2020-21 Postseason Schedule/Results Boston Celtics (1-3) at Brooklyn Nets (3-1) Date Opponent Time/Results (ET) Record Postseason Game #5/Road GaMe #3 5/22 at Brooklyn L/93-104 0-1 5/25 at Brooklyn L/108-130 med0-2 Barclays Center 5/28 vs. Brooklyn W/125-119 1-2 Brooklyn, NY 5/30 vs. Brooklyn 7:00pm 6/1 at Brooklyn 7:30pm Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 7:30pm ET 6/3 vs. Brooklyn* TBD 6/5 at Brooklyn* TBD TV: TNT/NBC Sports Boston Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub *if necessary PROBABLE STARTERS POS No. PLAYER HT WT G GS PPG RPG APG FG% MPG F 94 Evan Fournier 6’7 205 4 4 14.8 3.0 1.5 41.3 32.7 F 0 Jayson Tatum 6’8 210 4 4 30.3 5.0 4.5 41.7 36.0 C 13 Tristan Thompson 6’9 254 4 4 10.8 10.0 1.0 63.3 25.6 G 45 Romeo Langford 6’4 215 3 1 6.3 3.0 1.0 30.0 23.7 G 36 Marcus Smart 6’3 220 4 4 18.8 3.8 6.5 49.0 36.0 *height listed without shoes INJURY REPORT Player Injury Status Jaylen Brown Left Scapholunate Ligament Surgery Out Kemba Walker Left Knee Medial Bone Bruise Doubtful Robert Williams Left Ankle Sprain Doubtful INACTIVE LIST (PREVIOUS GAME) Player Jaylen Brown Kemba Walker Robert Williams POSTSEASON TEAM RECORDS Record Home Road Overtime Overall (1-3) (1-1) (0-2) (0-0) Atlantic (1-3) (1-0) (0-2) (0-0) Southeast (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) Central (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) Eastern Conf. (1-3) (1-1) (0-2) (0-0) 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: Lost 1 Road: Lost 2 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE • Tacko Fall (Taco) • Evan Fournier (FORN-yay) • Aaron Nesmith (knee-smith) • Semi Ojeleye (Shem-ee OH-jah-lay) • Tremont Waters (tre-MONT) MEDIA INFO • Follow our Twitter account for the latest media availability times (@bos_celtics_pr) • Follow our dedicated PR stats account for statistical updates during games (@celtics_stats) • Coach Stevens will meet with the media at home games at 6:00pm for a 7:30pm start; For road games he will meet with the media at 6:15pm for a 7:30pm start 2020-21 BOSTON CELTICS ROSTER NO PLAYER POS HT** WT DOB PRIOR TO NBA/HOME COUNTRY YEARS 7 Jaylen Brown F 6-6 220 10/24/96 California/USA Starting 5th 4 Carsen Edwards G 5-11 200 03/12/98 Purdue/USA Starting 2nd 99 Tacko Fall* C 7-5 310 12/10/95 Central Florida/Senegal Starting 2nd 94 Evan Fournier G 6-7 205 10/29/92 Poitiers/France Starting 9th 40 Luke Kornet F/C 7-2 250 07/15/95 Vanderbilt/USA Starting 5th 45 Romeo Langford G 6-4 215 10/25/99 Indiana/USA Starting 2nd 26 Aaron Nesmith F 6-6 213 10/16/99 Vanderbilt/USA Starting 1st 37 Semi Ojeleye F 6-6 240 12/05/94 SMU/USA Starting 4th 20 Jabari Parker F 6-8 245 03/15/95 Duke/USA Starting 7th 11 Payton Pritchard G 6-2 190 01/28/98 Oregon/USA Starting 1st 36 Marcus Smart G 6-3 220 03/06/94 Oklahoma State/USA Starting 7th 0 Jayson Tatum F 6-8 210 03/03/98 Duke/USA Starting 4th 13 Tristan Thompson C/F 6-9 254 03/13/91 Texas/Canada Starting 10th 8 Kemba Walker G 6-0 184 05/08/90 Connecticut/USA Starting 10th 51 Tremont Waters* G 5-10 175 01/10/98 LSU/USA Starting 2nd 12 Grant Williams F 6-6 236 11/30/98 Tennessee/USA Starting 2nd 44 Robert Williams C/F 6-8 240 10/17/97 Texas A&M/USA Starting 3rd *Two Way Contracts **Height listed without shoes Head Coach: Brad Stevens (DePauw) Assistant Coaches: Jay Larranaga (Bowling Green) Jamie Young (Blackburn College) Jerome Allen (Penn) Scott Morrison (University of Prince Edward Island) Joe Mazzulla (West Virginia) Brandon Bailey (DePaul) Tony Dobbins (Richmond) Director of Performance: Art Horne (Canisius) HOW THE ROSTER WAS BUILT Free Agents: 2021 - Jabari Parker (signed as a free agent on April 16, 2021) 2020 - Tristan Thompson (signed as a free agent on November 30, 2020) 2019 - Tacko Fall (signed as a free agent on July 25, 2019) Draft: 2020 - Aaron Nesmith (First Round, 14th overall) - Payton Pritchard (First Round, 26th overall) 2019 - Romeo Langford (First Round, 14th overall) - Grant Williams (First Round, 22nd overall) - Tremont Waters (Second Round, 51st overall) 2018 - Robert Williams (First Round, 27th overall) 2017 - Jayson Tatum (First Round, 3rd overall) - Semi Ojeleye (Second Round, 37th overall) 2016 - Jaylen Brown (First Round, 3rd overall) 2014 - Marcus Smart (First Round, 6th overall) Trade: 2021 - Evan Fournier (from Orlando in exchange for Jeff Teague and future second round draft picks on March 25, 2021) - Luke Kornet (from Chicago as part of a three-team trade that saw the Celtics also acquire Moritz Wagner from Washington in exchange for Daniel Theis, Javonte Green on March 25, 2021) 2019 - Kemba Walker (from Charlotte along with a 2020 second round draft pick in exchange for Terry Rozier and a 2020 second round draft pick on July 6, 2019) - Carsen Edwards (from Philadelphia along with the draft rights to Ty Jerome in the 2019 NBA Draft in exchange for the draft rights to Matisse Thybulle on June 20, 2019) FIRST ROUND OPPONENT BROOKLYN NETS Team Connections: Kyrie Irving played for the Celtics from 2017-19…Nicolas Claxton’s father Charles Claxton played for the Celtics during the 1995-96 season…DeAndre Jordan and Robert Williams both attended Texas A&M University…Kemba Walker, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Marcus Smart and Joe harris were teammates on the 2019 Team USA FIBA World Cup team…Kyrie Irving, Jabari Parker and Jayson Tatum attended Duke University…Kevin Durant and Tristan Thompson attended the University of Texas…Jeff Green played for the Celtics from 2010-2014…Bruce Brown is from the Boston area…Kyrie Irving, Joe harris and Tristan Thompson were teammates in Cleveland from 2014-16…Thompson and Irving were teammates from 2011-17…Tristan Thompson and Jeff Green were teammates in Cleveland during the 2017-18 season. All-Time Record vs. Brooklyn: 131-72 (.645) Largest Celtics Win: 37 points, 116-79 (10/31/79) All-Time home Record: 71-32 (.689) Largest Nets Win: 36 points, 117-81 (12/25/02) All-Time Road Record: 60-40 (.600) Single Game Celtic high Scorer: Paul Pierce – 48 pts (12/01/01) Current Streak: Three Nets Wins Single Game Net high Scorer: Mike Newlin – 52 pts (12/16/79) Current Streak at home: One Nets Win Longest Celtic Win Streak: 12 games (3/3/07 – 2/5/10) Current Streak on Road: Five Nets Wins Longest Nets Win Streak: 5 games (three times; most recent: 12/25/02 – 1/25/04) 2020-21 RESULTS VS. BROOKLYN BROOKLYN 109, BOSTON 104 – Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY (4/23/21) Jayson Tatum netted 38 points but the Celtics would fall to the Nets 109-104 in Brooklyn…Tatum added 10 rebounds to his game-high 38 points for a double-double effort…Payton Pritchard had a good game off of the bench for the C’s with 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting including six threes…Marcus Smart added 19 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals while Evan Fournier made his return to the lineup from Health & Safety Protocols and recorded two points, two rebounds and a team-high five assists…The Nets were led by Joe Harris and his 20 points while Kyrie Irving recorded 15 points, nine rebounds and 11 assists. Apr. 23, 2021 SCORE HI SCORER HI REBOUND HI ASSISTS FG% FT% REB (O-D-T) CELTICS 104-109 TATUM – 38 TATUM – 10 FOURNIER – 5 38-94 (.404) 11-16 (.688) 15-39-54 @ Nets Harris – 20 Jordan – 11 Irving – 11 37-86 (.430) 24-28 (.857) 6-41-47 BROOKLYN 121, BOSTON 109 – Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY (3/11/21) The Celtics were unable to get the second half of the season started on the right foot as they dropped their seventh straight road game with a 121-109 loss to the Nets in Brooklyn…Jayson Tatum led the C’s with 31 points to go along with five rebounds and three assists while Daniel Theis added 17 points and eight boards…Marcus Smart made his return to the lineup after missing a little over a month of action and responded with 19 points, two rebounds and two assists…The Nets were led by Kyrie Irving and his game-high 40 points while James Harden finished with 22 points, two rebounds and eight assists. Mar. 11, 2021 SCORE HI SCORER HI REBOUND HI ASSISTS FG% FT% REB (O-D-T) CELTICS 109-121 TATUM – 31 THEIS – 8 BROWN – 6 41-91 (.451) 14-22 (.636) 9-30-39 @ Nets Irving – 40 Harden – 10 Harden – 8 42-88 (.477) 18-22 (.818) 11-34-45 BROOKLYN 123, BOSTON 95 – TD Garden, Boston, MA (12/25/20) The Celtics could not keep up with the offensive firepower of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant as the C’s dropped their first game of the season to Brooklyn 123-95…Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 27 points to go along with eight rebounds and three assists while Jayson Tatum added 20 points and eight boards…Marcus Smart was the only other Celtic to record double-figures in points finishing with 13 points to go along with six assists and two steals…The Nets were led by Irving and his game-high 37 points and eight assists while Durant added 29 points.