Boston Celtics 129, Utah Jazz 119 — Recap

December 30, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 129, Utah Jazz 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 31-38 UTA; Q2 BOS 28-26 UTA; Q3 BOS 40-32 UTA; Q4 BOS 30-23 UTA.

Top performers (box score): Keyonte George (UTA) 37 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 27 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Jusuf Nurkic (UTA) 26 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-11 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Lauri Markkanen (UTA) 22 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · UTA

Keyonte George

37 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 6 3PM · 13-24 FG

Scoring · BOS

Derrick White

27 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · UTA

Jusuf Nurkic

26 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 10-11 FG

Season highs

Jusuf Nurkic · Season-high 26 pointsKeyonte George · 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 11 largest lead Q4 3:56 (BOS 123, UTA 112) · 11-0 run, Q2 11:52–Q2 9:03

UTA 12 largest lead Q1 8:10 (BOS 6, UTA 18) · 8-0 run, Q1 9:00–Q1 8:10

Swings 13 lead changes Tied 9 times

Ahead for good: Anfernee Simons makes driving layup (Q3 0:30, BOS 97, UTA 96).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	31	28	40	30		129
UTA	38	26	32	23		119

🧮 How They Scored

BOSUTA

56Points in the paint46

7Fast-break points12

16Second-chance points12

23Points off turnovers5

43Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.0%Effective FG%56.3%

6.3%Turnover %11.7%

26.2%Offensive rebound %21.4%

0.245Free-throw rate0.287

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White G	36	27	7	6	0	7	1	8-16	2-10	9-9	+3
Payton Pritchard G	35	18	4	6	1	0	0	8-15	1-7	1-1	+1
Jaylen Brown G	34	23	6	10	2	0	2	9-19	1-3	4-6	+2
Neemias Queta C	29	12	3	0	3	1	1	6-7	0-0	0-0	-5
Anfernee Simons G	28	20	5	4	1	0	1	6-15	4-10	4-4	+27
Luka Garza C	19	15	6	0	1	1	0	6-8	2-2	1-1	+13
Sam Hauser F	17	5	5	0	0	0	0	2-8	1-7	0-0	+7
Hugo González G	17	3	4	1	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+7
Jordan Walsh G	13	6	3	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-3	1-2	-7
Baylor Scheierman G	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keyonte George G	39	37	6	7	1	0	3	13-24	6-12	5-6	+8
Brice Sensabaugh F	39	5	5	3	0	0	2	2-9	1-6	0-0	-13
Lauri Markkanen F	38	22	9	2	2	1	0	6-16	2-6	8-8	+13
Jusuf Nurkic C	34	26	8	8	0	0	3	10-11	2-2	4-5	+9
Isaiah Collier G	24	7	6	8	0	1	2	3-5	1-2	0-0	-16
Walter Clayton Jr. G	21	7	0	1	0	1	0	3-7	1-4	0-0	-16
Taylor Hendricks F	18	3	3	2	0	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	+1
Kyle Filipowski C	14	10	3	0	1	0	2	3-8	2-5	2-4	-19
Cody Williams F	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-3	0-1	2-2	-17

🔬 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	36	27	67.6	24.7	+0.6	16.1
Jaylen Brown	Starter	34	23	53.1	30.8	+1.0	13.6
Payton Pritchard	Starter	35	18	58.3	19.5	+1.4	10.7
Neemias Queta	Starter	29	12	85.7	12.7	-10.7	7.9
Jordan Walsh	Starter	13	6	61.5	15.6	-28.0	4.3
Anfernee Simons	Bench	28	20	59.7	26.1	+43.4	16.2
Luka Garza	Bench	19	15	88.9	15.7	+27.9	18.1
Sam Hauser	Bench	17	5	31.3	16.0	+12.6	4.8
Hugo González	Bench	17	3	75.0	7.0	+20.6	5.2
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
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	12	0	0.0	3.8	+18.4	-6.0

Utah JazzTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Keyonte George	Starter	39	37	69.4	33.3	+11.4	16.9
Jusuf Nurkic	Starter	34	26	98.5	21.3	+17.2	17.9
Lauri Markkanen	Starter	38	22	56.4	21.1	+18.5	12.6
Brice Sensabaugh	Starter	39	5	27.8	12.6	-11.6	0.5
Taylor Hendricks	Starter	18	3	37.5	9.1	+2.6	3.3
Kyle Filipowski	Bench	14	10	51.2	30.8	-52.4	0.0
Isaiah Collier	Bench	24	7	70.0	12.1	-27.8	13.1
Walter Clayton Jr.	Bench	21	7	50.0	14.6	-39.0	0.6
Cody Williams	Bench	13	2	25.8	13.9	-55.6	-5.1
Kyle Anderson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Oscar Tshiebwe	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0