Boston Celtics @ New Orleans Pelicans
Game Leaders
Team Stats
53% (43-81)
Field Goal %
44% (36-82)
34% (14-41)
Three Point %
25% (8-32)
64% (7-11)
Free Throw %
74% (17-23)
15
Turnovers
15
43
Rebounds
40
20
Largest Lead
2
Game Information
New Orleans, LA

Referee:Kevin Cutler
Referee:Andy Nagy
Referee:Natalie Sago

Shot Chart
- Willy Hernangomez makes free throw 1 of 2
- Willy Hernangomez makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaylen Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jaylen Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
- Jayson Tatum makes three point jumper (Robert Williams III assists)
- Devonte' Graham misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
- Willy Hernangomez misses 5-foot two point shot
- Jayson Tatum makes driving layup
- Garrett Temple makes driving layup
- Jayson Tatum misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jaylen Brown makes two point shot
- Garrett Temple misses 15-foot two point shot
- Jayson Tatum makes 11-foot two point shot
- Josh Hart misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum makes driving layup (Al Horford assists)
- Garrett Temple misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Marcus Smart misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Herbert Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Al Horford makes layup (Marcus Smart assists)
- Willy Hernangomez makes free throw 1 of 2
- Willy Hernangomez makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Devonte' Graham misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Al Horford misses layup
- Robert Williams III misses 4-foot tip shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving floating jump shot
- Jaylen Brown makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Jayson Tatum assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Willy Hernangomez makes layup
- Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaylen Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Herbert Jones misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Josh Richardson misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Josh Hart misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Robert Williams III makes 3-foot dunk (Jaylen Brown assists)
- Naji Marshall misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jaylen Brown makes layup (Marcus Smart assists)
- Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses three point jumper
- Naji Marshall makes layup (Jose Alvarado assists)
- Jaylen Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes layup
- Al Horford misses driving layup
- Naji Marshall misses three point jumper
- Jaylen Brown misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jaxson Hayes misses driving layup
- Al Horford misses jumper
- Jose Alvarado makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Jose Alvarado makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Grant Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jose Alvarado makes layup
- Josh Richardson makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
- Jose Alvarado makes driving layup
- Jose Alvarado misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses layup
- Jose Alvarado misses 7-foot two point shot
- Josh Richardson makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Jayson Tatum assists)
- Gary Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Grant Williams makes 27-foot three point jumper (Josh Richardson assists)
- Jayson Tatum makes 5-foot dunk (Al Horford assists)
- Dennis Schroder misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Herbert Jones misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Josh Richardson misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Garrett Temple makes layup (Herbert Jones assists)
- Garrett Temple makes free throw 1 of 1
- Marcus Smart misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Devonte' Graham misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum makes 14-foot two point shot
- Devonte' Graham makes 14-foot two point shot (Willy Hernangomez assists)
- Jayson Tatum misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Marcus Smart makes two point shot
- Aaron Nesmith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Josh Hart makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Jaylen Brown misses layup
- Willy Hernangomez misses two point shot
- Jaylen Brown misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Willy Hernangomez makes 7-foot two point shot (Devonte' Graham assists)
- Jaylen Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
- Willy Hernangomez misses 7-foot two point shot
- Jayson Tatum makes 28-foot three point jumper
- Josh Hart misses 11-foot two point shot
- Marcus Smart misses 13-foot two point shot
- Josh Hart makes free throw 1 of 2
- Josh Hart misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jaylen Brown misses 13-foot jumper
- Devonte' Graham misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum makes 27-foot three pointer
- Garrett Temple misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jaylen Brown makes driving layup (Marcus Smart assists)
- Josh Hart makes 2-foot layup (Devonte' Graham assists)
- Robert Williams III makes layup (Marcus Smart assists)
- Willy Hernangomez makes 6-foot hook shot (Josh Hart assists)
- Jayson Tatum makes two point shot
- Devonte' Graham misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Herbert Jones makes 3-foot dunk
- Jaylen Brown makes layup (Marcus Smart assists)
- Josh Hart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Garrett Temple assists)
- Jaylen Brown makes 18-foot two point shot (Marcus Smart assists)
- Herbert Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (Garrett Temple assists)
- Jaylen Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)
- Devonte' Graham misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Herbert Jones makes 3-foot dunk (Josh Hart assists)
- Jaylen Brown misses layup
- Herbert Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
- Herbert Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaylen Brown misses pullup jump shot
- Garrett Temple makes driving layup
- Dennis Schroder misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dennis Schroder makes free throw 2 of 2
- Herbert Jones misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Al Horford makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
- Garrett Temple makes layup (Devonte' Graham assists)
- Dennis Schroder makes 24-foot three point jumper (Robert Williams III assists)
- Garrett Temple misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Devonte' Graham makes 27-foot three point jumper (Willy Hernangomez assists)
- Jaylen Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Josh Hart misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum makes layup
- Jose Alvarado makes 25-foot three point jumper (Herbert Jones assists)
- Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Garrett Temple misses free throw 1 of 2
- Garrett Temple misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jayson Tatum makes 26-foot three point jumper (Robert Williams III assists)
- Jose Alvarado makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Jayson Tatum misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Naji Marshall misses two point shot
- Jaxson Hayes makes 4-foot dunk (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 1 of 1
- Dennis Schroder misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Naji Marshall makes two point shot (Garrett Temple assists)
- Al Horford makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
- Garrett Temple misses free throw 1 of 2
- Garrett Temple makes free throw 2 of 2
- Garrett Temple makes layup (Jose Alvarado assists)
- Dennis Schroder misses three point jumper
- Jose Alvarado makes driving layup
- Marcus Smart makes free throw 1 of 2
- Marcus Smart misses free throw 2 of 2
- Marcus Smart makes layup (Jayson Tatum assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 27-foot three point jumper (Herbert Jones assists)
- Josh Richardson makes 10-foot two point shot (Jayson Tatum assists)
- Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2
- Robert Williams III makes layup (Marcus Smart assists)
- Jose Alvarado misses two point shot
- Jaylen Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Josh Richardson assists)
- Devonte' Graham makes free throw 1 of 2
- Devonte' Graham makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jayson Tatum misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Herbert Jones misses two point shot
- Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaylen Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Garrett Temple misses layup
- Jaylen Brown makes two point shot
- Garrett Temple misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Willy Hernangomez makes 4-foot layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Jayson Tatum makes 2-foot dunk (Jaylen Brown assists)
- Devonte' Graham makes free throw 1 of 2
- Devonte' Graham makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jayson Tatum makes driving layup
- Josh Hart makes driving layup (Garrett Temple assists)
- Josh Hart misses free throw 1 of 1
- Josh Richardson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
- Herbert Jones makes driving layup
- Jayson Tatum makes 13-foot jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
- Willy Hernangomez makes layup (Herbert Jones assists)
- Robert Williams III makes alley oop dunk shot (Marcus Smart assists)
- Devonte' Graham makes 28-foot three point jumper
- Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Robert Williams III misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Josh Richardson misses three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum makes layup (Marcus Smart assists)
- Devonte' Graham misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Devonte' Graham misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jaylen Brown misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jaylen Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jayson Tatum misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jayson Tatum makes 1-foot dunk (Robert Williams III assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 21-foot jumper
- Jose Alvarado makes layup
- Aaron Nesmith misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Naji Marshall misses free throw 1 of 2
- Naji Marshall makes free throw 2 of 2
- Sam Hauser misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Gary Clark makes 6-foot two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Payton Pritchard misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Naji Marshall makes 3-foot driving dunk
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Eastern Conference
| Atlantic | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 56 | 26 | .683 | - | W2 |
| New York | 53 | 29 | .646 | 3 | L1 |
| Toronto | 46 | 36 | .561 | 10 | W1 |
| Philadelphia | 45 | 37 | .549 | 11 | W2 |
| Brooklyn | 20 | 62 | .244 | 36 | L3 |
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 62 | 20 | .756 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | L2 |
| Dallas | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37 | L8 |
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