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Boston Celtics vs. Indiana Pacers

January 21, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Pacers 119-104 on 2026-01-21 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Sam Hauser. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Jay Huff, and Johnny Furphy. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 12 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Jaylen Brown as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 17 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Pascal Siakam as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS

Boston Celtics 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	33:55	30	10	5	3	0	5	2	11-22	1-2	7-9	+11
Payton Pritchard GS	33:28	10	5	8	1	0	2	1	4-12	1-5	1-1	+26
Derrick White GS	30:11	13	5	5	0	0	1	2	4-10	1-4	4-4	+18
Neemias Queta GS	28:30	17	9	0	1	5	2	3	6-10	0-0	5-5	+8
Sam Hauser GS	27:34	17	6	3	0	0	2	4	6-8	5-7	0-0	+13
Anfernee Simons	22:29	9	4	2	1	0	0	2	3-8	1-4	2-2	+2
Jordan Walsh	16:45	3	5	0	1	1	0	2	1-3	1-3	0-0	0
Luka Garza	15:38	8	6	0	0	0	0	1	2-6	0-1	4-4	+13
Baylor Scheierman	14:27	5	2	1	1	0	1	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-5
Hugo González	10:46	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	-1
Amari Williams	3:51	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Ron Harper Jr.	2:26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Totals		119	54	24	8	6	14	19	42-88	12-31	23-25

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

IND

Indiana Pacers 104

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Andrew Nembhard GS	32:51	9	4	9	0	0	3	0	3-11	0-5	3-4	-6
Pascal Siakam GS	32:43	32	10	4	0	0	2	3	12-21	4-7	4-6	-1
Aaron Nesmith GS	28:27	6	3	4	0	0	1	3	3-9	0-4	0-1	-28
Johnny Furphy GS	23:11	10	8	2	0	0	2	4	4-7	2-4	0-0	+8
Jay Huff GS	15:46	2	3	1	2	1	0	2	1-4	0-3	0-0	-6
Jarace Walker	29:05	19	3	2	2	0	0	2	7-14	3-7	2-2	-17
Ben Sheppard	20:44	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	2-8	2-8	2-2	-3
Micah Potter	17:00	9	2	1	0	1	0	1	1-5	0-3	7-8	+2
T.J. McConnell	13:59	4	3	3	1	0	2	1	2-6	0-1	0-0	-19
Isaiah Jackson	9:18	0	2	1	0	0	2	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Quenton Jackson	6:23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-5
Tony Bradley	6:18	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-5	0-0	0-0	-2
Kam Jones	4:15	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+6
Totals		104	42	31	6	2	13	20	37-94	12-45	18-23

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser Starter 14.9 min
Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Baylor Scheierman · Jordan Walsh 4.5 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser 4.0 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh 2.6 min
Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser 2.6 min

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Jay Huff · Johnny Furphy Starter 9.1 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Micah Potter · Jarace Walker 3.8 min
T.J. McConnell · Aaron Nesmith · Isaiah Jackson · Jarace Walker · Ben Sheppard 3.5 min
T.J. McConnell · Aaron Nesmith · Micah Potter · Jarace Walker · Ben Sheppard 3.3 min
T.J. McConnell · Andrew Nembhard · Aaron Nesmith · Micah Potter · Jarace Walker 3.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Celtics defense

Pascal Siakam 12 pts (4/11) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylen Brown (42 %, 0 pts) · Sam Hauser (18 %, 8 pts) · Neemias Queta (7 %, 0 pts)
Andrew Nembhard 8 pts (3/6) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Payton Pritchard (51 %, 0 pts) · Derrick White (16 %, 3 pts) · Sam Hauser (11 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Pascal Siakam: 29 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Aaron Nesmith: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Payton Pritchard	Andrew Nembhard: 35 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Nesmith: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Derrick White	Aaron Nesmith: 20 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Andrew Nembhard: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Sam Hauser	Johnny Furphy: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Pascal Siakam: 13 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Neemias Queta	Jay Huff: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Micah Potter: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Anfernee Simons	Ben Sheppard: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · T.J. McConnell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza	Isaiah Jackson: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Micah Potter: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Walsh	Jarace Walker: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · T.J. McConnell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman	Jarace Walker: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Nesmith: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González	Jarace Walker: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · T.J. McConnell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amari Williams	Isaiah Jackson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarace Walker: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ron Harper Jr.	Kam Jones: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Johnny Furphy: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Pacers defense

Jaylen Brown 17 pts (6/12) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Pascal Siakam (35 %, 5 pts) · Johnny Furphy (17 %, 2 pts) · Aaron Nesmith (15 %, 0 pts)
Anfernee Simons 4 pts (1/6) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Ben Sheppard (31 %, 0 pts) · Aaron Nesmith (13 %, 0 pts) · Quenton Jackson (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Andrew Nembhard	Payton Pritchard: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick White: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Pascal Siakam	Jaylen Brown: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Sam Hauser: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Jarace Walker	Sam Hauser: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Payton Pritchard: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Aaron Nesmith	Derrick White: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jaylen Brown: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Johnny Furphy	Jaylen Brown: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Neemias Queta: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ben Sheppard	Anfernee Simons: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Potter	Neemias Queta: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Garza: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Jay Huff	Sam Hauser: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Neemias Queta: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
T.J. McConnell	Jordan Walsh: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Hugo González: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Jackson	Luka Garza: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amari Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Quenton Jackson	Anfernee Simons: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tony Bradley	Neemias Queta: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Luka Garza: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kam Jones	Ron Harper Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)