Overview
- Shaedon Sharpe scored 26 points on 5-of-8 from three, Deni Avdija added 24 points with 10 assists, and Donovan Clingan posted 18 points and 18 rebounds with a decisive putback and free throw in the final 22 seconds.
- Jaylen Brown led Boston with 37 points on 14-of-23 shooting to record his ninth straight 30-point game, tying Larry Bird’s franchise mark.
- Boston shot 13-for-45 from beyond the arc and was outscored 31-22 in the third quarter after leading 63-55 at halftime.
- Both teams were depleted: the Celtics were without Jayson Tatum and Chris Boucher, and the Trail Blazers missed Jerami Grant, Robert Williams III, Scoot Henderson, Damian Lillard, Matisse Thybulle, Blake Wesley and Jrue Holiday.
- Anfernee Simons scored 13 in his first game back at the Moda Center as a Celtic; next up, Portland hosts Dallas on Monday and Boston visits Utah on Tuesday.