The Boston Celtics (20-12) defeat the Utah Jazz (12-20), 129-119 led by 27 points and 7 BLOCKS from Derrick White!

129 - 119

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Delta Center

Officials: Michael Smith, Scott Twardoski, and James Williams

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Boston Celtics	31	28	40	30	129
Utah Jazz	38	26	32	23	119

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Boston Celtics	129	48-94	51.1%	13-44	29.5%	20-23	87.0%	11	51	27	17	8	7	9
Utah Jazz	119	41-87	47.1%	16-42	38.1%	21-25	84.0%	9	49	31	17	4	13	3

PLAYER STATS


Boston Celtics	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jordan Walsh^SF	13:16	6	2-4	1-3	1-2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	-7
Jaylen Brown^PF	33:35	23	9-19	1-3	4-6	1	5	6	10	2	0	2	1	2
Neemias Queta^C	28:42	12	6-7	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	3	1	1	4	-5
Derrick White^SG	36:17	27	8-16	2-10	9-9	2	5	7	6	0	7	1	1	3
Payton Pritchard^PG	35:24	18	8-15	1-7	1-1	0	4	4	6	1	0	0	1	1
Anfernee Simons	27:59	20	6-15	4-10	4-4	1	4	5	4	1	0	1	0	27
Sam Hauser	17:11	5	2-8	1-7	0-0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	1	7
Luka Garza	18:32	15	6-8	2-2	1-1	4	2	6	0	1	1	0	3	13
Hugo González	17:28	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	1	7
Baylor Scheierman	11:34	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	2
Chris Boucher	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Minott	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier Tillman	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Harper Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Shulga	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jayson Tatum	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amari Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Utah Jazz	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Lauri Markkanen^SF	38:19	22	6-16	2-6	8-8	1	8	9	2	2	1	0	1	13
Taylor Hendricks^PF	17:25	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	1
Jusuf Nurkić^C	33:49	26	10-11	2-2	4-5	2	6	8	8	0	0	3	1	9
Brice Sensabaugh^SG	39:17	5	2-9	1-6	0-0	2	3	5	3	0	0	2	2	-13
Keyonte George^PG	38:32	37	13-24	6-12	5-6	1	5	6	7	1	0	3	0	8
Cody Williams	13:23	2	0-3	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-17
Isaiah Collier	24:10	7	3-5	1-2	0-0	1	5	6	8	0	1	2	3	-16
Kyle Filipowski	14:10	10	3-8	2-5	2-4	2	1	3	0	1	0	2	4	-19
Walter Clayton Jr.	20:51	7	3-7	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	-16
Kyle Anderson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Svi Mykhailiuk	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oscar Tshiebwe	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ace Bailey	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elijah Harkless	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walker Kessler	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Love	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georges Niang	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Tonje	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

NitroXYZ | UTA

75 | 3 hours ago

Outdueled by a veteran team but I enjoyed that game because watching Keyonte George is just pure hoops.

Throwawayforme3123 | Celtics

40 | 3 hours ago

The leap this guy has made in just 1 year is insane.

If he doesn’t win MIP, the award has lost it’s meaning

NitroXYZ | UTA

30 | 3 hours ago

It’s remarkable to not just increase scoring by 8 points per game but he’s also gone from 54% TS to 61% TS in a one year span.

I think he’ll unfortunately miss out on All-Star selection, despite however deserving he may be, but regardless the Jazz have found a gem with Keyonte.

Zeeron1 | Thunder

2 | 2 hours ago

That feels dramatic lol there are other worthy candidates too

Throwawayforme3123 | Celtics

16 | 2 hours ago

I know Rollins and Reaves are playing good as well. Same with Ajay Mitchell, but what Keyonte is doing is kinda absurd man.

Zeeron1 | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

NAW has over doubled his ppg from last year, when he was 6th in 6moy voting, while still increasing his efficiency

shangalang69 | Raptors

1 | 14 minutes ago

lol are you suggesting NAW has a better case for all-star over Keyonte

Designer_B | Supersonics

1 | 11 minutes ago

mip…

shangalang69 | Raptors

1 | 5 minutes ago

oh lol my bad

still

empatronic | Celtics

7 | 3 hours ago

The Jazz look a lot better than when they played the Celtics earlier this year. Y’all might need to start worrying about that protected first lol

SandwitchJ | Celtics

2 | 2 hours ago

Dude is ridiculous man and seems like he will only get better…Shai level soon IMO

beanz_129 | Celtics

73 | 3 hours ago

“I haven’t seen a White kill Jazz since La La Land” lol

nissimbhalwankar | Celtics

9 | 3 hours ago

who said that lmao

sutroheights | Celtics

32 | 3 hours ago

Originally Luke Kornet, blessed be his name, quoted tonight by Drew.

deets23_ | Celtics

12 | 2 hours ago

Luke said that about Derrick when we played the Jazz last season or the season before. He had interrupted Derrick’s post-game interview with Abby to say that 😂

beanz_129 | Celtics

3 | 3 hours ago

Drew Carter on the NBC Boston broadcast, but I think he was quoting someone else.

Whatever801 | Jazz

1 | 3 minutes ago

Nice

Akipella | Warriors

68 | 3 hours ago

Keyonte George was not on Thinking Basketball’s top 25 players under 25…I don’t care if the game ended in a loss, the disrespect this dude is still getting is ridiculous.

NitroXYZ | UTA

34 | 3 hours ago

It’s ridiculous honestly. 61% TS for a dude averaging 25/4/7 this season, who is averaging 31ppg in his last9 games.

Meanwhile they had Jordan Walsh on the list smfh.

patscelticslions | Celtics

28 | 3 hours ago

I love Walsh but that is absolutely insane lmfao

Babushka5 | Celtics

10 | 2 hours ago

Hey Jordan Walsh held him to…

VictorWembymama

12 | 3 hours ago

That list was such horse shit.

BumbleLapse | Jazz

6 | 3 hours ago

Also didn’t receive top 20 votes for Western Conference All Star.

Fans are dumb as hell year in and year out though, so that makes more sense.

It really is ridiculous that industry experts and professionals are still dismissing Keyonte 30 games into the season. He’s been unreal — and the craziest part is how massively improved he’s playing versus last season. Nobody expected this type of jump given what we saw from him last year, though we’d been crossing our fingers for a while

Akipella | Warriors

4 | 3 hours ago

Meanwhile Lebron and AR are 9th and 10th on that list lol. The Lakers have 3 dudes in the top 10.

Keyonte playing for Utah is sadly what the problem is. Fan voting gets dominated by big markets

JesseJamesGames449 | Celtics

7 | 2 hours ago

i mean the knicks entire starting 5 is on the top 20 for the east.. the fan voting means literally nothing..

Akipella | Warriors

2 | 2 hours ago

Lol exactly. That too. If he played in big markets like LA or NY he would be way higher.

Also a lot of fans just vote by raw PPG which is how the list is sorted. They don’t show efficiency of course, which matters just as much. Sigh…

BumbleLapse | Jazz

5 | 3 hours ago

Yeah I’m used to it at this point.

I suppose it’ll be even sweeter if we ever crawl out of the hole and actually win a chip, though.

kavolsm

2 | 2 hours ago

It may sound like a stretch but I could see him having a Shai-type leap next season. Assuming Lauri is gone and the Jazz give him the keys.

shangalang69 | Raptors

1 | 13 minutes ago

I’M VOTING FOR HIM EVERYDAY I’M DOING MY PART

Bobblefighterman | Jazz

3 | 2 hours ago

No Thinking Basketball

kavolsm

2 | 3 hours ago

He wasn’t also on the top 20 fan returns for all star voting. Somehow he’s become underrated.

Akipella | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

If he played for the Lakers he would be top 10 (in the West)

Pharrelliper | Jazz

2 | 2 hours ago

It took him until last week to get on the ringer top 100 and he also wasn’t on ESPN’s top 25 under 25

Incredibly stupid

genericusernamepls | UTA

1 | 9 minutes ago

But Jordan Walsh was lol

jonsnowKITN | NBA

36 | 3 hours ago

Keyonte george is gonna make it really tough for utah to tank

PleasantTrust522 | 76ers

6 | 2 hours ago

Feels like they’ve been tanking forever.

TripleThreatTua | Thunder

3 | an hour ago

We get their pick if it isn’t top 8 this year lol. They’ve been tanking since they traded Gobert and Mitchell so they just need to do it one more year, they’ve found their guy in George and Bailey could also be really good

Couragesand | Jazz

1 | 19 minutes ago

Nah we were competitive Lauris first year then semi the next year cause we traded Conley late then we tanked last year and this

Couragesand | Jazz

1 | 20 minutes ago

This is like only the 2nd year we’ve been even tanking lol

Akipella | Warriors

32 | 3 hours ago

Especially with all these injuries and missed games for top players, JB 100% deserves All NBA 1st team.

Make the right choice media voters. Dude is carrying this team with no Tatum to a high seed in the East and putting up as good of stats as anyone else in the East.

JesseJamesGames449 | Celtics

14 | 2 hours ago

Im going to be upset when Ant gets it over him this year.

TripleThreatTua | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

Brown could get it at SF, especially with all the injuries this year guys are gonna miss the 65 game eligibility marker

Akipella | Warriors

2 | 36 minutes ago

Positionless now no?

sully9614 | Celtics

1 | 21 minutes ago

It is positionless, but I feel like voters still try to roughly go for a combo of guards, wings and big man to not overload an archetype of player on said team. Besides the third team that’s kinda how it shook out last year

patscelticslions | Celtics

27 | 3 hours ago

30-point streak over, but 10 assists and a couple big-time midrange baskets late from JB, and an incredible second half from White. nice job to overcome pretty stellar performances from George and Nurk and a good way to cap an up-and-down 2025 for our team. on to 2026

icantreadmorsecode | Celtics

13 | 2 hours ago

It’s a good sign honestly. He was swinging that ball and not forcing shots

icantreadmorsecode | Celtics

23 | 3 hours ago

excuse me does that say 7 BLOCKS WTF

igonnawrecku_VGC | Celtics

24 | 3 hours ago

Gonna need a Derrick White block compilation from tonight’s game

nissimbhalwankar | Celtics

16 | 3 hours ago

wait for timi

igonnawrecku_VGC | Celtics

6 | 3 hours ago

Looking forward to it, love Timi’s highlight reels

Throwawayforme3123 | Celtics

21 | 3 hours ago

Keyonte fucking George man…

This guy is crazy

Jordanwolf98 | Celtics

4 | 3 hours ago

Thought he was gonna be a top 5 pick based on how he looked in high school. Based on how he kicked our ass tonight and has kicked ass all season I’m glad to see that talent coming together

18banners090 | Celtics

12 | 3 hours ago

George is insane. Legit got whatever he wanted all game, irrespective of what/who Boston sent at him. hell of a young player

RhodeIslandisFake | Celtics

11 | 3 hours ago

Shoutout to Garzilla, dude has really locked in since getting back in the rotation. We’ve needed it because the Queta magic has faded some, he’s been bullied defensively and on the glass the past few games.

bedlam_au | Celtics

10 | 2 hours ago

Anfernee Simons has been really good over roughly the same period too. Being banished to the gulags by Joe does wonders for your game. Chris Boucher cooking up a monster comeback.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

8 | 3 hours ago

Derrick White with 7 blks where the hell did that come from

ComradeFrunze | Pelicans

7 | 3 hours ago

Keyonte “The Tank Ends Here” George

farewellyo | Thunder

7 | 3 hours ago

Keyonte George is insane

ccap13

7 | 2 hours ago

7 blocks from a guard just does not happen. One of the best shot blockers in the league

britchesss | Celtics

7 | 3 hours ago

I don’t think I hate anything as much as Derrick white hates seeing opponents shots go in.

Frenchyyyy4166 | Raptors

5 | 2 hours ago

Keynote absolute 🐶

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1 | 2 hours ago

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MegaAltarianite

2 | 2 hours ago

No? They benched them with about a minute left and they were down ten. It wasn’t a tank, they were all there until the game was out of reach.

yourlilpissboi | Celtics

1 | 2 hours ago

Derrick White was crucified in Utah only to be resurrected by games end. The White Buffalo is immortal.

waterflaps

1 | 39 minutes ago

Crazy how Pritchard’s 3pt % has dropped so much while his 2pt % is incredibly high for his size, even in his new role as a starter.

sully9614 | Celtics

1 | 15 minutes ago

He works so hard for every bucket, I love watching it as a fan of the game but I miss watching him catch and shoot as much as he did the last couple years. Doesn’t feel like he gets set up nearly as much as he did, and that’s def a ripple effect of Tatum being out/the roster being gutted as much as it did

Not_A_Bot_Am_Human | Spurs

1 | 35 minutes ago

Keyonte for MIP