NBA

Orlando Magic at Boston Celtics

· East 1st Round - Game 1
41-41, 19-22 Away
Final
86 - 103

61-21, 28-13 Home

Derrick White scores 30, Tatum stays in game after fall and Celtics beat Magic 103-86 in Game 1

Tatum shaken up after flagrant foul from KCP

As chants of “MVP!” rained down on him, Jayson Tatum eventually rose to his feet and was loudly cheered as he paced toward the bench.

“I just landed on it. It was throbbing for a second,” Tatum said. “It kind of went away.”

And brought a sigh of relief for a Boston team just starting its quest to repeat as NBA champions.

Derrick White scored 30 points, Tatum had 17 points and finished the game after a scary late fall, and the Celtics beat the Magic 103-86 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Sunday.

Payton Pritchard added 19 points off the bench for Boston, which hosts Game 2 on Wednesday night. Jaylen Brown played 31 minutes and had 16 points on 6-of-14 shooting after missing the final three games of the regular season due to a lingering knee issue.

“We’ve got many different ways we can win. A lot of different things we can throw at teams,” White said.

With Boston leading 89-73 with 8:28 remaining, Tatum went up for a dunk and was hit hard by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope as he tried to block it. Tatum landed awkwardly on his right side.

He stayed down briefly before eventually rising to his feet, clenching his right hand. After a video review by referees, Caldwell-Pope’s foul was upgraded to a flagrant foul. Tatum subsequently missed the two ensuing free throws but remained in the game. He said a postgame X-ray came back clean.

Paolo Banchero led the Magic with 36 points and 11 rebounds. Franz Wagner added 23 points for Orlando, which has not made it out of the first round of the playoffs since the 2009-10 season.

Orlando led by a point at halftime, limiting a Boston team that set an NBA record for 3-pointers this season to 7 of 15 from beyond the arc in the opening 24 minutes and 16 of 37 for the game.

But the Magic turned the ball over six times in the third quarter and were outscored 30-18 as the Celtics took a 78-65 lead into the fourth. The Celtics’ lead grew as high as 19 in the final period.

For the game, Orlando finished with 15 turnovers which led to 24 Boston points.

“It's Game 1, there's nerves. Lit crowd. Really loud," Banchero said. “So, not a total surprise that we struggled a little bit on offense, honestly."

Brown, who received injections in his knee last week, didn’t show any noticeable effects of the issue at the outset Sunday. Later, with the Celtics leading by 15 in the third quarter, Brown drove in the lane for a two-handed dunk and swung on the rim in celebration.

“I haven't got one of those in a little bit,” Brown said. “But we're just getting started.”

Regular Season Series

ORL wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 86 - 103
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 86 - 103
4th 10.1 shot clock turnover 86 - 103
4th 33.1 Tristan da Silva bad pass (Torrey Craig steals) 86 - 103
4th 41.1 Tristan da Silva defensive rebound 86 - 103

Statistics

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34-81 FG 37-82
42.0 Field Goal % 45.1
10-27 3PT 16-37
37.0 Three Point % 43.2
8-11 FT 13-18
72.7 Free Throw % 72.2
41 Rebounds 42
13 Offensive Rebounds 9
28 Defensive Rebounds 33
17 Assists 22
5 Steals 13
5 Blocks 5
15 Turnovers 9
0 Team Turnovers 2
15 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
1 Flagrant Fouls 0
24 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 8
4 Fast Break Points 26
28 Points in Paint 32
17 Fouls 13
3 Largest Lead 19
Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Jayson Tatum, SF Out Jul 3
Anfernee Simons, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3
Jaylen Brown, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3
Orlando Magic Orlando Magic Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Moritz Wagner, C Day-To-Day Jul 23
Jase Richardson, G Day-To-Day Jul 19
Noah Penda, F Day-To-Day Jul 19
Tristan da Silva, F Day-To-Day Jul 19
Jalen Suggs, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3

Game Information

TD Garden

Location: Boston, MA
Attendance: 19,156 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 41 41 .500 - L1
Atlanta 40 42 .488 1 W3
Miami 37 45 .451 4 L1
Charlotte 19 63 .232 22 L7
Washington 18 64 .220 23 W1

2024-25 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston - 21 W2 0.74390244 61
New York 10 31 W1 0.6219512 51
Toronto 31 52 L2 0.36585367 30
Brooklyn 35 56 L3 0.31707317 26
Philadelphia 37 58 L2 0.29268292 24
Full Standings

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