On January 1, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Spurs hosted the Celtics, and their starting lineup was Champagnie, Vassell, Sochan, Branham, and Wembanyama, and the Celtics' starting five tigers were White, Brown, Tatum, Porzingis, and Horford.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Tatum hit a 3-point shot from the outside, Vassell hit a 2-point mid-range shot, Brown hit a 2-point jumper, and Wembanyama scored 3 points with an arrow from the outside, and the two sides tied 5:5 at the beginning. White came back without showing weakness and hit a 3-pointer from the outside with a big hand, Wembanyama scored 2 points with a small throw, and the Celtics led the Spurs by 8 points at 30:22 at the end of the first quarter.
The fight continued in the second quarter, Osman scored 2 points for the basket, Tatum scored another 3-point shot from the outside, and the veteran Horford also only knew how to bend the bow and score 3 points, and the Celtics led to 12 points at 36:24. The two sides chased and killed each other, and the Spurs trailed the Celtics by 12 points at 53-65 in the second quarter.
Statistics of the two sides in the first half: Celtics Tatum 15 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, White 13 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Cornet 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block, Brown 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Spurs Sochan 9 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Wembanyama 15 points and 2 assists, Vassell 11 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals.
In the second half, the Celtics doubled Tatum and Brown to bomb and score in turn, leading the team to take a solid lead. The Spurs' Wembanyama and Vassell followed closely to catch up with the score. Helplessly, the strength was not good, and finally a fierce battle ended, and the Celtics defeated the Spurs 134-101!