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Indiana Pacers vs. Boston Celtics

December 26, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Pacers 140-122 on 2025-12-26 on the road against the Pacers. The Pacers started Pascal Siakam, Andrew Nembhard, Jay Huff, Bennedict Mathurin, and Quenton Jackson. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Jordan Walsh. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 7 points (2/10) in his matchups, with Bennedict Mathurin as his primary defender. Pascal Siakam (Pacers) scored 23 points (8/11) in his matchups, with Hugo González as his primary defender.

Box score

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

IND

Indiana Pacers 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bennedict Mathurin GS	29:51	13	4	4	1	0	1	3	5-13	1-5	2-2	-13
Andrew Nembhard GS	29:32	18	4	8	2	0	5	2	7-13	4-7	0-0	-17
Pascal Siakam GS	28:24	11	6	1	2	0	2	3	4-13	0-3	3-6	-10
Jay Huff GS	21:08	9	4	2	0	2	1	3	3-8	1-6	2-2	-2
Quenton Jackson GS	15:44	6	3	1	0	0	0	4	2-5	0-1	2-2	+3
Ethan Thompson	26:19	11	4	6	0	0	2	4	4-9	3-7	0-0	-8
Johnny Furphy	18:22	9	2	0	0	0	1	3	3-5	2-4	1-2	-5
Jarace Walker	18:08	12	3	2	0	0	0	1	4-9	4-7	0-0	-19
Micah Potter	17:49	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2-2	1-1	4-4	-7
T.J. McConnell	14:20	13	1	3	1	0	1	2	5-6	1-1	2-2	-18
Tony Bradley	6:59	4	2	0	0	0	1	2	2-2	0-0	0-0	-6
Taelon Peter	6:42	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+6
Kam Jones	6:42	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+6
Totals		122	35	29	6	3	14	28	44-89	18-44	16-20

BOS

Boston Celtics 140

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Payton Pritchard GS	37:42	29	9	5	1	0	3	3	10-17	3-8	6-8	+8
Derrick White GS	33:06	21	5	6	2	1	2	2	6-15	3-7	6-7	+16
Jaylen Brown GS	32:10	30	3	4	4	0	4	4	13-20	2-3	2-2	+19
Neemias Queta GS	20:43	8	7	3	1	2	0	1	2-4	0-0	4-6	-3
Jordan Walsh GS	18:57	3	2	3	0	0	0	4	1-2	1-1	0-0	-5
Luka Garza	26:38	15	4	2	0	0	0	4	5-5	1-1	4-6	+26
Anfernee Simons	21:11	8	3	1	0	0	2	3	2-7	2-6	2-3	+7
Baylor Scheierman	20:07	3	5	1	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	+18
Sam Hauser	17:03	23	4	0	0	0	1	0	7-8	7-8	2-2	+17
Hugo González	12:23	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-13
Totals		140	43	26	8	3	12	22	47-83	20-39	26-34

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

Lineups

IND

Indiana Pacers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Bennedict Mathurin · Quenton Jackson Starter 14.7 min
Ethan Thompson · Micah Potter · Johnny Furphy · Kam Jones · Taelon Peter 6.7 min
T.J. McConnell · Ethan Thompson · Micah Potter · Jarace Walker · Johnny Furphy 5.3 min
Pascal Siakam · Andrew Nembhard · Jay Huff · Ethan Thompson · Bennedict Mathurin 3.4 min
T.J. McConnell · Pascal Siakam · Micah Potter · Jarace Walker · Johnny Furphy 2.9 min

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Jordan Walsh Starter 8.4 min
Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh 6.7 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Baylor Scheierman 6.1 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 3.1 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser · Hugo González 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pacers defense

Jaylen Brown 7 pts (2/10) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Bennedict Mathurin (42 %, 2 pts) · Andrew Nembhard (16 %, 0 pts) · Johnny Furphy (10 %, 0 pts)
Anfernee Simons 9 pts (3/4) in 38 possessions

Guarded by: Ethan Thompson (15 %, 0 pts) · T.J. McConnell (14 %, 4 pts) · Bennedict Mathurin (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bennedict Mathurin	Jaylen Brown: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Derrick White: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Andrew Nembhard	Payton Pritchard: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jaylen Brown: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Pascal Siakam	Jordan Walsh: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Hugo González: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Ethan Thompson	Payton Pritchard: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Derrick White: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jay Huff	Neemias Queta: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Luka Garza: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Jarace Walker	Sam Hauser: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Luka Garza: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Micah Potter	Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Garza: 6 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Johnny Furphy	Jaylen Brown: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Quenton Jackson	Derrick White: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Payton Pritchard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
T.J. McConnell	Derrick White: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anfernee Simons: 5 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Tony Bradley	Luka Garza: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Payton Pritchard: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Taelon Peter	Anfernee Simons: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Payton Pritchard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kam Jones	Jordan Walsh: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Anfernee Simons: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Pascal Siakam 23 pts (8/11) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Hugo González (21 %, 0 pts) · Jordan Walsh (20 %, 3 pts) · Baylor Scheierman (14 %, 3 pts)
Bennedict Mathurin 9 pts (3/8) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Derrick White (34 %, 2 pts) · Jaylen Brown (16 %, 4 pts) · Payton Pritchard (15 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Payton Pritchard	Ethan Thompson: 16 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Quenton Jackson: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Jaylen Brown	Andrew Nembhard: 38 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Bennedict Mathurin: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Derrick White	Bennedict Mathurin: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Quenton Jackson: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza	Micah Potter: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jay Huff: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Jay Huff: 21 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Micah Potter: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anfernee Simons	T.J. McConnell: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ethan Thompson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Baylor Scheierman	Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Pascal Siakam: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jordan Walsh	Pascal Siakam: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ethan Thompson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser	Johnny Furphy: 10 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Jarace Walker: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Hugo González	Pascal Siakam: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ethan Thompson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)