Philadelphia 76ers 113, Boston Celtics 97 — Recap

April 28, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Philadelphia 76ers 113, Boston Celtics 97. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHI 21-23 BOS; Q2 PHI 29-34 BOS; Q3 PHI 35-29 BOS; Q4 PHI 28-11 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Joel Embiid (PHI) 33 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists on 12-of-23 shooting; Tyrese Maxey (PHI) 25 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 24 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-23 shooting; Quentin Grimes (PHI) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHI

Joel Embiid

33 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST · 12-23 FG

Scoring · PHI

Tyrese Maxey

25 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

24 PTS, 16 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 8-19 FG

Season highs

Tyrese Maxey · Season-high 10 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

PHI 17 largest lead Q4 0:40 (PHI 113, BOS 96) · 14-0 run, Q3 1:33–Q4 10:18

BOS 13 largest lead Q3 10:13 (PHI 50, BOS 63) · 8-0 run, Q2 6:13–Q2 4:38

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Paul George makes 27-foot three pointer (Joel Embiid assists) (Q4 11:43, PHI 88, BOS 86).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
PHI	21	29	35	28		113
BOS	23	34	29	11		97

🧮 How They Scored

PHIBOS

34Points in the paint40

5Fast-break points9

9Second-chance points10

12Points off turnovers10

25Bench points29

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.6%Effective FG%46.6%

9.3%Turnover %10.8%

12.8%Offensive rebound %26.3%

0.295Free-throw rate0.258

Box Score

Philadelphia 76ers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Paul George F	43	16	9	7	2	0	2	6-13	4-9	0-0	+19
Tyrese Maxey G	42	25	10	5	2	1	2	10-18	3-10	2-2	+15
VJ Edgecombe G	40	10	7	3	1	0	1	3-8	3-6	1-2	+9
Joel Embiid F-C	39	33	4	8	0	1	3	12-23	0-5	9-10	+13
Kelly Oubre Jr. F	32	4	6	1	0	0	0	2-5	0-2	0-1	+7
Quentin Grimes G	24	18	2	0	0	1	1	5-8	4-7	4-4	+18
Andre Drummond C	7	5	4	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	2-2	+2
Dominick Barlow F	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	-7
Trendon Watford F	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Kyle Lowry G	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Dalen Terry F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Jabari Walker F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+1
Adem Bona F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	41	24	16	4	3	4	8-19	4-12	4-7	-9
Jaylen Brown G	41	22	5	5	1	3	9-23	1-4	3-5	-17
Derrick White G	36	6	1	3	0	1	2-8	0-4	2-2	-14
Payton Pritchard G	26	12	2	6	0	0	5-10	1-5	1-1	+8
Neemias Queta C	26	8	14	1	0	0	4-8	0-0	0-2	-10
Sam Hauser F	20	8	5	0	0	2	3-7	2-5	0-0	-21
Jordan Walsh G	16	1	3	2	2	0	0-2	0-1	1-2	-2
Nikola Vucevic C	14	8	2	3	0	1	3-6	2-5	0-0	-10
Baylor Scheierman G	9	3	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-3
Luka Garza C	6	4	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-1	2-2	+5
Ron Harper Jr. F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Hugo González G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Amari Williams F-C	1	1	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	1-2	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Joel Embiid	Starter	39	33	60.2	37.3	+17.7	15.7
Tyrese Maxey	Starter	42	25	66.2	23.3	+15.4	18.6
Paul George	Starter	43	16	61.5	16.5	+20.9	10.9
VJ Edgecombe	Starter	40	10	56.3	12.0	+12.9	6.5
Kelly Oubre Jr.	Starter	32	4	36.8	7.2	+9.1	3.3
Quentin Grimes	Bench	24	18	92.2	20.0	+36.1	13.3
Andre Drummond	Bench	07	5	133.0	11.8	+5.7	29.0
Dominick Barlow	Bench	06	2	113.6	7.7	-50.8	15.4
Kyle Lowry	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+33.3	0.0
Trendon Watford	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+33.3	-100.0
Jabari Walker	Bench	01	0	0.0	50.0	+33.3	200.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	+33.3	0.0
Adem Bona	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Justin Edwards	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Johni Broome	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Starter	41	24	54.3	27.7	-14.2	15.5
Jaylen Brown	Starter	41	22	43.7	29.8	-20.0	6.3
Neemias Queta	Starter	26	8	45.0	13.1	-15.8	10.8
Sam Hauser	Starter	20	8	57.1	19.1	-55.5	5.9
Derrick White	Starter	36	6	33.8	11.9	-22.4	0.7
Payton Pritchard	Bench	26	12	57.5	16.4	+12.8	11.9
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	14	8	66.7	20.0	-35.9	8.2
Luka Garza	Bench	06	4	69.4	23.1	+45.5	13.3
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	09	3	75.0	13.6	-22.5	0.0
Jordan Walsh	Bench	16	1	17.4	7.9	-6.3	3.3
Amari Williams	Bench	01	1	26.6	50.0	-33.3	50.0
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	02	0	0.0	16.7	-75.0	-200.0
Hugo González	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-75.0	0.0
Max Shulga	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0