Overview
- Derrick White finished with 27 points, seven rebounds, six assists and a career-high seven blocks, becoming the first guard — and first Celtic — to post that stat line.
- White scored 22 after halftime, including 13 in the fourth quarter, to help Boston pull away in Salt Lake City.
- Jaylen Brown tallied 23 points and 10 assists as his streak of nine straight 30-point games ended, leaving him tied with Larry Bird for the franchise mark.
- Boston also got 20 from Anfernee Simons and 18 from Payton Pritchard, outscored Utah 56-46 in the paint and won the boards 44-40.
- George led Utah with 37, Jusuf Nurkic added a season-high 26 and Lauri Markkanen had 22, but the Jazz — without Ace Bailey and resting Svi Mykhailiuk and Kevin Love — committed 13 turnovers that yielded 23 Celtics points; next up are road games for Boston at Sacramento and Utah at the Clippers.