Boston Celtics 111, Los Angeles Lakers 89 — Recap

February 22, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 111, Los Angeles Lakers 89. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 28-28 LAL; Q2 BOS 32-22 LAL; Q3 BOS 24-21 LAL; Q4 BOS 27-18 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 32 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-28 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 30 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-14 shooting; Luka Doncic (LAL) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 15 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

32 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 10-28 FG

Scoring · BOS

Payton Pritchard

30 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 6 3PM · 10-14 FG

Scoring · LAL

Luka Doncic

25 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 9-22 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

BOS 22 largest lead Q4 3:24 (BOS 105, LAL 83) · 8-0 run, Q4 5:12–Q4 4:11

LAL 5 largest lead Q1 8:56 (BOS 5, LAL 10) · 6-0 run, Q1 4:12–Q1 3:42

Swings 5 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: Payton Pritchard makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot (Q2 7:51, BOS 34, LAL 33).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	28	32	24	27		111
LAL	28	22	21	18		89

🧮 How They Scored

BOSLAL

48Points in the paint42

7Fast-break points9

17Second-chance points6

6Points off turnovers20

45Bench points25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.6%Effective FG%44.3%

13.2%Turnover %7.8%

22.5%Offensive rebound %16.3%

0.253Free-throw rate0.207

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Payton Pritchard G	38	30	4	8	0	0	4	10-14	6-9	4-4	+21
Jaylen Brown G	36	32	8	7	3	0	5	10-28	3-9	9-12	+18
Derrick White G	35	12	5	8	1	1	1	5-13	2-6	0-0	+18
Sam Hauser F	29	7	6	2	0	0	0	2-6	2-6	1-1	+5
Baylor Scheierman G	29	5	2	2	0	0	0	2-6	1-4	0-0	+18
Neemias Queta C	26	10	12	1	0	3	2	4-5	0-0	2-2	+5
Nikola Vucevic C	21	9	8	0	1	0	0	4-6	0-0	1-2	+15
Hugo González G	14	4	3	1	1	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	+5
Jordan Walsh G	8	0	1	0	0	1	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Ron Harper Jr. F	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Luka Garza C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Amari Williams F-C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	35	20	4	5	2	1	1	9-21	1-5	1-1	-14
Luka Doncic F-G	33	25	5	3	0	1	2	9-22	4-7	3-6	-21
Austin Reaves G	33	15	7	2	2	1	1	4-10	1-4	6-7	-14
Deandre Ayton C	25	4	7	1	1	1	1	2-6	0-0	0-0	-15
Jake LaRavia F	24	4	3	2	1	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	-18
Luke Kennard G	22	9	3	0	1	0	1	3-4	1-2	2-2	-9
Marcus Smart G	22	0	1	4	0	0	0	0-7	0-5	0-0	-4
Rui Hachimura F	21	5	2	0	0	0	0	2-7	1-4	0-0	-13
Jarred Vanderbilt F	11	3	5	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-1	0-0	-1
Jaxson Hayes C	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-1
Kobe Bufkin G	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	0
Maxi Kleber F	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-2	0
Dalton Knecht F	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0

🔬 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	36	32	48.1	45.7	+23.3	13.8
Derrick White	Starter	35	12	46.2	17.3	+24.7	11.8
Neemias Queta	Starter	26	10	85.0	13.6	+11.4	17.6
Sam Hauser	Starter	29	7	54.3	9.8	+8.8	9.2
Baylor Scheierman	Starter	29	5	41.7	9.7	+32.7	3.3
Payton Pritchard	Bench	38	30	95.2	23.8	+29.2	22.4
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	21	9	65.4	14.6	+33.9	18.2
Hugo González	Bench	14	4	66.7	8.8	+22.0	6.2
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	02	2	100.0	33.3	+66.7	66.7
Luka Garza	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	+66.7	0.0
Jordan Walsh	Bench	08	0	0.0	15.0	-1.0	-15.2
John Tonje	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Amari Williams	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	+66.7	33.3

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luka Doncic	Starter	33	25	50.7	37.0	-31.8	8.3
LeBron James	Starter	35	20	46.6	27.8	-18.1	13.2
Austin Reaves	Starter	33	15	57.3	18.7	-20.6	13.3
Deandre Ayton	Starter	25	4	33.3	13.0	-29.4	3.2
Marcus Smart	Starter	22	0	0.0	14.3	-8.9	-7.2
Luke Kennard	Bench	22	9	92.2	11.8	-22.0	11.8
Rui Hachimura	Bench	21	5	35.7	14.6	-27.6	0.8
Jake LaRavia	Bench	24	4	100.0	5.7	-40.0	9.0
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	11	3	50.0	15.4	-1.2	14.7
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	05	2	50.0	16.7	-10.0	7.7
Kobe Bufkin	Bench	03	2	50.0	28.6	-14.3	8.3
Maxi Kleber	Bench	03	0	0.0	14.3	-14.3	-8.3
Dalton Knecht	Bench	03	0	0.0	14.3	-14.3	0.0