Beijing time, March 14, 2023, today's NBA game, the 15-52 Rockets face the 47-21 Celtics at home, Rockets Shenjing is absent, starters: Porter + Green + Martin + Ethan + Smith, Celtics Lowe is absent, starters: Smart + White + Brown + Tatum + Horford.
In the first quarter, Brown, Tatum 6-0, Smith, Martin 7-0 rally 1 point, White, Brown, Brogdon scored, Green, Martin, Eason responded, the Rockets led by 3 points, Brogdon, Smart 2 points, Green rushed to score consecutive points, Tatum, Brogdon responded, the Rockets led 31-29 in the first quarter. Green scored 16 points in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Green, Tate, and Porter extended the gap to 7 points, Brown and White equalized the difference, Tate and Smith scored, Horford and Brown scored by 2 points, Tate, Martin, Porter, and Smith scored 9 points, Hauser and Tatum scored, and Smith responded with three points, and the Rockets led 62-55 at halftime.
In the third quarter, Porter, Smith, and Green extended the gap to 13 points, Brown and Tatum chased the gap to 7 points, Smith and Porter scored, Brogdon and White chased the points, the difference was only 3 points, Porter, Tate, Smith extended the gap to 8 points, Tatum three points, and the Rockets led 85-80 in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Brown scored 5 consecutive points, Martin scored 4 consecutive points in response, the difference was 4 points, Hauser, Cornet scored, Garuba, Martin hit 3 consecutive three-pointers, the Rockets led by 9 points, Brown scored 4 consecutive points, Green, Ethan, Porter responded, the Rockets led by 11 points, Brown, Smart, Brogdon chased the difference to 1 point, Green scored, Brown made a free throw, the difference was still 1 point, 52 seconds left in the game, Green hit 2 free throws, Brown made a layup, Smith hit 1 of 2 free throws, the game was over, the Rockets beat the Celtics 111-109. In this battle, the rockets suppressed the green army in the whole game, and it can be said that they have won the opponent.
Green had 28 points, 7 boards and 3 assists on 8-of-29 shooting, Smith had 24 points, 12 boards and 3 assists on 9-of-11 shooting, Porter had 14 points, 6 boards and 13 assists, Martin had 20 points and 7 boards, Ethan had 6 points and 9 boards, and the Rockets starting five had 92 points and 41 boards.
For the Celtics, Brown had 43 points, 5 boards and 2 assists on 16-of-25 shooting, Tatum had 22 points, 8 boards and 6 assists on 8-of-22 shooting, Brogdon had 20 points and 2 boards, White had 9 points, 5 boards and 3 assists, and Smart had 6 points, 2 boards and 2 assists.
The Celtics lost 47-22, narrowing the gap between the 76ers (45-22) and the Green Army, whose recent record has dropped significantly, and the 76ers are hoping to overtake the Green Army to become second in the East.