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Boston Celtics at LA Clippers

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22-12, 12-7 Away
Final
146 - 115

12-22, 8-9 Home

Jaylen Brown ties career high with 50 points in Celtics' 146-115 romp over Clippers

Derrick Jones Jr. leaves game with MCL sprain

Brown had 19 points in the third quarter. Derrick White added 29 points and Anfernee Simons had 15 as the Celtics went 4-1 on the trip and 3-1 against Western Conference teams. Boston is 7-1 since Dec. 19.

Brown was 18 of 26 from the floor, while White went 10 of 20. Boston shot 55.2% overall and 47.1% from 3-point range. Brown and White combined to go 11 of 22 from long range.

Kawhi Leonard and John Collins each scored 22 points as the Clippers saw their season-best, six-game winning streak end. Collins made his first eight shots in the game and went 9 of 10 from the floor.

Derrick Jones scored 19 points for Los Angeles before leaving in the fourth quarter with an apparent right knee injury. James Harden had 18 points and 12 assists, and Ivica Zubac had four points and seven rebounds in 21 minutes after missing the previous five games with a sprained left ankle.

Brown put the game away with nine consecutive Celtics points for a 128-107 lead with 6:15 remaining. He scored inside in traffic with 3:56 remaining to reach 50 points.

Up next Celtics: Host Chicago on Monday night.

Clippers: Host Golden State on Monday night.

Regular Season Series

BOS wins series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 146 - 115
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 146 - 115
4th 20.6 Kobe Sanders bad pass turnover (Josh Minott steals) 146 - 115
4th 28.6 Payton Pritchard makes driving layup 146 - 115
4th 51.4 Jordan Miller makes free throw 2 of 2 144 - 115

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/bos.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originBOS https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/lac.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originLAC
53-96 FG 42-84
55 Field Goal % 50
24-51 3PT 15-38
47 Three Point % 39
16-19 FT 16-17
84 Free Throw % 94
46 Rebounds 30
16 Offensive Rebounds 8
30 Defensive Rebounds 22
30 Assists 26
4 Steals 4
6 Blocks 4
6 Turnovers 9
0 Team Turnovers 1
6 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
4 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 20
15 Fast Break Points 6
50 Points in Paint 50
20 Fouls 15
33 Largest Lead 0
0 Lead Changes 0
99 Percent Led 0
LA Clippers LA Clippers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Bogdan Bogdanovic, G Out Jan 21
Derrick Jones Jr., F Out Jan 4
Bradley Beal, G Out Nov 12
Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Josh Minott, F Out Jan 22
Derrick White, G Out Jan 22
Jayson Tatum, F Out Oct 9

Game Information

Intuit Dome

Location: Inglewood, CA
Attendance: 17,927 · Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 27 16 .628 - W1
New York 26 18 .591 1.5 W1
Toronto 27 19 .587 1.5 W2
Philadelphia 24 19 .558 3 W1
Brooklyn 12 30 .286 14.5 L3

2025-26 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Phoenix - 17 W3 0.6136364 27
LA Lakers 0.5 17 L1 0.60465115 26
Golden State 3 21 L2 0.54347825 25
LA Clippers 7 24 W1 0.45454547 20
Sacramento 15.5 33 L3 0.26666668 12
Full Standings

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