Boston Celtics at Portland Trail Blazers
· National Basketball AssociationSharpe scores 26 as Blazers beat Celtics 114-108
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.
Celtics: Visit the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night.
Regular Season Series
POR leads series 1-0
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 108 - 114 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 108 - 114 |
| 4th 5.6 |  |
Payton Pritchard bad pass turnover (Deni Avdija steals) | 108 - 114 |
| 4th 15.9 |  |
Deni Avdija makes free throw 2 of 2 | 108 - 114 |
| 4th 15.9 | |
Neemias Queta enters the game for Anfernee Simons | 108 - 113 |
Statistics
 BOS |
 POR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 40-91 | FG | 42-89 |
| 44 | Field Goal % | 47 |
| 13-44 | 3PT | 18-51 |
| 30 | Three Point % | 35 |
| 15-19 | FT | 12-21 |
| 79 | Free Throw % | 57 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive Rebounds | 16 |
| 27 | Defensive Rebounds | 32 |
| 19 | Assists | 26 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 19 | Total Turnovers | 20 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 21 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| 44 | Points in Paint | 40 |
| 23 | Fouls | 19 |
| 10 | Largest Lead | 7 |
| 11 | Lead Changes | 11 |
| 46 | Percent Led | 46 |
Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Damian Lillard, G | Out | Feb 14 |
Boston Celtics Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|
Game Information
Location: Portland, OR
Attendance: 17,949 · Capacity:
2025-26 Atlantic Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston |
56 | 26 | .683 | - | W2 |
 New York |
53 | 29 | .646 | 3 | L1 |
 Toronto |
46 | 36 | .561 | 10 | W1 |
 Philadelphia |
45 | 37 | .549 | 11 | W2 |
 Brooklyn |
20 | 62 | .244 | 36 | L3 |
2025-26 Northwest Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Oklahoma City |
64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
 Denver |
54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
 Minnesota |
49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
 Portland |
42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
 Utah |
22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
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