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Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers

March 1, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the 76ers 114-98 on 2026-03-01 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Sam Hauser, and Baylor Scheierman. The 76ers started Andre Drummond, Kelly Oubre Jr., Tyrese Maxey, Dominick Barlow, and VJ Edgecombe. Tyrese Maxey (76ers) scored 22 points (8/16) in his matchups, with Baylor Scheierman as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 7 points (3/9) in his matchups, with VJ Edgecombe as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Derrick White GS 39:14 21 6 8 2 2 4 4 6-16 5-11 4-4 +21
Jaylen Brown GS 38:00 27 8 8 0 0 5 1 9-17 2-6 7-7 +7
Baylor Scheierman GS 31:36 12 4 2 0 1 1 3 5-12 2-9 0-0 +15
Sam Hauser GS 29:08 8 4 2 0 0 0 2 3-11 2-9 0-0 +10
Neemias Queta GS 27:17 27 17 2 1 3 0 4 10-14 0-0 7-10 +20
Payton Pritchard 27:20 0 3 5 1 0 2 1 0-4 0-4 0-0 +7
Nikola Vučević 20:43 11 12 0 0 1 1 2 4-9 3-6 0-0 -4
Jordan Walsh 13:48 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2-6 2-4 0-0 +9
Hugo González 12:54 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 -5
Totals 114 59 27 4 7 13 19 40-91 16-49 18-21

Did not play: Luka Garza (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ron Harper Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Max Shulga (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHI
Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers 98

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Tyrese Maxey GS 43:20 33 3 6 1 2 0 1 12-34 4-11 5-6 -9
VJ Edgecombe GS 40:18 23 5 3 2 1 2 3 8-21 5-11 2-3 -14
Kelly Oubre Jr. GS 34:22 4 4 2 0 0 1 3 2-10 0-2 0-0 -7
Andre Drummond GS 32:04 10 12 4 4 0 2 3 3-5 2-4 2-3 -9
Dominick Barlow GS 28:04 14 8 1 3 0 1 4 4-7 0-0 6-8 0
Quentin Grimes 26:34 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 2-5 1-3 0-0 -14
Adem Bona 15:57 5 4 1 0 1 0 3 2-4 0-0 1-2 -7
Trendon Watford 14:42 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2-2 0-0 0-0 -13
Cameron Payne 4:40 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -7
Totals 98 37 21 10 4 6 17 35-88 12-31 16-22

Did not play: Justin Edwards (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kyle Lowry (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jabari Walker (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
Jaylen Brown Dominick Barlow: 31 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Kelly Oubre Jr.: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Derrick White VJ Edgecombe: 30 poss., 5 pts (1/6) · Kelly Oubre Jr.: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Baylor Scheierman Tyrese Maxey: 30 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Kelly Oubre Jr.: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Neemias Queta Andre Drummond: 28 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Adem Bona: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Sam Hauser Tyrese Maxey: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · VJ Edgecombe: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Payton Pritchard Quentin Grimes: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · VJ Edgecombe: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Vučević Andre Drummond: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Adem Bona: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Hugo González Tyrese Maxey: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · VJ Edgecombe: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh Trendon Watford: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tyrese Maxey: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)

76ers defense

Defender Guarded most
Tyrese Maxey Baylor Scheierman: 42 poss., 10 pts (4/8) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
VJ Edgecombe Jaylen Brown: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Derrick White: 14 poss., 11 pts (4/7)
Kelly Oubre Jr. Derrick White: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Jaylen Brown: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Andre Drummond Neemias Queta: 31 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Nikola Vučević: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dominick Barlow Jaylen Brown: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Hauser: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Quentin Grimes Payton Pritchard: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Sam Hauser: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Adem Bona Nikola Vučević: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Neemias Queta: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Trendon Watford Derrick White: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jordan Walsh: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cameron Payne Sam Hauser: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Walsh: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)