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
101
BOS
Boston Celtics
146
Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)
Lineups
WAS
Washington Wizards
Starting lineup
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Khris Middleton · CJ McCollum · Marvin Bagley III · Kyshawn George · Jamir Watkins Starter 12.6 min
- Khris Middleton · CJ McCollum · Marvin Bagley III · Justin Champagnie · Bub Carrington 5.8 min
- Cam Whitmore · Tristan Vukčević · Bub Carrington · Kyshawn George · Will Riley 5.4 min
- Anthony Gill · Malaki Branham · Cam Whitmore · Jamir Watkins · Will Riley 4.7 min
- Khris Middleton · CJ McCollum · Marvin Bagley III · Bub Carrington · Will Riley 3.8 min
BOS
Boston Celtics
Starting lineup
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Jordan Walsh Starter 9.8 min
- Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Josh Minott · Baylor Scheierman · Jordan Walsh 5.5 min
- Xavier Tillman · Luka Garza · Ron Harper Jr. · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 4.7 min
- Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Josh Minott · Jordan Walsh 4.7 min
- Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 3.8 min
Who guarded whom
Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.
Wizards defense
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Anfernee Simons 11 pts (3/4) in 49 possessions
Guarded by: Will Riley (39 %, 2 pts) · Bub Carrington (14 %, 0 pts) · Cam Whitmore (8 %, 0 pts)
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Derrick White 18 pts (6/13) in 57 possessions
Guarded by: Khris Middleton (25 %, 4 pts) · Kyshawn George (15 %, 3 pts) · Justin Champagnie (14 %, 5 pts)
| 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
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Tristan Vukcevic 20 pts (6/8) in 24 possessions
Guarded by: Josh Minott (41 %, 1 pts) · Anfernee Simons (13 %, 2 pts) · Payton Pritchard (12 %, 6 pts)
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CJ McCollum 24 pts (9/14) in 58 possessions
Guarded by: Sam Hauser (35 %, 3 pts) · Jordan Walsh (19 %, 5 pts) · Derrick White (8 %, 0 pts)
| 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) |