Utah Jazz @ Boston Celtics
Monday, November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
TD Garden, Boston, MA | Game ID: 22500158
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
BOS 25 21 26 31 103UTA 21 15 38 31 105
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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.
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
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