At 8:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 6, the NBA Celtics hosted the Jazz, with Holiday and White, Brown, Tatum and Porzingis in their starting lineup, and the Jazz's starting five Tigers were Sexton, Dunn, Fontecchio, Markkanen and Collins.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Tatum made a killing free throw and scored 1 point in two free throws, the bald White scored 3 points with an arrow from the outside, Porzingis easily put in 2 points under the basket, Holiday scored 2 points with a one-handed split, and Brown hit a 2-point pull-up jump shot, and the Celtics led 10-0 in the opening game. Sexton made a kill and scored two free throws to score two points, and the Jazz finally broke the egg! Brown scored two points on a back-to-back pull, and the two sides fell into offensive mode, and the Celtics led the Jazz by 15 points at 30:15 at the end of the first quarter.
The fight continued in the second quarter, Hauser hit a 3-pointer from the outside, Kornet grabbed a rebound and added two points, and the Celtics scored five points in a row to expand to 35:15 again. Tatum's Popeye dunked for 2 points, and then he made three free throws from the outside to score another 3 points, and the two sides chased and killed, and the Jazz trailed the Celtics by 38:71 after the two quarters.
Statistics of the two sides in the first half: Celtics Tatum 23 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Porzingis 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, White 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Holiday 10 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, Hauser 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal, Jazz Sexton 12 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists and 3 steals, Markkanen 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Kessler 4 points and 7 rebounds, Fontecchio 4 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
In the second half, the Celtics ushered in more blossoms, with six players scoring double-doubles, Tatum, Boshen, Brown, Holiday and others took turns to bomb and score, playing steadily and not giving the opponent a chance to counterattack; In the end, the fierce battle was over, and the Celtics easily defeated the Jazz 126-97!