Boston
Celtics
129
–
119
FINAL
Utah
Jazz
Date
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 31 | 28 | 40 | 30 | 129 |
| UTA | 38 | 26 | 32 | 23 | 119 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Jaylen Brown
BOS
23
PTS
6
REB
10
AST
+2
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections3
Contested Shots3
Opp FG% When Defending46.7%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.31
Impact Composite45.7
Hustle: 10.5Defense: 34.9Impact: 0.3
Double-Double3 deflectionsonly 16 pts allowed on 51.5 possessions
Box Score MVP
Derrick White
BOS
27
PTS
7
REB
6
AST
+3
+/−
Game Performance
FG8-16 (50.0%)
3PT2-10
FT9-9
TS%67.6%
eFG%56.3%
BLK7
TOV1
ORTG127
DRTG127
NET+1
7 blocks17 contested shotsonly 17 pts allowed on 61.9 possessions
Box Score
| BOS | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | 33:36 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9-19 | 47% | 1-3 | 33% | 4-6 | 67% | +2 |
| Payton Pritchard | 35:24 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8-15 | 53% | 1-7 | 14% | 1-1 | 100% | +1 |
| Jordan Walsh | 13:16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-4 | 50% | 1-3 | 33% | 1-2 | 50% | -7 |
| Neemias Queta | 28:42 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6-7 | 86% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -5 |
| Derrick White | 36:17 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8-16 | 50% | 2-10 | 20% | 9-9 | 100% | +3 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Anfernee Simons | 27:59 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-15 | 40% | 4-10 | 40% | 4-4 | 100% | +27 |
| Luka Garza | 18:32 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6-8 | 75% | 2-2 | 100% | 1-1 | 100% | +13 |
| Sam Hauser | 17:11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-8 | 25% | 1-7 | 14% | 0-0 | 0% | +7 |
| Hugo González | 17:28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-2 | 50% | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | +7 |
| Baylor Scheierman | 11:35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +2 |
| TOTAL | — | 129 | 44 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 48-94 | 51% | 13-44 | 30% | 20-23 | 87% | — |
Josh Minott —
Xavier Tillman —
Chris Boucher —
| UTA | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyonte George | 38:32 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13-24 | 54% | 6-12 | 50% | 5-6 | 83% | +8 |
| Jusuf Nurkić | 33:49 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10-11 | 91% | 2-2 | 100% | 4-5 | 80% | +9 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 38:19 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6-16 | 38% | 2-6 | 33% | 8-8 | 100% | +13 |
| Brice Sensabaugh | 39:17 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2-9 | 22% | 1-6 | 17% | 0-0 | 0% | -13 |
| Taylor Hendricks | 17:26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-4 | 25% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | +1 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyle Filipowski | 14:11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3-8 | 38% | 2-5 | 40% | 2-4 | 50% | -19 |
| Cody Williams | 13:24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-3 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | -17 |
| Isaiah Collier | 24:11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3-5 | 60% | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | -16 |
| Walter Clayton Jr. | 20:51 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3-7 | 43% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | -16 |
| TOTAL | — | 119 | 40 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 41-87 | 47% | 16-42 | 38% | 21-25 | 84% | — |
Svi Mykhailiuk —
Oscar Tshiebwe —
Kyle Anderson —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
BOS48/94 (51%)
Paint
29/38 (76%)
Mid
17/27 (63%)
3PT
13/44 (30%)
ATB3 24%Paint 71%RA 78%Corner 3 50%Mid 50%
UTA41/87 (47%)
Paint
23/38 (61%)
Mid
6/14 (43%)
3PT
16/42 (38%)
ATB3 42%Paint 54%RA 63%Corner 3 31%Mid 40%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Jusuf Nurkić
defended Neemias Queta
7.6 min • 11 pts • 83%
Best Defender
Brice Sensabaugh
held Payton Pritchard
6.7 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Keyonte George
vs Derrick White
2.1 min • 13 pts • 63%
| UTA Defense | Anfernee Simons | Baylor Scheierman | Derrick White | Hugo González | Jaylen Brown | Jordan Walsh | Luka Garza | Neemias Queta | Payton Pritchard | Sam Hauser |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauri Markkanen | — | — | 6.9m 9pts 30% | 1.1m 3pts 100% | 3.5m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | 1.5m 0pts 0% |
| Keyonte George | — | 1.4m 0pts 0% | 2.1m 13pts 63% | 3.5m 2pts 33% | — | 3.2m 14pts 75% | — | — | 1.2m 3pts 100% | — |
| Brice Sensabaugh | 1.5m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.7m 0pts 0% | 2.2m 5pts 67% |
| Jusuf Nurkić | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.4m 9pts 100% | 7.6m 11pts 83% | — | — |
| Taylor Hendricks | — | — | 1.5m 3pts 50% | — | 4.0m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Isaiah Collier | 3.8m 2pts 100% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.6m 3pts 100% | — |
| Walter Clayton Jr. | 2.5m 0pts 0% | 1.5m 2pts 50% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kyle Filipowski | — | — | — | — | 1.5m 3pts 33% | — | — | — | — | 1.5m 5pts 50% |
| Cody Williams | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.2m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Other | — | 1.6m 5pts 50% | 3.0m 4pts 50% | — | 3.1m 2pts 0% | 1.8m 10pts 80% | 2.2m 1pts 0% | 3.2m 17pts 50% | — | 1.6m 2pts 100% |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = UTA leads, negative = BOS leads
UTA Largest Lead
12
Q1 3:50
BOS Largest Lead
11
Q4 8:04
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
UTA 8-0 run
Q1 3:00 – Q1 3:50
+6 → +12
BOS 8-0 run
Q2 0:08 – Q2 2:21
+4 → -1
BOS 11-0 run
Q2 0:08 – Q2 2:57
+4 → -4
UTA 8-0 run
Q2 5:28 – Q2 6:30
-7 → -2