Game ID: 22500444
Boston Celtics @ Portland Trail Blazers
Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET
Moda Center, Portland, OR
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
POR 31 24 31 28 114BOS 30 33 22 23 108
BOS @ POR ScoutingBOS @ POR 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.
POR availability going into 12/20 · 1 day's restOUT Holiday missed 15 since 11/16, out tonight
OUT Henderson missed 27 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 22 since 10/31, out tonight
OUT Wesley missed 21 since 11/03, out tonight
BACK Clingan back 12/14 after 3, 28 min since (106% of 27)
BACK Williams III back 12/14 after 2, 18 min since (104% of 17)
NEW Grant 29 to 34 min over the last 5
NEW Cissoko 18 to 27 min over the last 5
POR availability going into 12/22 · 1 day's restOUT Holiday missed 16 since 11/16, out tonight
OUT Henderson missed 28 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 23 since 10/31, out tonight
OUT Wesley missed 22 since 11/03, out tonight
BACK Clingan back 12/14 after 3, 29 min since (108% of 27)
BACK Williams III back 12/14 after 2, 18 min since (104% of 17)
NEW Grant 29 to 34 min over the last 4
NEW Cissoko 18 to 27 min over the last 5
POR availability going into 12/23 · back-to-backOUT Holiday missed 17 since 11/16, out tonight
OUT Grant missed 2 since 12/20, out tonight
OUT Henderson missed 29 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 24 since 10/31, out tonight
OUT Wesley missed 23 since 11/03, out tonight
BACK Clingan back 12/14 after 3, 30 min since (112% of 27)
BACK Williams III back 12/14 after 2, 17 min since (99% of 17)
NEW Murray 22 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Cissoko 18 to 28 min over the last 5
POR availability going into 12/26 · 2 days' restOUT Holiday missed 18 since 11/16, out tonight
OUT Grant missed 3 since 12/20, out tonight
OUT Henderson missed 30 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 25 since 10/31, out tonight
OUT Wesley missed 24 since 11/03, out tonight
BACK Clingan back 12/14 after 3, 31 min since (115% of 27)
BACK Williams III back 12/14 after 2, 17 min since (99% of 17)
NEW Murray 22 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Cissoko 18 to 25 min over the last 5
POR availability going into 12/28 · 1 day's restOUT Holiday missed 19 since 11/16, out tonight
OUT Grant missed 4 since 12/20, out tonight
OUT Henderson missed 31 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 26 since 10/31, out tonight
OUT Wesley missed 25 since 11/03, out tonight
NEW Avdija 33 to 39 min over the last 5
NEW Murray 22 to 28 min over the last 5
POR availability going into 12/29 · back-to-backOUT Holiday missed 20 since 11/16, out tonight
OUT Grant missed 5 since 12/20, out tonight
OUT Henderson missed 32 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 27 since 10/31, out tonight
OUT Wesley missed 26 since 11/03, out tonight
NEW Avdija 33 to 39 min over the last 5
NEW Murray 22 to 30 min over the last 5
POR availability going into 12/31 · 1 day's restOUT Holiday missed 21 since 11/16, out tonight
OUT Grant missed 6 since 12/20, out tonight
OUT Henderson missed 33 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 28 since 10/31, out tonight
OUT Wesley missed 27 since 11/03, out tonight
NEW Avdija 33 to 38 min over the last 5
NEW Murray 22 to 29 min over the last 4
NEW Love 21 to 28 min over the last 5
POR availability going into 1/02 · 1 day's restOUT Holiday missed 22 since 11/16, out tonight
OUT Grant missed 7 since 12/20, out tonight
OUT Henderson missed 34 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 29 since 10/31, out tonight
OUT Wesley missed 28 since 11/03, out tonight
NEW Murray 22 to 29 min over the last 4
NEW Love 21 to 30 min over the last 5
POR availability going into 1/03 · back-to-backOUT Holiday missed 23 since 11/16, out tonight
OUT Grant missed 8 since 12/20, out tonight
OUT Henderson missed 35 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Thybulle missed 30 since 10/31, out tonight
OUT Wesley missed 29 since 11/03, out tonight
NEW Murray 22 to 28 min over the last 4
NEW Love 21 to 29 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/19 · 3 days' restOUT Garza missed 3 since 12/07, out tonight
OUT Boucher missed 9 since 11/26, out tonight
NEW Walsh 17 to 26 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/20 · back-to-backOUT Garza missed 4 since 12/07, returns tonight: 26 min (166% of 16)
OUT Boucher missed 10 since 11/26, out tonight
NEW Walsh 17 to 25 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/22 · 1 day's restOUT Boucher missed 11 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/20 after 4, 26 min since (166% of 16)
BOS availability going into 12/26 · 3 days' restOUT Boucher missed 12 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/20 after 4, 25 min since (162% of 16)
NEW González 14 to 25 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/28 · 1 day's restOUT Boucher missed 13 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/20 after 4, 26 min since (165% of 16)
NEW González 14 to 25 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/30 · 1 day's restOUT Minott missed 2 since 12/26, out tonight
OUT Boucher missed 14 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/20 after 4, 22 min since (142% of 16)
NEW González 14 to 27 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 1/01 · 1 day's restOUT Minott missed 3 since 12/26, out tonight
OUT Boucher missed 15 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/20 after 4, 21 min since (137% of 16)
NEW González 14 to 25 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 1/03 · 1 day's restOUT Minott missed 4 since 12/26, returns tonight: 3 min (18% of 16)
OUT Boucher missed 16 since 11/26, out tonight
NEW Garza 16 to 21 min over the last 5
NEW González 14 to 23 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 1/05 · 1 day's restOUT Boucher missed 17 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Minott back 1/03 after 4, 3 min since (18% of 16)
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Portland comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 113, shooting 46 percent and 32 from three, 28 free throws a game; Avdija at 26 and Sharpe at 22 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Holiday (19 straight), Grant (4 straight), Henderson (31 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 108, shooting 49 percent and 38 from three, 24 free throws a game; Brown at 31 and White at 24 a game. That is 4 straight wins. It has won the glass by 7 a night. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the turnovers, Portland giving it away 18 times a game to Boston's 12 and the glass, where Boston has been plus-7 a night and Portland plus-1. Call it Boston 116, Portland 112, Portland keeping it close.
12/20 @ SAC 98-93 — POR notes
POR won 98-93. POR shot 43% (35 of 81) to SAC's 38%, 11 of 32 from three, and got to the line 25 times to SAC's 31. POR turned it over 20 times to SAC's 15, and SAC turned those into 14 steals. Avdija led with 24 (6 of 18, 3 of 9 from three, 9 of 10 at the line); Sharpe added 23, Camara 15. The hinge was Q1, 28-26: from level to 2 ahead.
12/22 vs DET 102-110 — POR notes
POR lost 102-110. POR shot 45% (33 of 74) to DET's 44%, 7 of 32 from three, and went to the line 43 times to DET's 24 — 29 points from the stripe to their 15. POR turned it over 18 times to DET's 8, and DET turned those into 11 steals. The glass went 38-48 against them. Sharpe led with 25 (11 of 21, 1 of 6 from three); Avdija added 18, Clingan 17. Q4 was theirs, 24-15, the deficit cut from 17 to 8, but the other 3 periods went 95-78 against them.
12/23 vs ORL 106-110 — POR notes
POR lost 106-110. POR shot 47% (41 of 87) to ORL's 44%, 9 of 32 from three. Avdija led with 25 (10 of 25, 2 of 6 from three); Sharpe added 22, Love 17. Q4 was theirs, 26-21, the deficit cut from 9 to 4, but the other 3 periods went 89-80 against them. Camara's -14 in 40 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/26 vs LAC 103-119 — POR notes
POR lost 103-119. POR took 11 more shots (80 to 69), fed by 13 offensive rebounds, but shot 45% to LAC's 51%, 16 of 39 from three, and got to the line 22 times to LAC's 31. The glass went 43-32 for them. Avdija led with 29 (10 of 18, 2 of 7 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); Camara added 20, Sharpe 16. Q1 was theirs, 35-25, but the other 3 periods went 94-68 against them. They led by as many as 12. Avdija's -22 in 39 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/28 vs BOS 114-108 — POR notes
POR won 114-108. POR shot 47% (42 of 89) to BOS's 44%, 18 of 51 from three. Sharpe led with 26 (10 of 20, 5 of 8 from three); Avdija added 24, Camara 20. The hinge was Q3, 31-22: POR came in trailing by 8 and left it ahead by 1. POR trailed 55-63 at the half and won the second half 59-45. Avdija was the night's best plus/minus at +8.
12/29 vs DAL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Portland comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 108, shooting 45 percent and 33 from three, 26 free throws a game; Avdija at 24 and Sharpe at 22 a game. Without Holiday (20 straight), Grant (5 straight), Henderson (32 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Dallas comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 122, shooting 51 percent and 34 from three, 20 free throws a game; Flagg at 25 and Davis at 23 a game. One day's rest.
So: Portland wins, and the game turns on the defense, Portland allowing 108 a night to Dallas's 122 and the line, where Portland takes 26 free throws a game to Dallas's 20. Call it Portland 116, Dallas 114, Dallas keeping it close.
12/31 @ OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 117, shooting 51 percent and 35 from three, 19 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 30 and Holmgren at 18 a game. Without J. Williams (7 straight). One day's rest. Portland comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 114, shooting 46 percent and 34 from three, 25 free throws a game; Avdija at 25 and Sharpe at 23 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Holiday (21 straight), Grant (6 straight), Henderson (33 straight). One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the turnovers, Portland giving it away 17 times a game to OKC's 12 and the line, where Portland takes 25 free throws a game to OKC's 19. Call it OKC 120, Portland 112.
1/02 @ NOP — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New Orleans comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 129, shooting 44 percent and 34 from three, 31 free throws a game; Williamson at 26 and Murphy III at 19 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Jones (5 straight), Murray (5 straight), Alvarado (2 straight). One day's rest. Portland comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 117, shooting 45 percent and 37 from three, 20 free throws a game; Avdija at 24 and Sharpe at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 9 a night. Without Holiday (22 straight), Grant (7 straight), Henderson (34 straight). One day's rest.
So: New Orleans wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Portland has been plus-9 a night and New Orleans minus-5 and the line, where New Orleans takes 31 free throws a game to Portland's 20. Call it New Orleans 119, Portland 117, Portland keeping it close.
1/03 @ SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 117, shooting 46 percent and 29 from three, 29 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 27 and Fox at 23 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without Vassell (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Portland comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 116, shooting 45 percent and 38 from three, 22 free throws a game; Avdija at 26 and Sharpe at 21 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Holiday (23 straight), Grant (8 straight), Henderson (35 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: San Antonio wins, and the game turns on the arc, Portland at 38 percent from three to San Antonio's 29 and the line, where San Antonio takes 29 free throws a game to Portland's 22. Call it San Antonio 120, Portland 114.
12/19 vs MIA 129-116 — BOS notes
BOS won 129-116. BOS shot 54% (44 of 82) to MIA's 39%, 21 of 43 from three. White led with 33 (11 of 20, 9 of 14 from three); Brown added 30, Hauser 15. The hinge was Q4, 37-27: a lead of 3 became 13, and the lead reached 19. White was the night's best plus/minus at +27.
12/20 @ TOR 112-96 — BOS notes
BOS won 112-96. BOS shot 46% (44 of 95) to TOR's 41%, 12 of 39 from three. The glass went 55-37 for them. Pritchard led with 33 (13 of 24, 4 of 9 from three); White added 15, Simons 15. The hinge was Q4, 29-16: a lead of 3 became 16. BOS trailed 49-51 at the half and won the second half 63-45. González was the night's best plus/minus at +37.
12/22 vs IND 103-95 — BOS notes
BOS won 103-95. BOS shot 43% (38 of 89) to IND's 39%, 11 of 37 from three. The glass went 49-36 for them. Brown led with 31 (11 of 25, 2 of 6 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); White added 19, Pritchard 11. The hinge was Q4, 29-13: BOS came in trailing by 8 and left it ahead by 8. BOS trailed 43-61 at the half and won the second half 60-34. González was the night's best plus/minus at +21.
12/26 @ IND 140-122 — BOS notes
BOS won 140-122. BOS shot 57% (47 of 83) to IND's 49%, 20 of 39 from three, and went to the line 34 times to IND's 20 — 26 points from the stripe to their 16. Brown led with 30 (13 of 20, 2 of 3 from three); Pritchard added 29, Hauser 23. The hinge was Q2, 47-22: BOS came in trailing by 11 and left it ahead by 14, and the lead reached 28. Garza was the night's best plus/minus at +26.
12/28 @ POR 108-114 — BOS notes
BOS lost 108-114. BOS shot 44% (40 of 91) to POR's 47%, 13 of 44 from three. Brown led with 37 (14 of 23, 2 of 5 from three, 7 of 10 at the line); González added 13, Simons 13. Q2 was theirs, 33-24, turning a 1-point deficit into a 8-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 90-75 against them. They led by as many as 10. Simons's -15 in 19 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/30 @ UTA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Utah comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 129, shooting 46 percent and 39 from three, 27 free throws a game; Markkanen at 29 and George at 26 a game. Without Kessler (26 straight), Harkless (17 straight), Anderson (6 straight). 2 days' rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 109, shooting 48 percent and 38 from three, 22 free throws a game; Brown at 32 and White at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 6 a night. Without Minott (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 109 a night to Utah's 129 and the glass, where Boston has been plus-6 a night and Utah minus-2. Call it Boston 122, Utah 117.
1/01 @ SAC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Sacramento comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 125, shooting 45 percent and 36 from three, 23 free throws a game; DeRozan at 21 and Westbrook at 19 a game. Without LaVine (7 straight), Sabonis (19 straight), Plowden (21 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 109, shooting 48 percent and 34 from three, 22 free throws a game; Brown at 30 and Pritchard at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without Minott (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 109 a night to Sacramento's 125 and the glass, where Boston has been plus-7 a night and Sacramento plus-0. Call it Boston 119, Sacramento 112.
1/03 @ LAC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
The Clippers come in 5-0 over their last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 100, shooting 50 percent and 42 from three, 29 free throws a game; Leonard at 40 and Harden at 26 a game. That is 5 straight wins. Without Zubac (5 straight), Bogdanović (3 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 111, shooting 49 percent and 36 from three, 23 free throws a game; Brown at 30 and White at 19 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Minott (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: The Clippers win, and the game turns on the glass, where Boston has been plus-5 a night and the Clippers minus-3 and the defense, the Clippers allowing 100 a night to Boston's 111. Call it the Clippers 115, Boston 112, Boston keeping it close.
1/05 vs CHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 129 a night and allowing 115, shooting 51 percent and 40 from three, 23 free throws a game; Brown at 34 and White at 21 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has won the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest. Chicago comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 118, shooting 46 percent and 33 from three, 19 free throws a game; Vučević at 20 and Buzelis at 16 a game. Without Giddey (3 straight), White (3 straight), Collins (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the arc, Boston at 40 percent from three to Chicago's 33 and the glass, where Boston has been plus-5 a night and Chicago plus-1. Call it Boston 123, Chicago 113, Boston by 10.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PORCL C. Love
DA D. Avdija
DC D. Clingan
HY H. Yang
KM K. Murray
RR R. Rupert
SC S. Cissoko
SS S. Sharpe
TC T. Camara
BOSAS A. Simons
BS B. Scheierman
DW D. White
GO Gonzalez
HG H. González
JB J. Brown
JW J. Walsh
LG L. Garza
NQ N. Queta
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
POR/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
PORTLAND, Ore. -- — Shaedon Sharpe scored 26 points including 5 of 8 from 3-point range and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 114-108 win over the Boston Celtics on Sunday.
Deni Avdija added 24 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds for the Blazers, Toumani Camara scored 20 points, and Donovan Clingan had 18 points and 18 rebounds. Caleb Love added 18 points off the bench.
The Celtics, whose four-game winning streak was snapped, were led by Jaylen Brown with 37 points on 14 of 23 shooting. It was Brown's ninth game in a row with 30 or more points, tying Larry Bird for the franchise record of consecutive 30-plus point games. Paul Pierce is third with seven.
Anfernee Simons scored 13 points off the bench in his first game against his former team, but the Celtics shot 43% overall and 29% (13 of 45) from 3-point range.
Rookie Hugo Gonzalez also scored 13 points for Boston.
The Celtics led 63-55 at halftime, but Portland pulled ahead by outscoring Boston 31-22 in the third quarter.
Derrick White 's driving layup with 4:47 to play made it 100-all, but Love's 3-pointer with 4:30 left put Portland ahead to stay.
Up next Trail Blazers: Face the Dallas Mavericks at home on Monday night.