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Boston Celtics vs. LA Clippers

November 16, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Clippers 121-118 on 2025-11-16 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Jordan Walsh. The Clippers started James Harden, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, Derrick Jones Jr., and John Collins. James Harden (Clippers) scored 25 points (9/13) in his matchups, with Jaylen Brown as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 9 points (4/10) in his matchups, with John Collins as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS

Boston Celtics 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White GS	38:52	22	7	9	0	2	1	2	7-17	4-8	4-4	+20
Jaylen Brown GS	38:37	33	13	3	2	1	1	1	14-33	1-7	4-7	+22
Neemias Queta GS	33:28	14	9	3	1	1	0	2	7-16	0-0	0-1	+16
Jordan Walsh GS	33:13	6	8	3	3	1	0	5	2-5	0-1	2-2	+4
Payton Pritchard GS	33:05	30	3	2	0	0	0	1	10-16	8-13	2-2	-15
Baylor Scheierman	18:11	3	2	2	0	1	1	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	+12
Luka Garza	14:24	13	4	0	0	0	0	6	5-6	2-2	1-1	-14
Anfernee Simons	11:57	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	-1
Josh Minott	11:29	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-13
Sam Hauser	6:45	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0-3	0-3	0-0	-16
Totals		121	49	26	6	6	6	21	46-103	16-39	13-17

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hugo González (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAC

LA Clippers 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	37:49	37	7	8	1	0	3	3	9-22	5-11	14-15	-8
Ivica Zubac GS	33:38	16	12	2	1	1	1	4	6-10	0-0	4-4	-15
John Collins GS	30:17	17	2	0	0	0	0	3	8-13	1-4	0-0	-7
Kris Dunn GS	24:30	6	4	3	0	1	3	2	1-5	1-3	3-4	-15
Derrick Jones Jr. GS	10:56	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	2-5	1-2	0-0	-9
Bogdan Bogdanović	34:45	11	4	3	0	0	2	2	4-10	1-5	2-2	+18
Kobe Sanders	22:37	11	6	2	1	0	1	1	4-7	2-3	1-1	+16
Nicolas Batum	20:17	6	4	0	0	2	1	3	2-4	2-4	0-0	-1
Brook Lopez	14:09	5	2	3	1	1	0	2	1-2	1-2	2-2	+11
Jordan Miller	11:02	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	1-3	0-1	2-2	-5
Totals		118	44	23	4	7	13	20	38-81	14-35	28-30

Did not play: Kobe Brown (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chris Paul (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Jordan Walsh Starter 19.2 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Baylor Scheierman · Jordan Walsh 3.8 min
Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh 3.5 min
Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser · Josh Minott 3.1 min
Jaylen Brown · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Josh Minott · Baylor Scheierman 2.9 min

LAC

LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · Derrick Jones Jr. · John Collins Starter 8.4 min
James Harden · Bogdan Bogdanović · Kris Dunn · Ivica Zubac · John Collins 10.5 min
James Harden · Bogdan Bogdanović · Ivica Zubac · John Collins · Kobe Sanders 6.7 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · Bogdan Bogdanović · Jordan Miller · Kobe Sanders 5.4 min
Brook Lopez · Nicolas Batum · Bogdan Bogdanović · Kris Dunn · Kobe Sanders 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Celtics defense

James Harden 25 pts (9/13) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylen Brown (36 %, 8 pts) · Jordan Walsh (20 %, 4 pts) · Derrick White (13 %, 0 pts)
John Collins 15 pts (5/16) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Walsh (36 %, 0 pts) · Jaylen Brown (31 %, 4 pts) · Derrick White (10 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	James Harden: 26 poss., 8 pts (4/7) · John Collins: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/6)
Derrick White	Bogdan Bogdanović: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kobe Sanders: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Neemias Queta	Ivica Zubac: 31 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Brook Lopez: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Jordan Walsh	John Collins: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · James Harden: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Payton Pritchard	Kris Dunn: 20 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · James Harden: 9 poss., 8 pts (2/2)
Baylor Scheierman	Bogdan Bogdanović: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nicolas Batum: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luka Garza	Ivica Zubac: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brook Lopez: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Anfernee Simons	Kobe Sanders: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bogdan Bogdanović: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Minott	Nicolas Batum: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bogdan Bogdanović: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser	Bogdan Bogdanović: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Collins: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/2)

Clippers defense

Jaylen Brown 9 pts (4/10) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: John Collins (42 %, 6 pts) · Nicolas Batum (12 %, 0 pts) · Kobe Sanders (11 %, 0 pts)
Anfernee Simons 6 pts (2/2) in 22 possessions

Guarded by: Kobe Sanders (31 %, 6 pts) · Bogdan Bogdanović (23 %, 0 pts) · Kris Dunn (20 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Jordan Walsh: 41 poss., 14 pts (2/5) · Jaylen Brown: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bogdan Bogdanović	Payton Pritchard: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ivica Zubac	Neemias Queta: 36 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Luka Garza: 11 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
John Collins	Jaylen Brown: 32 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Kobe Sanders	Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kris Dunn	Payton Pritchard: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Derrick White: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nicolas Batum	Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Baylor Scheierman: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Brook Lopez	Luka Garza: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Minott: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller	Derrick White: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Payton Pritchard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derrick Jones Jr.	Derrick White: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)