2017-18 Boston Celtics Roster • Abdel Nader (AB-Duel
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2017-18 Playoffs Schedule/Results Cleveland Cavaliers (3-3; 11-6) at Boston Celtics (3-3; 11-7) Date Opponent Time/Results ReCord Playoff Game #19 – Home Game #11 4/15 vs. Milwaukee W/113-107 (OT) 1-0 4/17 vs. Milwaukee W/120-106 2 -0 TD Garden 4/20 at Milwaukee L/92-116 2-1 4/22 at Milwaukee L/102-104 2-2 Boston, MA 4/24 vs. Milwaukee W/92-87 3-2 Sunday, May 27, 2018, 8:30pm ET 4/26 at Milwaukee L/86-97 3-3 4/28 vs. Milwaukee W/112-96 4-3 TV: ESPN Radio: ESPN Radio/98.5 The Sports Hub (FM) 4/30 vs. Philadelphia W/117-101 5-3 5/3 vs. Philadelphia W/108-103 6-3 5/5 at Philadelphia W/101-98 (OT) 7-3 2017-18 Boston Celtics Roster 5/7 at Philadelphia L/92-103 7-4 5/9 vs. Philadelphia W/114-112 8-4 Projected Starters 5/13 vs. Cleveland W/108-83 9-4 No. Name Pos Ht Wt Prior to NBA/Country Yrs PPG RPG APG 5/15 vs. Cleveland W/107-94 10-4 5/19 at Cleveland L/86-116 10-5 0 Jayson Tatum F 6’8 210 Duke/USA R 18.2 4.2 2.8 5/21 at Cleveland L/102-111 10-6 42 Al Horford F 6’10 240 Florida/DominiCan RepubliC 10 15.7 8.5 3.3 5/23 vs. Cleveland W/98-83 11-6 5/25 at Cleveland L/99-109 11-7 46 Aron Baynes C 6’10 265 Washington State/Australia 5 6.2 6.3 1.1 5/27 vs. Cleveland 8:30pm 7 Jaylen Brown G 6’7 225 California/USA 1 18.3 4.8 1.5 *if necessary 12 Terry Rozier III G 6’1 195 Louisville/USA 2 17.2 5.3 5.8 Reserves No. Name Pos Ht Wt Prior to NBA/Country Yrs PPG RPG APG 20 Gordon Hayward G 6’8 225 Butler/USA 7 11 Kyrie Irving G 6’3 195 Duke/USA 6 8 Shane Larkin G 5’11 175 Miami (FL)/USA 3 3.7 1.0 1.8 55 Greg Monroe F/C 6’11 265 Georgetown/USA 7 4.8 3.2 0.5 13 MarCus Morris F 6’9 235 Kansas/USA 6 12.3 5.1 1.1 28 Abdel Nader F 6’6 220 Iowa State/Egypt R 1.1 0.3 0.3 37 Semi Ojeleye F 6’7 240 SMU/USA R 1.9 1.6 0.1 36 MarCus Smart G 6’4 220 Oklahoma State/USA 3 10.2 3.7 5.2 27 Daniel Theis F 6’8 245 Brose Bamberg/Germany R 30 GuersChon Yabusele F 6’8 275 Maine Red Claws/FranCe R 0.3 0.9 0.3 *two way ContraCt players not eligible for postseason INJURY REPORT Player Injury Status Gordon Hayward Left Ankle Rehab Out Kyrie Irving Left Knee Surgery Out Shane Larkin Left Shoulder Sprain Doubtful Abdel Nader Sore Right Wrist Questionable Daniel Theis Left Knee Surgery Out TEAM RECORDS Record Home Road Overtime Overall (11-7) (10-0) (1-7) (2-0) AtlantiC (4-1) (3-0) (1-1) (1-0) Southeast (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) Central (7-6) (7-0) (0-6) (1-0) Eastern Conf. (11-7) (10-0) (1-7) (2-0) Northwest (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) Southwest (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) PaCifiC (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) Western Conf. (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)) (0-0) Streaks Overall: Lost 1 Home: Won 10 Road: Lost 4 PRONUNCIATIONS • Abdel Nader (AB-duel Nay-der) • Semi Ojeleye (Shem-ee OH-gel-ay) • Daniel Theis (TiCe) • Guerschon Yabusele (Gur-shawn Yah-boo-say-lay) EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS OPPONENT CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Team ConneCtions: Cavaliers Head CoaCh Tyronn Lue was an Assistant CoaCh with the CeltiCs from 2011-13…Cavaliers Assistant CoaCh James Posey was a member of the CeltiCs’ 2008 Championship team… Cavaliers Assistant CoaCh Mike Longabardi was an Assistant CoaCh for the CeltiCs from 2007-13…Al Horford and Cavaliers Head CoaCh Tyronn Lue were teammates in Atlanta during the 2007-08 season…Al Horford played for Cavaliers Assistant CoaCh Larry Drew in Atlanta from 2007-13...Al Horford and Kyle Korver were teammates in Atlanta from 2012-16…Ante ZiziC was the CeltiCs’ 23rd overall piCk in the 2016 NBA Draft…Kyrie Irving played for the Cavaliers from 2011-17 and was a member of the Cavaliers’ 2016 NBA Championship team…Jeff Green played for the CeltiCs during the 2010-11 season and from 2012-15…George Hill, Rodney Hood and Gordon Hayward were teammates in Utah during the 2016- 17 season…KendriCk Perkins played for the CeltiCs from 2003-11 and was a member of the 2008 Championship team. All-Time ReCord vs. Cleveland: 125-80 (.608) Largest CeltiCs Win: 39 points, 117-78 (4/12/15) All-Time Home ReCord: 75-26 (.743) Largest Cavaliers Win: 31 points, 107-76 (4/12/09) All-Time Road ReCord: 50-54 (.481) Single Game CeltiC High Scorer: Paul PierCe – 50 pts (2/15/06) Current Streak: One Cavaliers Win Single Game Cavaliers High SCorer: Brad Daugherty – 44 pts (4/15/88) Current Streak at Home: One Cavaliers Win Longest CeltiC Win Streak: 16 games (1/23/83 – 1/26/85) Current Streak on Road: Four Cavaliers Wins Longest Cavaliers Win Streak: 7 games (4/19/05 – 1/3/07) ReCord against Cleveland sinCe 2011-12: 12-12 2017-18 RESULTS VS. CLEVELAND CLEVELAND 121, BOSTON 99 – TD Garden, Boston, MA (2/11/18) The Cavaliers outsCored the CeltiCs 90-67 after the first quarter as the C’s fell to the Cavs 121-99 at the Garden…Terry Rozier III led the CeltiCs off of the benCh with 21 points, nine rebounds and five assists while Kyrie Irving scored 18 points and handed out five assists…The only other CeltiCs to reCord double-figures in points was MarCus Morris who finished with 17…Al Horford added nine points, six rebounds, six assists and two bloCks…The Cavaliers were led by LeBron James and his game-high 24 points to go along with eight rebounds and 10 assists…Jordan Clarkson added 17 points off of the benCh for the Cavs. Feb. 11, 2018 SCORE HI SCORER HI REBOUND HI ASSISTS FG% FT% REB (O-D-T) @ CELTICS 99-121 ROZIER III – 21 ROZIER III – 9 HORFORD – 6 36-89 (.404) 17-22 (.773) 13-30-43 Cavaliers James – 24 James – 8 James – 10 45-84 (.536) 15-20 (.750) 5-36-41 BOSTON 102, CLEVELAND 88 – TD Garden, Boston, MA (1/3/18) Terry Rozier sCored a game-high 20 points off of the benCh as the Celtics Cruised to a 102-88 win over the Cavs at the Garden…Jayson Tatum netted 15 points and grabbed five boards while MarCus Smart added 15 points, four rebounds and four assists off of the bench…Kyrie Irving had 11 points, a season-high nine boards and six assists…Jaylen Brown had a solid game with 14 points, eight rebounds and four assists…The Cavaliers were led by LeBron James and his 19 points and six assists while Kyle Korver led the Cavs benCh with 15 points. Jan. 3, 2018 SCORE HI SCORER HI REBOUND HI ASSISTS FG% FT% REB (O-D-T) @ CELTICS 102-88 ROZIER – 20 TWO TIED – 9 IRVING – 6 41-92 (.446) 8-11 (.727) 9-43-52 Cavaliers James – 19 Thompson – 11 James – 6 31-89 (.348) 18-18 (1.000) 9-39-48 CLEVELAND 102, BOSTON 99 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH (10/17/17) The CeltiCs fell to the Cavaliers 102-99 in Cleveland to open the season…Gordon Hayward fraCtured his left ankle in a freak play just 5:15 seConds in to the game…Jaylen Brown led the CeltiCs with a Career-high 25 points while Kyrie Irving reCorded 22 points and 10 assists in his first offiCial game as a CeltiC…Jayson Tatum beCame the first CeltiC draft piCk sinCe Paul PierCe to start in his first Career game and finished with 14 points and 10 boards…The Cavaliers were led by LeBron James and his 29 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists. Oct. 17, 2017 SCORE HI SCORER HI REBOUND HI ASSISTS FG% FT% REB (O-D-T) CELTICS 99-102 BROWN – 25 TATUM – 10 IRVING – 10 36-88 (.409) 19-25 (.760) 9-37-46 @ Cavaliers James – 29 James – 16 James – 9 38-83 (.458) 21-25 (.840) 9-41-50 2017-18 HEAD TO HEAD STATISTICS Team PPG RPG APG SPG BPG TO/G FG% 3FG% FT% CeltiCs 100.0 47.0 24.3 7.7 3.3 14.3 42.0 28.3 75.9 Cavaliers 103.7 46.3 19.0 5.3 5.7 14.3 44.5 34.5 85.7 CeltiCs High SCorer: 25 – Jaylen Brown (10/17/17) Cavaliers High SCorer: 29 – LeBron James (10/17/17) CeltiCs at TD Garden: 1-1 CeltiCs at QuiCken Loans Arena: 0-1 LAST GAME CLEVELAND 109, BOSTON 99 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH (5/25/18) The Cavs forCed a Game 7 behind a 109-99 win at QuiCken Loans Arena…The CeltiCs were led by Terry Rozier who netted 28 points to go along with seven assists and two steals while Jaylen Brown added 27 points…Jayson Tatum added 15 points while Marcus Morris and Marcus Smart eaCh added 10 points off of the benCh…The Cavaliers were led by LeBron James and his 46 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists…George Hill added 20 points while Jeff Green added 14 points and Larry NanCe Jr.