Boston Celtics 114, Houston Rockets 93 — Recap

February 4, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 114, Houston Rockets 93. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 18-17 HOU; Q2 BOS 31-25 HOU; Q3 BOS 36-21 HOU; Q4 BOS 29-30 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Derrick White (BOS) 28 points, 1 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-25 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 27 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Luka Garza (BOS) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Baylor Scheierman (BOS) 15 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-10 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 15 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists on 4-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Derrick White

28 PTS, 1 REB, 8 AST, 6 3PM · 10-25 FG

Scoring · BOS

Payton Pritchard

27 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 9-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Luka Garza

19 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 7-13 FG

Season highs

Baylor Scheierman · Season-high 10 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

BOS 29 largest lead Q4 5:09 (BOS 109, HOU 80) · 12-0 run, Q3 9:00–Q3 7:02

HOU 6 largest lead Q1 5:07 (BOS 9, HOU 15) · 8-0 run, Q2 0:00–Q3 11:38

Swings 6 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Derrick White makes free throw 2 of 2 (Q2 2:58, BOS 38, HOU 37).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	18	31	36	29		114
HOU	17	25	21	30		93

🧮 How They Scored

BOSHOU

36Points in the paint42

8Fast-break points5

27Second-chance points15

14Points off turnovers21

31Bench points31

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.9%Effective FG%48.2%

11.6%Turnover %8.9%

43.5%Offensive rebound %24.5%

0.222Free-throw rate0.268

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Neemias Queta C	39	10	19	2	2	5	2	3-4	0-0	4-4	+22
Derrick White G	37	28	1	8	0	0	2	10-25	6-14	2-2	+15
Luka Garza C	34	19	6	2	2	0	4	7-13	2-7	3-5	+16
Payton Pritchard G	33	27	3	7	0	0	1	9-20	5-10	4-5	+17
Ron Harper Jr. F	33	11	9	3	0	0	0	4-8	3-7	0-0	+16
Baylor Scheierman G	23	15	10	4	1	0	2	5-10	3-8	2-2	+7
Hugo González G	15	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	+3
Jordan Walsh G	15	2	4	0	1	0	1	0-3	0-2	2-2	+7
Josh Minott F	7	0	2	0	0	1	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+4
Max Shulga G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Xavier Tillman F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant F	33	15	5	1	2	1	2	4-11	0-4	7-7	-22
Jabari Smith Jr. F	33	13	4	3	0	1	1	5-12	3-7	0-0	-29
Alperen Sengun F-C	31	13	9	3	2	1	3	5-12	0-0	3-3	-22
Amen Thompson G-F	28	11	4	4	1	0	3	3-8	1-2	4-8	-21
Tari Eason F	28	10	4	1	0	0	0	4-6	2-2	0-0	-9
Reed Sheppard G	19	9	2	0	1	0	0	3-12	3-8	0-0	-12
Josh Okogie G	16	2	1	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-2	-9
Clint Capela C	15	4	5	0	1	0	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	+4
Aaron Holiday G	11	9	2	2	1	0	0	4-6	1-2	0-0	+5
JD Davison G	7	2	1	2	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	+6
Jae'Sean Tate F	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-2	-10
Jeff Green F	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+7
Isaiah Crawford F	6	2	1	0	0	2	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+7

🔬 Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Derrick White	Starter	37	28	54.1	31.1	+24.8	11.6
Luka Garza	Starter	34	19	62.5	23.2	+22.3	9.4
Baylor Scheierman	Starter	23	15	68.9	24.1	+13.0	22.9
Ron Harper Jr.	Starter	33	11	68.8	10.3	+28.5	9.3
Neemias Queta	Starter	39	10	86.8	8.8	+33.3	17.0
Payton Pritchard	Bench	33	27	60.8	27.2	+28.1	18.2
Jordan Walsh	Bench	15	2	25.8	13.9	+22.6	1.4
Hugo González	Bench	15	2	25.0	10.3	+10.3	0.0
Jaylen Brown	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	02	0	0.0	20.0	-50.0	-25.0
Sam Hauser	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	07	0	0.0	10.0	+23.3	-18.2
Max Shulga	Bench	02	0	0.0	20.0	-50.0	-25.0

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Starter	33	15	53.3	24.2	-37.9	11.3
Alperen Sengun	Starter	31	13	48.8	22.5	-33.9	11.6
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	33	13	54.2	16.5	-46.7	7.2
Amen Thompson	Starter	28	11	47.7	24.6	-36.3	2.8
Tari Eason	Starter	28	10	83.3	9.4	-18.3	8.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	11	9	75.0	23.1	+21.7	24.4
Reed Sheppard	Bench	19	9	37.5	27.3	-33.3	1.5
Clint Capela	Bench	15	4	50.0	12.5	+14.3	12.5
Jeff Green	Bench	06	3	75.0	18.2	+63.6	9.5
Josh Okogie	Bench	16	2	34.7	8.6	-26.1	1.1
JD Davison	Bench	07	2	33.3	20.0	+42.9	10.5
Isaiah Crawford	Bench	06	2	50.0	18.2	+63.6	14.3
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	07	0	0.0	15.8	-79.1	-47.1