The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Boston Celtics 129-119 on May 2, 2021 at TD Garden.
Final · TD Garden
Top performers
- CJ McCollum led the Trail Blazers with 33 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
- Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 33 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.
Portland Trail Blazers box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ McCollum | 38 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12-20 | 4-8 | 5-6 | 0 |
| Damian Lillard | 39 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8-18 | 3-9 | 7-7 | 3 |
| Norman Powell | 39 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8-15 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 3 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | 29 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 27 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Robert Covington | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Enes Freedom | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2 |
| Anfernee Simons | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2 |
| Team | 241 | 129 | 36 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 44-85 | 19-38 | 22-26 | 18 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Boston Celtics box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayson Tatum | 37 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11-19 | 4-5 | 7-7 | 2 |
| Evan Fournier | 34 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8-10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Jaylen Brown | 35 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6-22 | 1-9 | 3-4 | 4 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Payton Pritchard | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Marcus Smart | 35 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-14 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Robert Williams III | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 |
| Tristan Thompson | 23 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Tremont Waters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 228 | 117 | 45 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 42-87 | 20-39 | 13-15 | 19 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Trail Blazers · 2020-21 season · Previous Apr 30, 2021: POR 128, BKN 109 · Next May 3, 2021: POR 114, ATL 123
- Celtics · 2020-21 season · Previous Apr 30, 2021: SA 140, BOS 143 · Next May 5, 2021: BOS 132, ORL 96