Boston Celtics – Philadelphia 76ers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 31 October 2025

BOS109–108PHI

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↑ PHI winsBOS wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when PHI leads and falls when BOS does.

This is how the game was decided.

Jaylen Brown decided it, the Boston Celtics player with the most points (32, with 3 rebounds and 6 assists; -11 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Anfernee Simons's (+23). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

Philadelphia 76ers 108-109 Boston Celtics (October 31, 2025) was not decided in the closing minutes: the Boston Celtics went ahead for good in the third quarter (6:07 left), with a three-pointer by Jaylen Brown for 75-72, and never gave up the lead.

The biggest run of Philadelphia 76ers 108-109 Boston Celtics (October 31, 2025) was a 10-0 run by the Boston Celtics in the third quarter (from 3:18 to 49.3 s), from 79-77 to 89-77. The Philadelphia 76ers' best was a 9-0 run in the third quarter (from 8:13 to 6:40), from 63-72 to 72-72.

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I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

This is how the two teams compared in passes and jump shots.

Boston made 282 passes and Philadelphia made 318.
BOS 282318 PHI
Boston made 30 of 80 jump shots and Philadelphia made 22 of 53.
BOS30/80
PHI22/53

Passes come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game: each team's total adds up its players' passes. Jump shots come from ESPN's play-by-play: every field-goal attempt ESPN logs as a jump shot counts, threes included.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · BOS

White · Pritchard · Brown · Minott · Tillman

Closing lineup · PHI

Maxey · Oubre · Edgecombe · Embiid · Grimes

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BOS

Derrick White

35′ · -15

Payton Pritchard

33′ · -4

Jaylen Brown

32′ · -11

Josh Minott

22′ · -4

Neemias Queta

19′ · -3

Sam Hauser

24′ · +3

Anfernee Simons

29′ · +23

Luka Garza

15′ · +5

Hugo Gonzalez

15′ · +10

Xavier Tillman

13′ · -1

Baylor Scheierman

3′ · +2

PHI

Tyrese Maxey

44′ · +10

Kelly Oubre Jr.

41′ · +5

VJ Edgecombe

40′ · +3

Joel Embiid

25′ · +2

Jabari Walker

11′ · +3

Quentin Grimes

33′ · -15

Adem Bona

11′ · -10

Justin Edwards

12′ · -3

Trendon Watford

11′ · -7

Andre Drummond

12′ · +7

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. BOS and PHI.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Boston Celtics

Brown, White, Queta, Pritchard, and Minott played 9.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Brown, Simons, Pritchard, Garza, and Hauser played 7.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
White, Simons, Queta, Hauser, and Gonzalez played 6.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

Philadelphia 76ers

Oubre, Maxey, Walker, Edgecombe, and Embiid played 11.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Oubre, Grimes, Maxey, Edgecombe, and Embiid played 9.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Oubre, Grimes, Maxey, Edgecombe, and Drummond played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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Boston Celtics

Brown, White, Pritchard, Tillman, and Minott played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Brown, White, Queta, Pritchard, and Hauser played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Simons, Pritchard, Garza, Hauser, and Gonzalez played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.
Brown, Simons, Pritchard, Garza, and Minott played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
White, Simons, Tillman, Minott, and Scheierman played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
White, Simons, Tillman, Minott, and Gonzalez played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
White, Simons, Tillman, Hauser, and Gonzalez played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Brown, White, Simons, Tillman, and Minott played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
White, Simons, Tillman, Scheierman, and Gonzalez played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
White, Simons, Garza, Hauser, and Gonzalez played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Brown, White, Pritchard, Garza, and Hauser played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.

Philadelphia 76ers

Oubre, Grimes, Maxey, Bona, and Edwards played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 11 points.
Oubre, Grimes, Maxey, Bona, and Edgecombe played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Oubre, Grimes, Maxey, Watford, and Bona played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Oubre, Maxey, Edwards, Edgecombe, and Drummond played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
Grimes, Maxey, Watford, Edgecombe, and Embiid played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Grimes, Watford, Edwards, Edgecombe, and Drummond played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Grimes, Watford, Edwards, Edgecombe, and Embiid played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Tyrese Maxey covered 4.83 km, more than anyone in the game.

Tyrese Maxey touched the ball 107 times, a game high.
Tyrese Maxey made 80 passes, a game high.
Neemias Queta defended 5 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 3.

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Boston Celtics

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Derrick White	3.91	6.7	88	67
Payton Pritchard	3.72	6.9	68	49
Anfernee Simons	3.36	7.4	53	29
Jaylen Brown	3.20	6.2	61	33
Sam Hauser	2.96	7.8	32	26
Josh Minott	2.46	7.0	19	11
Neemias Queta	2.12	6.7	22	20
Luka Garza	1.88	7.9	22	17
Hugo González	1.80	7.7	19	14
Xavier Tillman	1.32	6.2	18	14
Baylor Scheierman	0.43	7.8	3	2

Philadelphia 76ers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyrese Maxey	4.83	6.9	107	80
Kelly Oubre Jr.	4.26	6.5	57	39
VJ Edgecombe	4.18	6.5	70	57
Quentin Grimes	3.62	6.8	70	49
Joel Embiid	2.40	5.8	63

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

This is how each team's plays were shared among its players.

Boston Celtics

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Derrick White	35:05	22.6
Payton Pritchard	33:09	22.2
Jaylen Brown	31:44	33.8
Anfernee Simons	28:37	30.3
Sam Hauser	24:03	9.2
Josh Minott	22:08	14.0
Neemias Queta	19:29	4.3
Luka Garza	15:28	12.2
Hugo González	14:33	13.9
Xavier Tillman	12:54	13.3
Baylor Scheierman	2:50	11.1

Philadelphia 76ers

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Tyrese Maxey	43:38	24.0
Kelly Oubre Jr.	40:34	18.9
VJ Edgecombe	39:44	13.6
Quentin Grimes	33:12	23.7
Joel Embiid	25:04	33.9
Justin Edwards	12:23	16.1
Andre Drummond	11:42	18.5
Jabari Walker	11:27	8.0
Trendon Watford	11:12	6.7

Usage is the NBA's official figure (NBA.com) for this game: out of every 100 team plays while he was on the floor, how many he finished with a shot, a turnover or free throws.

Who guarded whom

Kelly Oubre Jr. guarded Jaylen Brown for 7.8 minutes, over 36 possessions.
In that time, Jaylen Brown scored 15 points and made 6 of 8 shots.
Payton Pritchard guarded VJ Edgecombe for 6.3 minutes, over 28 possessions.
In that time, VJ Edgecombe scored 5 points and made 2 of 3 shots.
VJ Edgecombe guarded Derrick White for 5.0 minutes, over 20 possessions.
In that time, Derrick White scored 0 points and made 0 of 1 shots.

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Boston Celtics defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Pritchard	Edgecombe	6.3	28	5 (2/3)
Brown	Oubre	4.9	26	2 (0/2)
Minott	Maxey	4.5	18	0 (0/1)
Tillman	Embiid	3.8	12	0 (0/3)
White	Oubre	3.7	15	4 (2/3)
Simons	Grimes	3.7	17	3 (1/6)
White	Grimes	3.0	15	2 (1/2)
Garza	Drummond	2.8	17	1 (0/2)
Hauser	Oubre	2.5	13	3 (1/2)
White	Edgecombe	2.3	15	0 (0/1)
Brown	Walker	2.2	10	0 (0/0)
Queta	Embiid	2.2	12	7 (3/4)
Simons	Maxey	2.2	12	7 (3/5)

Philadelphia 76ers defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Oubre	Brown	7.8	36	15 (6/8)
Edgecombe	White	5.0	20	0 (0/1)
Maxey	Hauser	4.8	19	3 (1/2)
Edgecombe	Pritchard	4.5	21	7 (3/4)
Grimes	Simons	4.0	14	3 (1/5)

Matchups come from the NBA's tracking (NBA.com) for this game: how long each defender guarded each attacker and what the attacker produced in that time. Only matchups of two minutes or more are shown.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2025-26 regular season, not this game.

Boston Celtics

Jaylen Brown recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 13 of 399 in the league.
Neemias Queta contested 7.8 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 24 of 399 in the league.
Derrick White drew 0.10 charges per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 29 of 399 in the league.

Philadelphia 76ers

VJ Edgecombe recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 1 of 399 in the league.
Kelly Oubre Jr. deflected 4.2 passes per game over his 50 games.
He ranks 3 of 399 in the league.
Tyrese Maxey deflected 3.6 passes per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 11 of 399 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Philadelphia 76ers have won 65 of their 152 games against the Boston Celtics.

65-87record of the Philadelphia 76ers · NBA 1996-97 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Game context

Attendance

19.746

98.7% of capacity

Xfinity Mobile Arena · Philadelphia

Scoring

217

combined points

14.2 below the season average (231.2)