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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics

February 22, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Lakers 111-89 on 2026-02-22 on the road against the Lakers. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Austin Reaves. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Sam Hauser, and Baylor Scheierman. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 11 points (3/9) in his matchups, with LeBron James as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 20 points (8/20) in his matchups, with Jaylen Brown as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 89

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
LeBron James GS 34:29 20 4 5 2 1 1 0 9-21 1-5 1-1 -14
Luka Dončić GS 32:31 25 5 3 0 1 2 4 9-22 4-7 3-6 -21
Austin Reaves GS 32:28 15 7 2 2 1 1 1 4-10 1-4 6-7 -14
Deandre Ayton GS 24:50 4 7 1 1 1 1 4 2-6 0-0 0-0 -15
Marcus Smart GS 22:22 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0-7 0-5 0-0 -4
Jake LaRavia 24:04 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 2-2 0-0 0-0 -18
Luke Kennard 21:43 9 3 0 1 0 1 2 3-4 1-2 2-2 -9
Rui Hachimura 21:26 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 2-7 1-4 0-0 -13
Jarred Vanderbilt 11:01 3 5 0 0 0 1 2 1-3 1-1 0-0 -1
Jaxson Hayes 5:00 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 -1
Dalton Knecht 3:22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0
Maxi Kleber 3:22 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0
Kobe Bufkin 3:22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0
Totals 89 39 18 7 5 8 19 34-87 9-30 12-18

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaylen Brown GS 36:01 32 8 7 3 0 5 3 10-28 3-9 9-12 +18
Derrick White GS 35:18 12 5 8 1 1 1 1 5-13 2-6 0-0 +18
Baylor Scheierman GS 28:56 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 2-6 1-4 0-0 +18
Sam Hauser GS 28:49 7 6 2 0 0 0 1 2-6 2-6 1-1 +5
Neemias Queta GS 25:36 10 12 1 0 3 2 1 4-5 0-0 2-2 +5
Payton Pritchard 37:48 30 4 8 0 0 4 4 10-14 6-9 4-4 +21
Nikola Vučević 20:59 9 8 0 1 0 0 2 4-6 0-0 1-2 +15
Hugo González 14:24 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 2-3 0-1 0-0 +5
Jordan Walsh 7:51 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1
Amari Williams 1:26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Luka Garza 1:26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Ron Harper Jr. 1:26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 111 50 29 6 5 14 19 40-83 14-36 17-21

Did not play: Dalano Banton (DNP - Coach's Decision), John Tonje (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAL
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Los Angeles Lakers

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.

Lakers defense

Defender Guarded most
LeBron James Jaylen Brown: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Luka Dončić Baylor Scheierman: 33 poss., 7 pts (3/9) · Hugo González: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Austin Reaves Sam Hauser: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Payton Pritchard: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Deandre Ayton Neemias Queta: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Smart Derrick White: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Sam Hauser: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jake LaRavia Payton Pritchard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rui Hachimura Derrick White: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Luke Kennard Payton Pritchard: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Derrick White: 5 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt Nikola Vučević: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Neemias Queta: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaxson Hayes Nikola Vučević: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaylen Brown: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalton Knecht Baylor Scheierman: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Hugo González: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Maxi Kleber Neemias Queta: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Payton Pritchard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Bufkin Payton Pritchard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ron Harper Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaylen Brown Luka Dončić: 18 poss., 8 pts (3/9) · Marcus Smart: 13 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Payton Pritchard Jake LaRavia: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Austin Reaves: 10 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Derrick White Austin Reaves: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Marcus Smart: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sam Hauser LeBron James: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Austin Reaves: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta Deandre Ayton: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LeBron James: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Baylor Scheierman Luka Dončić: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Austin Reaves: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Vučević Rui Hachimura: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LeBron James: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Hugo González Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Walsh Luke Kennard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · LeBron James: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ron Harper Jr. Luke Kennard: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jake LaRavia: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza Maxi Kleber: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jake LaRavia: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amari Williams Maxi Kleber: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Bufkin: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)