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Sacramento Kings vs. Boston Celtics

January 1, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Kings 120-106 on 2026-01-01 on the road against the Kings. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Keegan Murray, and Maxime Raynaud. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Jordan Walsh. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 28 points (8/13) in his matchups, with DeMar DeRozan as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 6 points (1/2) in his matchups, with Derrick White as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAC

Sacramento Kings 106

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keegan Murray GS	37:48	7	6	4	0	1	0	1	3-13	1-4	0-0	-7
Maxime Raynaud GS	34:43	12	8	1	0	0	0	2	5-8	0-0	2-2	-4
DeMar DeRozan GS	34:32	25	5	6	1	0	0	2	9-16	1-3	6-6	-13
Russell Westbrook GS	26:33	10	3	6	0	0	3	5	3-11	2-9	2-2	-14
Precious Achiuwa GS	21:40	14	3	2	2	1	1	1	5-9	2-4	2-2	-7
Dennis Schröder	27:54	18	3	7	0	0	2	1	7-12	3-8	1-1	-5
Keon Ellis	26:58	16	1	1	1	0	1	3	6-10	3-6	1-2	-6
Nique Clifford	16:29	0	2	1	3	0	1	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	-8
Drew Eubanks	7:01	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Malik Monk	6:22	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Totals		106	32	29	7	2	9	17	40-85	12-36	14-15

Did not play: Devin Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BOS

Boston Celtics 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	34:46	29	10	4	0	0	5	6	11-25	1-9	6-7	-2
Derrick White GS	34:32	16	5	7	2	2	1	0	5-13	2-7	4-4	+14
Payton Pritchard GS	30:41	16	3	6	1	1	2	2	6-13	2-8	2-2	+4
Neemias Queta GS	22:36	13	5	0	1	3	1	0	5-6	0-0	3-5	-2
Jordan Walsh GS	5:06	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Anfernee Simons	30:19	14	2	4	0	0	2	0	5-13	4-7	0-0	+12
Sam Hauser	29:27	15	5	1	1	0	0	0	5-7	5-7	0-0	+15
Luka Garza	25:24	11	3	2	2	0	0	1	5-6	1-1	0-0	+16
Hugo González	18:30	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1-2	1-1	0-0	+20
Baylor Scheierman	8:39	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-2
Totals		120	40	25	8	6	12	12	44-87	17-41	15-18

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

Lineups

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Precious Achiuwa · Keegan Murray · Maxime Raynaud Starter 16.7 min
Dennis Schröder · Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks · Keon Ellis · Nique Clifford 6.4 min
DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Keegan Murray · Keon Ellis · Maxime Raynaud 4.4 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Keegan Murray · Maxime Raynaud 4.0 min
DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Keon Ellis · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 3.5 min

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Jordan Walsh Starter 5.1 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser · Hugo González 9.5 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser 5.0 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser 5.0 min
Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser 4.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Kings defense

Jaylen Brown 28 pts (8/13) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: DeMar DeRozan (25 %, 9 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (22 %, 8 pts) · Keegan Murray (16 %, 0 pts)
Anfernee Simons 9 pts (4/10) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Dennis Schröder (27 %, 5 pts) · Keegan Murray (19 %, 0 pts) · Keon Ellis (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Keegan Murray	Payton Pritchard: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Brown: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
DeMar DeRozan	Jaylen Brown: 17 poss., 9 pts (2/3) · Hugo González: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Maxime Raynaud	Luka Garza: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Neemias Queta: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Dennis Schröder	Anfernee Simons: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Derrick White: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Russell Westbrook	Derrick White: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keon Ellis	Anfernee Simons: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Precious Achiuwa	Jaylen Brown: 15 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Neemias Queta: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nique Clifford	Sam Hauser: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Anfernee Simons: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Eubanks	Luka Garza: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Sam Hauser: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malik Monk	Hugo González: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)

Celtics defense

Russell Westbrook 6 pts (1/2) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Derrick White (32 %, 0 pts) · Payton Pritchard (24 %, 2 pts) · Sam Hauser (13 %, 0 pts)
DeMar DeRozan 11 pts (4/7) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Hauser (19 %, 3 pts) · Payton Pritchard (15 %, 5 pts) · Baylor Scheierman (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Precious Achiuwa: 21 poss., 8 pts (4/9) · Keegan Murray: 16 poss., 12 pts (5/8)
Derrick White	Russell Westbrook: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Keon Ellis: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Payton Pritchard	Keegan Murray: 15 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Russell Westbrook: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Anfernee Simons	Dennis Schröder: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Keegan Murray: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/5)
Sam Hauser	DeMar DeRozan: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Keegan Murray: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza	Maxime Raynaud: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Drew Eubanks: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Neemias Queta	Maxime Raynaud: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Precious Achiuwa: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Hugo González	Nique Clifford: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman	DeMar DeRozan: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keegan Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh	DeMar DeRozan: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keegan Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)