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Boston Celtics vs. Indiana Pacers

December 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Pacers 103-95 on 2025-12-22 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Josh Minott. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Jay Huff, Ethan Thompson, and Bennedict Mathurin. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 9 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Hugo González as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 9 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Bennedict Mathurin as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS

Boston Celtics 103

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	33:12	31	9	2	1	2	2	1	11-25	2-6	7-8	-2
Payton Pritchard GS	32:57	11	3	5	2	0	3	3	4-12	1-4	2-2	-6
Derrick White GS	31:31	19	5	4	0	1	2	1	7-16	3-8	2-2	+9
Neemias Queta GS	23:21	8	8	2	0	0	1	3	3-5	0-0	2-4	-3
Josh Minott GS	8:35	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-7
Hugo González	36:48	6	11	1	1	2	2	4	3-5	0-2	0-0	+21
Luka Garza	24:28	6	9	3	0	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	2-2	+13
Sam Hauser	19:55	6	3	1	1	0	1	1	2-8	2-7	0-0	+2
Anfernee Simons	17:25	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	4-11	2-7	1-1	+4
Baylor Scheierman	11:48	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	+9
Totals		103	49	19	6	6	13	16	38-89	11-37	16-19

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ron Harper Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Max Shulga (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

IND

Indiana Pacers 95

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam GS	37:20	25	6	3	0	0	0	2	9-18	4-7	3-4	-12
Bennedict Mathurin GS	36:48	16	9	0	0	1	0	3	7-20	2-7	0-0	-21
Andrew Nembhard GS	35:47	20	2	7	0	0	4	3	6-13	2-4	6-7	-6
Ethan Thompson GS	33:35	13	4	4	1	0	2	2	5-12	3-9	0-0	0
Jay Huff GS	25:09	3	5	0	0	1	2	2	1-6	1-5	0-0	-7
Johnny Furphy	23:05	3	5	2	1	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	+6
Quenton Jackson	15:55	9	0	1	1	0	2	1	2-5	0-0	5-5	-11
Jarace Walker	15:21	2	4	0	1	0	1	2	1-5	0-4	0-0	-8
James Wiseman	12:12	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Isaiah Jackson	2:23	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	+8
Garrison Mathews	1:01	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	+4
Taelon Peter	0:42	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Kam Jones	0:42	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		95	36	19	4	3	12	21	33-85	13-40	16-18

Did not play: Tony Bradley (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Josh Minott Starter 4.6 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Hugo González 10.2 min
Anfernee Simons · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 8.1 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Hugo González 7.2 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser · Hugo González 4.3 min

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Ethan Thompson · Bennedict Mathurin Starter 14.3 min
Pascal Siakam · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin · Quenton Jackson · Johnny Furphy 5.7 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · James Wiseman · Ethan Thompson · Johnny Furphy 3.5 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Bennedict Mathurin · Quenton Jackson · Jarace Walker 3.5 min
Pascal Siakam · James Wiseman · Bennedict Mathurin · Quenton Jackson · Johnny Furphy 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Celtics defense

Pascal Siakam 9 pts (4/8) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Hugo González (37 %, 4 pts) · Josh Minott (16 %, 0 pts) · Neemias Queta (10 %, 2 pts)
Bennedict Mathurin 10 pts (3/10) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Payton Pritchard (33 %, 0 pts) · Derrick White (19 %, 3 pts) · Jaylen Brown (13 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Hugo González	Pascal Siakam: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jarace Walker: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylen Brown	Andrew Nembhard: 26 poss., 14 pts (5/9) · Bennedict Mathurin: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/5)
Payton Pritchard	Bennedict Mathurin: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andrew Nembhard: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Derrick White	Ethan Thompson: 22 poss., 12 pts (5/7) · Bennedict Mathurin: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Luka Garza	Jay Huff: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Wiseman: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Jay Huff: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · James Wiseman: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser	Johnny Furphy: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Bennedict Mathurin: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Anfernee Simons	Quenton Jackson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ethan Thompson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Baylor Scheierman	Andrew Nembhard: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Johnny Furphy: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Minott	Pascal Siakam: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ethan Thompson: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Pacers defense

Jaylen Brown 9 pts (3/10) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Bennedict Mathurin (36 %, 0 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (16 %, 3 pts) · Ethan Thompson (13 %, 0 pts)
Anfernee Simons 6 pts (2/4) in 30 possessions

Guarded by: Quenton Jackson (31 %, 4 pts) · Ethan Thompson (26 %, 0 pts) · Pascal Siakam (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Pascal Siakam	Hugo González: 35 poss., 6 pts (2/7) · Josh Minott: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Andrew Nembhard	Payton Pritchard: 22 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Hugo González: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Bennedict Mathurin	Jaylen Brown: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Derrick White: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Ethan Thompson	Payton Pritchard: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Derrick White: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jay Huff	Luka Garza: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Neemias Queta: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Johnny Furphy	Sam Hauser: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Luka Garza: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Quenton Jackson	Anfernee Simons: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Derrick White: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarace Walker	Neemias Queta: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Hugo González: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
James Wiseman	Neemias Queta: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Garza: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson	Sam Hauser: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taelon Peter	Payton Pritchard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Hugo González: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Garrison Mathews	Derrick White: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kam Jones	Payton Pritchard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Hugo González: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)