumner for opening night.
Tatum and Brown with the ball in their hands more, particularly Tatum, with the gravity Porzingis provides, is going to take those two to a different level this season. Tatum is gonna really be in the MVP hunt I think with how good of a record the Celtics are likely to have. Their offense is pretty much not guardable with all five of their guys at any time with the starting 5 being ballhandlers, being shooters, being able to make plays with the ball.
Tatum inefficient last night with his scoring but 7 assists, you can tell how much of a jump he has taken as a processor and he and KP have great chemistry. KP’s presence is going to active Tatum’s post game as well…he’s gonna get single coverage. You can’t shade off anyone else on the floor. That’s a 3, drop in the bucket.