Celtics
Boston
Eastern Conference
Atlantic
14
12
26
3414
2802
28
9
32
78
34
44
26
19
73
41
5
46
8
26
7
13
15
96
4
77
11
14
1921
87
5
94
63
67
147
03
150
32
55
20
43
2318
6060
68
43
63
1820
118
6
49
28
57
1010
11
1021
30
106
32
42
2827
6060
7
1
14
19
8
42
9
6
67
14
0
14
3
5
2
4
23
60
7
1
14
21
7
33
4
3
75
7
3
10
2
5
0
3
18
60
6
4
67
18
11
61
4
2
50
10
1
11
3
10
3
4
28
60
8
3
38
20
8
40
9
8
89
10
1
11
0
6
2
2
27
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jae
Crowder
Jae Crowder
True
35
3
7
43
2
5
40
4
4
100
0
5
5
3
0
0
2
2
12
10
none
Isaiah
Thomas
Isaiah Thomas
True
34
9
20
45
2
6
33
6
7
86
1
2
3
5
0
0
2
1
26
-2
none
Al
Horford
Al Horford
True
34
6
11
55
0
0
0
6
8
75
1
7
8
5
2
5
2
0
18
6
none
Avery
Bradley
Avery Bradley
True
31
5
14
36
2
6
33
0
0
0
1
6
7
2
1
0
1
3
12
7
none
Amir
Johnson
Amir Johnson
True
12
1
1
100
0
0
0
1
4
25
0
4
4
0
0
1
1
1
3
-8
none
Jonas
Jerebko
Jonas Jerebko
False
24
4
8
50
1
5
20
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
0
0
3
9
13
none
Marcus
Smart
Marcus Smart
False
24
2
4
50
0
1
0
1
1
100
1
6
7
5
0
0
3
1
5
1
none
Kelly
Olynyk
Kelly Olynyk
False
17
2
5
40
2
3
67
1
2
50
0
3
3
2
2
2
0
1
7
5
none
Terry
Rozier
Terry Rozier
False
15
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
5
1
0
0
2
2
2
9
none
Jaylen
Brown
Jaylen Brown
False
8
1
5
20
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
-1
none
Jordan
Mickey
Jordan Mickey
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
James
Young
James Young
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Tyler
Zeller
Tyler Zeller
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
18
December
2016
Sunday
American Airlines Arena
Miami
Heat
Miami
False
Hornets
Charlotte
Eastern Conference
Southeast
14
13
27
3663
2760
30
8
27
97
32
33
19
16
84
37
16
53
4
21
10
12
21
88
4
85
32
38
2426
613
25
90
70
78
1010
34
1044
11
57
42
32
2228
6060
611
12
2
2325
58
2
82
81
99
611
55
666
20
36
40
43
1919
6060
8
3
38
24
6
25
9
7
78
10
3
13
1
5
4
3
22
60
5
2
40
26
13
50
0
0
0
10
4
14
1
7
2
2
28
60
6
1
17
23
5
22
8
8
100
6
5
11
2
3
4
4
19
60
11
2
18
25
8
32
2
1
50
11
5
16
0
6
0
3
19
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Nicolas
Batum
Nicolas Batum
True
35
6
19
32
2
7
29
8
8
100
0
10
10
5
3
0
5
1
22
-8
double
Ramon
Sessions
Ramon Sessions
True
32
5
16
31
1
3
33
2
2
100
1
4
5
6
0
0
1
3
13
4
none
Marvin
Williams
Marvin Williams
True
30
5
10
50
2
4
50
0
0
0
2
4
6
3
0
0
1
1
12
6
none
Cody
Zeller
Cody Zeller
True
27
1
7
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
4
10
1
2
3
1
3
2
-8
none
Michael
Kidd-Gilchrist
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
True
21
1
4
25
1
1
100
0
0
0
1
5
6
0
2
0
1
1
3
4
none
Marco
Belinelli
Marco Belinelli
False
26
4
13
31
1
6
17
2
3
67
2
0
2
4
0
0
0
3
11
-10
none
Frank
Kaminsky
Frank Kaminsky
False
19
3
10
30
1
5
20
0
0
0
2
2
4
0
1
1
0
1
7
-14
none
Jeremy
Lamb
Jeremy Lamb
False
15
5
10
50
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
5
6
0
1
0
0
4
10
6
none
Brian
Roberts
Brian Roberts
False
15
1
5
20
0
0
0
3
4
75
1
0
1
2
1
0
2
0
5
-12
none
Spencer
Hawes
Spencer Hawes
False
14
1
3
33
0
2
0
1
2
50
0
3
3
0
0
0
1
4
3
-8
none
Treveon
Graham
Treveon Graham
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Roy
Hibbert
Roy Hibbert
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Kemba
Walker
Kemba Walker
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
17
December
2016
Saturday
Philips Arena
Atlanta
Hawks
Atlanta
False
The returning Isaiah Thomas ' game - high 28 points led the Celtics , while the Hornets had trouble compensating for the absence of their star point guard Kemba Walker , who missed Friday 's tilt for personal reasons . Fill-in Ramon Sessions did a respectable job on the offensive end with 13 points , but allowed Thomas to shoot 50 percent ( 10 - of - 20 ) from the field . Boston won the game with a second - half surge that saw them erase a 50 - 41 halftime deficit with a 55 - 38 edge over the third and fourth periods . Al Horford ( 18 points ) , Jae Crowder ( 12 points ) and Avery Bradley ( 12 points ) were productive , while Jonas Jerebko 's nine points led the second unit . Nicolas Batum 's 22 - point , 10 - rebound double - double partly helped to make up for Walker 's absence . Marvin Williams supplied 12 points , followed by reserves Marco Belinelli ( 11 points ) and Jeremy Lamb ( 10 points ) . The Boston Celtics defeated the Charlotte Hornets , 96 - 88 , at TD Center on Friday . Isaiah Thomas ' presence had been missed by the Celtics ( 14 - 12 ) while he sat out four games with a groin injury . However , his return Friday provided a definitive spark , as he posted a game - high 28 points , along with five assists and three rebounds . Meanwhile , the Hornets ( 14 - 13 ) were dealing with the absence of their own star point guard in Kemba Walker , who missed Friday 's tilt for personal reasons . While fill - in Ramon Sessions did a respectable job on the offensive end with 13 points , he had trouble containing Thomas , who shot a stellar 50 percent ( 10 - of - 20 ) from the field . Boston won the game with their second - half effort , as they erased a 50 - 41 halftime deficit by outscoring the visitors 55 - 38 over the third and fourth periods . Nicolas Batum took up the offensive cause for Charlotte in Walker 's absence , tallying a team - high 22 points and supplementing them with 10 boards , five assists and three steals . Sessions supplemented his aforementioned scoring total with six rebounds and six assists . Marvin Williams supplied 12 points , six boards and three dimes . Marco Belinelli led the bench with 11 points , while Jeremy Lamb collected 10 points in a reserve role also . Al Horford was second to Thomas for Boston with 18 points , eight rebounds , five assists , five blocks and a pair of steals . Avery Bradley and Jae Crowder contributed a pair of 12 - point efforts , with the former also providing seven boards , two assists and a steal , and the latter registering five boards and three assists . Jonas Jerebko led the second unit with nine points . The Hornets will travel to Atlanta for a Saturday evening date with the Hawks , while the Celtics are off until Monday night , when they 'll be in South Florida to face the Miami Heat .
The returning Isaiah Thomas' game - high 28 points led the Celtics, while the Hornets had trouble compensating for the absence of their star point guard Kemba Walker, who missed Friday's tilt for personal reasons. Fill-in Ramon Sessions did a respectable job on the offensive end with 13 points, but allowed Thomas to shoot 50 percent (10 - of - 20) from the field. Boston won the game with a second - half surge that saw them erase a 50 - 41 halftime deficit with a 55 - 38 edge over the third and fourth periods. Al Horford (18 points), Jae Crowder (12 points) and Avery Bradley (12 points) were productive, while Jonas Jerebko's nine points led the second unit. Nicolas Batum's 22 - point, 10 - rebound double - double partly helped to make up for Walker's absence. Marvin Williams supplied 12 points, followed by reserves Marco Belinelli (11 points) and Jeremy Lamb (10 points).
The returning Isaiah Thomas' game - high 28 points led the Celtics, while the Hornets had trouble compensating for the absence of their star point guard Kemba Walker, who missed Friday's tilt for personal reasons. Fill-in Ramon Sessions did a respectable job on the offensive end with 13 points, but allowed Thomas to shoot 50 percent (10 - of - 20) from the field. Boston won the game with a second - half surge that saw them erase a 50 - 41 halftime deficit with a 55 - 38 edge over the third and fourth periods. Al Horford (18 points), Jae Crowder (12 points) and Avery Bradley (12 points) were productive, while Jonas Jerebko's nine points led the second unit. Nicolas Batum's 22 - point, 10 - rebound double - double partly helped to make up for Walker's absence. Marvin Williams supplied 12 points, followed by reserves Marco Belinelli (11 points) and Jeremy Lamb (10 points). The Boston Celtics defeated the Charlotte Hornets, 96 - 88, at TD Center on Friday. Isaiah Thomas' presence had been missed by the Celtics (14 - 12) while he sat out four games with a groin injury. However, his return Friday provided a definitive spark, as he posted a game - high 28 points, along with five assists and three rebounds. Meanwhile, the Hornets (14 - 13) were dealing with the absence of their own star point guard in Kemba Walker, who missed Friday's tilt for personal reasons. While fill - in Ramon Sessions did a respectable job on the offensive end with 13 points, he had trouble containing Thomas, who shot a stellar 50 percent (10 - of - 20) from the field. Boston won the game with their second - half effort, as they erased a 50 - 41 halftime deficit by outscoring the visitors 55 - 38 over the third and fourth periods. Nicolas Batum took up the offensive cause for Charlotte in Walker's absence, tallying a team - high 22 points and supplementing them with 10 boards, five assists and three steals. Sessions supplemented his aforementioned scoring total with six rebounds and six assists. Marvin Williams supplied 12 points, six boards and three dimes. Marco Belinelli led the bench with 11 points, while Jeremy Lamb collected 10 points in a reserve role also. Al Horford was second to Thomas for Boston with 18 points, eight rebounds, five assists, five blocks and a pair of steals. Avery Bradley and Jae Crowder contributed a pair of 12 - point efforts, with the former also providing seven boards, two assists and a steal, and the latter registering five boards and three assists. Jonas Jerebko led the second unit with nine points. The Hornets will travel to Atlanta for a Saturday evening date with the Hawks, while the Celtics are off until Monday night, when they'll be in South Florida to face the Miami Heat.
<GAME> <DATE> 16 December 2016 <DAY> Friday <STADIUM> TD Garden <CITY> Boston <HOME> <TEAM> Celtics <CITY> Boston <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 96 <WINS-LOSSES> 14 12 <QTRS> 23 18 28 27 <TEAM-AST> 26 <3PT> 9 <TEAM-FG> 34 <TEAM-FT> 19 <TEAM-REB> 46 <TEAM-TO> 13 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 18 December 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Sunday <NEXT-STADIUM> American Airlines Arena <NEXT-CITY> Miami <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Miami <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Heat <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Hornets <CITY> Charlotte <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 88 <WINS-LOSSES> 14 13 <QTRS> 22 28 19 19 <TEAM-AST> 21 <3PT> 8 <TEAM-FG> 32 <TEAM-FT> 16 <TEAM-REB> 53 <TEAM-TO> 12 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 17 December 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> Philips Arena <NEXT-CITY> Atlanta <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Atlanta <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Hawks <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <PLAYER> Isaiah Thomas <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 26 <FG> 9 20 45 <FG3> 2 6 33 <FT> 6 7 86 <REB> 3 <AST> 5 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Al Horford <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 18 <FG> 6 11 55 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 6 8 75 <REB> 8 <AST> 5 <STL> 2 <BLK> 5 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Avery Bradley <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 12 <FG> 5 14 36 <FG3> 2 6 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 7 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jae Crowder <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 12 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jonas Jerebko <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 1 5 20 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kelly Olynyk <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 7 <FG> 2 5 40 <FG3> 2 3 67 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 2 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Marcus Smart <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 5 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Amir Johnson <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 4 25 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jaylen Brown <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 8 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Terry Rozier <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyler Zeller <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Young <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jordan Mickey <TEAM> Boston Celtics <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nicolas Batum <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 22 <FG> 6 19 32 <FG3> 2 7 29 <FT> 8 8 100 <REB> 10 <AST> 5 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 10 <OREB> 0 <TO> 5 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Ramon Sessions <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 13 <FG> 5 16 31 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 6 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Marvin Williams <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 12 <FG> 5 10 50 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 6 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Marco Belinelli <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 11 <FG> 4 13 31 <FG3> 1 6 17 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 2 <AST> 4 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jeremy Lamb <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 10 <FG> 5 10 50 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 6 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Frank Kaminsky <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 10 30 <FG3> 1 5 20 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Brian Roberts <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 5 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 3 4 75 <REB> 1 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Spencer Hawes <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 14 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Michael Kidd-Gilchrist <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 6 <AST> 0 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Cody Zeller <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 7 14 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 10 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 6 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kemba Walker <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Roy Hibbert <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Treveon Graham <TEAM> Charlotte Hornets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none