Game ID: 22500158
Utah Jazz @ Boston Celtics
Monday, November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
TD Garden, Boston, MA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
BOS 25 21 26 31 103UTA 21 15 38 31 105
BOS vs UTA ScoutingBOS vs UTA Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
BOS availability going into 10/27 · back-to-back
full strength
BOS availability going into 10/29 · 1 day's rest
full strength
BOS availability going into 10/31 · 1 day's restNEW Minott 16 to 22 min over the last 4
BOS availability going into 11/01 · back-to-backOUT Boucher missed 2 since 10/29, returns tonight: 13 min (122% of 10)
NEW Minott 16 to 24 min over the last 4
BOS availability going into 11/03 · 1 day's restBACK Boucher back 11/01 after 2, 13 min since (122% of 10)
NEW Minott 16 to 23 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 11/05 · 1 day's restBACK Boucher back 11/01 after 2, 10 min since (96% of 10)
NEW Minott 16 to 23 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 11/07 · 1 day's restBACK Boucher back 11/01 after 2, 10 min since (96% of 10)
NEW Minott 16 to 25 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 11/09 · 1 day's restOUT Boucher missed 2 since 11/05, out tonight
NEW Minott 16 to 23 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 11/11 · 1 day's restOUT Scheierman missed 2 since 11/07, out tonight
OUT Boucher missed 3 since 11/05, out tonight
NEW Minott 16 to 22 min over the last 5
UTA availability going into 10/27 · 2 days' restOUT Harkless missed 2 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Anderson missed 2 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Love missed 2 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Tshiebwe missed 2 since 10/22, out tonight
UTA availability going into 10/29 · 1 day's restOUT Williams missed 2 since 10/24, returns tonight: 12 min (49% of 24)
OUT Harkless missed 3 since 10/22, returns tonight: 12 min (57% of 21)
OUT Anderson missed 3 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Love missed 3 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Tshiebwe missed 3 since 10/22, out tonight
NEW Mykhailiuk 23 to 28 min over the last 3
UTA availability going into 10/31 · 1 day's restOUT Anderson missed 4 since 10/22, returns tonight: 25 min (126% of 20)
OUT Love missed 4 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Tshiebwe missed 4 since 10/22, out tonight
BACK Williams back 10/29 after 2, 12 min since (49% of 24)
BACK Harkless back 10/29 after 3, 12 min since (57% of 21)
UTA availability going into 11/02 · 1 day's restOUT Love missed 5 since 10/22, returns tonight: 14 min (87% of 17)
OUT Tshiebwe missed 5 since 10/22, out tonight
BACK Williams back 10/29 after 2, 13 min since (55% of 24)
BACK Harkless back 10/29 after 3, 12 min since (57% of 21)
BACK Anderson back 10/31 after 4, 25 min since (126% of 20)
UTA availability going into 11/03 · back-to-backOUT Tshiebwe missed 6 since 10/22, out tonight
BACK Williams back 10/29 after 2, 12 min since (49% of 24)
BACK Harkless back 10/29 after 3, 12 min since (57% of 21)
BACK Anderson back 10/31 after 4, 18 min since (92% of 20)
BACK Love back 11/02 after 5, 14 min since (87% of 17)
UTA availability going into 11/05 · 1 day's restOUT Kessler missed 2 since 11/02, out tonight
OUT Tshiebwe missed 7 since 10/22, out tonight
BACK Williams back 10/29 after 2, 12 min since (49% of 24)
BACK Harkless back 10/29 after 3, 15 min since (71% of 21)
BACK Anderson back 10/31 after 4, 18 min since (92% of 20)
BACK Love back 11/02 after 5, 16 min since (94% of 17)
NEW Mykhailiuk 23 to 28 min over the last 5
UTA availability going into 11/07 · 1 day's restOUT Kessler missed 3 since 11/02, out tonight
OUT Collier missed 2 since 11/03, returns tonight: 26 min (102% of 26)
OUT Williams missed 2 since 11/03, returns tonight: 10 min (40% of 24)
OUT Anderson missed 2 since 11/03, returns tonight: 12 min (60% of 20)
OUT Tshiebwe missed 8 since 10/22, out tonight
BACK Harkless back 10/29 after 3, 14 min since (66% of 21)
BACK Love back 11/02 after 5, 15 min since (90% of 17)
UTA availability going into 11/10 · 2 days' restOUT Kessler missed 4 since 11/02, out tonight
OUT Tshiebwe missed 9 since 10/22, out tonight
BACK Collier back 11/07 after 2, 26 min since (102% of 26)
BACK Williams back 11/07 after 2, 10 min since (40% of 24)
BACK Anderson back 10/31 after 4, 16 min since (81% of 20)
BACK Love back 11/02 after 5, 12 min since (73% of 17)
UTA availability going into 11/11 · back-to-backOUT Kessler missed 5 since 11/02, out tonight
OUT Tshiebwe missed 10 since 10/22, out tonight
BACK Collier back 11/07 after 2, 21 min since (82% of 26)
BACK Williams back 11/07 after 2, 10 min since (40% of 24)
BACK Anderson back 11/07 after 2, 12 min since (60% of 20)
BACK Love back 11/02 after 5, 13 min since (78% of 17)
NEW Mykhailiuk 23 to 28 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 110, shooting 43 percent and 34 from three, 16 free throws a game; Brown at 26 and Pritchard at 16 a game. One day's rest. Utah comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 124, shooting 42 percent and 30 from three, 33 free throws a game; Markkanen at 36 and George at 23 a game. That is 3 straight losses. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without Tshiebwe (6 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the line, where Utah takes 33 free throws a game to Boston's 16 and the turnovers, Utah giving it away 18 times a game to Boston's 10. Call it Boston 120, Utah 111.
10/27 @ NOP 122-90 — BOS notes
BOS won 122-90. BOS shot 48% (46 of 95) to NOP's 33%, 18 of 53 from three, and got to the line 15 times to NOP's 28. The glass went 54-35 for them. Simons led with 25 (9 of 17, 6 of 13 from three); Pritchard added 18, Garza 16. The hinge was Q4, 35-12: a lead of 9 became 32. Minott was the night's best plus/minus at +42.
10/29 vs CLE 125-105 — BOS notes
BOS won 125-105. BOS shot 44% (42 of 95) to CLE's 40%, 21 of 57 from three. BOS turned it over 9 times to CLE's 14. The glass went 53-42 for them. Brown led with 30 (12 of 20, 4 of 9 from three); Hauser added 21, White 19. The hinge was Q2, 35-18: BOS came in trailing by 2 and left it ahead by 15, and the lead reached 20. Queta was the night's best plus/minus at +25.
10/31 @ PHI 109-108 — BOS notes
BOS won 109-108. BOS shot 44% (44 of 101) to PHI's 47%, 14 of 45 from three, and got to the line 12 times to PHI's 29. BOS turned it over 9 times to PHI's 18. Brown led with 32 (13 of 19, 4 of 7 from three); Simons added 19, White 15. The hinge was Q1, 38-25: from level to 13 ahead, and the lead reached 24. Simons was the night's best plus/minus at +23.
11/01 vs HOU 101-128 — BOS notes
BOS lost 101-128. BOS took 26 more shots (103 to 77), fed by 14 offensive rebounds, but shot 39% to HOU's 55%, 14 of 44 from three, and got to the line just 7 times against 25 fouls committed. BOS turned it over 10 times to HOU's 18. The glass went 36-53 against them. Scheierman led with 17 (6 of 7, 4 of 5 from three); Pritchard added 14, Brown 12. Q4 was theirs, 29-31, but the other 3 periods went 97-72 against them. Brown's -20 in 22 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/03 vs UTA 103-105 — BOS notes
BOS lost 103-105. BOS shot 42% (37 of 89) to UTA's 45%, 11 of 51 from three. BOS turned it over 10 times to UTA's 18. The glass went 36-55 against them. Brown led with 36 (13 of 28, 0 of 9 from three, 10 of 11 at the line); Pritchard added 18, Simons 15. Q2 was theirs, 21-15, but the other 3 periods went 90-82 against them. They led by as many as 14.
11/05 vs WAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 107, shooting 43 percent and 31 from three, 16 free throws a game; Brown at 25 and Simons at 15 a game. One day's rest. Washington comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 130, shooting 45 percent and 37 from three, 19 free throws a game; Sarr at 19 and McCollum at 15 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 7 a night. Without Watkins (3 straight), Cooper (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 107 a night to Washington's 130 and the turnovers, Washington giving it away 18 times a game to Boston's 10. Call it Boston 121, Washington 109, Boston by 12.
11/07 @ ORL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Orlando comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 120, shooting 49 percent and 36 from three, 31 free throws a game; Banchero at 25 and Fra. Wagner at 22 a game. 2 days' rest. Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 111, shooting 45 percent and 32 from three, 17 free throws a game; Brown at 29 and Pritchard at 15 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest.
So: Orlando wins, and the game turns on the line, where Orlando takes 31 free throws a game to Boston's 17 and the turnovers, Orlando giving it away 15 times a game to Boston's 9. Call it Orlando 116, Boston 115, Boston keeping it close.
11/09 @ ORL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Orlando comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 115, shooting 48 percent and 39 from three, 30 free throws a game; Fra. Wagner at 23 and Banchero at 22 a game. One day's rest. Boston comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 114, shooting 45 percent and 31 from three, 16 free throws a game; Brown at 29 and Pritchard at 18 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. One day's rest.
So: Orlando wins, and the game turns on the line, where Orlando takes 30 free throws a game to Boston's 16 and the glass, where Orlando has been plus-3 a night and Boston minus-6. Call it Orlando 117, Boston 112.
11/11 @ PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 116, shooting 48 percent and 36 from three, 25 free throws a game; Maxey at 31 and Oubre Jr. at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Barlow (8 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 114, shooting 45 percent and 33 from three, 18 free throws a game; Brown at 28 and Pritchard at 16 a game. It has lost the glass by 7 a night. Without Scheierman (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Philadelphia has been plus-5 a night and Boston minus-7 and the turnovers, Philadelphia giving it away 16 times a game to Boston's 11. Call it Philadelphia 118, Boston 114, Boston keeping it close.
10/27 vs PHX 138-134 — UTA notes
UTA won 138-134 in 1 overtime. UTA shot 41% (44 of 108) to PHX's 42%, 16 of 49 from three. The glass went 64-48 for them. Markkanen led with 51 (14 of 32, 6 of 13 from three, 17 of 17 at the line); George added 26, Kessler 25. The hinge was Q1, 39-27: from level to 12 ahead, and the lead reached 20. Mykhailiuk was the night's best plus/minus at +28.
10/29 vs POR 134-136 — UTA notes
UTA lost 134-136. UTA shot 49% (41 of 84) to POR's 48%, 11 of 35 from three, and went to the line 49 times to POR's 27 — 41 points from the stripe to their 23. UTA turned it over 21 times to POR's 16, and POR turned those into 14 steals. Markkanen led with 32 (10 of 19, 2 of 7 from three, 10 of 12 at the line); George added 29, Kessler 18. Q4 was theirs, 36-19, the deficit cut from 19 to 2, but the other 3 periods went 117-98 against them. They led by as many as 13. Bailey's -17 in 15 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/31 @ PHX 96-118 — UTA notes
UTA lost 96-118. UTA shot 38% (30 of 80) to PHX's 47%, 12 of 37 from three, and went to the line 32 times to PHX's 18 — 24 points from the stripe to their 15. UTA turned it over 21 times to PHX's 9, and PHX turned those into 10 steals. Markkanen led with 33 (10 of 20, 4 of 11 from three, 9 of 12 at the line); George added 17. Q2 was theirs, 23-17, the deficit cut from 20 to 14, but the other 3 periods went 101-73 against them. Clayton Jr.'s -22 in 9 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/02 @ CHA 103-126 — UTA notes
UTA lost 103-126. UTA shot 41% (36 of 88) to CHA's 49%, 7 of 32 from three, and went to the line 29 times to CHA's 22 — 24 points from the stripe to their 22. Markkanen led with 29 (12 of 28, 3 of 10 from three); George added 25, Hendricks 14. Q3 was theirs, 38-33, the deficit cut from 23 to 18, but the other 3 periods went 93-65 against them. Nurkić's -22 in 22 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/03 @ BOS 105-103 — UTA notes
UTA won 105-103. UTA shot 45% (38 of 84) to BOS's 42%, 9 of 31 from three. UTA turned it over 18 times to BOS's 10, and BOS turned those into 12 steals. The glass went 55-36 for them. George led with 31 (9 of 16, 2 of 5 from three, 11 of 13 at the line); Markkanen added 20, Filipowski 13. The hinge was Q3, 38-26: UTA came in trailing by 10 and left it ahead by 2. UTA trailed 36-46 at the half and won the second half 69-57.
11/05 @ DET — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Detroit comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 112, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 30 free throws a game; Cunningham at 24 and Harris at 15 a game. One day's rest. Utah comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 123, shooting 43 percent and 30 from three, 34 free throws a game; Markkanen at 33 and George at 26 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Kessler (2 straight), Tshiebwe (7 straight). One day's rest.
So: Detroit wins, and the game turns on the defense, Detroit allowing 112 a night to Utah's 123 and the arc, Detroit at 35 percent from three to Utah's 30. Call it Detroit 119, Utah 113.
11/07 @ MIN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Minnesota comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 119, shooting 51 percent and 43 from three, 23 free throws a game; Randle at 28 and McDaniels at 21 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. One day's rest. Utah comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 119, shooting 42 percent and 29 from three, 33 free throws a game; Markkanen at 28 and George at 24 a game. Without Kessler (3 straight), Collier (2 straight), Williams (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Minnesota wins, and the game turns on the arc, Minnesota at 43 percent from three to Utah's 29 and the glass, where Utah has been plus-3 a night and Minnesota minus-6. Call it Minnesota 119, Utah 114.
11/10 vs MIN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Utah comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 101 a night and allowing 120, shooting 40 percent and 28 from three, 28 free throws a game; Markkanen at 24 and George at 22 a game. Without Kessler (4 straight), Tshiebwe (9 straight). 2 days' rest. Minnesota comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 128 a night and allowing 113, shooting 54 percent and 44 from three, 23 free throws a game; Edwards at 26 and Randle at 24 a game. Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Minnesota wins, on the road, and the game turns on the arc, Minnesota at 44 percent from three to Utah's 28 and the defense, Minnesota allowing 113 a night to Utah's 120. Call it Minnesota 121, Utah 112.
11/11 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Utah comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 104 a night and allowing 120, shooting 40 percent and 28 from three, 26 free throws a game; George at 24 and Markkanen at 21 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Kessler (5 straight), Tshiebwe (10 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Indiana comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 114, shooting 40 percent and 28 from three, 25 free throws a game; Siakam at 24 and Nesmith at 22 a game. That is 4 straight losses. Without Mathurin (8 straight), Furphy (3 straight), Que. Jackson (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Utah wins, and the game turns on the defense, Indiana allowing 114 a night to Utah's 120. Call it Utah 113, Indiana 112, Indiana keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
UTAAB A. Bailey
EH E. Harkless
JN J. Nurkić
KF K. Filipowski
KG K. George
KL K. Love
LM L. Markkanen
NU Nurkic
SM S. Mykhailiuk
TH T. Hendricks
WC W. Clayton Jr.
BOSAS A. Simons
BS B. Scheierman
CB C. Boucher
DW D. White
HG H. González
JB J. Brown
JM J. Minott
LG L. Garza
NQ N. Queta
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
XT X. Tillman
UTA/BOS the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Jusuf Nurkic makes last-second putback to lift the Jazz past the Celtics, 105-103
BOSTON -- — Jusuf Nurkic dropped in a putback with 0.6 seconds remaining and the Utah Jazz overcame a double-digit, second-half deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 105-103 on Monday night.
Keyonte George scored a season-high 31 points, and Lauri Markkanen added 20 points and nine rebounds to help the Jazz end a three-game losing streak.
The Celtics had a chance to tie, but Jaylen Brown was called for a foul on the inbounds play. Boston’s challenged but was unsuccessful allowing the Jazz to inbound the ball and run out the clock.
Brown led Boston with 36 points, but was 0 for 9 from the 3-point line. Boston shot a season-low 21.6% (11 of 51) from beyond the arc.
Payton Pritchard added 18 points and Derrick White finished with 10 points for the Celtics. They have lost their last two after winning three straight.
Utah erased a 10-point halftime deficit, outscoring the Celtics 25-14 over the first seven minutes coming out of the break to take its first lead of the night, 61-60.
The game was tied at 101 with a minute to play when Utah was whistled for a defensive 3-second violation.
White connected on the technical free throw. But on the ensuing possession, Brown tripped and turned it over to Markkanen, who drove in for a layup,
Neemias Queta was fouled and hit 1 of 2 free throws to tie it, setting up the Jazz’s final possession.