Final;: Celtics 118, Rockets 102- Robert Williams, late Evan Fournier explosion power Celtics

WHO: Celtics (23-25) vs. Rockets (13-34)
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: TD Garden
RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub
TV: NBC Sports Boston

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS

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

Rockets
G: Kevin Porter
G: Danuel House
SF: Sterling Brown
PF: Jae'Sean Tate
C: Christian Wood 

LIVE COVERAGE, by John Karalis

Fourth quarter

• Evan Fournier has gone off. He has now hit a career-high 7 3-pointers.


• Boston has four guys, Tatum, Williams, Brown, and Fournier, with at least 20 points


• Robert Williams has been a beast. He was on the verge of a triple double, finishing with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists.


• Boston matched a season-high with 35 assists

• Robert Williams is playing a complete game on both ends


• The Celtics are actually getting out into transition and getting leak-out dunks. It's nice to be facing the Houston Rockets


• The Celtics are starting to put a little room between them and the Rockets. The defensive intensity has increased and the Celtics are running off misses and turnovers. Boston has 13 fastbreak points to Houston's 4


• The Celtics got it up to 18, but they let up (of course) and Houston cut it back down to 10 (A couple of Tatum shots helped it settle at 12)

• Houston opens the second on an 11-4 run behind DJ Augustin and Sterling Brown


• Evan Fournier continues to struggle. He's 1-5 with 3:04 left in the quarter and aside from that one make, none of his shots are close.


• The Celtics are 4-19 so far in the 2nd


• Robert Williams and Jayson Tatum checked in and were on the floor for 7 points of a closing 9-0 run. Williams has 10 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists at the half

• The Celtics opened the game with a gorgeous play to get Robert Williams a dunk. It's the type of ball movement we should be seeing al the time.


• Kemba Walker started out hot, hitting his first two shots and the rest of the Celtics are following suit. They're 7-10 with 6 assists.


• The Celtics offense is fine, putting up 25 points with 2:47 left, but they have committed 6 fouls in the quarter


• Evan Fournier hit his first 3 as a Celtic


• The Celtics just had the ultimate "trust your teammates" possession. It looked like Tatum was going to go iso but he gave it up... the ball touched the paint, kicked out, and swung back around to Tatum for a 3.


• The Celtics finish the quarter with 10 assists on 12 baskets

• Celtics vs. Rockets spread: Celtics -11.5


• Celtics vs. Rockets over-under: 223 points


• Celtics vs. Rockets money line: Celtics -750, Rockets +550