Today, the Celtics lost to the Jazz 117-118.
At one point, the Celtics led by 15 points, but the Jazz tenaciously chased the score back. In the final 35.3 seconds of the game, Jazz player Tucker hit a key layup to make it 118-117, and Celtics star Tatum missed consecutive shots. In the final 5 seconds, Tucker missed out of bounds to give another chance, the Celtics Gwee layup was blocked by the Jazz Kellers, Markkanen ran out of time when he took the rebound, and the game was over, and the Jazz successfully reversed.
The player data of the two teams is as follows:
Celtics: Brown 25 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Gwi 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Tatum had 15 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists on 4-of-12 shooting, White had 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Griffin had 6 points and 4 rebounds, Brogdon had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Muscala had 8 points and 6 rebounds, Cornet had 8 points and 7 rebounds, and Hauser had 6 points
Jazz: Markkanen 28 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, Tucker 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Agabaji 16 points, Olynyk 13 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists, Kellers 12 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks, Guy 9 points
With the victory in this game, the Jazz overtook the Lakers to rise to 10th place in the West, while the Lakers fell to 11th place. You can't blame others, only the Lakers are no longer contending. According to statistics, because competitors are almost losing, if the Lakers win the last two games of the Rockets and the Lone Ranger, they have reached the sixth place in the West. Unfortunately, the Lakers chose to take turns against the Rockets and lost the game; Against the Lone Ranger, he made consecutive mistakes at the end of the game and was killed; Now that he has fallen out of the play-off qualification area, he really answered the phrase "you are not good for giving you a chance"!
It is worth mentioning that the Jazz and Lakers have two more matchups this season, and they are still at the end of the regular season, when it will likely be the hottest time for play-off qualification.