After a bad night in front of Raptors, Celtics faces at home the Trail Blazers with the opportunity to make amends in front of their public for the overwhelming defeat suffered the day before, while Portland has the chance to show their game in the east conference.
Game Summary
In the beginning of the game Trail Blazers performed more impetus and energy by taking some advantage of several possessions, but at the end of the period Celtics awoke in an excellent reaction from the perimeter winning the quarter partial and rectifying the bad start.
The match looked more attractive and competitive, because both teams raised their level of play, although Portland in instances showed the initiative, Celtics were not left behind and showed their responsiveness, ends the first half 42 - 43 up Trail Blazers.
Second Half
Celtics in this second half had a drop in energy and Trail Blazers increased with a certain advantage of 5 possessions and followed the problems of concentration and effective decline for the Boston squad, the partial wins evidently the Trail Blazers who led the scoreboard.
In the first minutes of the 4th period Celtics came out with another attitude and started a positive reaction that placed them only 2 possessions away from the Trail Blazers playing a better game and an effective defense and offensive, the game became competitive again, but Trail Blazers would also react and increase its defensive level feeding its offensive creating a certain advantage, then Celtics would have another upturn and would move to 2 possessions but it would not be enough, ends the encounter 92 - 97 in a great victory for Trail Blazers as visitors over Celtics.
Details and Personal Analysis
The Celtics since the middle of the season after the game of stars has not gone well, has a negative record with 4 lost games followed by which they could not recover and you have seen a great collective deconcentration in recent games, on the contrary the Trail Blazers come with a great streak with 5 games won in a row and a great performance in their game, the disconnections by lapses in the game returns to pass invoice to the Celtics who improved as for the previous game but who could not solve the problems of those who are suffering, great victory for Trail Blazers who remain firm in the 4th place of classification in the west.
Best Performances
Damian Lillard 33 Pts. 7 Reb. 4 Ast.
Maurice Harkless 17 Pts. 10 Reb.
Jusuf Nurkic 16 Pts. 6 Reb.
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