Isaiah Thomas dished out a career - best 15 assists, while also scoring a game - high 29 points. His standout effort led to a stellar shooting night for Boston, which posted respective success rates of 55 and 55 percent from the field and three - point range. Al Horford and Jae Crowder had matching 21 - point efforts. Avery Bradley compiled 14 points, Jaylen Brown led the second unit with 10, and Marcus Smart went for nine points over 28 minutes despite coming in questionable with an illness. Gordon Hayward's 23 points led Utah, and Derrick Favors had 12 points over 29 minutes. Rodney Hood supplied nine points, while Rudy Gobert brought down 13 rebounds. Joe Johnson and Boris Diaw went for 17 and 15 points off the bench, respectively, with the latter impressively compiling his total in just 15 minutes.
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