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Boston Celtics vs. Brooklyn Nets

February 27, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Nets 148-111 on 2026-02-27 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Sam Hauser, and Baylor Scheierman. The Nets started Michael Porter Jr., Nic Claxton, Noah Clowney, Nolan Traore, and Egor Dëmin. Michael Porter Jr. (Nets) scored 20 points (7/9) in his matchups, with Sam Hauser as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 9 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Noah Clowney as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 148

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Derrick White GS 32:05 12 3 7 1 2 1 1 4-9 4-8 0-0 +31
Jaylen Brown GS 29:57 28 7 9 2 1 2 3 9-12 4-4 6-10 +25
Sam Hauser GS 26:36 13 3 2 0 0 1 2 5-9 2-6 1-1 +27
Baylor Scheierman GS 22:04 10 3 6 1 0 0 1 3-3 2-2 2-2 +18
Neemias Queta GS 14:53 8 2 1 2 1 1 2 4-4 0-0 0-0 +1
Payton Pritchard 28:00 22 0 5 1 0 1 1 9-12 4-5 0-0 +40
Nikola Vučević 25:20 28 11 4 0 1 1 2 9-13 3-3 7-7 +35
Hugo González 21:21 8 2 1 1 2 0 2 4-6 0-2 0-0 +16
Jordan Walsh 14:49 6 3 0 0 0 3 0 2-2 2-2 0-0 -2
Luka Garza 7:47 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 1-2 0-0 2-3 +1
Dalano Banton 5:59 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1-4 0-0 2-2 -4
Ron Harper Jr. 5:59 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 -4
John Tonje 5:10 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 2-2 +1
Totals 148 39 38 9 7 11 17 52-78 22-34 22-27

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Michael Porter Jr. GS 25:31 18 2 2 2 0 1 2 6-12 2-4 4-5 -23
Nolan Traore GS 24:04 8 2 7 3 0 2 1 4-9 0-2 0-0 -19
Nic Claxton GS 23:20 12 4 2 0 0 1 3 5-9 0-0 2-4 -20
Noah Clowney GS 21:49 10 3 2 0 0 0 2 4-9 2-4 0-0 -17
Egor Dëmin GS 21:41 5 0 2 0 0 1 3 2-4 1-3 0-0 -9
Danny Wolf 22:37 16 2 1 1 0 1 2 5-12 2-6 4-4 -15
Terance Mann 17:37 8 1 3 0 0 1 2 3-5 2-4 0-0 -23
Ziaire Williams 17:04 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 2-5 1-3 0-0 -21
Josh Minott 16:13 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 4-7 1-3 0-1 -16
Day'Ron Sharpe 14:50 2 5 3 0 0 1 3 1-7 0-1 0-0 -14
Grant Nelson 9:50 3 2 4 0 2 2 2 1-1 0-0 1-2 -3
Ben Saraf 9:50 7 0 1 0 0 1 2 3-3 1-1 0-0 -3
Ochai Agbaji 7:47 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 3-3 2-2 0-0 -1
Jalen Wilson 7:47 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0-2 0-1 0-0 -1
Totals 111 25 29 7 2 12 25 43-88 14-34 11-16

Lineups

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets

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 Noah Clowney: 19 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Nolan Traore: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derrick White Nolan Traore: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Egor Dëmin: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sam Hauser Michael Porter Jr.: 24 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Egor Dëmin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Payton Pritchard Ziaire Williams: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Terance Mann: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Vučević Day'Ron Sharpe: 14 poss., 4 pts (0/0) · Nic Claxton: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman Egor Dëmin: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Michael Porter Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González Danny Wolf: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ben Saraf: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Neemias Queta Nic Claxton: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Noah Clowney: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jordan Walsh Danny Wolf: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Terance Mann: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza Grant Nelson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ochai Agbaji: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalano Banton Grant Nelson: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Danny Wolf: 3 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Ron Harper Jr. Jalen Wilson: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ben Saraf: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Tonje Ochai Agbaji: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ben Saraf: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nets defense

Defender Guarded most
Michael Porter Jr. Sam Hauser: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Baylor Scheierman: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Nic Claxton Neemias Queta: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Nikola Vučević: 10 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Nolan Traore Derrick White: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Danny Wolf Hugo González: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Walsh: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Noah Clowney Jaylen Brown: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Derrick White: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Egor Dëmin Baylor Scheierman: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Terance Mann Payton Pritchard: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jordan Walsh: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Ziaire Williams Payton Pritchard: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Derrick White: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Day'Ron Sharpe Nikola Vučević: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Hugo González: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Minott Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grant Nelson Luka Garza: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Vučević: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ben Saraf Hugo González: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · John Tonje: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ochai Agbaji Ron Harper Jr.: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jordan Walsh: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Wilson Dalano Banton: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)