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Phoenix Suns vs. Boston Celtics

February 24, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Suns 97-81 on 2026-02-24 on the road against the Suns. The Suns started Royce O'Neale, Jalen Green, Mark Williams, Collin Gillespie, and Ryan Dunn. The Celtics started Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Sam Hauser, Ron Harper Jr., and Baylor Scheierman. Derrick White (Celtics) scored 7 points (2/9) in his matchups, with Grayson Allen as his primary defender. Jalen Green (Suns) scored 9 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Baylor Scheierman as his primary defender.

Box score

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 81

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Collin Gillespie GS	27:12	15	3	3	1	0	1	1	6-11	3-6	0-0	-5
Jalen Green GS	25:59	13	4	1	0	0	1	1	5-18	1-8	2-2	-33
Ryan Dunn GS	25:02	10	6	2	0	0	0	2	4-6	2-2	0-0	-3
Royce O'Neale GS	21:26	9	2	1	0	1	1	1	3-6	3-4	0-0	-19
Mark Williams GS	18:29	2	5	1	0	2	2	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-23
Grayson Allen	24:13	14	3	1	0	0	2	2	2-12	1-9	9-10	-13
Oso Ighodaro	23:39	4	3	5	2	0	1	3	2-5	0-0	0-0	+1
Amir Coffey	22:49	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	3-6	0-0	0-0	+5
Rasheer Fleming	20:37	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0-3	0-3	0-0	+4
Jamaree Bouyea	18:58	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	0-4	0-2	0-0	-6
Khaman Maluach	5:48	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	2-3	1-1	0-1	+6
Koby Brea	5:48	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	+6
Totals		81	34	18	4	5	8	16	29-79	12-36	11-13

BOS

Boston Celtics 97

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White GS	34:19	22	8	8	1	3	1	1	9-18	4-11	0-1	+20
Baylor Scheierman GS	31:44	11	11	2	1	0	2	2	5-10	1-6	0-0	+13
Ron Harper Jr. GS	30:17	8	5	1	1	1	0	2	3-10	2-7	0-0	+25
Sam Hauser GS	28:37	16	3	4	0	0	0	0	6-14	4-10	0-0	+12
Neemias Queta GS	26:49	14	13	3	0	2	0	2	5-10	0-0	4-4	+29
Payton Pritchard	34:26	8	6	4	1	0	3	1	2-13	0-5	4-4	+11
Nikola Vučević	19:21	8	4	2	0	1	1	0	4-11	0-3	0-0	-7
Hugo González	13:19	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Jordan Walsh	9:20	5	4	0	0	0	0	2	2-3	1-1	0-0	+7
Luka Garza	3:56	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	1-4	1-3	0-0	-8
John Tonje	3:56	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8
Dalano Banton	3:56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8
Totals		97	61	24	4	7	8	13	38-95	13-47	8-9

Did not play: Jaylen Brown (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Royce O'Neale · Jalen Green · Mark Williams · Collin Gillespie · Ryan Dunn Starter 11.2 min
Grayson Allen · Amir Coffey · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Rasheer Fleming 7.4 min
Amir Coffey · Jamaree Bouyea · Ryan Dunn · Khaman Maluach · Koby Brea 5.8 min
Grayson Allen · Amir Coffey · Jamaree Bouyea · Oso Ighodaro · Rasheer Fleming 4.8 min
Royce O'Neale · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn · Rasheer Fleming 3.8 min

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser · Ron Harper Jr. · Baylor Scheierman Starter 11.2 min
Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Dalano Banton · Hugo González · John Tonje 3.9 min
Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh 3.8 min
Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Ron Harper Jr. · Baylor Scheierman 3.6 min
Nikola Vučević · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Ron Harper Jr. · Baylor Scheierman 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Suns defense

Derrick White 7 pts (2/9) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Grayson Allen (19 %, 2 pts) · Ryan Dunn (16 %, 0 pts) · Royce O'Neale (15 %, 3 pts)
Nikola Vučević 12 pts (5/10) in 29 possessions

Guarded by: Oso Ighodaro (64 %, 2 pts) · Amir Coffey (9 %, 0 pts) · Grayson Allen (6 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Collin Gillespie	Ron Harper Jr.: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jalen Green	Baylor Scheierman: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jordan Walsh: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Dunn	Derrick White: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ron Harper Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grayson Allen	Derrick White: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Sam Hauser: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Amir Coffey	Ron Harper Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Sam Hauser: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Royce O'Neale	Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Oso Ighodaro	Nikola Vučević: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Neemias Queta: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mark Williams	Neemias Queta: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Derrick White: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming	Derrick White: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Walsh: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamaree Bouyea	Payton Pritchard: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Tonje: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Koby Brea	Hugo González: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalano Banton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khaman Maluach	Luka Garza: 4 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Neemias Queta: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Celtics defense

Jalen Green 9 pts (4/9) in 44 possessions

Guarded by: Baylor Scheierman (29 %, 0 pts) · Ron Harper Jr. (23 %, 2 pts) · Payton Pritchard (14 %, 0 pts)
Grayson Allen 5 pts (2/6) in 37 possessions

Guarded by: Derrick White (29 %, 0 pts) · Ron Harper Jr. (16 %, 0 pts) · Baylor Scheierman (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Derrick White	Ryan Dunn: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Grayson Allen: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Baylor Scheierman	Jalen Green: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Royce O'Neale: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Payton Pritchard	Amir Coffey: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Rasheer Fleming: 9 poss., 4 pts (0/0)
Ron Harper Jr.	Collin Gillespie: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jalen Green: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sam Hauser	Collin Gillespie: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamaree Bouyea: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Neemias Queta	Mark Williams: 24 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Oso Ighodaro: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Vučević	Oso Ighodaro: 18 poss., 6 pts (3/8) · Royce O'Neale: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González	Grayson Allen: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamaree Bouyea: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh	Jalen Green: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rasheer Fleming: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luka Garza	Khaman Maluach: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Ryan Dunn: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dalano Banton	Amir Coffey: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Khaman Maluach: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Tonje	Koby Brea: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamaree Bouyea: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)