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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Boston Celtics

December 28, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Trail Blazers beat the Celtics 114-108 on 2025-12-28 at home. The Trail Blazers started Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, Kris Murray, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Jordan Walsh. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 14 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Toumani Camara as his primary defender. Shaedon Sharpe (Trail Blazers) scored 5 points (2/9) in his matchups, with Derrick White as his primary defender.

Box score

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

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Deni Avdija GS 38:44 24 7 10 2 1 5 1 8-16 3-10 5-10 +8
Toumani Camara GS 35:04 20 4 3 1 0 1 5 7-14 4-10 2-3 +1
Donovan Clingan GS 33:37 18 18 1 0 0 2 3 8-10 1-3 1-2 -4
Shaedon Sharpe GS 31:47 26 5 1 1 0 3 2 10-20 5-8 1-2 +6
Kris Murray GS 30:26 5 5 3 0 0 1 0 2-5 0-2 1-2 0
Caleb Love 28:55 18 2 3 1 0 4 1 6-14 4-10 2-2 +4
Sidy Cissoko 22:23 0 3 4 2 1 1 2 0-5 0-4 0-0 +1
Hansen Yang 10:38 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 1-3 1-2 0-0 +6
Rayan Rupert 8:25 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0-2 0-2 0-0 +8
Totals 114 48 26 7 2 20 19 42-89 18-51 12-21

Did not play: Jerami Grant (DND - Injury/Illness), Damian Lillard (DND - Injury/Illness), Duop Reath (DNP - Coach's Decision), Matisse Thybulle (DND - Injury/Illness), Blake Wesley (DND - Injury/Illness), Robert Williams III (DND - Injury/Illness)

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Derrick White GS 39:53 12 4 5 5 1 3 1 5-16 2-10 0-0 0
Payton Pritchard GS 37:37 9 5 5 2 0 2 0 3-10 3-8 0-0 +2
Jaylen Brown GS 36:57 37 7 4 0 0 6 5 14-23 2-5 7-10 0
Neemias Queta GS 29:21 11 8 0 1 2 3 5 5-9 0-0 1-2 +2
Jordan Walsh GS 9:46 5 1 0 1 0 1 3 2-3 1-2 0-0 0
Hugo González 30:17 13 6 3 2 0 2 2 5-10 1-5 2-2 +3
Sam Hauser 19:26 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 1-5 1-5 0-0 -9
Anfernee Simons 18:42 13 3 1 2 0 0 0 4-11 2-6 3-3 -15
Luka Garza 11:01 5 3 0 0 0 2 5 1-4 1-3 2-2 -9
Baylor Scheierman 7:00 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 108 39 19 13 5 19 23 40-91 13-44 15-19

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

Lineups

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers

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.

Trail Blazers defense

Defender Guarded most
Deni Avdija Hugo González: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Derrick White: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Toumani Camara Jaylen Brown: 29 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Payton Pritchard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Donovan Clingan Neemias Queta: 30 poss., 11 pts (5/6) · Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Shaedon Sharpe Payton Pritchard: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Derrick White: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Kris Murray Derrick White: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Caleb Love Payton Pritchard: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Sidy Cissoko Jaylen Brown: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Payton Pritchard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hansen Yang Luka Garza: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Hugo González: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rayan Rupert Anfernee Simons: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaylen Brown Toumani Camara: 39 poss., 14 pts (5/9) · Kris Murray: 11 poss., 9 pts (4/7)
Payton Pritchard Caleb Love: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kris Murray: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Derrick White Shaedon Sharpe: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kris Murray: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Neemias Queta Donovan Clingan: 34 poss., 9 pts (4/8) · Toumani Camara: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González Deni Avdija: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Donovan Clingan: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Sam Hauser Shaedon Sharpe: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Deni Avdija: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Anfernee Simons Sidy Cissoko: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Caleb Love: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Luka Garza Hansen Yang: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Donovan Clingan: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Walsh Shaedon Sharpe: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Deni Avdija: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman Deni Avdija: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rayan Rupert: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)