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Brooklyn Nets vs. Boston Celtics

January 23, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Nets 130-126 on 2026-01-23 on the road against the Nets. The Nets started Michael Porter Jr., Nic Claxton, Noah Clowney, Egor Dëmin, and Drake Powell. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, Sam Hauser, and Baylor Scheierman. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 17 points (6/15) in his matchups, with Noah Clowney as his primary defender. Cam Thomas (Nets) scored 6 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Hugo González as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BKN

Brooklyn Nets 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Noah Clowney GS	42:48	15	9	1	0	1	3	4	5-14	3-10	2-2	-4
Michael Porter Jr. GS	41:59	30	8	4	0	1	2	3	9-19	4-12	8-9	0
Nic Claxton GS	38:45	18	9	4	0	2	0	4	8-13	0-0	2-2	-1
Egor Dëmin GS	21:05	6	4	2	1	0	2	3	2-4	2-3	0-0	-9
Drake Powell GS	19:43	6	1	1	2	0	0	2	2-3	1-2	1-1	-10
Nolan Traore	36:51	21	3	2	2	1	2	3	7-13	2-4	5-6	+8
Ziaire Williams	32:41	14	8	0	0	0	2	2	4-15	1-11	5-6	+5
Day'Ron Sharpe	19:14	5	8	2	0	0	3	3	1-3	0-0	3-4	-4
Cam Thomas	19:00	7	2	4	0	0	3	1	2-8	0-2	3-4	-1
Danny Wolf	17:54	4	6	2	0	1	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		126	58	22	5	6	17	26	42-95	13-44	29-34

Did not play: Terance Mann (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyrese Martin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Wilson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BOS

Boston Celtics 130

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	45:38	27	10	12	1	0	2	2	9-27	4-10	5-10	+11
Payton Pritchard GS	40:18	32	4	4	0	0	1	3	13-24	6-11	0-0	-3
Sam Hauser GS	39:21	19	4	3	1	0	0	3	7-12	5-10	0-0	-5
Baylor Scheierman GS	33:45	6	7	4	2	0	0	0	2-8	2-5	0-0	-2
Neemias Queta GS	28:21	6	5	3	1	1	1	6	2-3	0-0	2-2	+2
Anfernee Simons	36:55	10	3	2	2	0	3	3	4-16	1-7	1-2	+6
Luka Garza	20:29	12	1	3	0	1	1	6	5-9	1-2	1-1	-1
Hugo González	18:33	10	7	1	1	1	0	2	4-4	2-2	0-0	+4
Jordan Walsh	14:55	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	2-3	1-2	0-0	-6
Ron Harper Jr.	6:41	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	+7
Amari Williams	5:05	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	1-1	+7
Totals		130	41	35	8	5	8	28	49-109	22-51	10-16

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Derrick White (DND - Rest)

Lineups

BKN

Brooklyn Nets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Michael Porter Jr. · Nic Claxton · Noah Clowney · Egor Dëmin · Drake Powell Starter 18.8 min
Michael Porter Jr. · Nic Claxton · Ziaire Williams · Noah Clowney · Nolan Traore 14.4 min
Ziaire Williams · Day'Ron Sharpe · Cam Thomas · Nolan Traore · Danny Wolf 12.3 min
Michael Porter Jr. · Ziaire Williams · Day'Ron Sharpe · Cam Thomas · Nolan Traore 2.9 min
Day'Ron Sharpe · Cam Thomas · Noah Clowney · Nolan Traore · Danny Wolf 2.5 min

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman Starter 8.7 min
Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 3.8 min
Anfernee Simons · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh · Hugo González 3.6 min
Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 3.1 min
Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nets defense

Jaylen Brown 17 pts (6/15) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Noah Clowney (38 %, 7 pts) · Ziaire Williams (21 %, 5 pts) · Nic Claxton (12 %, 2 pts)
Anfernee Simons 14 pts (4/7) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Nolan Traore (29 %, 6 pts) · Ziaire Williams (17 %, 2 pts) · Drake Powell (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Noah Clowney	Jaylen Brown: 31 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Michael Porter Jr.	Sam Hauser: 23 poss., 8 pts (2/5) · Baylor Scheierman: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Nic Claxton	Neemias Queta: 26 poss., 10 pts (4/8) · Baylor Scheierman: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nolan Traore	Anfernee Simons: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Payton Pritchard: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Ziaire Williams	Jaylen Brown: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Anfernee Simons: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Egor Dëmin	Payton Pritchard: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Baylor Scheierman: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drake Powell	Baylor Scheierman: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anfernee Simons: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Day'Ron Sharpe	Luka Garza: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Hugo González: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Thomas	Hugo González: 11 poss., 3 pts (0/1) · Payton Pritchard: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Danny Wolf	Sam Hauser: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anfernee Simons: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Cam Thomas 6 pts (3/5) in 31 possessions

Guarded by: Hugo González (29 %, 2 pts) · Sam Hauser (16 %, 0 pts) · Anfernee Simons (14 %, 2 pts)
Michael Porter Jr. 9 pts (3/10) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Hauser (30 %, 3 pts) · Baylor Scheierman (23 %, 0 pts) · Jaylen Brown (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Noah Clowney: 32 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Ziaire Williams: 18 poss., 10 pts (4/5)
Payton Pritchard	Ziaire Williams: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Nolan Traore: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Sam Hauser	Michael Porter Jr.: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Nolan Traore: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Anfernee Simons	Nolan Traore: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Ziaire Williams: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Baylor Scheierman	Michael Porter Jr.: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Egor Dëmin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Nic Claxton: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Noah Clowney: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza	Day'Ron Sharpe: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Danny Wolf: 3 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Hugo González	Cam Thomas: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Danny Wolf: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh	Danny Wolf: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Michael Porter Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Amari Williams	Nic Claxton: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Noah Clowney: 3 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Ron Harper Jr.	Egor Dëmin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Danny Wolf: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)