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Boston Celtics vs. New Orleans Pelicans

April 10, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Pelicans 144-118 on 2026-04-10 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Sam Hauser, and Jordan Walsh. The Pelicans started Kevon Looney, Jordan Poole, Jeremiah Fears, Derik Queen, and Micah Peavy. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 25 points (9/18) in his matchups, with Payton Pritchard as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 3 points (1/7) in his matchups, with Micah Peavy as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS

Boston Celtics 144

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	28:41	23	3	1	1	0	7	4	8-13	2-3	5-7	+24
Sam Hauser GS	27:51	24	6	4	0	0	0	4	8-13	8-12	0-0	+21
Jordan Walsh GS	22:00	6	2	2	1	1	0	2	2-4	2-4	0-0	+17
Derrick White GS	15:57	9	2	5	1	0	1	0	3-9	3-9	0-0	+18
Neemias Queta GS	13:07	7	10	2	0	1	1	1	3-3	1-1	0-0	+13
Payton Pritchard	29:34	21	3	10	1	0	1	3	7-14	5-9	2-2	+29
Hugo González	25:24	10	4	1	3	0	0	4	4-7	2-4	0-0	+11
Baylor Scheierman	24:57	9	2	2	0	0	1	2	3-6	2-5	1-1	+5
Nikola Vučević	18:46	14	4	5	0	1	0	1	5-7	3-5	1-2	+15
Luka Garza	16:07	14	6	2	1	2	1	4	6-13	0-3	2-3	-2
Ron Harper Jr.	12:00	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	3-7	1-4	0-0	-8
Max Shulga	5:36	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-13
Totals		144	44	35	9	5	13	26	52-96	29-59	11-15

Did not play: John Tonje (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jeremiah Fears GS	44:03	36	3	6	3	0	1	4	13-29	3-10	7-11	-32
Derik Queen GS	39:20	25	11	4	1	3	2	1	9-14	0-2	7-9	-24
Micah Peavy GS	36:32	2	2	1	0	0	0	5	1-7	0-3	0-0	-5
Jordan Poole GS	28:43	11	3	3	1	0	5	1	3-10	2-5	3-5	-40
Kevon Looney GS	24:48	0	6	3	1	0	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-29
Josh Oduro	23:57	12	12	1	0	0	0	4	5-8	0-2	2-3	+6
Jordan Hawkins	22:58	20	5	3	0	0	4	1	8-15	2-4	2-2	+3
Trey Alexander	14:34	10	2	1	0	0	0	3	4-10	2-4	0-0	+2
Hunter Dickinson	5:05	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-11
Totals		118	44	22	6	3	13	19	44-96	9-32	21-30

Did not play: DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bryce McGowens (DNP - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh Starter 11.4 min
Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Ron Harper Jr. · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 6.4 min
Luka Garza · Ron Harper Jr. · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González · Max Shulga 5.6 min
Nikola Vučević · Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh 5.4 min
Nikola Vučević · Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 5.1 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevon Looney · Jordan Poole · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy Starter 16.4 min
Jordan Hawkins · Josh Oduro · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 5.6 min
Jordan Hawkins · Trey Alexander · Josh Oduro · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 3.5 min
Kevon Looney · Jordan Poole · Jordan Hawkins · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 3.3 min
Trey Alexander · Josh Oduro · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Celtics defense

Jeremiah Fears 25 pts (9/18) in 91 possessions

Guarded by: Payton Pritchard (20 %, 2 pts) · Hugo González (15 %, 0 pts) · Derrick White (15 %, 9 pts)
Jordan Poole 14 pts (5/9) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Walsh (24 %, 3 pts) · Sam Hauser (21 %, 3 pts) · Hugo González (13 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Payton Pritchard	Jeremiah Fears: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Micah Peavy: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jaylen Brown	Micah Peavy: 36 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Derik Queen: 6 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Sam Hauser	Jeremiah Fears: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Derik Queen: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Hugo González	Jeremiah Fears: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Hawkins: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Baylor Scheierman	Derik Queen: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Hawkins: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Walsh	Derik Queen: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Poole: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Nikola Vučević	Kevon Looney: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Josh Oduro: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Luka Garza	Derik Queen: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Trey Alexander: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Derrick White	Jeremiah Fears: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Jordan Hawkins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ron Harper Jr.	Micah Peavy: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jordan Hawkins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Kevon Looney: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Micah Peavy: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Shulga	Jeremiah Fears: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Micah Peavy: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Jaylen Brown 3 pts (1/7) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Micah Peavy (53 %, 0 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (14 %, 3 pts) · Derik Queen (11 %, 0 pts)
Derrick White 0 pts (0/2) in 32 possessions

Guarded by: Jeremiah Fears (25 %, 0 pts) · Micah Peavy (23 %, 0 pts) · Derik Queen (20 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jeremiah Fears	Hugo González: 19 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Payton Pritchard: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Derik Queen	Sam Hauser: 23 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Baylor Scheierman: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Micah Peavy	Jaylen Brown: 32 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jordan Poole	Jordan Walsh: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Hugo González: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Josh Oduro	Nikola Vučević: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Luka Garza: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jordan Hawkins	Payton Pritchard: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Baylor Scheierman: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kevon Looney	Neemias Queta: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Vučević: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Alexander	Baylor Scheierman: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Hugo González: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Hunter Dickinson	Baylor Scheierman: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Hugo González: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)