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Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers

October 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The 76ers beat the Celtics 117-116 on 2025-10-22 on the road against the Celtics. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Sam Hauser. The 76ers started Joel Embiid, Kelly Oubre Jr., Tyrese Maxey, Dominick Barlow, and VJ Edgecombe. Joel Embiid (76ers) scored 9 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Neemias Queta as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 8 points (4/15) in his matchups, with Kelly Oubre Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Payton Pritchard GS 37:09 16 5 2 2 0 2 3 6-14 1-7 3-4 +6
Jaylen Brown GS 36:14 25 6 4 0 0 2 4 9-18 2-4 5-6 0
Derrick White GS 35:25 25 3 4 1 1 0 1 7-20 4-13 7-7 -3
Neemias Queta GS 25:07 17 8 0 0 0 2 6 7-8 0-0 3-4 +2
Sam Hauser GS 22:24 8 2 1 0 0 3 3 2-6 2-6 2-2 +8
Anfernee Simons 32:17 13 4 1 1 1 0 2 5-10 2-6 1-1 -5
Chris Boucher 15:50 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 2-4 0-2 2-2 -4
Xavier Tillman 15:39 4 7 1 2 1 0 4 2-8 0-3 0-0 0
Josh Minott 14:11 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 -6
Luka Garza 5:44 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0-2 0-2 0-0 -3
Totals 116 42 16 7 4 11 28 41-91 11-43 23-26

Did not play: Hugo González (DNP - Coach's Decision), Baylor Scheierman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Max Shulga (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Walsh (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHI
Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
VJ Edgecombe GS 42:12 34 7 3 1 0 2 1 13-26 5-13 3-6 -2
Tyrese Maxey GS 41:24 40 2 6 2 1 1 5 13-24 7-9 7-8 +3
Dominick Barlow GS 34:24 13 8 5 0 1 2 3 4-8 0-3 5-6 +1
Kelly Oubre Jr. GS 33:33 10 4 1 0 1 2 1 2-6 2-6 4-4 -8
Joel Embiid GS 20:18 4 6 2 0 1 0 2 1-9 0-4 2-2 -16
Quentin Grimes 31:38 10 5 5 0 0 5 3 3-8 2-5 2-4 +18
Jabari Walker 18:57 6 4 0 0 0 0 3 3-4 0-1 0-0 +3
Adem Bona 14:45 0 3 1 0 0 2 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 +4
Andre Drummond 2:43 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Justin Edwards 0:06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 117 40 23 3 4 14 23 39-85 16-41 23-30

Did not play: Johni Broome (DNP - Coach's Decision), Eric Gordon (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kyle Lowry (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

PHI
Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Derrick White Tyrese Maxey: 20 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · VJ Edgecombe: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Payton Pritchard Tyrese Maxey: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · VJ Edgecombe: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Jaylen Brown Kelly Oubre Jr.: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Dominick Barlow: 17 poss., 9 pts (3/6)
Anfernee Simons Quentin Grimes: 27 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Tyrese Maxey: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Neemias Queta Joel Embiid: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Dominick Barlow: 9 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Sam Hauser Kelly Oubre Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dominick Barlow: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Xavier Tillman Joel Embiid: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Dominick Barlow: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Chris Boucher Jabari Walker: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kelly Oubre Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Minott Dominick Barlow: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kelly Oubre Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza Adem Bona: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dominick Barlow: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

76ers defense

Defender Guarded most
Tyrese Maxey Payton Pritchard: 35 poss., 6 pts (2/7) · Derrick White: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
VJ Edgecombe Derrick White: 26 poss., 10 pts (4/10) · Anfernee Simons: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Dominick Barlow Neemias Queta: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Jaylen Brown: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Quentin Grimes Anfernee Simons: 30 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Payton Pritchard: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kelly Oubre Jr. Sam Hauser: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaylen Brown: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Joel Embiid Xavier Tillman: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Jaylen Brown: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/5)
Jabari Walker Neemias Queta: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaylen Brown: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adem Bona Josh Minott: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Garza: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andre Drummond Neemias Queta: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Minott: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)