Tatum's jumper gives Celtics a 118-116 victory over the short-handed Pelicans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Jayson Tatum's jumper with 0.7 seconds left gave the Boston Celtics a 118-116 victory over the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night.
Jaylen Brown scored 28 points and Tatum had 27 as the Celtics handed the Pelicans their fifth straight loss. New Orleans lost Dejounte Murray to a lower right leg injury in the first quarter.
Tatum had 22 points through three quarters before being held in check for much of the fourth. But the Celtics went to him after CJ McCollum's tying basket with 24 seconds left and he hit the eventual winner over McCollum from the left wing.
Trey Murphy had a season-high 40 points, going 8 for 12 on 3-pointers. Jose Alvarado added 20 points and McCollum had 17.
Luke Kornet and Kristaps Porzingis scored 13 of the Celtics’ first 17 points of the fourth quarter to build a 108-101 lead. Porzingis and Derrick White each had 16 points.
Celtics: The Celtics had 32 assists on 42 made field goals. Porzingis had four blocks.
Pelicans: Murray, who had averaged 17.9 points, 6.5 rebounds and 7.6 assists since returning from an early season broken hand that caused him to miss 18 games, fell to the court in the first quarter with a non-contact injury to his lower right leg. He was carried into the locker room. … Zion Williamson sat out with a stomach bug. He has missed 36 of 49 games this season.
McCollum threw up a 35-foot hook shot at the buzzer that fell short.
McCollum continued his poor outside shooting, going 1 of 7 from long range. He is 7 of 27 from 3 over the last four games.
The Celtics play in Philadelphia on Sunday night. The Pelicans open a four-game road trip Monday night against the Nuggets.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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12:00 | Â | Kristaps Porzingis vs. Yves Missi (Derrick White gains possession) | Â | |
11:41 | Â | Jayson Tatum turnover (bad pass) (Javonte Green steals) | Â | |
11:33 | Â | Dejounte Murray misses two point driving layup | Â | |
11:30 | Â | Jaylen Brown defensive rebound | Â | |
11:21 | +2 | Jaylen Brown makes two point driving layup (Jrue Holiday assists) | 2-0 | |
11:21 | Â | Yves Missi defensive goaltending violation | Â | |
11:21 | Â | Yves Missi shooting foul (Jaylen Brown draws the foul) | Â | |
11:21 | +1 | Jaylen Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 3-0 | |
11:08 | Â | Dejounte Murray turnover (bad pass) (Kristaps Porzingis steals) | Â | |
11:05 | +2 | Jayson Tatum makes two point running dunk (Jaylen Brown assists) | 5-0 | |
10:50 | Â | Kristaps Porzingis blocks CJ McCollum's two point driving layup | Â | |
10:50 | Â | Pelicans offensive rebound | Â | |
10:41 | Â | CJ McCollum misses three point stepback jump shot | Â | |
10:38 | Â | Jrue Holiday defensive rebound | Â | |
10:31 | Â | Kristaps Porzingis misses three point running jump shot | Â | |
10:28 | Â | Dejounte Murray defensive rebound | Â | |
10:13 | Â | Dejounte Murray misses two point pullup jump shot | Â | |
10:10 | Â | Yves Missi offensive rebound | Â | |
10:09 | Â | Kristaps Porzingis blocks Yves Missi's two point putback layup | Â | |
10:06 | Â | Yves Missi offensive rebound | Â | |
10:02 | +2 | Yves Missi makes two point driving dunk | 5-2 | |
9:44 | Â | Derrick White misses three point pullup jump shot | Â | |
9:41 | Â | Trey Murphy III defensive rebound | Â | |
9:36 | +3 | Trey Murphy III makes three point stepback jump shot | 5-5 | |
9:19 | +3 | Jayson Tatum makes three point pullup jump shot (Kristaps Porzingis assists) | 8-5 | |
9:00 | Â | CJ McCollum misses three point jump shot | Â | |
8:58 | Â | Dejounte Murray offensive rebound | Â | |
8:53 | Â | Trey Murphy III misses three point pullup jump shot | Â | |
8:50 | Â | Jayson Tatum defensive rebound | Â | |
8:46 | Â | Javonte Green shooting foul (Kristaps Porzingis draws the foul) | Â | |
8:46 | +1 | Kristaps Porzingis makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 9-5 | |
8:46 | +1 | Kristaps Porzingis makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 10-5 | |
8:37 | +2 | Dejounte Murray makes two point driving layup | 10-7 | |
8:26 | +3 | Jaylen Brown makes three point jump shot (Derrick White assists) | 13-7 | |
8:14 | Â | Dejounte Murray misses two point driving layup | Â | |
8:12 | Â | Kristaps Porzingis defensive rebound | Â | |
8:04 | Â | Jaylen Brown misses three point pullup jump shot | Â | |
8:02 | Â | CJ McCollum defensive rebound | Â | |
7:45 | Â | CJ McCollum misses two point stepback jump shot | Â | |
7:43 | Â | Kristaps Porzingis defensive rebound | Â | |
7:35 | Â | Derrick White misses two point driving layup | Â | |
7:33 | Â | Dejounte Murray defensive rebound | Â | |
7:29 | +2 | Trey Murphy III makes two point driving layup (Javonte Green assists) | 13-9 | |
7:29 | Â | Jaylen Brown shooting foul (Trey Murphy III draws the foul) | Â | |
7:29 | +1 | Trey Murphy III makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 13-10 | |
7:17 | Â | Jayson Tatum turnover (out of bounds lost ball) | Â | |
7:02 | Â | Dejounte Murray turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | Â | |
6:48 | Â | Jayson Tatum misses three point pullup jump shot | Â | |
6:45 | Â | Yves Missi defensive rebound | Â | |
6:35 | Â | Jaylen Brown shooting foul (Javonte Green draws the foul) | Â | |
6:35 | Â | Pelicans 60 second timeout | Â | |
6:35 | +1 | Javonte Green makes regular free throw 1 of 3 | 13-11 | |
6:35 | +1 | Javonte Green makes regular free throw 2 of 3 | 13-12 | |
6:35 | +1 | Javonte Green makes regular free throw 3 of 3 | 13-13 | |
6:19 | +2 | Al Horford makes two point reverse layup (Kristaps Porzingis assists) | 15-13 | |
5:53 | +2 | CJ McCollum makes two point fadeaway jump shot | 15-15 | |
5:36 | +2 | Jayson Tatum makes two point driving finger roll layup | 17-15 | |
5:27 | +2 | Dejounte Murray makes two point driving finger roll layup | 17-17 | |
5:18 | Â | Kristaps Porzingis misses three point jump shot | Â | |
5:15 | Â | Dejounte Murray defensive rebound | Â | |
5:10 | Â | Javonte Green misses three point running jump shot | Â | |
5:06 | Â | Derrick White defensive rebound | Â | |
4:54 | +3 | Kristaps Porzingis makes three point jump shot (Jayson Tatum assists) | 20-17 | |
4:37 | Â | CJ McCollum misses two point driving reverse layup | Â | |
4:36 | Â | Karlo Matkovic offensive rebound | Â | |
4:36 | +2 | Karlo Matkovic makes two point putback dunk | 20-19 | |
4:26 | Â | Dejounte Murray personal foul (Jayson Tatum draws the foul) | Â | |
4:17 | +2 | Kristaps Porzingis makes two point fadeaway jump shot (Derrick White assists) | 22-19 | |
4:02 | Â | Dejounte Murray misses two point driving floating jump shot | Â | |
4:00 | Â | Dejounte Murray offensive rebound | Â | |
3:59 | Â | Dejounte Murray turnover (lost ball) (Derrick White steals) | Â | |
3:57 | Â | Derrick White turnover (lost ball) (Karlo Matkovic steals) | Â | |
3:52 | +2 | Trey Murphy III makes two point running layup | 22-21 | |
3:51 | Â | Trey Murphy III personal foul (Jayson Tatum draws the foul) | Â | |
3:51 | Â | Pelicans 60 second timeout | Â | |
3:33 | Â | Al Horford misses three point jump shot | Â | |
3:29 | Â | Jose Alvarado defensive rebound | Â | |
3:25 | +3 | Trey Murphy III makes three point running pullup jump shot (Jose Alvarado assists) | 22-24 | |
3:11 | Â | Jayson Tatum misses two point pullup jump shot | Â | |
3:07 | Â | Jose Alvarado defensive rebound | Â | |
3:02 | Â | Trey Murphy III misses three point running pullup jump shot | Â | |
2:58 | Â | Al Horford defensive rebound | Â | |
2:55 | +3 | Sam Hauser makes three point running pullup jump shot (Jayson Tatum assists) | 25-24 | |
2:30 | +2 | Brandon Boston makes two point pullup jump shot | 25-26 | |
2:06 | Â | Karlo Matkovic blocks Payton Pritchard's two point driving layup | Â | |
2:03 | Â | Jeremiah Robinson-Earl defensive rebound | Â | |
1:56 | +2 | Trey Murphy III makes two point running jump shot (Jose Alvarado assists) | 25-28 | |
1:45 | Â | Sam Hauser misses three point jump shot | Â | |
1:45 | Â | Karlo Matkovic defensive rebound | Â | |
1:37 | +3 | Trey Murphy III makes three point running jump shot (Jose Alvarado assists) | 25-31 | |
1:16 | +3 | Sam Hauser makes three point jump shot (Jayson Tatum assists) | 28-31 | |
0:55 | +3 | Jose Alvarado makes three point stepback jump shot | 28-34 | |
0:39 | +3 | Sam Hauser makes three point jump shot (Jayson Tatum assists) | 31-34 | |
0:31 | Â | Jose Alvarado misses three point pullup jump shot | Â | |
0:29 | Â | Jayson Tatum defensive rebound | Â | |
0:20 | Â | Al Horford misses two point layup | Â | |
0:19 | Â | Al Horford offensive rebound | Â | |
0:19 | Â | Al Horford misses two point tip layup | Â | |
0:17 | Â | Jose Alvarado defensive rebound | Â | |
0:01 | Â | Brandon Boston misses three point stepback jump shot | Â | |
0:01 | Â | Pelicans offensive rebound | Â | |
0:00 | Â | End of period | Â |