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Boston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons

December 15, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Celtics 112-105 on 2025-12-15 on the road against the Celtics. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Jordan Walsh. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 14 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Derrick White as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 12 points (5/12) 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 105

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaylen Brown GS 40:29 34 8 7 1 3 4 2 13-25 1-5 7-14 -6
Derrick White GS 37:52 31 6 1 1 1 4 2 10-18 5-12 6-7 -16
Payton Pritchard GS 35:19 12 4 5 0 0 1 0 5-14 2-8 0-0 -1
Neemias Queta GS 34:27 6 7 1 2 1 0 1 3-5 0-0 0-0 +5
Jordan Walsh GS 17:41 8 6 0 2 0 2 4 2-3 1-2 3-3 -10
Anfernee Simons 25:19 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 3-9 0-5 3-3 +8
Hugo González 16:28 5 5 0 0 0 1 4 2-3 1-2 0-0 +9
Baylor Scheierman 14:54 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0-2 0-2 0-0 -12
Josh Minott 13:12 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0-2 0-2 0-0 -11
Sam Hauser 4:20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1
Totals 105 37 16 7 5 12 20 38-82 10-39 19-27

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

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons 112

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cade Cunningham GS 36:19 32 4 10 1 0 3 5 11-21 6-10 4-4 +2
Tobias Harris GS 31:49 13 7 3 0 0 0 2 4-11 0-5 5-6 +7
Jalen Duren GS 29:05 6 3 0 2 2 1 4 3-6 0-0 0-0 -1
Duncan Robinson GS 25:52 7 1 2 0 0 1 2 2-4 1-3 2-2 +8
Ausar Thompson GS 22:46 7 6 0 0 0 2 0 3-6 0-0 1-7 +1
Isaiah Stewart 22:18 7 7 0 0 1 0 0 3-6 0-1 1-2 +1
Jaden Ivey 20:59 10 3 3 2 0 2 1 4-11 1-7 1-1 +1
Caris LeVert 19:04 13 1 2 1 0 1 2 5-10 2-5 1-1 -2
Ronald Holland II 14:29 9 5 0 0 0 0 4 3-8 1-2 2-2 +7
Javonte Green 14:10 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 3-4 2-3 0-0 +13
Daniss Jenkins 3:11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 112 39 21 9 3 10 20 41-89 13-36 17-25

Did not play: Chaz Lanier (DNP - Coach's Decision), Paul Reed (DNP - Coach's Decision), Marcus Sasser (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., 7 pts (2/6) · Isaiah Stewart: 10 poss., 6 pts (3/6)
Derrick White Cade Cunningham: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Tobias Harris: 10 poss., 10 pts (4/5)
Neemias Queta Jalen Duren: 39 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Isaiah Stewart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Payton Pritchard Ausar Thompson: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/7) · Jaden Ivey: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Anfernee Simons Caris LeVert: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden Ivey: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Jordan Walsh Cade Cunningham: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Duncan Robinson: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Hugo González Caris LeVert: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cade Cunningham: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Baylor Scheierman Cade Cunningham: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Duncan Robinson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Minott Isaiah Stewart: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ronald Holland II: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser Duncan Robinson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Stewart: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pistons defense

Defender Guarded most
Cade Cunningham Jordan Walsh: 12 poss., 10 pts (3/4) · Derrick White: 10 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Tobias Harris Derrick White: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Jaylen Brown: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jalen Duren Neemias Queta: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Duncan Robinson Payton Pritchard: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Anfernee Simons: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Stewart Josh Minott: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Neemias Queta: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Caris LeVert Anfernee Simons: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jaden Ivey Payton Pritchard: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ausar Thompson Jaylen Brown: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Javonte Green Payton Pritchard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ronald Holland II Derrick White: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Josh Minott: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Daniss Jenkins Baylor Scheierman: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Brown: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)