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Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers

December 5, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Lakers 126-105 on 2025-12-05 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Jordan Walsh. The Lakers started Deandre Ayton, Rui Hachimura, Gabe Vincent, Austin Reaves, and Jake LaRavia. Austin Reaves (Lakers) scored 11 points (4/15) in his matchups, with Jordan Walsh as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 11 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Rui Hachimura as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS

Boston Celtics 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	33:41	30	8	8	1	0	3	3	10-22	3-7	7-9	+12
Payton Pritchard GS	30:09	15	2	6	1	0	2	2	6-13	3-7	0-0	+15
Derrick White GS	29:37	19	5	6	0	1	3	2	7-14	5-10	0-0	+19
Jordan Walsh GS	26:17	17	4	1	1	2	1	4	6-7	4-5	1-1	+28
Neemias Queta GS	26:02	10	6	2	2	0	0	2	5-8	0-0	0-0	+8
Sam Hauser	24:21	12	3	0	2	0	0	1	4-8	4-7	0-0	+8
Josh Minott	22:56	6	3	3	0	1	0	1	2-3	2-3	0-0	+21
Anfernee Simons	15:52	8	4	2	0	0	0	2	2-4	2-4	2-2	+23
Baylor Scheierman	15:07	3	1	2	2	0	1	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	-4
Hugo González	8:00	4	2	0	0	0	4	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	-9
Xavier Tillman	3:18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Luka Garza	2:20	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Amari Williams	2:20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Totals		126	38	31	9	5	14	20	46-84	24-45	10-12

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision)

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 105

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Reaves GS	33:19	36	3	8	0	0	4	0	9-18	3-8	15-17	-9
Gabe Vincent GS	29:38	18	1	1	0	0	0	2	5-10	4-8	4-4	-20
Rui Hachimura GS	29:16	13	7	0	0	0	2	1	5-11	3-7	0-0	-15
Deandre Ayton GS	27:32	6	10	0	1	1	2	2	3-9	0-0	0-0	-7
Jake LaRavia GS	20:49	6	1	1	3	0	1	3	2-6	0-2	2-2	-14
Nick Smith Jr.	23:30	13	2	0	2	1	1	1	5-10	3-6	0-0	-16
Adou Thiero	19:30	0	3	0	0	0	2	4	0-2	0-0	0-0	-5
Maxi Kleber	15:30	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Jaxson Hayes	13:50	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	1-2	-16
Dalton Knecht	13:50	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1-5	0-2	3-4	-11
Bronny James	6:38	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+2
Drew Timme	6:38	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		105	35	15	8	2	14	14	33-77	14-35	25-29

Did not play: Jarred Vanderbilt (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 10.0 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Sam Hauser · Josh Minott · Jordan Walsh 4.9 min
Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Josh Minott · Baylor Scheierman 4.5 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 2.9 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Jordan Walsh 2.6 min

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Deandre Ayton · Rui Hachimura · Gabe Vincent · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia Starter 10.4 min
Maxi Kleber · Drew Timme · Nick Smith Jr. · Dalton Knecht · Bronny James 6.6 min
Deandre Ayton · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves · Nick Smith Jr. · Adou Thiero 3.6 min
Deandre Ayton · Rui Hachimura · Gabe Vincent · Nick Smith Jr. · Adou Thiero 2.9 min
Deandre Ayton · Gabe Vincent · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia · Adou Thiero 2.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Celtics defense

Austin Reaves 11 pts (4/15) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Walsh (22 %, 3 pts) · Derrick White (17 %, 3 pts) · Jaylen Brown (16 %, 0 pts)
Nick Smith Jr. 1 pts (0/4) in 43 possessions

Guarded by: Payton Pritchard (18 %, 0 pts) · Derrick White (15 %, 0 pts) · Baylor Scheierman (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Adou Thiero: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Jake LaRavia: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Derrick White	Austin Reaves: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Rui Hachimura: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Payton Pritchard	Gabe Vincent: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nick Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Deandre Ayton: 33 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Austin Reaves: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Walsh	Austin Reaves: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Rui Hachimura: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Sam Hauser	Austin Reaves: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Rui Hachimura: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Josh Minott	Jaxson Hayes: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Maxi Kleber: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman	Nick Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Anfernee Simons	Gabe Vincent: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nick Smith Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hugo González	Bronny James: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Rui Hachimura: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Xavier Tillman	Dalton Knecht: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nick Smith Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amari Williams	Maxi Kleber: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nick Smith Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza	Maxi Kleber: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Drew Timme: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Jaylen Brown 11 pts (3/9) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Rui Hachimura (33 %, 6 pts) · Jake LaRavia (15 %, 0 pts) · Adou Thiero (13 %, 0 pts)
Anfernee Simons 8 pts (2/4) in 28 possessions

Guarded by: Gabe Vincent (30 %, 0 pts) · Jake LaRavia (20 %, 0 pts) · Rui Hachimura (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Austin Reaves	Jordan Walsh: 23 poss., 3 pts (0/3) · Josh Minott: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Deandre Ayton	Neemias Queta: 33 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Jordan Walsh: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gabe Vincent	Payton Pritchard: 20 poss., 11 pts (3/3) · Anfernee Simons: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rui Hachimura	Jaylen Brown: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Derrick White: 7 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Jake LaRavia	Jaylen Brown: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Derrick White: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nick Smith Jr.	Payton Pritchard: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Baylor Scheierman: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Adou Thiero	Derrick White: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Brown: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht	Payton Pritchard: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Josh Minott: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Maxi Kleber	Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Minott: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	Baylor Scheierman: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Minott: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Bronny James	Hugo González: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Xavier Tillman: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Drew Timme	Jordan Walsh: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)