Derrick White scores 23 points as Celtics roll to 109-86 win over Rockets

— Derrick White had 23 points and Jayson Tatum and Payton Pritchard added 20 each to lead the Boston Celtics to a 109-86 victory over the Houston Rockets on Friday night.
Jan 4, 2026, 03:24 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--HOU

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Derrick White misses driving layup
  • Jalen Green misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes two point shot
  • Jrue Holiday makes driving layup
  • Alperen Sengun makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kristaps Porzingis makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
  • Jeff Green makes 14-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Derrick White makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kristaps Porzingis assists)
  • Dillon Brooks makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jrue Holiday makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Fred VanVleet misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot driving dunk
  • Kristaps Porzingis misses 14-foot jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Derrick White makes 26-foot three pointer (Kristaps Porzingis assists)
  • Dillon Brooks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jalen Green assists)
  • Luke Kornet makes 2-foot dunk (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Jalen Green misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jrue Holiday makes 24-foot three point jumper (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Alperen Sengun misses two point shot
  • Jrue Holiday makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Luke Kornet blocks Dillon Brooks 's 1-foot driving layup
  • Luke Kornet makes 1-foot dunk (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Fred VanVleet misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Derrick White misses 29-foot three point shot
  • Jalen Green makes 20-foot step back jumpshot (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Jayson Tatum makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Jalen Green makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Payton Pritchard makes two point shot
  • Alperen Sengun misses 4-foot hook shot
  • Jrue Holiday makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Dillon Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Steven Adams makes two point shot
  • Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Payton Pritchard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luke Kornet assists)
  • Steven Adams misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Jalen Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dillon Brooks misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Steven Adams misses tip shot
  • Steven Adams makes tip shot
  • Luke Kornet misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Payton Pritchard misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Fred VanVleet makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Payton Pritchard makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Fred VanVleet misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jae'Sean Tate blocks Jayson Tatum 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Dillon Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Cam Whitmore makes three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Payton Pritchard makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Fred VanVleet makes driving layup
  • Jordan Walsh misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Cam Whitmore makes two point shot
  • Kristaps Porzingis misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Cam Whitmore misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jrue Holiday misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Holiday misses two point shot
  • Derrick White makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Aaron Holiday misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Derrick White misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Derrick White blocks Cam Whitmore's layup
  • Payton Pritchard makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
  • Cam Whitmore misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kristaps Porzingis makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes driving layup
  • Neemias Queta makes 3-foot dunk (Derrick White assists)
  • Kristaps Porzingis blocks Alperen Sengun 's 12-foot two point shot
  • Neemias Queta misses layup
  • Dillon Brooks makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Derrick White misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jalen Green makes 29-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Payton Pritchard makes driving layup
  • Jalen Green makes 23-foot pullup jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Jayson Tatum misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kristaps Porzingis misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Derrick White makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Green makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Derrick White misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Cam Whitmore misses 27-foot three point shot
  • Neemias Queta misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Neemias Queta makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dillon Brooks misses two point shot
  • Jeff Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cam Whitmore assists)
  • Jayson Tatum misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Jayson Tatum misses tip shot
  • Jalen Green misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jalen Green blocks Luke Kornet 's 3-foot layup
  • Cam Whitmore misses two point shot
  • Jayson Tatum makes 2-foot dunk (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Payton Pritchard blocks Jalen Green 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Luke Kornet misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Luke Kornet misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Luke Kornet misses layup
  • Jalen Green blocks Jayson Tatum 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Alperen Sengun misses driving layup
  • Alperen Sengun misses tip shot
  • Fred VanVleet makes technical free throw
  • Kristaps Porzingis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kristaps Porzingis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
  • Jayson Tatum makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jayson Tatum makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Jalen Green makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jalen Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jayson Tatum makes 3-foot driving dunk
  • Jalen Green misses 28-foot three point shot
  • Dillon Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jayson Tatum misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Kristaps Porzingis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kristaps Porzingis misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jalen Green makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Luke Kornet makes layup (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Jalen Green makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Jalen Green misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Derrick White blocks Dillon Brooks 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Jayson Tatum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jayson Tatum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Derrick White makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Jalen Green makes 2-foot driving dunk
  • Luke Kornet makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Derrick White assists)
  • Dillon Brooks misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jalen Green misses 18-foot two point shot
  • Derrick White makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Alperen Sengun misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Derrick White misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun misses 5-foot hook shot
  • Jayson Tatum misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Alperen Sengun blocks Jrue Holiday 's 1-foot two point shot
  • Cam Whitmore misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jrue Holiday makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jrue Holiday makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cam Whitmore makes 1-foot dunk (Steven Adams assists)
  • Jayson Tatum makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Cam Whitmore misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
  • Fred VanVleet misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Steven Adams makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Steven Adams makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Sam Hauser misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Cam Whitmore misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Green makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jalen Green misses 20-foot two point shot
  • Jrue Holiday blocks Jalen Green 's 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jayson Tatum misses 29-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Alperen Sengun misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Kristaps Porzingis makes 28-foot three point jumper (Luke Kornet assists)
  • Luke Kornet makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luke Kornet misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Cam Whitmore misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Cam Whitmore misses driving layup
  • Derrick White misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Derrick White makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kristaps Porzingis misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Derrick White makes 28-foot three point jumper (Luke Kornet assists)
  • Alperen Sengun misses 18-foot jumper
  • Derrick White misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Payton Pritchard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luke Kornet assists)
  • Kristaps Porzingis blocks Dillon Brooks 's 6-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Payton Pritchard misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Derrick White misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jeff Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kristaps Porzingis misses 6-foot jumper
  • Fred VanVleet makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Derrick White makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Jalen Green makes 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jayson Tatum makes driving layup
  • Dillon Brooks makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jayson Tatum misses 19-foot two point shot
  • Payton Pritchard makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Cam Whitmore misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Cam Whitmore misses running pullup jump shot
  • Xavier Tillman blocks Cam Whitmore's driving layup
  • Aaron Holiday misses 16-foot jumper
  • Jaden Springer makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaden Springer makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jae'Sean Tate misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Drew Peterson makes 26-foot three pointer (Neemias Queta assists)
  • Jordan Walsh misses two point shot
  • Jock Landale misses layup
  • Drew Peterson makes layup
  • Jock Landale misses 12-foot jumper
  • Jock Landale makes layup
  • Jock Landale makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Neemias Queta makes 4-foot dunk (Drew Peterson assists)
  • Cam Whitmore makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Cam Whitmore makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Cam Whitmore makes free throw 2 of 2
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