Boston
Celtics
120
–
106
FINAL
Sacramento
Kings
Date
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 28 | 34 | 26 | 32 | 120 |
| SAC | 29 | 32 | 27 | 18 | 106 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Derrick White
BOS
16
PTS
5
REB
7
AST
+14
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections3
Contested Shots12
Opp FG% When Defending46.2%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.29
Impact Composite63.0
Hustle: 24.0Defense: 36.4Impact: 2.6
3 deflections12 contested shots+14 plus/minusonly 18 pts allowed on 62.8 possessions
Box Score MVP
Jaylen Brown
BOS
29
PTS
10
REB
4
AST
-2
+/−
Game Performance
FG11-25 (44.0%)
3PT1-9
FT6-7
TS%51.6%
eFG%46.0%
TOV5
ORTG110
DRTG111
NET-1
Double-Double6 contested shotsonly 27 pts allowed on 67.3 possessions
Box Score
| BOS | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick White | 34:32 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5-13 | 39% | 2-7 | 29% | 4-4 | 100% | +14 |
| Jaylen Brown | 34:46 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11-25 | 44% | 1-9 | 11% | 6-7 | 86% | -2 |
| Payton Pritchard | 30:41 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6-13 | 46% | 2-8 | 25% | 2-2 | 100% | +4 |
| Jordan Walsh | 5:06 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -5 |
| Neemias Queta | 22:36 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5-6 | 83% | 0-0 | 0% | 3-5 | 60% | -2 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Baylor Scheierman | 8:39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-1 | 100% | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| Sam Hauser | 29:27 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-7 | 71% | 5-7 | 71% | 0-0 | 0% | +15 |
| Hugo González | 18:30 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-2 | 50% | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | +20 |
| Anfernee Simons | 30:19 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5-13 | 39% | 4-7 | 57% | 0-0 | 0% | +12 |
| Luka Garza | 25:24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-6 | 83% | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | +16 |
| TOTAL | — | 120 | 40 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 44-87 | 51% | 17-41 | 41% | 15-18 | 83% | — |
Chris Boucher —
Josh Minott —
Xavier Tillman —
| SAC | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keegan Murray | 37:48 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-13 | 23% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | -7 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 34:32 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9-16 | 56% | 1-3 | 33% | 6-6 | 100% | -13 |
| Maxime Raynaud | 34:43 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5-8 | 63% | 0-0 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | -4 |
| Precious Achiuwa | 21:40 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5-9 | 56% | 2-4 | 50% | 2-2 | 100% | -7 |
| Russell Westbrook | 26:33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3-11 | 27% | 2-9 | 22% | 2-2 | 100% | -14 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Keon Ellis | 26:58 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6-10 | 60% | 3-6 | 50% | 1-2 | 50% | -6 |
| Dennis Schröder | 27:54 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7-12 | 58% | 3-8 | 38% | 1-1 | 100% | -5 |
| Malik Monk | 6:22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| Nique Clifford | 16:29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-2 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -8 |
| Drew Eubanks | 7:01 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-2 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -4 |
| TOTAL | — | 106 | 32 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 40-85 | 47% | 12-36 | 33% | 14-15 | 93% | — |
Doug McDermott —
Dario Saric —
Devin Carter —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
BOS44/87 (51%)
Paint
25/38 (66%)
Mid
7/18 (39%)
3PT
17/41 (41%)
ATB3 41%Paint 57%RA 77%Corner 3 43%Mid 20%
SAC40/85 (47%)
Paint
20/34 (59%)
Mid
13/27 (48%)
3PT
12/36 (33%)
Paint 44%ATB3 28%RA 100%Mid 63%Corner 3 57%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Keegan Murray
defended Payton Pritchard
5.3 min • 0 pts • 0%
Best Defender
Keegan Murray
held Payton Pritchard
5.3 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
DeMar DeRozan
vs Derrick White
2.0 min • 8 pts • 80%
| SAC Defense | Anfernee Simons | Baylor Scheierman | Derrick White | Hugo González | Jaylen Brown | Jordan Walsh | Luka Garza | Neemias Queta | Payton Pritchard | Sam Hauser |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxime Raynaud | — | — | 1.3m 2pts 50% | — | 1.7m 2pts 50% | — | 5.0m 6pts 100% | 3.9m 4pts 67% | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% |
| Keegan Murray | 2.2m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | 1.4m 3pts 50% | — | — | — | 5.3m 0pts 0% | 2.6m 0pts 0% |
| DeMar DeRozan | — | 1.2m 2pts 0% | 2.0m 8pts 80% | 2.1m 0pts 0% | 3.5m 9pts 67% | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.3m 6pts 75% | — |
| Keon Ellis | 2.1m 0pts 0% | — | 2.3m 6pts 100% | — | 1.5m 4pts 50% | — | — | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | 1.8m 4pts 100% |
| Dennis Schröder | 3.2m 5pts 67% | — | 1.7m 2pts 33% | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0m 0pts 0% | — |
| Precious Achiuwa | — | — | — | — | 2.7m 10pts 75% | — | — | 2.2m 2pts 33% | — | — |
| Russell Westbrook | — | — | 2.5m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.7m 0pts 0% |
| Nique Clifford | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.4m 0pts 0% |
| Drew Eubanks | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.3m 4pts 100% | — | — | — |
| Other | 3.2m 4pts 40% | — | 2.8m 2pts 17% | 3.2m 4pts 100% | 2.1m 5pts 50% | 0.5m 3pts 50% | 2.4m 2pts 33% | 1.9m 7pts 43% | 1.8m 7pts 100% | 1.7m 10pts 67% |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = SAC leads, negative = BOS leads
SAC Largest Lead
8
Q1 1:34
BOS Largest Lead
14
Q4 11:07
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
SAC 8-0 run
Q1 0:30 – Q1 1:34
+3 → +8
BOS 9-0 run
Q2 11:01 – Q3 0:52
+3 → -4
BOS 11-0 run
Q2 11:01 – Q3 1:25
+3 → -6
BOS 12-0 run
Q2 11:01 – Q3 1:46
+3 → -7