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Oklahoma City Thunder
8-2 overall · 3-2 on the road
Fri 3/12
4:30 PM PT
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7-2 overall · 5-0 at home
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CelticsOffense
ThunderDefense

The Celtics rank 11th in the NBA in effective field goal % (54.0%), and the Thunder have the best opponent eFG% (48.4%). A tough test for the offense.

League average is 53.1%, so the Celtics are 0.9 points above it. Jayson Tatum leads them with 27.9 points a game on 58.0% true shooting.

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Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderTop scorer · OKC
Jayson TatumTop scorer · BOS
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Thunder8-2
Celtics7-2
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Team vs team

Season before this game (OKC 10 games, BOS 9). Small text is the league rank; ✓ marks the better number. Hover a stat for what it means.

OKCBOS
Scoring
112.216th · Average
Points per game
NBA avg 113.1
114.814th · Average
104.22nd · Top 5
Points allowed
NBA avg 113.4
105.14th · Top 5
+8.06th · Above avg
Point margin
NBA avg -0.2
+9.73rd · Top 5
Efficiency
110.918th · Average
Offensive rating
NBA avg 110.6
114.78th · Above avg
103.32nd · Top 5
Defensive rating
NBA avg 110.7
106.06th · Above avg
+7.77th · Above avg
Net rating
NBA avg -0.1
+8.76th · Above avg
101.023rd
Pace
NBA avg 102.3
99.627th
Shooting
51.9%22nd · Below avg
Effective FG%
NBA avg 53.1%
54.0%11th · Average
55.8%24th · Below avg
True shooting %
NBA avg 57.0%
58.1%9th · Above avg
11.327th · Bottom 5
Threes made
NBA avg 13.1
15.33rd · Top 5
34.9%15th · Average
Three-point %
NBA avg 34.6%
37.6%6th · Above avg
0.2327th · Bottom 5
Free-throw rate
NBA avg 0.29
0.3010th · Above avg
Defense
48.4%1st · Top 5
Opponent eFG%
NBA avg 53.1%
50.7%6th · Above avg
8.118th · Average
Steals
NBA avg 8.5
8.117th · Average
5.97th · Above avg
Blocks
NBA avg 5.0
4.423rd · Below avg
Possessions
11.9%1st · Top 5
Turnover rate
NBA avg 14.8%
14.8%17th · Average
26.3%17th · Average
Off. rebound rate
NBA avg 27.4%
30.6%6th · Above avg
47.37th · Above avg
Rebounds
NBA avg 44.3
44.711th · Average
23.129th · Bottom 5
Assists
NBA avg 26.2
27.27th · Above avg

Recent form

Oklahoma City Thunder
LWWWW

Last 5: average margin +12.4 (season +8.0). Streak W4.

Boston Celtics
WWLWW

Last 5: average margin +11.0 (season +9.7). Streak W2.

Key players

Oklahoma City Thunder
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderG 29.93.94.957.1
Ajay MitchellG 18.93.73.358.8
Jalen WilliamsG-F 13.74.73.347.2
Jared McCainG 12.13.41.752.1
Boston Celtics
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Jayson TatumF 27.96.28.058.0
Paul GeorgeF 19.65.54.558.0
Derrick WhiteG 13.33.35.157.2
Payton PritchardG 12.93.13.857.0

Injury report

Oklahoma City Thunder
Cason Wallace G · back ~3/2 Out
Chet Holmgren C-F · back ~1/2 Out
Jalen Williams G-F · back ~3/2 Out
Jaylin Williams F · back ~11/10 Out
Thomas Sorber C · back ~11/13 Out
Boston Celtics
Mitchell Robinson C · Illness · back ~11/8 Questionable

Team numbers are computed from every box score this season; ratings use the standard possession estimate. Data from balldontlie; this isn't official NBA data.

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