Isaiah Thomas continued his stellar play while leading the Celtics with 38 points, nine assists, five rebounds and a steal. Jae Crowder stepped up with a 23 - point, 10 - rebound double - double. Al Horford supplied a near double - double of 20 points and nine assists. Jaylen Brown started over Marcus Smart but only contributed two points and three rebounds. Smart and Gerald Green led the second unit with matching seven - point tallies. James Harden's 30 - point, 12 - assist paced the Rockets. Ryan Anderson produced 19 points, while Trevor Ariza and Clint Capela followed with matching 12 - point efforts. Sam Dekker paced the second unit with 15 points, and Montrezl Harrell tallied 11 points in a reserve role as well. Both teams had a hard time hanging on to the ball, as Houston was guilty of 17 turnovers, while Boston gave it away 18 times.
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