Final: Celtics 111, Thunder 94 (4th)- Huge 4th quarter caps comeback

WHO: Celtics (22-23) vs. Thunder (19-25)
WHEN: 9 p.m.
WHERE: Chesapeake Energy Arena
RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub
TV: NBC Sports Boston

STARTING LINEUPS

Celtics
G: Marcus Smart
G: Jaylen Brown
SF: Jayson Tatum
PF: Grant Williams
C: Robert Williams III

Thunder
G: Theo Maledon
G: Luguentz Dort
SF: Aleksej Pokusevki
PF: Isaiah Roby
C: Moses Brown

LIVE COVERAGE, by John Karalis

Fourth quarter

• Luke Kornet's first baskets in Boston were back-to-back 3-pointers to cap a 12-2 fourth quarter run and give Boston their first lead, 88-82


• Jayson Tatum has 10 points of Boston's now 21-2 run to start the 4th.


• The Celtics basically just spent one quarter playing at full effort and it was enough to run away with the game.

• The Celtics sloppy play isn't really getting any better. They play well in stretches, but not for long enough. The lead is back to eight.


• Jaylen Brown is having a big quarter and carrying the Celtics back to a couple of baskets from the lead. He has 13in the 3rd with 3:21 left


• The Celtics do enough to get close, but once they do someone takes a home run 3-pointer that misses and triggers another OKC run


• We got a couple of Luke Kornet minutes. Brad Stevens is reaching for some energy.

• Payton Pritchard is saving the Celtics at the moment. He has 12 points about halfway through the quarter


• Moses Brown is destroying the Celtics with 10 points and 14 rebounds


• The Celtics starters are beginning to heat up a little. The defense has stepped up and the game is tied at 42


• Moses Brown has 17 points and 19 rebounds at the half

• The energy is bad to start the game. This first couple of minutes is starting to feel like some of those bad losses. OKC opens on an 8-0 run.


• Boston's first basket came at the 8:41 mark


• The Celtics actually started attacking a bit and finally started seeing some shots fall. They ultimately put together a 12-4 run to cut the lead to 4


• The Celtics sent out a lineup of Marcus Smart, Payton Pritchard, Aaron Nesmith, Carson Edwards, and Tacko Fall


• Carson Edwards hit a couple of shots and Boston went into the 2nd down 4

• Celtics vs. Thunder spread: Celtics -6


• Celtics vs. Thunder over-under: 216 points


• Celtics vs. Thunder money line: Celtics -255, Thunder +215