3/18/2018 New Orleans v. Boston Game Preview

March 18, 2018 at 6:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

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Season Series - New Orleans won 2-0

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Jan 16, 2018 New Orleans Boston 116 - 113 New Orleans Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 18, 2018 Boston New Orleans 89 - 108 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center

2017-2018 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Boston8248.3104.038.385.1.45011.530.4.37716.020.7.7719.435.144.522.57.44.514.419.7
New Orleans8248.7111.742.788.3.48310.228.2.36216.120.9.7728.735.744.426.88.05.915.219.1
BOS Opponents8248.3100.437.485.0.4409.427.7.33916.321.3.7639.634.243.821.37.24.414.619.2
NOP Opponents8248.7110.441.791.9.45410.930.6.35516.120.5.78410.834.745.523.78.24.214.620.4


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Jan 16, 2018 New Orleans Boston 116 - 113 New Orleans Regular Season TD Garden
Jan 7, 2017 New Orleans Boston 108 - 117 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Nov 14, 2016 Boston New Orleans 105 - 106 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 6, 2016 New Orleans Boston 97 - 104 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Dec 7, 2015 Boston New Orleans 111 - 93 Boston Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 6, 2015 Boston New Orleans 104 - 98 Boston Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 12, 2015 New Orleans Boston 100 - 108 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 16, 2014 Boston New Orleans 120 - 121 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 3, 2014 New Orleans Boston 95 - 92 New Orleans Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 20, 2013 Boston New Orleans 86 - 87 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 16, 2013 New Orleans Boston 90 - 78 New Orleans Regular Season TD Garden
Dec 28, 2011 Boston New Orleans 78 - 97 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 19, 2011 Boston New Orleans 89 - 85 Boston Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 31, 2010 New Orleans Boston 83 - 81 New Orleans Regular Season TD Garden
Feb 10, 2010 Boston New Orleans 85 - 93 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 1, 2009 New Orleans Boston 87 - 97 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Feb 11, 2009 Boston New Orleans 89 - 77 Boston Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 12, 2008 New Orleans Boston 82 - 94 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 28, 2008 New Orleans Boston 92 - 112 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Mar 22, 2008 Boston New Orleans 106 - 113 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 19, 2007 Boston New Orleans 88 - 106 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Nov 1, 2006 New Orleans Boston 91 - 87 New Orleans Regular Season TD Garden
Jan 23, 2006 New Orleans Boston 78 - 91 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Dec 7, 2005 Boston New Orleans 101 - 87 Boston Regular Season Paycom Center
Mar 19, 2005 Boston New Orleans 113 - 100 Boston Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 3, 2005 New Orleans Boston 90 - 108 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Apr 9, 2004 Boston New Orleans 80 - 89 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 31, 2003 New Orleans Boston 96 - 94 New Orleans Regular Season TD Garden
Nov 19, 2003 New Orleans Boston 81 - 73 New Orleans Regular Season TD Garden
Nov 1, 2003 Boston New Orleans 90 - 97 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 12, 2003 New Orleans Boston 65 - 93 Boston Regular Season TD Garden
Feb 3, 2003 Boston New Orleans 96 - 103 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 8, 2003 Boston New Orleans 93 - 83 Boston Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 1, 2002 New Orleans Boston 86 - 95 Boston Regular Season TD Garden

2017-2018 Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters K. Irving J. Brown J. Tatum A. Horford M. Morris
Rotation   T. Rozier A. Nader S. Ojeleye D. Theis
Lim PT K. Allen   G. Hayward G. Yabusele  

2017-2018 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Holiday E. Moore D. Miller A. Davis E. Okafor
Rotation     S. Hill C. Diallo  
Lim PT   F. Jackson   N. Mirotic A. Ajinca
Lim PT   D. Liggins      

Boston Celtics Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
45 Kadeem Allen G 18 6.0 1.1 0.3 1.2 .273 0.0 0.6 .000 0.4 0.5 .778 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.8
46 Aron Baynes C 81 18.3 6.0 2.6 5.5 .471 0.0 0.3 .143 0.7 1.0 .756 1.6 3.8 5.4 1.1 0.3 0.6 1.0 2.5
26 Jabari Bird SG 13 8.8 3.0 1.2 2.0 .577 0.2 0.5 .429 0.5 1.0 .462 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.5
7 Jaylen Brown SF 70 30.7 14.5 5.3 11.5 .465 1.7 4.4 .395 2.1 3.3 .644 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.6 1.0 0.4 1.8 2.6
20 Gordon Hayward GF 1 5.2 2.0 1.0 2.0 .500 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
42 Al Horford FC 72 31.6 12.9 5.1 10.5 .489 1.3 3.1 .429 1.3 1.7 .783 1.4 5.9 7.4 4.7 0.6 1.1 1.8 1.9
11 Kyrie Irving G 60 32.2 24.4 8.9 18.1 .491 2.8 6.8 .408 3.9 4.3 .889 0.6 3.2 3.8 5.1 1.1 0.3 2.3 2.0
8 Shane Larkin PG 54 14.3 4.3 1.6 4.1 .384 0.6 1.6 .360 0.6 0.7 .865 0.3 1.4 1.7 1.8 0.5 0.0 0.6 1.1
55 Greg Monroe FC 26 19.1 10.2 4.0 7.6 .530 0.0 0.0 .000 2.1 2.7 .797 2.0 4.3 6.3 2.3 1.1 0.7 1.8 1.8
13 Marcus Morris F 54 26.8 13.6 4.9 11.3 .429 1.6 4.3 .368 2.3 2.9 .805 0.8 4.6 5.4 1.3 0.6 0.2 1.2 1.9
28 Abdel Nader SF 48 10.9 3.0 1.0 3.1 .336 0.5 1.4 .354 0.5 0.8 .590 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.9
37 Semi Ojeleye SF 73 15.8 2.7 0.9 2.6 .346 0.5 1.7 .320 0.3 0.6 .610 0.5 1.7 2.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 1.2
12 Terry Rozier G 80 25.9 11.2 4.0 10.0 .395 1.9 5.0 .381 1.4 1.9 .772 0.8 3.9 4.7 2.9 1.0 0.2 1.0 1.5
36 Marcus Smart PG 54 29.9 10.2 3.5 9.5 .367 1.4 4.6 .301 1.8 2.5 .729 0.8 2.7 3.5 4.8 1.3 0.4 2.4 2.5
0 Jayson Tatum SF 80 30.5 13.9 5.0 10.4 .475 1.3 3.0 .434 2.7 3.2 .826 0.6 4.4 5.0 1.6 1.0 0.7 1.4 2.1
27 Daniel Theis C 63 14.9 5.3 2.0 3.7 .541 0.3 0.9 .310 1.0 1.3 .753 1.4 2.9 4.3 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.9 2.5
30 Guerschon Yabusele PF 33 7.1 2.4 0.8 1.8 .426 0.4 1.1 .324 0.5 0.7 .682 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.7

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
42 Alexis Ajinca C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2 Ian Clark G 74 19.7 7.4 3.0 6.7 .448 0.8 2.6 .318 0.6 0.8 .763 0.1 1.6 1.7 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.6
4 Charles Cooke G 13 2.9 0.5 0.2 1.1 .143 0.1 0.6 .125 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
0 DeMarcus Cousins C 48 36.2 25.2 8.5 18.0 .470 2.2 6.1 .354 6.1 8.2 .746 2.2 10.7 12.9 5.4 1.7 1.6 5.0 3.8
23 Anthony Davis PF 75 36.4 28.1 10.4 19.5 .534 0.7 2.2 .340 6.6 8.0 .828 2.5 8.6 11.1 2.3 1.5 2.6 2.2 2.1
13 Cheick Diallo PF 52 11.2 4.9 2.0 3.4 .580 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.3 .758 0.9 3.2 4.1 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.6
1 Larry Drew G 7 7.9 2.1 0.9 2.4 .353 0.4 0.9 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6
44 Solomon Hill SF 12 15.6 2.4 0.9 3.4 .268 0.3 1.8 .190 0.2 0.5 .500 0.8 2.2 3.0 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.8
11 Jrue Holiday G 81 36.1 19.0 7.6 15.4 .494 1.5 4.4 .337 2.3 2.9 .786 0.8 3.7 4.5 6.0 1.5 0.8 2.6 2.5
15 Frank Jackson SG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
34 DeAndre Liggins G 27 9.0 1.6 0.7 1.5 .439 0.3 0.6 .471 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.7
21 Darius Miller GF 82 23.7 7.8 2.6 5.9 .444 1.8 4.4 .411 0.7 0.8 .866 0.2 1.8 2.0 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 2.0
41 Nikola Mirotic F 30 29.1 14.6 5.4 12.7 .427 2.2 6.6 .335 1.6 1.9 .810 1.4 6.8 8.2 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.0 2.1
55 E'Twaun Moore SG 82 31.5 12.5 5.2 10.1 .508 1.6 3.7 .425 0.6 0.8 .706 0.7 2.2 2.9 2.3 1.0 0.1 1.2 2.2
50 Emeka Okafor FC 26 13.6 4.4 1.8 3.7 .505 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.8 .818 1.8 2.8 4.6 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.5 1.2
9 Rajon Rondo PG 65 26.2 8.3 3.6 7.6 .468 0.8 2.3 .333 0.4 0.7 .543 0.5 3.6 4.0 8.2 1.1 0.2 2.3 1.8

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