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Boston Celtics at Portland Trail Blazers

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19-12, 9-7 Away
Final
108 - 114

13-19, 6-9 Home

Sharpe scores 26 as Blazers beat Celtics 114-108

Boston Celtics vs. Portland Trail Blazers: Game Highlights

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.

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

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/por.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPOR
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 Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Kris Murray, F Out Jan 29
Duop Reath, C Out Jan 29
Scoot Henderson, G Out Jan 29
Matisse Thybulle, G Out Jan 25
Blake Wesley, G Out Nov 5
Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Jaylen Brown, G Day-To-Day Jan 30
Jayson Tatum, F Out Oct 9

Game Information

Moda Center

Location: Portland, OR
Attendance: 17,949 · Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York 30 18 .625 - W5
Boston 30 18 .625 - W1
Toronto 29 21 .580 2 L2
Philadelphia 26 21 .553 3.5 W2
Brooklyn 13 34 .277 16.5 W1

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 38 11 .776 - L1
Denver 33 16 .673 5 W2
Minnesota 30 19 .612 8 W3
Portland 23 26 .469 15 L4
Utah 15 34 .306 23 L5
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