Boston Celtics 146, LA Clippers 115 — Recap

January 3, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 146, LA Clippers 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 42-28 LAC; Q2 BOS 29-35 LAC; Q3 BOS 42-36 LAC; Q4 BOS 33-16 LAC.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 50 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 18-of-26 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 29 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-17 shooting; John Collins (LAC) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-10 shooting; Derrick Jones Jr. (LAC) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

50 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 18-26 FG

Scoring · BOS

Derrick White

29 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

22 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 6-17 FG

Season highs

Jaylen Brown · Season-high 50 pointsJohn Collins · Season-high 22 pointsJordan Walsh · Season-high 13 reboundsJaylen Brown · Season-high 6 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

BOS 33 largest lead Q4 2:05 (BOS 144, LAC 111) · 8-0 run, Q4 3:56–Q4 3:01

LAC 0 largest lead Never led

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Jaylen Brown makes 10-foot fade away jump shot (Q1 10:39, BOS 5, LAC 3).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	42	29	42	33		146
LAC	28	35	36	16		115

🧮 How They Scored

BOSLAC

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

39Bench points37

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

67.7%Effective FG%58.9%

5.4%Turnover %9.0%

42.1%Offensive rebound %21.1%

0.198Free-throw rate0.202

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Payton Pritchard G	40	12	4	8	1	0	0	5-10	2-3	0-0	+27
Derrick White G	37	29	4	7	1	2	3	10-20	5-12	4-5	+17
Jaylen Brown G	35	50	3	5	0	0	2	18-26	6-10	8-10	+21
Jordan Walsh G	30	13	13	2	0	1	1	5-7	3-4	0-0	+24
Neemias Queta C	22	8	9	1	0	1	0	4-8	0-1	0-0	+15
Sam Hauser F	21	8	3	0	0	1	0	3-9	2-8	0-0	+2
Luka Garza C	20	11	6	3	1	1	0	3-5	1-2	4-4	+17
Anfernee Simons G	19	15	3	4	0	0	0	5-8	5-8	0-0	+18
Hugo González G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+9
Josh Minott F	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Baylor Scheierman G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+4

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard F	34	22	3	3	3	1	1	6-17	2-8	8-8	-12
James Harden G	34	18	3	12	1	0	2	7-15	1-6	3-3	-24
Kris Dunn G	30	10	4	6	0	0	0	4-10	2-6	0-0	-12
John Collins F-C	29	22	2	0	0	0	0	9-10	3-3	1-1	-12
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	25	19	4	2	0	1	1	8-9	3-4	0-1	-10
Ivica Zubac C	21	4	7	1	0	1	0	2-6	0-0	0-0	-13
Nicolas Batum F-G	16	6	2	1	0	1	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	-12
Kobe Sanders G	15	0	1	0	0	0	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	-15
Brook Lopez C	12	6	1	0	0	0	1	2-6	2-5	0-0	-17
Kobe Brown F	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	-7
Jordan Miller G	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	-7
Cam Christie G	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
Yanic Konan Niederhauser C	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	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
Jaylen Brown	Starter	35	50	82.2	41.3	+34.7	20.2
Derrick White	Starter	37	29	65.3	29.1	+23.3	13.2
Payton Pritchard	Starter	40	12	60.0	11.1	+35.1	8.6
Neemias Queta	Starter	22	8	50.0	16.0	+34.8	10.6
Sam Hauser	Starter	21	8	44.4	19.1	+7.7	4.0
Anfernee Simons	Bench	19	15	93.8	15.7	+47.4	17.3
Jordan Walsh	Bench	30	13	92.9	11.0	+42.1	15.2
Luka Garza	Bench	20	11	81.4	14.0	+47.1	10.8
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	03	0	0.0	12.5	+20.0	7.1
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	03	0	0.0	11.1	+46.7	-22.2
Hugo González	Bench	10	0	0.0	3.6	+30.3	-7.6

LA ClippersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
John Collins	Starter	29	22	105.4	16.1	-18.9	13.3
Kawhi Leonard	Starter	34	22	53.6	28.9	-17.6	9.3
James Harden	Starter	34	18	55.1	24.3	-40.4	10.9
Kris Dunn	Starter	30	10	50.0	15.9	-17.9	6.0
Brook Lopez	Starter	12	6	50.0	25.9	-61.4	2.6
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	25	19	100.6	17.5	-25.9	14.0
Nicolas Batum	Bench	16	6	75.0	9.8	-49.2	8.2
Ivica Zubac	Bench	21	4	33.3	12.2	-37.7	5.9
Kobe Brown	Bench	06	4	106.4	18.2	-70.0	31.0
Jordan Miller	Bench	06	2	53.2	18.2	-70.0	0.0
Cam Christie	Bench	06	2	33.3	27.3	-70.0	6.9
Yanic Konan Niederhauser	Bench	06	0	0.0	9.1	-70.0	0.0
Kobe Sanders	Bench	15	0	0.0	14.3	-66.3	-9.2