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Boston Celtics vs. Phoenix Suns

March 16, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Suns 120-112 on 2026-03-16 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, and Sam Hauser. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Jalen Green, Collin Gillespie, and Oso Ighodaro. Jalen Green (Suns) scored 11 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Sam Hauser as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 13 points (5/13) in his matchups, with Jalen Green as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS

Boston Celtics 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	39:30	41	7	6	1	1	4	0	10-20	2-5	19-21	+9
Neemias Queta GS	33:07	5	3	6	1	1	1	3	2-4	0-0	1-1	+5
Jayson Tatum GS	32:20	21	7	4	1	0	2	1	8-18	2-8	3-3	+11
Derrick White GS	29:23	21	4	5	1	1	4	5	8-16	5-11	0-0	-2
Sam Hauser GS	23:10	2	4	2	1	0	0	4	1-3	0-2	0-0	+5
Payton Pritchard	37:14	19	4	6	1	0	2	4	6-13	5-9	2-2	+8
Baylor Scheierman	25:55	8	5	2	1	0	0	0	3-3	2-2	0-0	+5
Luka Garza	11:20	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	+6
Hugo González	8:01	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-7
Totals		120	38	31	7	3	13	21	39-80	17-40	25-27

Did not play: Charles Bassey (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ron Harper Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Max Shulga (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Walsh (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHX

Phoenix Suns 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker GS	37:23	40	3	6	0	1	7	3	15-24	2-7	8-9	+2
Jalen Green GS	33:21	21	7	1	0	0	1	1	8-20	1-7	4-4	-12
Oso Ighodaro GS	32:35	4	4	8	2	0	0	3	2-4	0-0	0-0	-2
Collin Gillespie GS	22:38	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1-8	1-5	0-0	-2
Royce O'Neale GS	18:41	6	2	3	0	2	0	1	2-5	2-5	0-0	-4
Jordan Goodwin	23:44	6	5	4	2	0	1	5	2-5	1-4	1-2	-9
Grayson Allen	21:42	13	1	2	0	0	0	2	3-7	2-6	5-6	-5
Haywood Highsmith	18:44	16	4	1	1	0	0	3	4-8	4-5	4-4	-1
Rasheer Fleming	14:45	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	0-1	0-1	1-2	0
Khaman Maluach	12:21	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	-8
Amir Coffey	4:06	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		112	35	26	7	6	9	20	37-83	13-40	25-29

Did not play: Jamaree Bouyea (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ryan Dunn (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Jayson Tatum · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser Starter 10.6 min
Jaylen Brown · Jayson Tatum · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman 4.7 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman 4.4 min
Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 4.2 min
Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 3.6 min

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Jalen Green · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro Starter 9.2 min
Devin Booker · Grayson Allen · Jordan Goodwin · Rasheer Fleming · Khaman Maluach 6.7 min
Devin Booker · Haywood Highsmith · Jalen Green · Jordan Goodwin · Oso Ighodaro 4.9 min
Devin Booker · Grayson Allen · Haywood Highsmith · Jalen Green · Oso Ighodaro 4.7 min
Haywood Highsmith · Jalen Green · Jordan Goodwin · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro 4.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Celtics defense

Jalen Green 11 pts (3/7) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Hauser (31 %, 0 pts) · Derrick White (17 %, 3 pts) · Jaylen Brown (16 %, 2 pts)
Devin Booker 15 pts (5/8) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Jayson Tatum (23 %, 5 pts) · Derrick White (19 %, 6 pts) · Payton Pritchard (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Haywood Highsmith: 18 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · Royce O'Neale: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Neemias Queta	Oso Ighodaro: 34 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Devin Booker: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jayson Tatum	Devin Booker: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Royce O'Neale: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Payton Pritchard	Devin Booker: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Grayson Allen: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Derrick White	Devin Booker: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jalen Green: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Baylor Scheierman	Grayson Allen: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jalen Green: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser	Jalen Green: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Collin Gillespie: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza	Khaman Maluach: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Oso Ighodaro: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González	Grayson Allen: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Devin Booker: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Suns defense

Jaylen Brown 13 pts (5/13) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Green (21 %, 4 pts) · Collin Gillespie (15 %, 0 pts) · Haywood Highsmith (14 %, 6 pts)
Jayson Tatum 10 pts (4/11) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Royce O'Neale (30 %, 6 pts) · Devin Booker (13 %, 4 pts) · Jordan Goodwin (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Devin Booker	Derrick White: 14 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Sam Hauser: 12 poss., 11 pts (3/3)
Jalen Green	Jaylen Brown: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Derrick White: 14 poss., 6 pts (1/4)
Oso Ighodaro	Neemias Queta: 32 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Gillespie	Jaylen Brown: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Payton Pritchard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Royce O'Neale	Jayson Tatum: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jaylen Brown: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Grayson Allen	Payton Pritchard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Baylor Scheierman: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Goodwin	Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Payton Pritchard: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Haywood Highsmith	Jaylen Brown: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Derrick White: 5 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Rasheer Fleming	Baylor Scheierman: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Payton Pritchard: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Khaman Maluach	Neemias Queta: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Luka Garza: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amir Coffey	Jaylen Brown: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Payton Pritchard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)