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All-Time Record vs. Cleveland: 124-79 (.611) Largest Celtics Win: 39 points, 117-78 (4/12/15)
All-Time Home Record: 74-25 (.747) Largest Cavaliers Win: 31 points, 107-76 (4/12/09)
All-Time Road Record: 50-54 (.481) Single Game Celtic High Scorer: Paul Pierce – 50 pts (2/15/06)
Current Streak: Two Cavaliers Wins Single Game Cavaliers High Scorer: Brad Daugherty – 44 pts (4/15/88)
Current Streak at Home: One Cavaliers Win Longest Celtic Win Streak: 16 games (1/23/83 – 1/26/85)
Current Streak on Road: Four Cavaliers Wins Longest Cavaliers Win Streak: 7 games (4/19/05 – 1/3/07)
Record against Cleveland since 2011-12: 11-11
TEAM NOTES
TATUM AMONGST TOP SCORING ROOKIES IN CELTICS FRANCHISE HISTORY…
Through the first 39 games in his Celtics career Jayson Tatum has recorded the third most points through the team’s first 39 games in franchise history for a
Celtics rookie…listed below are the top five marks through 39 games…
RANK PLAYER POINTS SEASON
1 Larry Bird 766 1979-80
2 Dave Cowens 651 1970-71
3 Jayson Tatum 555 2017-18
4 Paul Pierce 552 1998-99
5 Antoine Walker 548 1996-97
TATUM AMONG LEADERS IN 3PT FG%…
Jayson Tatum is currently second in the NBA three-point field goal percentage…He is shooting 47.5 percent on the season…listed below are the top 5 shooting
marks in the NBA this season…
RANK PLAYER 3FG% 3FGM 3FGA TEAM
1 George Hill 48.2 40 83 SAC
2 Jayson Tatum 47.5 56 118 BOS
3 E’Twaun Moore 47.4 64 135 NO
4 Trey Lyles 46.3 38 82 DEN
5 Darius Miller 45.5 65 143 NO
CELTICS POSTING SECOND-BEST DEFENSE…
To date in the 2017-18 season the Celtics have posted the second-rated defense in the NBA by defensive rating…They currently have a defensive rating of
100.7 and allow the second-fewest points per game at 98.3 PPG.
THEIS AND TATUM CONTROL THE BOARDS IN WIN OVER DALLAS…
Daniel Theis (11 rebounds) and Jayson Tatum (10 rebounds) combined to pull down 21 of the team’s 53 rebounds in the win over the Mavericks on Dec.
…According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marked only the second time in the last 50 years that the C’s had multiple rookies each record 10 or more rebounds
in a win…The only other time that happened with on April 18, 1997 when Antoine Walker (12 rebounds) and Brett Szabo (13 rebounds) accomplished the feat
in a win over the 76ers.
AL HORFORD POSTS RARE NUMBERS IN THREE STRAIGHT GAMES…
Al Horford finished the game against Milwaukee on Dec. 4 with 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting, nine rebounds and eight assists…In Horford’s last three games
he has shot 23-of-32 from the field (71.9%), grabbed 22 rebounds and handed out 24 assists…The only other player in franchise history to record this feat over
three games according to the Elias Sports Bureau is Larry Bird who accomplished the feat twice (April 1983 and March 1986).
BRAD STEVENS NAMED NBA’S EASTERN CONFERENCE COACH OF THE MONTH FOR OCT/NOV 2017…
Brad Stevens guided the Celtics to an NBA-best 19-4 record during October and November, including a 9-2 mark at home and a 10-2 mark on the road…The
Celtics followed an 0-2 start with 16 straight victories, tied for the fourth-longest winning streak in franchise history…During the streak, the Celtics rallied from
a deficit of at least 13 points to win a game five times…Under Stevens, the Celtics led the NBA in defensive rating through November, allowing 98.4 points per
100 possessions and went 15-0 when giving up fewer than 100 points…This is the third time that Stevens has been named the Eastern Conference’s Coach of
the Month.
CELTICS WIN 16 STRAIGHT; COMPLETE AN NBA FIRST…
The Celtics have now ripped off a 16-game winning streak after a win against Dallas on Nov. 20 improving their record to 16-2 after starting the season 0-2…The
C’s are the first NBA team in NBA history to have gone on a 16-game winning streak after dropping their first two games of the season.
CELTICS 16 GAME WINNING STREAK TIED FOR FOURTH LONGEST IN FRANCHISE HISTORY…
The Celtics 16 game winning streak tied for the fourth longest in franchise history with a streak that was done by the 1964-65 Celtics…listed below are the
longest winning streaks in franchise history...
RANK SEASON GAMES STREAK DATES
1 2008-09 19 11/15/08 – 12/23/08
2 1981-82 18 2/24/82 – 3/26/82
3 1959-60 17 11/28/59 – 12/30/59
4 1964-65 16 12/19/64 – 1/22/65
4 2017-18 16 10/20/17 – 11/20/17
5 2010-11 14 11/22/10 – 12/22/10
5 1985-86 14 3/11/86 – 4/4/86
5 1957-58 14 10/22/57 – 11/27/57
IRVING COMES UP BIG IN OVERTIME AGAINST DALLAS…
Kyrie Irving netted 10 of his season-high 47 points during overtime against the Mavericks on Nov. 20 when he helped rally a 110-102 win in Dallas…It marked
the fifth time of his NBA career that he has recorded 10 or more points during an overtime period…According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only other active
players to accomplish that feat more than five times are Dwyane Wade (eight times) and LeBron James (seven times).
IRVING NETS 47 AGAINT DALLAS…
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Kyrie Irving scored a season-high 47 points against Dallas in just his 17 game in a Celtic uniform…According to the Elias Sports Bureau he is the 22 player to
score 40 or more points in a game for the Celtics franchise…Only two of those players did it in an earlier game with the franchise than Irving did in Todd Day
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(13 game) and Bob McAdoo (16 game).
IRVING AND BROWN POST EFFICIENT SCORING NIGHTS IN ATLANTA…
Kyrie Irving netted 30 points on 10-for-12 shooting while Jaylen Brown netted a career-high 27 points on 10-for-13 shooting as the Celtics extended their
winning streak to 15 games…According to the Elias Sports Bureau it was the first time that two Celtics had scored at least 25 points and made at least 75% of
their field goal attempts since Jan. 27, 1989 when Robert Parish (26 pts, 8-for-10 FG) and Reggie Lewis (25, 11-for-14 FG) accomplished the feat in a win over
the Kings.
MORRIS POSTS 20-10 AGAINST BROOKLYN…
Marcus Morris recorded his first double-double as a Celtic with 21 points and 10 rebounds against Brooklyn on Nov. 14…According to the Elias Sports Bureau,
Morris is the first Celtic to post 20-10 in points and rebounds during the month of his debut for the team since Brandon Bass did it in December of 2011…The
only other Celtics players to record that feat since 2000 were Kevin Garnett (eight times) and Ray Allen who both did it in November 2007.
IRVING CONTINUES SCORING RATE THROUGH FIRST 11 GAMES WITH CELTICS…
Kyrie Irving has netted 245 points in his first 11 games with the Celtics which is the most points scored by a Celtic in their first 11 games with the team in
franchise history…He surpasses Bailey Howell who netted 230 points in his first 11 games with the team during the 1966-67 season.
IRVING JOINS SELECT COMPANY THROUGH FIRST FOUR GAMES…
Kyrie Irving posted 80 points and 24 assists through his first four games with the Celtics joins four other players in franchise history to record at least 80 points
in their first four games with the team joining Bailey Howell (84 in 1966), Kevin Garnett (95 in 2007), Ray Allen (86 in 2007) and Isaiah Thomas (89 in
2015)…According to the Elias Sports Bureau only two of those four players also had at least 20 assists in those four games in Garnett and Thomas.
TATUM AND BROWN BECOME FIRST DUO IN C’S HISTORY TO RECORD 20+ AT THEIR AGE IN SAME GAME…
Jayson Tatum (22 points) and Jaylen Brown (23 points) each had great games against the Knicks on Oct. 24…According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Tatum and
Brown are the first C’s duo to ever score 20 or more points at the age of 21 or younger in the same game in team history.
TATUM JOINS ELITE CELTICS COMPANY WITH FIRST CAREER GAME…
Jayson Tatum recorded 14 points and 10 rebounds against Cleveland on Oct. 17 in his first career game…He joins Larry Bird and Dave Cowens as the only three
Celtics players in franchise history to record a double-double in their first career game.
RED CLAWS REPORT…
Celtics Two-Way Players Kadeem Allen and Jabari Bird have both played in games for the Celtics G-League affiliate Maine Red Claws this season…Abdel Nader
and Guerschon Yabusele has also appeared in games for the Red Claws on assignment from the Celtics…Listed below are their most recent game lines:
Kadeem Allen: Season Averages with Maine:
Regular Season: 16G, 14.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 2.63 steals, 32.1 minutes, 45.2 FG%, 27.1 3FG%, 84.2 FT%
DATE OPPONENT MIN PTS FG FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA REB AST STL BLK
12/9 vs. Texas 23:51 9 4 11 0 3 1 2 4 2 2 0
12/14 vs. Ft. Wayne 35:37 17 7 12 1 1 2 2 3 6 4 0
12/16 vs. SLC Stars 32:33 8 3 10 0 2 2 2 6 6 2 2
Jabari Bird: Season Averages with Maine:
Regular Season: 15G, 21.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.60 steals, 0.67 blocks, 36.8 minutes, 51.6 FG%, 31.5 3FG%, 60.7 FT%
DATE OPPONENT MIN PTS FG FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA REB AST STL BLK
12/14 vs. Ft. Wayne 42:11 13 6 9 0 3 1 1 3 2 1 0
12/16 vs. SLC Stars 28:40 20 9 15 1 4 1 1 4 2 1 1
12/22 at Grand Rapids 35:43 21 9 18 2 7 1 4 8 2 1 0
Abdel Nader: Season Averages with Maine:
Regular Season: 2G, 27.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 steals, 1.5 blocks, 36.9 minutes, 52.9 FG%, 42.9 3FG%, 85.7 FT%
DATE OPPONENT MIN PTS FG FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA REB AST STL BLK
12/1 vs. Raptors 905 34:37 19 5 12 4 7 5 5 3 2 1 2
12/14 vs. Ft. Wayne 39:06 35 13 22 2 7 7 9 8 1 2 1
Guerschon Yabusele: Season Averages with Maine:
Regular Season: 3G, 22.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 0.7 steals, 34.3 minutes, 51.0 FG%, 29.4 3FG%, 84.6 FT%
DATE OPPONENT MIN PTS FG FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA REB AST STL BLK
11/26 at Westchester 38:04 27 10 20 3 8 4 4 6 4 2 0
12/1 vs. Raptors 905 31:07 16 5 12 2 6 4 5 5 3 0 1
12/14 vs. Ft. Wayne 33:42 23 10 17 0 3 3 4 6 5 0 1
PLUS/MINUS REPORT…
Game Allen Baynes Bird Brown Hayward Horford Irving Larkin Morris Nader Ojeleye Rozier Smart Tatum Theis Yabusele
12/21 at NY 0 -1 DND DND DND -1 -6 DND DND -7 -5 -10 -4 -6 -7 +2
12/23 vs. CHI +3 +17 DND +28 DND +19 +33 DNP DND +7 -10 +5 -5 +23 +2 +3
12/25 vs. WAS DND -12 DNP -11 DND -20 -14 DNP +9 DNP DND +3 -2 -8 +11 DNP
12/27 at CHA DNP -2 DNP DND DND +15 +4 +14 DND DNP DND +7 +4 +10 +6 -3
12/28 vs. HOU DND +3 -3 DND DND -5 +7 -2 +2 -2 DND +5 +3 +6 -9 DNP
Season Totals: +4 +111 +8 +202 +3 +234 +196 +15 +10 -75 -85 +47 +171 +79 -29 -22
Per Game: +1.3 +2.8 +2.0 +5.9 +3.0 +6.5 +5.3 +0.7 +0.6 -4.1 -2.4 +1.2 +4.6 +4.6 -0.8 -1.5
Per 48 MIN: +23.4 +7.5 +17.1 +9.2 +27.4 +9.6 +7.9 +2.8 +1.1 -23.6 -8.2 +2.5 +7.3 +7.0 -2.9 -13.8
CELTICS BY THE QUARTER…
st nd st rd th nd
1 Qtr 2 Qtr 1 Half 3 Qtr 4 Qtr OT 2 Half Game
Pts/FG% Pts/FG% Pts/FG% Pts/FG% Pts/FG% Pts/FG% Pts/FG% Pts/FG%
CELTICS 26.0/47.4 24.2/40.6 50.2/44.0 26.7/46.4 26.1/46.4 14.0/55.6 52.7/46.4 103.3/45.2
OPPONENTS 24.6/43.6 25.1/44.6 49.7/44.1 23.7/43.7 24.8/43.0 6.0/18.2 48.5/43.4 98.3/43.6
SCORING MARGIN +1.4 -0.9 +0.5 +3.0 +1.3 +8.0 +4.2 +5.0
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON OFFENSIVE LEADERS (INCLUDES TIES)
PLAYER G-GS 10+ PTS 20+ PTS 30+ PTS 40+ PTS 10+ REB 10+ AST DBL-DBL TPL-DBL PTS REB AST STL BLK MINS
Kadeem Allen 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aron Baynes 39-28 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 7 0
Jabari Bird 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jaylen Brown 34-34 24 8 0 0 3 0 3 0 6 8 0 9 4 6
Gordon Hayward 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Horford 36-36 27 8 0 0 8 2 9 0 4 17 16 5 13 10
Kyrie Irving 37-37 36 29 12 1 0 1 1 0 27 0 11 13 2 12
Shane Larkin 28-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Marcus Morris 18-8 11 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Abdel Nader 18-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Semi Ojeleye 36-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Terry Rozier III 39-0 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 1
Marcus Smart 37-9 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 11 5 4
Jayson Tatum 39-39 34 5 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 6 1 9 9 4
Daniel Theis 37-2 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 6 0 4 8 0
Guerschon Yabusele 15-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
12/2/17 – Recalled Abdel Nader and Guerschon Yabusele from the Maine Red Claws…12/1/17 – Assigned Abdel Nader and Guerschon Yabusele to the Maine Red Claws…11/30/17 – Recalled
Guerschon Yabusele from the Maine Red Claws…11/28/17 – Assigned Guerschon Yabusele to the Maine Red Claws…11/6/17 – Transferred Jabari Bird to the Boston Celtics from the Maine
Red Claws…10/30 – Assigned and recalled Marcus Morris to the Maine Red Claws of the NBA G-League…Transferred Jabari Bird to the Maine Red Claws…10/14 – Waived center Daniel
Ochefu…10/13 – Signed center Daniel Ochefu…10/12 – Waived guard Daniel Dixon, forward Jonathan Holmes, forward L.J. Peak and forward Andrew White…10/8 – Signed guard Daniel
Dixon…10/5 – Waived forward Devin Williams…9/26 – Signed forward Jonathan Holmes and forward Devin Williams…9/25 – Signed forward L.J. Peak and forward Andrew White.
DND:
Jaylen Brown – 1 (12/21/17); Marcus Morris – 1 (12/6/17)
BACK-TO-BACKS
The Celtics play 14 back-to-back contests during the 2017-18 regular season…The Celtics have six scheduled occurrences of consecutive away
games…The Celtics have four occasions on which they play a home game and then have an away game the next day…There also are four
occurrences of a back-to-back starting on the road and then finishing back at home in Boston.
FIRST GAME SECOND GAME
DATE OPPONENT SCORE DATE OPPONENT SCORE
10/17 at Cleveland L/99-102 10/18 vs. Milwaukee L/100-108
11/5 at Orlando W/104-88 11/6 at Atlanta W/110-107
11/24 vs. Orlando W/118-103 11/12 at Indiana W/108-98
12/10 at Detroit W/91-81 12/11 at Chicago L/85-108
12/15 vs. Utah L/95-107 12/16 at Memphis W/102-93
12/20 vs. Miami L/89-90 12/21 at New York L/93-102
12/27 at Charlotte W/102-91 12/28 vs. Houston W/99-98
1/5 vs. Minnesota 1/6 at Brooklyn
1/23 at LA Lakers 1/24 at LA Clippers
2/8 at Washington 2/9 vs. Indiana
2/23 at Detroit 2/24 at New York
3/25 at Sacramento 3/26 at Phoenix
4/3 at Milwaukee 4/4 at Toronto
4/10 at Washington 4/11 vs. Brooklyn
Kadeem Allen 3 8 1 0 1 0 0
Aron Baynes 39 709 88 7 16 8 328
Jabari Bird 4 22 0 4 0 0 3
Jaylen Brown 34 1060 10 58 36 2 233
Gordon Hayward 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
Al Horford 36 1175 113 44 23 0 456
Kyrie Irving 37 1198 15 88 38 2 186
Shane Larkin 28 321 0 19 12 5 50
Marcus Morris 18 422 15 13 13 0 87
Abdel Nader 18 149 1 8 4 0 35
Semi Ojeleye 35 496 7 16 10 3 135
Terry Rozier III 39 908 7 61 30 1 137
Marcus Smart 37 1138 13 100 23 8 248
Jayson Tatum 39 1212 10 57 29 1 276
Daniel Theis 37 485 57 27 17 0 213
Guerschon Yabusele 15 76 2 1 2 0 19
TOTALS 339 503 255 30 2406
AVERAGE PER GAME 8.7 12.9 6.5 0.77 61.7
RANK IN NBA 15 21 20 9 11
**As Compiled by NBA.com/Stats
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON RECORD WHEN…
Quick Overview Record By Weekday Record Home Road Celtics Record When Record
Overall Record 29-10 Sunday 3-0 1-0 2-0 They shoot .500 + 6-1
Home 15-5 Monday 5-3 2-2 3-1 They shoot .450 – .499 12-2
Road 14-5 Tuesday 1-1 0-0 1-1 They shoot .449 or less 11-7
vs. East 18-8 Wednesday 5-3 4-2 1-1 They score 100+ 21-4
vs. West 11-2 Thursday 4-1 3-0 1-1 They score 90-99 8-4
Friday 4-2 2-1 2-1 They score 89 or fewer 0-2
Breakdown Record Saturday 6-0 2-0 4-0 They have = or more rebounds 21-1
vs. teams .500+ (day of game) 15-5 They have = or more assists 22-5
vs. teams sub .500 (day of game) 14-3 By Month Record Home Road They have = or more steals 19-6
Games 1-20 17-3 October 5-2 2-1 3-1 They have = or more turnovers 16-5
Games 21-40 12-7 November 14-2 7-1 7-1 They have = or higher FG% 23-2
Games 41-60 0-0 December 10-6 6-3 4-3 Opp. shoot .500+ 0-2
Games 61-82 0-0 January 0-0 0-0 0-0 Opp. shoot .450 – .499 8-7
Pre All-Star 29-10 February 0-0 0-0 0-0 Opp. shoot .449 or less 21-1
Post All-Star 0-0 March 0-0 0-0 0-0 Opp. scores 100+ 8-9
April 0-0 0-0 0-0 Opp. scores 90-99 14-1
Quarter Scoring Record Opp. scores 89 or fewer 7-0
Celtics are ahead or tied after 1Q 20-5 Record After 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 Opp. have more rebounds 9-9
Celtics are behind after 1Q 9-5 39 Games… 24-15 20-19 13-26 Opp. have more assists 5-5
Celtics are ahead or tied after 2Q 19-2 40 Games… 25-15 21-19 14-26 Opp. have more steals 10-4
Celtics are behind after 2Q 10-8 41 Games… 26-15 22-19 15-26 Opp. have more turnovers 12-5
Celtics are ahead or tied after 3Q 22-4 Opp. has a higher FG% 6-8
Celtics are behind after 3Q 7-6
Celtics score 19 or less in 1Q 1-3
Celtics allow 19 or less in 1Q 6-1
Celtics score 30 or more in 1Q 11-1
Celtics allow 30 or more in 1Q 5-2
Celtics score 50+ in first half 12-4
Celtics allow 50+ in first half 13-7
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON SUPERLATIVES