Boston Celtics 128, Philadelphia 76ers 96 — Recap

April 26, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Boston Celtics 128, Philadelphia 76ers 96. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 34-18 PHI; Q2 BOS 22-20 PHI; Q3 BOS 39-36 PHI; Q4 BOS 33-22 PHI.

Top performers (box score): Payton Pritchard (BOS) 32 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 30 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Joel Embiid (PHI) 26 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; Tyrese Maxey (PHI) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Payton Pritchard

32 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

30 PTS, 7 REB, 11 AST, 5 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · PHI

Joel Embiid

26 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 9-21 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

BOS 32 largest lead Q4 1:24 (BOS 128, PHI 96) · 12-0 run, Q2 3:34–Q2 0:46

PHI 1 largest lead Q1 8:10 (BOS 5, PHI 6) · 12-0 run, Q2 11:35–Q2 7:46

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Payton Pritchard makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot (Q1 4:30, BOS 15, PHI 13).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	34	22	39	33		128
PHI	18	20	36	22		96

🧮 How They Scored

BOSPHI

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

57Bench points24

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.1%Effective FG%46.9%

10.8%Turnover %8.1%

36.8%Offensive rebound %14.0%

0.322Free-throw rate0.300

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Payton Pritchard G	35	32	4	5	1	0	0	12-21	6-12	2-2	+20
Jayson Tatum F	35	30	7	11	0	0	5	8-16	5-10	9-9	+25
Derrick White G	32	6	6	3	1	2	2	2-5	2-4	0-0	+11
Jaylen Brown G	31	20	7	1	1	1	3	6-15	3-7	5-9	+7
Sam Hauser F	22	6	4	1	0	0	0	2-8	2-6	0-0	+13
Nikola Vucevic C	19	4	5	2	0	0	1	2-6	0-2	0-2	+11
Neemias Queta C	17	9	8	1	0	1	0	3-3	0-0	3-4	+12
Baylor Scheierman G	14	6	5	0	0	0	0	2-5	2-5	0-0	+12
Jordan Walsh G	12	3	1	0	2	1	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	+13
Luka Garza C	11	6	3	2	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	1-2	+12
Ron Harper Jr. F	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+6
Max Shulga G	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+6
Hugo González G	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6

Philadelphia 76ers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyrese Maxey G	40	22	2	6	0	1	1	7-14	4-7	4-4	-22
VJ Edgecombe G	36	6	4	1	1	0	1	2-9	0-4	2-2	-14
Joel Embiid F-C	34	26	10	6	1	1	3	9-21	1-6	7-9	-25
Paul George F	31	16	4	1	3	1	1	6-13	3-3	1-1	-13
Kelly Oubre Jr. F	31	2	4	1	0	1	0	0-6	0-2	2-2	-31
Quentin Grimes G	24	12	2	6	1	1	0	5-7	1-3	1-2	-5
Justin Edwards F	11	0	2	2	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-17
Dominick Barlow F	11	0	1	0	0	2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-16
Trendon Watford F	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	-5
Andre Drummond C	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	2-2	-6
Adem Bona F	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+4
Jabari Walker F	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-5
Dalen Terry F	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Starter	35	30	75.2	28.9	+37.3	21.8
Jaylen Brown	Starter	31	20	52.7	29.6	+13.2	9.8
Neemias Queta	Starter	17	9	94.5	12.5	+39.3	17.2
Derrick White	Starter	32	6	60.0	9.6	+19.9	6.8
Sam Hauser	Starter	22	6	37.5	15.4	+29.5	2.6
Payton Pritchard	Bench	35	32	73.1	27.5	+34.3	21.1
Luka Garza	Bench	11	6	104.2	13.0	+54.5	10.1
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	14	6	60.0	13.5	+52.9	9.5
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	19	4	29.1	16.7	+28.9	1.3
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	03	3	150.0	20.0	+120.0	38.1
Jordan Walsh	Bench	12	3	37.5	12.9	+72.0	4.7
Max Shulga	Bench	03	3	150.0	20.0	+120.0	19.0
Hugo González	Bench	03	0	0.0	20.0	+120.0	9.5
Amari Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Philadelphia 76ersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Joel Embiid	Starter	34	26	52.1	37.8	-37.9	17.6
Tyrese Maxey	Starter	40	22	69.8	19.3	-31.5	11.2
Paul George	Starter	31	16	59.5	20.9	-25.6	12.0
VJ Edgecombe	Starter	36	6	30.4	14.1	-20.0	-1.4
Kelly Oubre Jr.	Starter	31	2	14.5	10.0	-52.4	-2.0
Quentin Grimes	Bench	24	12	76.1	16.3	-11.1	14.7
Trendon Watford	Bench	05	4	106.4	20.0	-55.6	27.8
Adem Bona	Bench	04	4	100.0	37.5	+50.0	22.2
Andre Drummond	Bench	05	2	53.2	15.4	-50.0	-3.1
Jabari Walker	Bench	04	2	25.0	40.0	-55.6	-2.7
Kyle Lowry	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	04	0	0.0	20.0	-55.6	-10.8
Dominick Barlow	Bench	11	0	0.0	4.3	-85.5	0.0
Justin Edwards	Bench	11	0	0.0	0.0	-89.0	9.0
Johni Broome	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0