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Boston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons

November 26, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Pistons 117-114 on 2025-11-26 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Payton Pritchard, Luka Garza, and Jordan Walsh. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 19 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Baylor Scheierman as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 11 points (4/12) in his matchups, with Tobias Harris as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Payton Pritchard GS 34:25 16 5 2 0 1 1 1 5-10 4-7 2-2 +1
Jaylen Brown GS 34:13 33 10 5 2 2 5 4 12-32 2-7 7-8 -9
Derrick White GS 31:14 27 7 3 3 1 2 4 7-13 6-11 7-7 +11
Jordan Walsh GS 28:31 7 6 4 2 0 1 4 3-6 1-2 0-0 -5
Luka Garza GS 11:20 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -2
Baylor Scheierman 30:18 13 3 1 0 0 1 6 5-7 3-5 0-0 +8
Josh Minott 19:12 9 5 3 1 0 1 2 3-6 2-3 1-1 +3
Sam Hauser 17:13 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 2-4 1-3 0-0 +3
Amari Williams 15:22 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 0-0 0-0 1-2 -10
Anfernee Simons 11:43 5 1 4 0 1 1 0 1-7 1-3 2-2 +13
Hugo González 6:30 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0-1 0-1 1-2 +2
Totals 117 44 24 9 7 12 27 38-87 20-43 21-24

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

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cade Cunningham GS 36:24 42 8 5 1 1 4 3 12-26 4-9 14-16 0
Jalen Duren GS 30:18 12 16 1 0 0 3 3 4-10 0-0 4-6 +6
Duncan Robinson GS 29:32 11 2 3 0 1 1 2 4-9 3-8 0-0 +9
Tobias Harris GS 27:01 12 4 3 0 2 0 2 4-8 1-5 3-3 0
Ausar Thompson GS 25:51 8 8 2 1 1 2 2 2-8 1-2 3-4 +1
Caris LeVert 23:58 10 3 3 0 0 1 2 3-8 2-4 2-2 -5
Isaiah Stewart 20:07 6 9 1 0 1 1 3 3-7 0-0 0-2 -4
Jaden Ivey 14:47 7 4 0 1 0 1 0 2-9 0-5 3-3 -5
Ronald Holland II 14:21 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 3-6 0-2 0-0 -11
Javonte Green 9:43 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 -1
Daniss Jenkins 7:59 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -5
Totals 114 56 20 5 7 13 18 37-93 11-36 29-36

Did not play: Chaz Lanier (DNP - Coach's Decision), Paul Reed (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons

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 Tobias Harris: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Ausar Thompson: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Payton Pritchard Ausar Thompson: 32 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Caris LeVert: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Baylor Scheierman Cade Cunningham: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Caris LeVert: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Derrick White Cade Cunningham: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Tobias Harris: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh Cade Cunningham: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Duncan Robinson: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Sam Hauser Jaden Ivey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Duncan Robinson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Minott Isaiah Stewart: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Javonte Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Amari Williams Jalen Duren: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Stewart: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Anfernee Simons Daniss Jenkins: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ronald Holland II: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luka Garza Jalen Duren: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tobias Harris: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González Cade Cunningham: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Stewart: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pistons defense

Defender Guarded most
Cade Cunningham Jordan Walsh: 26 poss., 7 pts (1/6) · Baylor Scheierman: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Jalen Duren Amari Williams: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Luka Garza: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Duncan Robinson Payton Pritchard: 27 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Jaylen Brown: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tobias Harris Jaylen Brown: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Derrick White: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Caris LeVert Payton Pritchard: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Baylor Scheierman: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Ausar Thompson Jaylen Brown: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Payton Pritchard: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Isaiah Stewart Jaylen Brown: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Minott: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jaden Ivey Anfernee Simons: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Derrick White: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ronald Holland II Baylor Scheierman: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Sam Hauser: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Javonte Green Josh Minott: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Daniss Jenkins Anfernee Simons: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)