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Utah Jazz vs. Boston Celtics

December 30, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Jazz 129-119 on 2025-12-30 on the road against the Jazz. The Jazz started Jusuf Nurkić, Lauri Markkanen, Taylor Hendricks, Keyonte George, and Brice Sensabaugh. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Jordan Walsh. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 5 points (1/4) in his matchups, with Taylor Hendricks as his primary defender. Keyonte George (Jazz) scored 6 points (2/7) in his matchups, with Derrick White as his primary defender.

Box score

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

UTA

Utah Jazz 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brice Sensabaugh GS	39:17	5	5	3	0	0	2	2	2-9	1-6	0-0	-13
Keyonte George GS	38:32	37	6	7	1	0	3	0	13-24	6-12	5-6	+8
Lauri Markkanen GS	38:19	22	9	2	2	1	0	1	6-16	2-6	8-8	+13
Jusuf Nurkić GS	33:49	26	8	8	0	0	3	1	10-11	2-2	4-5	+9
Taylor Hendricks GS	17:26	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	+1
Isaiah Collier	24:11	7	6	8	0	1	2	3	3-5	1-2	0-0	-16
Walter Clayton Jr.	20:51	7	0	1	0	1	0	4	3-7	1-4	0-0	-16
Kyle Filipowski	14:11	10	3	0	1	0	2	4	3-8	2-5	2-4	-19
Cody Williams	13:24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0-3	0-1	2-2	-17
Totals		119	40	31	4	3	13	17	41-87	16-42	21-25

Did not play: Kyle Anderson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Svi Mykhailiuk (DNP - Coach's Decision), Oscar Tshiebwe (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BOS

Boston Celtics 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White GS	36:17	27	7	6	0	7	1	1	8-16	2-10	9-9	+3
Payton Pritchard GS	35:24	18	4	6	1	0	0	1	8-15	1-7	1-1	+1
Jaylen Brown GS	33:36	23	6	10	2	0	2	1	9-19	1-3	4-6	+2
Neemias Queta GS	28:42	12	3	0	3	1	1	4	6-7	0-0	0-0	-5
Jordan Walsh GS	13:16	6	3	0	0	0	0	2	2-4	1-3	1-2	-7
Anfernee Simons	27:59	20	5	4	1	0	1	0	6-15	4-10	4-4	+27
Luka Garza	18:32	15	6	0	1	1	0	3	6-8	2-2	1-1	+13
Hugo González	17:28	3	4	1	0	0	1	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+7
Sam Hauser	17:11	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	2-8	1-7	0-0	+7
Baylor Scheierman	11:35	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		129	44	27	8	9	7	17	48-94	13-44	20-23

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

Lineups

UTA

Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Taylor Hendricks · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh Starter 12.4 min
Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh · Walter Clayton Jr. 9.6 min
Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh · Cody Williams · Isaiah Collier · Kyle Filipowski 4.6 min
Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh · Isaiah Collier 4.4 min
Lauri Markkanen · Keyonte George · Cody Williams · Isaiah Collier · Kyle Filipowski 3.9 min

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Jordan Walsh Starter 10.8 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard 4.6 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman 3.7 min
Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Hugo González 3.7 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Luka Garza · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Jazz defense

Jaylen Brown 5 pts (1/4) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Taylor Hendricks (33 %, 0 pts) · Lauri Markkanen (25 %, 0 pts) · Kyle Filipowski (10 %, 3 pts)
Anfernee Simons 2 pts (1/3) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Isaiah Collier (30 %, 2 pts) · Walter Clayton Jr. (23 %, 0 pts) · Brice Sensabaugh (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Keyonte George	Jordan Walsh: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Hugo González: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Lauri Markkanen	Derrick White: 31 poss., 8 pts (2/5) · Jaylen Brown: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brice Sensabaugh	Payton Pritchard: 37 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Sam Hauser: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jusuf Nurkić	Neemias Queta: 38 poss., 12 pts (5/6) · Luka Garza: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Isaiah Collier	Anfernee Simons: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luka Garza: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taylor Hendricks	Jaylen Brown: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Walter Clayton Jr.	Anfernee Simons: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kyle Filipowski	Luka Garza: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Sam Hauser: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Cody Williams	Luka Garza: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Payton Pritchard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Keyonte George 6 pts (2/7) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Derrick White (27 %, 3 pts) · Payton Pritchard (19 %, 0 pts) · Hugo González (12 %, 0 pts)
Lauri Markkanen 13 pts (6/13) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Walsh (16 %, 1 pts) · Jaylen Brown (16 %, 8 pts) · Derrick White (15 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Taylor Hendricks: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Brice Sensabaugh: 17 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Derrick White	Keyonte George: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Isaiah Collier: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Payton Pritchard	Brice Sensabaugh: 20 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Keyonte George: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anfernee Simons	Isaiah Collier: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Brice Sensabaugh: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Neemias Queta	Jusuf Nurkić: 36 poss., 10 pts (5/5) · Brice Sensabaugh: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luka Garza	Kyle Filipowski: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Jusuf Nurkić: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Hugo González	Keyonte George: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Lauri Markkanen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser	Keyonte George: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Lauri Markkanen: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jordan Walsh	Lauri Markkanen: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Keyonte George: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Baylor Scheierman	Lauri Markkanen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Taylor Hendricks: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)