Boston Celtics 119, Charlotte Hornets 80 — Recap

November 6, 2026 · Recap published November 6, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Recap

The Boston Celtics decisively defeated the Charlotte Hornets 119-80, overcoming a pregame SportsFBI model lean that favored Charlotte at 50 percent. Jayson Tatum led all scorers with 34 points, grabbing 8 rebounds and dishing out 9 assists while shooting 9-of-16 from the field, including 5 three-pointers. The Celtics immediately seized control in the first quarter, outscoring the Hornets 40-20 behind dominant offensive execution.

Boston continued to build on its commanding margin in the second period, posting a 30-19 advantage to take a 70-39 lead into halftime. Derrick White contributed 18 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists, hitting 4 three-pointers on 6-of-10 shooting, while Payton Pritchard added 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists with 4 three-pointers of his own. Charlotte struggled to find an offensive rhythm against Boston's defensive pressure.

Out of the intermission, the Celtics outscored the Hornets 26-18 in the third quarter to stretch their advantage further. Naz Reid led Charlotte with 14 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 threes on 6-of-17 shooting, and Tidjane Salaun chipped in 13 points and 4 rebounds with 2 threes. Both teams played to a 23-23 stalemate in the fourth quarter as the Celtics comfortably closed out the 39-.

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How the Prediction Fared

⚡ Model Missed

SportsFBI's model, locked before tip-off, favored the Charlotte Hornets (50% confidence). It gave a 11% chance of a 20+ point margin; the game was decided by 39 points.

💵 Betting Result FanDuel closing line

Spread · BOS -10.5 BOS covered Won by 39

Total · 209.5 Under 199 combined

Moneyline BOS -420 · CHA +330 BOS favored

Line movementOpening line → close

Spread (CHA) +8.5+10.5 +2

Total 210.5209.5 -1

Moneyline (CHA) +260+330 +70

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

34 PTS, 8 REB, 9 AST, 5 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · BOS

Derrick White

18 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 6-10 FG

Scoring · CHA

Naz Reid

14 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 6-17 FG

Season highs

Hannes Steinbach · Season-high 11 reboundsJayson Tatum · Season-high 5 threesDerrick White · Season-high 4 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

BOS 46 largest lead Q4 3:26 (BOS 115, CHA 69) · 9-0 run, Q1 8:09–Q1 7:24

CHA 0 largest lead Never led · 7-0 run, Q3 0:41–Q4 11:10

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 0 times

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	40	30	26	23		119
CHA	20	19	18	23		80

🧮 How They Scored

BOSCHA

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.2%Effective FG%35.3%

16.2%Turnover %13.1%

36.8%Offensive rebound %33.9%

0.277Free-throw rate0.185

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	29	34	8	9	1	1	4	9-16	5-8	11-11	+36
Derrick White G	25	18	4	5	1	0	2	6-10	4-6	2-3	+23
Payton Pritchard G	23	12	6	5	1	0	2	4-10	4-6	0-0	+27
Paul George F	22	8	5	1	1	2	3	3-11	2-5	0-0	+23
Jordan Walsh G	22	6	3	0	0	0	1	2-4	1-3	1-1	+14
Luka Garza C	19	6	7	4	0	2	2	2-7	2-3	0-2	+16
Sam Hauser F	18	9	3	3	0	1	0	3-5	3-5	0-0	+24
Mitchell Robinson C	16	6	7	0	0	1	0	3-5	0-0	0-0	+6
Hugo González G	15	8	1	0	0	0	2	2-5	1-4	3-4	-3
Neemias Queta C	15	4	3	1	0	1	1	2-5	0-0	0-0	+15
Baylor Scheierman G	15	5	4	2	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	2-2	+11
Mike Conley G	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+5
Ron Harper Jr. F	10	3	0	2	0	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	-2

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Hannes Steinbach F	27	4	11	1	0	3	1	2-5	0-0	0-0	-24
Naz Reid F-C	26	14	6	2	1	0	2	6-17	2-5	0-0	-30
Royce O'Neale F	26	7	4	2	2	1	1	2-6	2-6	1-1	-13
Christian Anderson G	25	4	3	5	0	0	4	2-10	0-7	0-0	-6
Tidjane Salaun F	23	13	4	0	0	0	1	3-11	2-8	5-6	-12
Grayson Allen G	22	0	2	3	1	0	0	0-5	0-4	0-0	-24
Sion James G	21	11	3	0	0	0	0	4-8	3-5	0-0	-18
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	21	4	5	0	0	0	2	1-1	0-0	2-2	-15
Liam McNeeley F	19	8	2	3	1	0	1	3-11	1-6	1-2	-13
Coby White G	17	7	1	1	0	0	3	1-8	1-6	4-4	-23
Brandon Miller F	14	8	2	1	1	1	0	3-10	0-3	2-2	-17