Indiana Pacers 95, Boston Celtics 103 — Recap

December 22, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Indiana Pacers 95, Boston Celtics 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 IND 35-26 BOS; Q2 IND 26-17 BOS; Q3 IND 21-31 BOS; Q4 IND 13-29 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 31 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-25 shooting; Pascal Siakam (IND) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Andrew Nembhard (IND) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Bennedict Mathurin (IND) 16 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-20 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

31 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 11-25 FG

Scoring · IND

Pascal Siakam

25 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · IND

Andrew Nembhard

20 PTS, 2 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 6-13 FG

Season highs

Hugo González · Season-high 11 rebounds

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
IND	35	26	21	13		95
BOS	26	17	31	29		103

🧮 How They Scored

INDBOS

28Points in the paint52

13Fast-break points7

10Second-chance points24

11Points off turnovers20

16Bench points32

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.5%Effective FG%48.9%

11.5%Turnover %11.8%

19.1%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.188Free-throw rate0.213

Box Score

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam F	37	25	6	3	0	0	0	9-18	4-7	3-4	-12
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	37	16	9	0	0	1	0	7-20	2-7	0-0	-21
Andrew Nembhard G-F	36	20	2	7	0	0	4	6-13	2-4	6-7	-6
Ethan Thompson G	34	13	4	4	1	0	2	5-12	3-9	0-0	0
Jay Huff F-C	25	3	5	0	0	1	2	1-6	1-5	0-0	-7
Johnny Furphy G	23	3	5	2	1	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	+6
Quenton Jackson G	16	9	0	1	1	0	2	2-5	0-0	5-5	-11
Jarace Walker F	15	2	4	0	1	0	1	1-5	0-4	0-0	-8
James Wiseman C	12	0	1	2	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Isaiah Jackson F	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+8
Kam Jones G	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Taelon Peter G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Hugo González G	37	6	11	1	1	2	2	3-5	0-2	0-0	+21
Jaylen Brown G	33	31	9	2	1	2	2	11-25	2-6	7-8	-2
Payton Pritchard G	33	11	3	5	2	0	3	4-12	1-4	2-2	-6
Derrick White G	32	19	5	4	0	1	2	7-16	3-8	2-2	+9
Luka Garza C	24	6	9	3	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	2-2	+13
Neemias Queta C	23	8	8	2	0	0	1	3-5	0-0	2-4	-3
Sam Hauser F	20	6	3	1	1	0	1	2-8	2-7	0-0	+2
Anfernee Simons G	17	11	0	1	0	0	1	4-11	2-7	1-1	+4
Baylor Scheierman G	12	3	1	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-3	0-0	+9
Josh Minott F	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

Indiana PacersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Pascal Siakam	Starter	37	25	63.3	23.8	-14.4	14.7
Andrew Nembhard	Starter	36	20	62.2	25.6	-5.5	11.0
Bennedict Mathurin	Starter	37	16	40.0	24.4	-25.7	7.0
Ethan Thompson	Starter	34	13	54.2	19.2	+3.2	8.8
Jay Huff	Starter	25	3	25.0	14.0	-7.8	-0.6
Quenton Jackson	Bench	16	9	62.5	25.0	-27.8	15.4
Johnny Furphy	Bench	23	3	37.5	7.8	+8.3	8.1
Jarace Walker	Bench	15	2	20.0	17.6	-25.8	0.0
Kam Jones	Bench	1	2	100.0	50.0	+100.0	50.0
Tony Bradley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Jackson	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	+160.0	-17.2
Taelon Peter	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	-25.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Starter	33	31	54.3	38.8	-8.0	21.3
Derrick White	Starter	32	19	56.3	23.8	+7.7	16.3
Payton Pritchard	Starter	33	11	42.7	20.5	-12.7	5.7
Neemias Queta	Starter	23	8	59.2	15.4	-6.5	11.5
Josh Minott	Starter	9	2	50.0	10.0	-38.9	2.0
Anfernee Simons	Bench	17	11	48.1	26.7	+5.6	3.7
Luka Garza	Bench	24	6	104.2	4.6	+19.9	21.6
Sam Hauser	Bench	20	6	37.5	18.8	+2.4	4.6
Hugo González	Bench	37	6	60.0	7.8	+27.3	12.9
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	12	3	50.0	12.9	+31.8	3.2
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
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Max Shulga	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Amari Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0