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Boston Celtics vs. Toronto Raptors

January 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Raptors 125-117 on 2026-01-09 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Sam Hauser. The Raptors started RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley, Sandro Mamukelashvili, Ja'Kobe Walter, and Collin Murray-Boyles. RJ Barrett (Raptors) scored 17 points (8/10) in his matchups, with Sam Hauser as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 13 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Ja'Kobe Walter as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 125

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Derrick White GS 37:58 18 3 5 0 2 1 0 7-14 2-7 2-2 +14
Jaylen Brown GS 36:31 25 8 7 0 0 4 0 6-15 1-3 12-13 +17
Sam Hauser GS 31:34 19 5 2 1 0 1 1 7-10 5-7 0-0 +23
Payton Pritchard GS 29:40 27 5 8 0 1 1 0 12-19 3-5 0-0 +11
Neemias Queta GS 27:11 10 6 0 2 0 0 2 4-6 0-0 2-2 0
Anfernee Simons 26:19 15 2 5 0 0 0 2 6-11 3-4 0-0 -10
Luka Garza 20:42 6 7 1 0 1 0 5 3-8 0-0 0-0 +6
Hugo González 18:32 5 4 0 0 1 0 2 2-3 0-1 1-2 -12
Jordan Walsh 11:33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -9
Totals 125 40 28 3 5 7 12 47-87 14-28 17-19

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Josh Minott (DND - Injury/Illness), Baylor Scheierman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

TOR
Toronto Raptors
Toronto Raptors 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Immanuel Quickley GS 34:48 17 2 13 1 1 2 2 6-16 4-10 1-2 -20
Ja'Kobe Walter GS 31:26 19 6 1 1 1 0 3 7-12 5-9 0-0 -20
RJ Barrett GS 27:53 19 4 7 0 0 1 0 6-15 3-5 4-4 -14
Sandro Mamukelashvili GS 24:55 15 8 1 0 1 0 1 7-10 0-2 1-1 -5
Collin Murray-Boyles GS 21:07 7 2 1 3 0 0 4 3-7 0-2 1-1 -16
Jamal Shead 24:02 13 1 8 0 1 1 3 4-8 3-6 2-2 +2
Gradey Dick 23:37 9 1 1 1 1 0 5 4-8 1-4 0-0 +14
Jonathan Mogbo 19:22 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 3-3 0-0 0-0 +1
Alijah Martin 15:23 7 1 3 0 1 1 0 3-7 1-5 0-0 +3
Jamison Battle 11:37 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 +13
A.J. Lawson 5:50 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-4 1-3 0-0 +2
Totals 117 31 39 7 6 6 18 45-92 18-47 9-10

Did not play: Ochai Agbaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Garrett Temple (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

TOR
Toronto Raptors
Toronto Raptors

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 Ja'Kobe Walter: 15 poss., 8 pts (1/2) · Collin Murray-Boyles: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Derrick White Ja'Kobe Walter: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Immanuel Quickley: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Sam Hauser RJ Barrett: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gradey Dick: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Payton Pritchard Immanuel Quickley: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Shead: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta Sandro Mamukelashvili: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonathan Mogbo: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Anfernee Simons Immanuel Quickley: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jamison Battle: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luka Garza Collin Murray-Boyles: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sandro Mamukelashvili: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González Gradey Dick: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Shead: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh Gradey Dick: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Shead: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Raptors defense

Defender Guarded most
Immanuel Quickley Payton Pritchard: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Derrick White: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ja'Kobe Walter Derrick White: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jaylen Brown: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
RJ Barrett Sam Hauser: 26 poss., 10 pts (4/8) · Derrick White: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Sandro Mamukelashvili Jaylen Brown: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Derrick White: 6 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Jamal Shead Hugo González: 9 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Collin Murray-Boyles Neemias Queta: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gradey Dick Derrick White: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Hauser: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jonathan Mogbo Luka Garza: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Neemias Queta: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Alijah Martin Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Hugo González: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jamison Battle Anfernee Simons: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Neemias Queta: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
A.J. Lawson Anfernee Simons: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaylen Brown: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)