Boston Celtics 97, Phoenix Suns 81 — Recap

February 24, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 97, Phoenix Suns 81. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 21-26 PHX; Q2 BOS 29-20 PHX; Q3 BOS 30-11 PHX; Q4 BOS 17-24 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Derrick White (BOS) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Sam Hauser (BOS) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Collin Gillespie (PHX) 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Neemias Queta (BOS) 14 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists on 5-of-10 shooting; Grayson Allen (PHX) 14 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 2-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Derrick White

22 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · BOS

Sam Hauser

16 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 6-14 FG

Scoring · PHX

Collin Gillespie

15 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 6-11 FG

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 Q3 1:36 (BOS 80, PHX 52) · 16-0 run, Q3 6:41–Q3 1:36

PHX 11 largest lead Q2 6:41 (BOS 30, PHX 41) · 14-0 run, Q3 1:24–Q4 9:24

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Neemias Queta makes dunk (Q2 2:20, BOS 46, PHX 44).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	21	29	30	17		97
PHX	26	20	11	24		81

🧮 How They Scored

BOSPHX

40Points in the paint20

11Fast-break points7

15Second-chance points12

13Points off turnovers10

26Bench points32

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.8%Effective FG%44.3%

7.5%Turnover %8.6%

46.8%Offensive rebound %18.8%

0.095Free-throw rate0.165

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Payton Pritchard G	35	8	6	4	1	0	3	2-13	0-5	4-4	+11
Derrick White G	34	22	8	8	1	3	1	9-18	4-11	0-1	+20
Baylor Scheierman G	32	11	11	2	1	0	2	5-10	1-6	0-0	+13
Ron Harper Jr. F	30	8	5	1	1	1	0	3-10	2-7	0-0	+25
Sam Hauser F	29	16	3	4	0	0	0	6-14	4-10	0-0	+12
Neemias Queta C	27	14	13	3	0	2	0	5-10	0-0	4-4	+29
Nikola Vucevic C	19	8	4	2	0	1	1	4-11	0-3	0-0	-7
Hugo González G	13	2	4	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Jordan Walsh G	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-1	0-0	+7
Luka Garza C	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-3	0-0	-8
John Tonje G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Collin Gillespie G	27	15	3	3	1	0	1	6-11	3-6	0-0	-5
Jalen Green G	26	13	4	1	0	0	1	5-18	1-8	2-2	-33
Ryan Dunn F	25	10	6	2	0	0	0	4-6	2-2	0-0	-3
Grayson Allen G	24	14	3	1	0	0	2	2-12	1-9	9-10	-13
Oso Ighodaro F	24	4	3	5	2	0	1	2-5	0-0	0-0	+1
Amir Coffey G	23	6	1	1	0	1	0	3-6	0-0	0-0	+5
Royce O'Neale F	21	9	2	1	0	1	1	3-6	3-4	0-0	-19
Rasheer Fleming F	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	+4
Jamaree Bouyea G	19	0	3	2	1	0	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	-6
Mark Williams C	18	2	5	1	0	2	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	-23
Khaman Maluach C	6	5	2	0	0	1	0	2-3	1-1	0-1	+6
Koby Brea G	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	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
Derrick White	Starter	34	22	59.7	22.6	+31.7	23.1
Sam Hauser	Starter	29	16	57.1	19.4	+20.5	15.0
Neemias Queta	Starter	27	14	59.5	19.0	+58.7	21.8
Baylor Scheierman	Starter	32	11	55.0	15.6	+22.4	13.4
Ron Harper Jr.	Starter	30	8	40.0	12.7	+37.6	4.4
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	19	8	36.4	26.1	-22.5	10.3
Payton Pritchard	Bench	35	8	27.1	24.0	+20.6	3.4
Jordan Walsh	Bench	09	5	83.3	17.6	+62.5	16.9
Luka Garza	Bench	04	3	37.5	55.6	-133.3	-5.6
Hugo González	Bench	13	2	100.0	3.3	-21.2	14.5
Jaylen Brown	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
John Tonje	Bench	04	0	0.0	11.1	-133.3	-22.2

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Collin Gillespie	Starter	27	15	68.2	21.8	-10.2	15.3
Jalen Green	Starter	26	13	34.4	36.4	-74.7	2.1
Ryan Dunn	Starter	25	10	83.3	11.8	-4.2	13.2
Royce O'Neale	Starter	21	9	75.0	15.9	-48.7	9.0
Mark Williams	Starter	18	2	33.3	12.5	-71.9	4.9
Grayson Allen	Bench	24	14	42.7	38.3	-27.2	4.3
Amir Coffey	Bench	23	6	50.0	13.6	+12.2	8.3
Khaman Maluach	Bench	06	5	72.7	27.3	+56.9	32.1
Oso Ighodaro	Bench	24	4	40.0	13.3	+2.4	9.9
Koby Brea	Bench	06	3	75.0	18.2	+56.9	21.4
Jamaree Bouyea	Bench	19	0	0.0	10.3	-26.5	0.0
Rasheer Fleming	Bench	21	0	0.0	7.9	+13.6	-7.3