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Washington Wizards vs. Boston Celtics

December 4, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Wizards 146-101 on 2025-12-04 on the road against the Wizards. The Wizards started Khris Middleton, CJ McCollum, Marvin Bagley III, Kyshawn George, and Jamir Watkins. The Celtics started Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, Sam Hauser, and Jordan Walsh. Anfernee Simons (Celtics) scored 11 points (3/4) in his matchups, with Will Riley as his primary defender. Tristan Vukcevic (Wizards) scored 20 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Josh Minott as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards 101

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
CJ McCollum GS 30:33 22 2 3 1 1 4 4 7-15 3-8 5-5 -22
Kyshawn George GS 28:24 15 3 1 2 0 4 4 5-7 3-4 2-2 -30
Marvin Bagley III GS 25:39 5 6 0 0 0 1 1 2-8 0-0 1-4 -19
Khris Middleton GS 25:11 16 3 4 0 0 2 2 7-12 1-3 1-1 -19
Jamir Watkins GS 18:27 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 -30
Bub Carrington 27:33 7 3 2 0 0 1 1 2-9 2-6 1-2 -18
Will Riley 26:35 7 4 2 0 0 3 4 2-6 1-3 2-2 -39
Cam Whitmore 18:05 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 2-11 0-4 0-0 -20
Justin Champagnie 15:09 9 7 1 1 0 1 0 3-6 0-1 3-3 -1
Tristan Vukcevic 11:27 10 4 1 0 1 0 3 3-5 0-1 4-4 -9
Malaki Branham 8:14 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0-3 0-1 2-2 -9
Anthony Gill 4:43 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -9
Totals 101 37 21 5 4 18 22 35-84 10-31 21-25

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 146

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Payton Pritchard GS 32:09 20 6 8 1 0 1 1 8-21 3-9 1-1 +27
Jordan Walsh GS 29:41 22 7 3 2 1 0 4 8-8 1-1 5-6 +20
Derrick White GS 28:46 30 7 9 1 0 2 3 12-21 5-12 1-1 +17
Neemias Queta GS 21:03 17 4 2 1 4 1 4 7-9 0-0 3-4 +29
Sam Hauser GS 20:31 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 2-6 2-6 0-0 +4
Anfernee Simons 25:27 16 2 3 2 0 0 2 4-13 4-8 4-4 +34
Baylor Scheierman 25:01 5 6 3 3 0 1 0 2-3 1-2 0-0 +42
Josh Minott 22:02 11 4 2 1 0 1 0 4-7 2-5 1-2 +2
Hugo González 17:40 14 5 0 0 1 1 3 6-7 2-2 0-0 +23
Luka Garza 8:14 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1-1 0-0 3-3 +9
Ron Harper Jr. 4:43 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0-3 0-2 0-0 +9
Xavier Tillman 4:43 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 +9
Totals 146 46 35 14 8 9 20 54-99 20-47 18-21

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards

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.

Wizards defense

Defender Guarded most
CJ McCollum Jordan Walsh: 22 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Josh Minott: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Kyshawn George Payton Pritchard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Marvin Bagley III Neemias Queta: 29 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Jordan Walsh: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bub Carrington Baylor Scheierman: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Payton Pritchard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khris Middleton Derrick White: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Jordan Walsh: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Will Riley Anfernee Simons: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Baylor Scheierman: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamir Watkins Sam Hauser: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Payton Pritchard: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Whitmore Xavier Tillman: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Minott: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Justin Champagnie Payton Pritchard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Tristan Vukcevic Josh Minott: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Hugo González: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Malaki Branham Hugo González: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Anfernee Simons: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anthony Gill Luka Garza: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Hugo González: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Payton Pritchard Jamir Watkins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bub Carrington: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Jordan Walsh Khris Middleton: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · CJ McCollum: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Derrick White Kyshawn George: 17 poss., 14 pts (6/7) · Justin Champagnie: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Anfernee Simons Bub Carrington: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Riley: 9 poss., 5 pts (1/4)
Baylor Scheierman Will Riley: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kyshawn George: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Minott Tristan Vukcevic: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Bub Carrington: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta Marvin Bagley III: 27 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · CJ McCollum: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sam Hauser CJ McCollum: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bub Carrington: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hugo González Will Riley: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Malaki Branham: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza Anthony Gill: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Riley: 3 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Ron Harper Jr. Jamir Watkins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Malaki Branham: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Xavier Tillman Cam Whitmore: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Riley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)