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Memphis Grizzlies vs. Boston Celtics

March 20, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Grizzlies 117-112 on 2026-03-20 on the road against the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies started Ty Jerome, Taylor Hendricks, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Jaylen Wells, and Javon Small. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, and Sam Hauser. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 23 points (8/12) in his matchups, with Tyler Burton as his primary defender. Ty Jerome (Grizzlies) scored 6 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Sam Hauser as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies 112

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Olivier-Maxence Prosper GS 30:55 14 7 2 1 0 1 5 4-10 1-6 5-7 +2
Taylor Hendricks GS 28:33 12 5 2 2 2 0 3 5-7 0-2 2-2 -2
Javon Small GS 26:29 13 5 2 0 0 1 4 5-8 2-4 1-1 +16
Ty Jerome GS 24:57 16 1 7 0 0 0 2 7-17 2-6 0-0 +3
Jaylen Wells GS 20:12 6 0 0 2 0 0 3 3-6 0-2 0-0 -2
Tyler Burton 32:27 23 5 2 0 0 2 4 7-13 5-9 4-4 -8
DeJon Jarreau 27:15 13 6 2 1 1 3 2 6-14 1-5 0-1 -10
Walter Clayton Jr. 26:30 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 1-7 0-4 2-2 -16
Cam Spencer 22:42 11 3 5 1 0 0 0 4-8 3-5 0-0 -8
Totals 112 35 24 7 3 9 23 42-90 14-43 14-17

Did not play: Brandon Clarke (DND - Injury/Illness), Taj Gibson (DND - Injury/Illness), GG Jackson (DND - Injury/Illness)

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaylen Brown GS 38:09 30 6 6 0 0 1 3 10-23 2-5 8-8 +9
Derrick White GS 35:46 14 5 3 2 1 1 1 6-15 2-10 0-1 -2
Jayson Tatum GS 30:51 13 9 0 0 0 3 2 3-15 2-9 5-6 -5
Sam Hauser GS 20:37 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 0-3 0-3 0-0 -6
Neemias Queta GS 17:46 12 11 1 0 0 2 3 4-4 0-0 4-4 0
Payton Pritchard 31:41 19 6 3 0 0 4 3 5-13 3-10 6-6 +9
Luka Garza 27:16 22 7 1 1 0 1 3 9-12 1-3 3-5 +9
Baylor Scheierman 23:13 2 4 3 1 0 0 1 1-2 0-1 0-0 +7
Hugo González 14:34 5 5 1 0 0 0 3 2-2 1-1 0-0 +7
Ron Harper Jr. 0:07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 117 57 19 4 2 12 20 40-89 11-42 26-30

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

Lineups

MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

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.

Grizzlies defense

Defender Guarded most
Tyler Burton Jaylen Brown: 26 poss., 12 pts (3/4) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Olivier-Maxence Prosper Luka Garza: 23 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Neemias Queta: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Javon Small Jaylen Brown: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Payton Pritchard: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Taylor Hendricks Jayson Tatum: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Neemias Queta: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
DeJon Jarreau Baylor Scheierman: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jayson Tatum: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ty Jerome Sam Hauser: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/8) · Jayson Tatum: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Walter Clayton Jr. Payton Pritchard: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick White: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Spencer Payton Pritchard: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaylen Brown: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Wells Derrick White: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaylen Brown Tyler Burton: 30 poss., 11 pts (5/7) · Jaylen Wells: 12 poss., 6 pts (1/1)
Derrick White Javon Small: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jaylen Wells: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Payton Pritchard Walter Clayton Jr.: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Javon Small: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jayson Tatum Taylor Hendricks: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Luka Garza Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 27 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Taylor Hendricks: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Baylor Scheierman DeJon Jarreau: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Walter Clayton Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sam Hauser Ty Jerome: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Taylor Hendricks: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta Taylor Hendricks: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Olivier-Maxence Prosper: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González DeJon Jarreau: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Walter Clayton Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)