Boston Celtics 140, Indiana Pacers 122 — Recap

December 26, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 140, Indiana Pacers 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 28-39 IND; Q2 BOS 47-22 IND; Q3 BOS 36-30 IND; Q4 BOS 29-31 IND.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 30 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-20 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 29 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Sam Hauser (BOS) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 7 threes on 7-of-8 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Andrew Nembhard (IND) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

30 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 13-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Payton Pritchard

29 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · BOS

Sam Hauser

23 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 7 3PM · 7-8 FG

Season highs

Sam Hauser · Season-high 23 points

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

📊 Game Flow

BOS 28 largest lead Q4 5:43 (BOS 129, IND 101) · 13-0 run, Q2 7:45–Q2 5:48

IND 15 largest lead Q1 5:13 (BOS 13, IND 28) · 8-0 run, Q4 5:24–Q4 4:23

Swings 1 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Jaylen Brown makes free throw 2 of 2 (Q2 7:24, BOS 49, IND 48).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	28	47	36	29		140
IND	39	22	30	31		122

🧮 How They Scored

BOSIND

38Points in the paint42

14Fast-break points14

24Second-chance points16

22Points off turnovers14

49Bench points65

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

68.7%Effective FG%59.6%

10.9%Turnover %12.5%

33.3%Offensive rebound %26.2%

0.410Free-throw rate0.225

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Payton Pritchard G	38	29	9	5	1	0	3	10-17	3-8	6-8	+8
Derrick White G	33	21	5	6	2	1	2	6-15	3-7	6-7	+16
Jaylen Brown G	32	30	3	4	4	0	4	13-20	2-3	2-2	+19
Luka Garza C	27	15	4	2	0	0	0	5-5	1-1	4-6	+26
Neemias Queta C	21	8	7	3	1	2	0	2-4	0-0	4-6	-3
Anfernee Simons G	21	8	3	1	0	0	2	2-7	2-6	2-3	+7
Baylor Scheierman G	20	3	5	1	0	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	+18
Jordan Walsh G	19	3	2	3	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-5
Sam Hauser F	17	23	4	0	0	0	1	7-8	7-8	2-2	+17
Hugo González G	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-13

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Andrew Nembhard G-F	30	18	4	8	2	0	5	7-13	4-7	0-0	-17
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	30	13	4	4	1	0	1	5-13	1-5	2-2	-13
Pascal Siakam F	28	11	6	1	2	0	2	4-13	0-3	3-6	-10
Ethan Thompson G	26	11	4	6	0	0	2	4-9	3-7	0-0	-8
Jay Huff F-C	21	9	4	2	0	2	1	3-8	1-6	2-2	-2
Jarace Walker F	18	12	3	2	0	0	0	4-9	4-7	0-0	-19
Micah Potter F	18	9	1	0	0	1	0	2-2	1-1	4-4	-7
Johnny Furphy G	18	9	2	0	0	0	1	3-5	2-4	1-2	-5
Quenton Jackson G	16	6	3	1	0	0	0	2-5	0-1	2-2	+3
T.J. McConnell G	14	13	1	3	1	0	1	5-6	1-1	2-2	-18
Tony Bradley C	7	4	2	0	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	-6
Kam Jones G	7	4	0	2	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+6
Taelon Peter G	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Starter	32	30	71.8	32.1	+28.0	15.2
Payton Pritchard	Starter	38	29	70.7	26.7	+11.4	15.0
Derrick White	Starter	33	21	58.1	25.0	+23.3	13.9
Neemias Queta	Starter	21	8	60.2	14.0	-3.8	13.5
Jordan Walsh	Starter	19	3	75.0	4.5	-9.2	2.9
Sam Hauser	Bench	17	23	129.5	23.8	+48.6	25.1
Luka Garza	Bench	27	15	98.2	12.7	+51.0	11.8
Anfernee Simons	Bench	21	8	48.1	20.4	+19.5	1.2
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	20	3	37.5	8.5	+44.1	4.8
Chris Boucher	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hugo González	Bench	12	0	0.0	3.1	-40.7	1.8

Indiana PacersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Andrew Nembhard	Starter	30	18	69.2	23.4	-25.0	12.9
Bennedict Mathurin	Starter	30	13	46.8	19.0	-20.7	6.7
Pascal Siakam	Starter	28	11	35.2	25.7	-12.4	0.8
Jay Huff	Starter	21	9	50.7	18.2	-2.0	8.2
Quenton Jackson	Starter	16	6	51.0	15.0	+11.6	4.5
T.J. McConnell	Bench	14	13	94.5	22.9	-68.3	22.8
Jarace Walker	Bench	18	12	66.7	18.4	-58.7	12.7
Ethan Thompson	Bench	26	11	61.1	17.2	-16.9	6.7
Micah Potter	Bench	18	9	119.7	10.3	-19.4	11.2
Johnny Furphy	Bench	18	9	76.5	16.7	-21.3	3.6
Tony Bradley	Bench	07	4	100.0	16.7	-40.0	5.9
Kam Jones	Bench	07	4	100.0	15.4	+50.0	13.9
Taelon Peter	Bench	07	3	75.0	15.4	+50.0	6.9