BOSTON -- — Jaylen Brown scored 33 points and had 13 rebounds, Payton Pritchard added 30 points and the Boston Celtics held off the Los Angeles Clippers for a 121-118 victory on Sunday.

Derrick White scored 22 points with nine assists and seven rebounds, and Neemias Queta chipped in with 14 points and nine boards for Boston.

Playing for the first time since beating Memphis by 37 points at home Wednesday, the Celtics nearly blew a 24-point, third-quarter lead but never trailed en route to their second straight victory.

Coming of his 82nd career triple-double with 41 points in a double-overtime victory at Dallas on Friday, James Harden scored 32 of his 37 points in the second half to lead the Clippers. Ivica Zubac added 16 points and 12 boards.

Clippers forward Derrick Jones Jr. was helped to the locker room after falling to the court and grabbing his right knee following a collision in the second quarter and didn’t return.

Los Angeles made it 119-118 on Harden’s 3 with two seconds left, but Pritchard was fouled and hit two free throws.

Harden had an open look at a potential tying 3-pointer, but it hit off the rim as the buzzer sounded.

After Los Angeles sliced it to 90-85 at the end of the third, Brown scored 11 of Boston’s initial 16 points in the final quarter to keep the Celtics in control, mixing a 3-pointer with a conventional 3-point play and a couple of mid-range jumpers.

Boston had opened it to 76-52 midway into the third behind two 3-pointers from Pritchard, who was 8 of 13 overall on 3-point attempts.

The Clippers closed it to 90-85 with a 12-4 run that was capped by Harden’s left-wing 3 with 2.4 seconds left.

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Clippers: At Philadelphia on Monday in the third of a seven-game road trip.

Celtics: At Brooklyn on Tuesday.

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TIME	PLAY
12:00	Ivica Zubac vs. Neemias Queta (Ivica Zubac gains possession)	0	0
11:46	John Collins misses 4-foot two point shot	0	0
11:41	Kris Dunn offensive rebound	0	0
11:32	Derrick Jones Jr. out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	0
11:14	Derrick White makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Neemias Queta assists)	2	0
10:59	James Harden misses driving layup	2	0
10:57	Derrick White defensive rebound	2	0
10:49	Jaylen Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	0
10:46	Ivica Zubac defensive rebound	2	0
10:40	Payton Pritchard shooting foul	2	0
10:40	Kris Dunn makes free throw 1 of 2	2	1
10:40	Kris Dunn makes free throw 2 of 2	2	2
10:24	Jordan Walsh misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	2
10:19	Jaylen Brown offensive rebound	2	2
10:13	Payton Pritchard makes 25-foot three pointer	5	2
9:46	Derrick Jones Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper	5	2
9:43	Jaylen Brown defensive rebound	5	2
9:35	Payton Pritchard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	5	2
9:31	Derrick White offensive rebound	5	2
9:25	Neemias Queta makes 4-foot two point shot (Derrick White assists)	7	2
9:04	Ivica Zubac misses 8-foot two point shot	7	2
9:02	Jaylen Brown defensive rebound	7	2
8:56	Kris Dunn blocks Jaylen Brown 's 3-foot driving layup	7	2
8:56	Celtics offensive team rebound	7	2
8:51	Jaylen Brown makes 21-foot step back jumpshot (Derrick White assists)	9	2
8:48	Clippers Full timeout	9	2
8:31	Derrick Jones Jr. misses driving layup	9	2
8:29	Derrick White defensive rebound	9	2
8:23	Jaylen Brown misses two point shot	9	2
8:22	Neemias Queta offensive rebound	9	2
8:22	Neemias Queta makes 4-foot dunk	11	2
8:02	James Harden makes 24-foot three pointer	11	5
7:49	Derrick Jones Jr. blocks Jaylen Brown 's 7-foot hook shot	11	5
7:47	Jaylen Brown offensive rebound	11	5
7:40	Jaylen Brown misses 18-foot step back jumpshot	11	5
7:40	Ivica Zubac defensive rebound	11	5
7:22	Jordan Walsh shooting foul	11	5
7:22	James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2	11	6
7:22	James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2	11	7
7:09	John Collins shooting foul	11	7
7:09	Derrick White makes free throw 1 of 2	12	7
7:09	Derrick White makes free throw 2 of 2	13	7
6:55	John Collins misses 27-foot three point jumper	13	7
6:53	Derrick White defensive rebound	13	7
6:42	Neemias Queta makes 9-foot two point shot (Jaylen Brown assists)	15	7
6:18	John Collins makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Ivica Zubac assists)	15	9
6:00	Payton Pritchard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)	18	9
5:45	Kris Dunn misses 11-foot two point shot	18	9
5:42	Derrick White defensive rebound	18	9
5:37	Derrick White makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot	21	9
5:35	Clippers Full timeout	21	9
5:35	Bogdan Bogdanovic enters the game for Kris Dunn	21	9
5:15	Ivica Zubac makes 9-foot hook shot (James Harden assists)	21	11
5:02	Payton Pritchard makes 27-foot three pointer (Jordan Walsh assists)	24	11
4:44	Derrick White blocks John Collins 's 11-foot pullup jump shot	24	11
4:42	Payton Pritchard defensive rebound	24	11
4:42	Jaylen Brown makes two point shot (Payton Pritchard assists)	26	11
4:42	Bogdan Bogdanovic shooting foul	26	11
4:42	Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 1	27	11
4:42	Anfernee Simons enters the game for Derrick White	27	11
4:18	Bogdan Bogdanovic makes driving layup	27	13
4:18	Luka Garza enters the game for Neemias Queta	27	13
4:18	Brook Lopez enters the game for John Collins	27	13
4:18	Nicolas Batum enters the game for Ivica Zubac	27	13
4:10	Derrick Jones Jr. blocks Payton Pritchard 's 2-foot driving layup	27	13
4:08	James Harden defensive rebound	27	13
4:03	Jaylen Brown blocks James Harden 's 3-foot driving layup	27	13
4:00	Jordan Walsh defensive rebound	27	13
3:55	Jaylen Brown makes two point shot (Jordan Walsh assists)	29	13
3:36	Derrick Jones Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brook Lopez assists)	29	16
3:19	Payton Pritchard makes 28-foot three point jumper (Anfernee Simons assists)	32	16
3:05	Brook Lopez makes 28-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)	32	19
3:04	Celtics Full timeout	32	19
3:04	Josh Minott enters the game for Jaylen Brown	32	19
3:04	Sam Hauser enters the game for Jordan Walsh	32	19
3:04	Jordan Miller enters the game for Derrick Jones Jr.	32	19
2:50	Luka Garza makes layup (Josh Minott assists)	34	19
2:34	Brook Lopez misses 25-foot three point jumper	34	19
2:30	Josh Minott defensive rebound	34	19
2:26	Sam Hauser misses 24-foot three point shot	34	19
2:23	Bogdan Bogdanovic defensive rebound	34	19
2:08	Nicolas Batum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brook Lopez assists)	34	22
1:49	Luka Garza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sam Hauser assists)	37	22
1:34	James Harden misses driving layup	37	22
1:34	Celtics Coach's Challenge	37	22
1:34	(01:34) [Celtics] COACH'S CHALLENGE (CALL OVERTURNED) [Celtics] retain their timeout	37	22
1:34	Sam Hauser defensive rebound	37	22
1:34	Kobe Sanders enters the game for James Harden	37	22
1:21	Sam Hauser bad pass (Kobe Sanders steals)	37	22
1:20	Kobe Sanders makes driving layup	37	24
1:20	Anfernee Simons shooting foul	37	24
1:20	Kobe Sanders makes free throw 1 of 1	37	25
1:00	Brook Lopez blocks Luka Garza 's 3-foot driving layup	37	25
57.5	Sam Hauser offensive rebound	37	25
56.2	Josh Minott misses 26-foot three point jumper	37	25
56.2	Jordan Miller defensive rebound	37	25
50.7	Josh Minott shooting foul	37	25
50.7	Jordan Miller makes free throw 1 of 2	37	26
50.7	Jordan Miller makes free throw 2 of 2	37	27
31.4	Anfernee Simons misses 16-foot two point shot	37	27
28.5	Nicolas Batum defensive rebound	37	27
10.3	Kobe Sanders makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jordan Miller assists)	37	30
3.8	Brook Lopez personal foul	37	30
1.0	Payton Pritchard misses 28-foot three point jumper	37	30
1.0	Celtics offensive team rebound	37	30
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	37	30

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Venue

TD Garden

Boston, MA

Date & Time

8:30 PM, November 16, 2025

Coverage

NBC Sports BO, FanDuel SN SoCal, NBA League Pass

Attendance

19,156

Referees

Sean Wright, Phenizee Ransom, J.B. DeRosa

2025-26 Pacific Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
LA Lakers	38	25	.603	W1
Phoenix	36	27	.571	W1
Golden State	32	30	.516	W1
LA Clippers	30	32	.484	L1
Sacramento	14	50	.219	L3

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
Boston	42	21	.667	W1
New York	41	23	.641	W1
Toronto	35	27	.565	L2
Philadelphia	34	28	.548	W1
Brooklyn	15	47	.242	L10

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