Boston Celtics vs Phoenix Suns 97-81 — Feb 24, 2026 Box Score & Stats | stat.space

Boston

Celtics

–

FINAL

Phoenix

Suns

Date

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BOS	21	29	30	17	97
PHX	26	20	11	24	81

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Payton Pritchard

BOS

PTS

REB

AST

+11

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections3

Contested Shots2

Opp FG% When Defending22.2%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.18

Impact Composite75.7

Hustle: 9.0Defense: 64.6Impact: 2.1

3 deflections+11 plus/minusheld opponents to 22.2% FGonly 8 pts allowed on 44.7 possessions

Box Score MVP

Derrick White

BOS

PTS

REB

AST

+20

+/−

Game Performance

FG9-18 (50.0%)

3PT4-11

FT0-1

TS%59.7%

eFG%61.1%

STL1

BLK3

TOV1

ORTG119

DRTG87

NET+32

4-11 from 33 blocks3 deflections+20 plus/minusheld opponents to 33.3% FGonly 10 pts allowed on 43.8 possessions

Box Score

BOS	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Derrick White	34:19	22	8	3	8	1	3	1	1	9-18	50%	4-11	36%	0-1	0%	+20
Baylor Scheierman	31:44	11	11	3	2	1	0	2	2	5-10	50%	1-6	17%	0-0	0%	+13
Ron Harper Jr.	30:17	8	5	4	1	1	1	0	2	3-10	30%	2-7	29%	0-0	0%	+25
Sam Hauser	28:37	16	3	2	4	0	0	0	0	6-14	43%	4-10	40%	0-0	0%	+12
Neemias Queta	26:49	14	13	6	3	0	2	0	2	5-10	50%	0-0	0%	4-4	100%	+29
BENCH
Payton Pritchard	34:26	8	6	1	4	1	0	3	1	2-13	15%	0-5	0%	4-4	100%	+11
Nikola Vučević	19:21	8	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	4-11	36%	0-3	0%	0-0	0%	-7
Hugo González	13:19	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-6
Jordan Walsh	9:20	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	2-3	67%	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	+7
Dalano Banton	3:56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-8
John Tonje	3:56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-8
Luka Garza	3:56	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	1-4	25%	1-3	33%	0-0	0%	-8
TOTAL	—	97	61	22	24	4	7	8	13	38-95	40%	13-47	28%	8-9	89%	—

Jaylen Brown —

PHX	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Collin Gillespie	27:12	15	3	0	3	1	0	1	1	6-11	55%	3-6	50%	0-0	0%	-5
Jalen Green	25:59	13	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	5-18	28%	1-8	13%	2-2	100%	-33
Ryan Dunn	25:02	10	6	3	2	0	0	0	2	4-6	67%	2-2	100%	0-0	0%	-3
Royce O'Neale	21:26	9	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	3-6	50%	3-4	75%	0-0	0%	-19
Mark Williams	18:29	2	5	1	1	0	2	2	1	1-3	33%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-23
BENCH
Grayson Allen	24:13	14	3	0	1	0	0	2	2	2-12	17%	1-9	11%	9-10	90%	-13
Oso Ighodaro	23:39	4	3	0	5	2	0	1	3	2-5	40%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	+1
Amir Coffey	22:49	6	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3-6	50%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	+5
Rasheer Fleming	20:37	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0-3	0%	0-3	0%	0-0	0%	+4
Jamaree Bouyea	18:58	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0-4	0%	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	-6
Koby Brea	5:48	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	50%	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	+6
Khaman Maluach	5:48	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2-3	67%	1-1	100%	0-1	0%	+6
TOTAL	—	81	34	9	18	4	5	8	16	29-79	37%	12-36	33%	11-13	85%	—

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

BOS38/95 (40%)

Paint

20/41 (49%)

Mid

10/20 (50%)

3PT

13/47 (28%)

ATB3 26%Paint 46%RA 59%Corner 3 33%Mid 50%

PHX29/79 (37%)

Paint

10/33 (30%)

Mid

8/17 (47%)

3PT

12/36 (33%)

ATB3 26%RA 43%Paint 20%Corner 3 56%Mid 71%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

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Primary Matchup

Mark Williams

defended Neemias Queta

6.0 min • 2 pts • 33%

Best Defender

Jamaree Bouyea

held Payton Pritchard

4.9 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Grayson Allen

vs Derrick White

2.2 min • 2 pts • 0%

PHX Defense	Baylor Scheierman	Derrick White	Hugo González	John Tonje	Jordan Walsh	Luka Garza	Neemias Queta	Nikola Vučević	Payton Pritchard	Ron Harper Jr.	Sam Hauser
Collin Gillespie	—	1.9m 2pts 33%	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.4m 0pts 0%	2.7m 2pts 25%	1.0m 6pts 67%
Grayson Allen	1.4m 2pts 0%	2.2m 2pts 0%	1.7m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	1.1m 0pts 0%	—	1.2m 0pts 0%
Jalen Green	4.1m 3pts 20%	—	—	—	1.6m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	1.6m 2pts 33%
Oso Ighodaro	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6m 0pts 0%	5.5m 2pts 25%	—	—	—
Ryan Dunn	1.1m 2pts 100%	2.3m 2pts 50%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0m 0pts 0%	1.3m 2pts 100%
Royce O'Neale	1.1m 0pts 0%	1.6m 3pts 33%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.7m 3pts 50%	2.2m 0pts 0%
Mark Williams	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.0m 2pts 33%	—	—	—	—
Jamaree Bouyea	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.9m 0pts 0%	—	—
Amir Coffey	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4m 2pts 100%	1.4m 0pts 0%	2.0m 0pts 0%
Rasheer Fleming	1.0m 0pts 0%	2.7m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other	3.0m 4pts 50%	—	3.3m 4pts 50%	1.2m 6pts 100%	2.4m 3pts 0%	1.2m 5pts 67%	2.7m 7pts 29%	1.6m 14pts 63%	—	2.9m 4pts 20%	—

Game Flow

Win Probability

PHX win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data

BOS

50/50

PHX

Highest Leverage Moments

Hauser 28' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (6 PTS) (White 4 AST)

Q3 11:07

11.1%

43→32

Queta 1' Putback Dunk (8 PTS)

Q2 2:20

9.6%

53→43

Hauser 29' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (White 6 AST)

Q3 6:41

9.3%

21→11

White 31' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Hauser 4 AST)

Q2 3:39

9.0%

58→49

Gillespie 25' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Ighodaro 3 AST)

Q2 7:57

8.1%

68→76

Boston Celtics 97 @ Phoenix Suns 81 — February 24, 2026 Box Score