Boston Celtics Opening Day Rosters

2021-2022 Boston Celtics Opening Day Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Jaylen Brown G-F 6-6 223 Oct 24, 1996 24 California 5 2016 1st Rnd, #3, Boston Celtics
Bruno Fernando F-C 6-9 240 Aug 15, 1998 23 Maryland 2 2019 2nd Rnd, #34, Philadelphia Sixers
Sam Hauser SF 6-7 217 Dec 8, 1997 23 Virginia 0 2021 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Juancho Hernangomez SF/PF 6-9 215 Sep 28, 1995 26 Movistar Estudiantes (Spain) 5 2016 1st Rnd, #15, Denver Nuggets
Al Horford C/PF 6-9 240 Jun 3, 1986 35 Florida 14 2007 1st Rnd, #3, Atlanta Hawks
Enes Freedom C 6-10 250 May 20, 1992 29 Kentucky 10 2011 1st Rnd, #3, Utah Jazz
Romeo Langford G-F 6-5 216 Oct 25, 1999 21 Indiana 2 2019 1st Rnd, #14, Boston Celtics
Aaron Nesmith G-F 6-6 215 Oct 16, 1999 22 Vanderbilt 1 2020 1st Rnd, #14, Boston Celtics
Jabari Parker PF/SF 6-8 245 Mar 15, 1995 26 Duke 7 2014 1st Rnd, #2, Milwaukee Bucks
Payton Pritchard PG 6-1 195 Jan 28, 1998 23 Oregon 1 2020 1st Rnd, #26, Boston Celtics
Josh Richardson SG 6-5 200 Sep 15, 1993 28 Tennessee 6 2015 2nd Rnd, #40, Miami Heat
Dennis Schroder PG 6-1 175 Sep 15, 1993 28 Basketball Lowen Braunschweig (Germany) 8 2013 1st Rnd, #17, Atlanta Hawks
Marcus Smart PG 6-3 220 Mar 6, 1994 27 Oklahoma State 7 2014 1st Rnd, #6, Boston Celtics
Jayson Tatum F-G 6-8 210 Mar 3, 1998 23 Duke 4 2017 1st Rnd, #3, Boston Celtics
Brodric Thomas SG 6-5 185 Jan 28, 1997 24 Truman State 1 2020 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Grant Williams SF 6-6 236 Nov 30, 1998 22 Tennessee 2 2019 1st Rnd, #22, Boston Celtics
Robert Williams C-F 6-9 249 Oct 17, 1997 24 Texas A&M 3 2018 1st Rnd, #27, Boston Celtics

Boston 134, New York 138

October 20, 2021

Regular Season

Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

Attendance: 19,812

Officials: Ed Malloy, Scott Foster, Lauren Holtkamp

Team Rebounds: Boston (10) New York (16)

Technicals: Boston (0) New York (1 (Bench))

  1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Final
BOS (0-1) 35 23 24 34 12 6 134
NYK (1-0) 29 25 32 30 12 10 138

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
BOS 125 106.8 110.0
NYK 125 110.0 106.8

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
BOS .500 0.143 0.268 0.145
NYK .567 0.135 0.127 0.181

Boston Celtics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
36 Marcus Smart Starter PG 45:55 5-14 5-11 0-0 13.0 0.0 8 8 6 3 2 0 4 15
0 Jayson Tatum Starter SF 44:37 7-30 2-15 4-5 6.9 4.0 7 11 4 2 1 1 3 20
7 Jaylen Brown Starter SG 45:58 16-30 8-14 6-8 30.8 0.0 9 9 6 5 3 1 4 46
12 Grant Williams Starter PF 31:29 6-9 3-5 0-0 13.5 0.0 5 5 4 5 1 1 2 15
44 Robert Williams Starter C 44:49 5-5 0-0 6-8 28.0 3.0 7 10 3 1 3 5 0 16
71 Dennis Schroder Bench PG 32:00 5-16 1-4 1-2 8.5 2.0 1 3 8 3 2 0 2 12
11 Payton Pritchard Bench PG 11:17 0-3 0-2 0-0 4.8 3.0 2 5 2 1 0 1 0 0
9 Romeo Langford Bench SG 22:36 4-6 2-3 0-0 5.2 2.0 1 3 0 2 1 0 3 10
26 Aaron Nesmith Bench PF 11:19 0-4 0-3 0-0 -1.2 1.0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
  Team                   10            
        290 48-117 21-57 17-23 127.4 15 41 66 34 24 13 9 18 134
          41.0% 36.8% 73.9%                    

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
8 Kemba Walker Starter PG 35:32 3-8 3-4 1-2 7.2 0.0 8 8 3 4 1 0 4 10
30 Julius Randle Starter PF 46:00 12-27 3-8 8-8 20.8 0.0 8 8 9 4 0 3 7 35
13 Evan Fournier Starter SG 44:26 13-25 6-13 0-0 22.8 0.0 6 6 3 4 4 1 1 32
23 Mitchell Robinson Starter C 34:28 5-5 0-0 1-4 22.8 5.0 12 17 3 2 0 2 1 11
9 R.J. Barrett Starter SF 47:03 6-11 3-7 4-6 13.8 0.0 5 5 2 5 0 2 0 19
4 Derrick Rose Bench PG 22:28 3-11 1-3 2-2 9.0 0.0 4 4 5 0 2 1 2 9
18 Alec Burks Bench SF 16:17 2-5 1-4 0-0 3.0 0.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 5
5 Immanuel Quickley Bench PG 08:25 1-4 0-3 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2
45 Jericho Sims Bench C 06:58 0-0 0-0 1-2 1.0 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Quentin Grimes Bench SG 00:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Obi Toppin Bench PF 28:23 6-9 0-3 2-3 9.9 2.0 3 5 0 1 0 1 1 14
  Team                   16         2  
        290 51-105 17-45 19-27 124.1 7 48 71 27 22 9 10 19 138
          48.6% 37.8% 70.4%                    

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Marcus Smart
15p, 8r, 6a
Jaylen Brown
46p, 9r, 6a
Jayson Tatum
20p, 11r, 4a
Grant Williams
15p, 5r, 4a
Robert Williams
16p, 10r, 3a
Rotation Dennis Schroder
12p, 3r, 8a
Romeo Langford
10p, 3r, 0a
 
 
Aaron Nesmith
0p, 2r, 1a
 
 
Rotation Payton Pritchard
0p, 5r, 2a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

New York Knicks Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Kemba Walker
10p, 8r, 3a
Evan Fournier
32p, 6r, 3a
R.J. Barrett
19p, 5r, 2a
Julius Randle
35p, 8r, 9a
Mitchell Robinson
11p, 17r, 3a
Rotation Derrick Rose
9p, 4r, 5a
 
 
Alec Burks
5p, 1r, 1a
Obi Toppin
14p, 5r, 0a
 
 
Lim PT Immanuel Quickley
2p, 0r, 1a
Quentin Grimes
0p, 0r, 0a
 
 
 
 
Jericho Sims
1p, 1r, 0a