Boston Celtics 120, Sacramento Kings 106 — Recap

January 1, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 120, Sacramento Kings 106. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 28-29 SAC; Q2 BOS 34-32 SAC; Q3 BOS 26-27 SAC; Q4 BOS 32-18 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 29 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-25 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (SAC) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Dennis Schroder (SAC) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-13 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

29 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 11-25 FG

Scoring · SAC

DeMar DeRozan

25 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · SAC

Dennis Schroder

18 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 7-12 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

BOS 14 largest lead Q4 0:53 (BOS 120, SAC 106) · 13-0 run, Q2 0:59–Q3 10:14

SAC 8 largest lead Q1 10:26 (BOS 0, SAC 8) · 11-0 run, Q3 8:46–Q3 6:58

Swings 11 lead changes Tied 12 times

Ahead for good: Derrick White makes 27-foot three point jumper (Hugo Gonzalez assists) (Q4 10:45, BOS 93, SAC 90).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	28	34	26	32		120
SAC	29	32	27	18		106

🧮 How They Scored

BOSSAC

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

46Bench points38

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.3%Effective FG%54.1%

11.2%Turnover %8.9%

17.2%Offensive rebound %18.6%

0.207Free-throw rate0.176

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	35	29	10	4	0	0	5	11-25	1-9	6-7	-2
Derrick White G	35	16	5	7	2	2	1	5-13	2-7	4-4	+14
Payton Pritchard G	31	16	3	6	1	1	2	6-13	2-8	2-2	+4
Anfernee Simons G	30	14	2	4	0	0	2	5-13	4-7	0-0	+12
Sam Hauser F	29	15	5	1	1	0	0	5-7	5-7	0-0	+15
Luka Garza C	25	11	3	2	2	0	0	5-6	1-1	0-0	+16
Neemias Queta C	23	13	5	0	1	3	1	5-6	0-0	3-5	-2
Hugo González G	18	3	6	1	1	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	+20
Baylor Scheierman G	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-2
Jordan Walsh G	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-5

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keegan Murray F	38	7	6	4	0	1	0	3-13	1-4	0-0	-7
DeMar DeRozan G	35	25	5	6	1	0	0	9-16	1-3	6-6	-13
Maxime Raynaud C	35	12	8	1	0	0	0	5-8	0-0	2-2	-4
Dennis Schroder G	28	18	3	7	0	0	2	7-12	3-8	1-1	-5
Keon Ellis G	27	16	1	1	1	0	1	6-10	3-6	1-2	-6
Russell Westbrook G	27	10	3	6	0	0	3	3-11	2-9	2-2	-14
Precious Achiuwa F	22	14	3	2	2	1	1	5-9	2-4	2-2	-7
Nique Clifford G	16	0	2	1	3	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-8
Drew Eubanks F	7	4	1	0	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Malik Monk G	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-2

🔬 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	29	51.6	40.7	-1.3	10.8
Derrick White	Starter	35	16	54.2	20.5	+24.4	12.4
Payton Pritchard	Starter	31	16	57.6	23.2	+8.4	10.8
Neemias Queta	Starter	23	13	79.3	17.0	-4.3	14.9
Jordan Walsh	Starter	05	0	0.0	9.1	-55.6	0.0
Sam Hauser	Bench	29	15	107.1	10.6	+25.9	14.1
Anfernee Simons	Bench	30	14	53.8	21.1	+18.2	7.4
Luka Garza	Bench	25	11	91.7	10.5	+32.7	14.0
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	09	3	150.0	11.1	-6.3	3.6
Hugo González	Bench	18	3	75.0	4.3	+50.3	8.9
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

Sacramento KingsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
DeMar DeRozan	Starter	35	25	67.1	25.0	-20.4	18.1
Precious Achiuwa	Starter	22	14	70.9	20.8	-20.0	14.8
Maxime Raynaud	Starter	35	12	67.6	12.0	-7.7	9.8
Russell Westbrook	Starter	27	10	42.1	25.9	-28.3	2.1
Keegan Murray	Starter	38	7	26.9	15.3	-12.1	3.9
Dennis Schroder	Bench	28	18	72.3	22.6	-13.3	16.5
Keon Ellis	Bench	27	16	73.5	20.7	-11.5	8.8
Drew Eubanks	Bench	07	4	100.0	20.0	-28.6	6.5
Doug McDermott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Malik Monk	Bench	06	0	0.0	15.4	-16.7	-1.9
Dario Saric	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Devin Carter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nique Clifford	Bench	16	0	0.0	8.1	-25.0	0.0