Phoenix Suns at Boston Celtics
· National Basketball AssociationJaylen Brown scores 18 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter to help Celtics beat Suns 120-112
Devin Booker scored 40 for the Suns, who have lost back-to-back games after snapping a four-game winning streak. Jalen Green scored 21 for Phoenix.
Derrick White, who was presented with February's Eastern Conference's Defensive Player of the Month Award before the game, had 21 points for Boston, and Payton Pritchard scored 19.
Boston trailed by three points, 111-108, with less than four minutes left before Brown stole the ball from Booker and fed it to Tatum for a layup. After a Phoenix miss, Brown rebounded Tatum’s miss to give Boston the lead and then added two free throws and a short jumper to complete an 8-0 Celtics run.
Boston scored 12 of the game’s last 13 points to pull away.
Phoenix lost to Toronto on Friday after giving up a 23-5 run in the fourth quarter to blow a 10-point lead.
Tatum missed Boston's first 62 games while recovering from a torn Achilles suffered in last year's playoffs. He returned March 6, played three games, sat one out and now has played more than 32 minutes in back-to-back games.
Celtics: Host Golden State on Wednesday.
Regular Season Series
BOS wins series 2-0
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 112 - 120 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 112 - 120 |
| 4th 3.2 |  |
Jayson Tatum makes free throw 2 of 2 | 112 - 120 |
| 4th 3.2 | |
Hugo Gonzalez enters the game for Jaylen Brown | 112 - 119 |
| 4th 3.2 | |
Jayson Tatum makes free throw 1 of 2 | 112 - 119 |
Statistics
 PHX |
 BOS |
|
|---|---|---|
| 37-83 | FG | 39-80 |
| 45 | Field Goal % | 49 |
| 13-40 | 3PT | 17-40 |
| 32 | Three Point % | 43 |
| 25-29 | FT | 25-27 |
| 86 | Free Throw % | 93 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 27 | Defensive Rebounds | 31 |
| 26 | Assists | 31 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 13 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Fast Break Points | 10 |
| 28 | Points in Paint | 40 |
| 20 | Fouls | 21 |
| 8 | Largest Lead | 10 |
| 7 | Lead Changes | 7 |
| 21 | Percent Led | 73 |
Boston Celtics Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Paul George, F | Day-To-Day | Nov 11 |
Phoenix Suns Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Williams, C | Out | Sep 11 |
Game Information
Location: Boston, MA
Attendance: 19,156 · Capacity:
2026-27 Pacific Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LA Lakers |
11 | 2 | .846 | - | W7 |
 Golden State |
8 | 4 | .667 | 2.5 | L1 |
 Phoenix |
5 | 6 | .455 | 5 | W2 |
 LA Clippers |
2 | 8 | .200 | 7.5 | L1 |
 Sacramento |
1 | 10 | .091 | 9 | L4 |
2026-27 Atlantic Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston |
- | 2 | W5 | 0.8333333 | 10 |
 Philadelphia |
0.5 | 3 | W1 | 0.7692308 | 10 |
 New York |
3.5 | 5 | L1 | 0.54545456 | 6 |
 Toronto |
5 | 7 | L3 | 0.41666666 | 5 |
 Brooklyn |
6.5 | 8 | W1 | 0.27272728 | 3 |
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