Boston Celtics – Memphis Grizzlies · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 20 March 2026

BOS117–112MEM

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It was more exciting than 69% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 22 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ MEM winsBOS wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when MEM 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 (30, with 6 rebounds and 6 assists; +9 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Payton Pritchard's (+9). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

Memphis Grizzlies 112-117 Boston Celtics (March 20, 2026) was not decided in the closing minutes: the Boston Celtics went ahead for good in the fourth quarter (5:06 left), with a layup by Jaylen Brown for 104-103, and never gave up the lead.

The biggest run of Memphis Grizzlies 112-117 Boston Celtics (March 20, 2026) was a 10-0 run by the Boston Celtics in the fourth quarter (from 5:06 to 1:47), from 102-103 to 112-103. The Memphis Grizzlies' best was a 8-0 run in the third quarter (from 6:58 to 5:23), from 66-68 to 74-68.

With 23 points, this is Tyler Burton's highest-scoring regular-season game of his career.

What were the keys of the last Memphis Grizzlies vs Boston Celtics game?

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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.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

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

Boston made 287 passes and Memphis made 255.
BOS 287255 MEM
Boston made 18 of 58 jump shots and Memphis made 25 of 70.
BOS18/58
MEM25/70

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 · Scheierman · Gonzalez · Harper

Closing lineup · MEM

Prosper · Small · Burton · Spencer · Clayton

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BOS

Jaylen Brown

38′ · +9

Derrick White

36′ · -2

Jayson Tatum

31′ · -5

Sam Hauser

21′ · -6

Neemias Queta

18′ · 0

Luka Garza

27′ · +9

Payton Pritchard

32′ · +9

Baylor Scheierman

23′ · +7

Hugo Gonzalez

15′ · +7

Ron Harper Jr.

0′ · -3

MEM

Olivier-Maxence Prosper

31′ · +2

Taylor Hendricks

29′ · -2

Javon Small

26′ · +16

Ty Jerome

25′ · +3

Jaylen Wells

20′ · -2

Tyler Burton

32′ · -8

Cam Spencer

23′ · -8

DeJon Jarreau

27′ · -10

Walter Clayton Jr.

27′ · -16

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 MEM.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Boston Celtics

Brown, Tatum, White, Queta, and Hauser played 11.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Brown, Pritchard, Garza, Scheierman, and Gonzalez played 8.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
White, Pritchard, Garza, Scheierman, and Gonzalez played 6.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.

Memphis Grizzlies

Jerome, Hendricks, Prosper, Wells, and Small played 11.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Jarreau, Burton, Prosper, Clayton, and Small played 7.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Jarreau, Burton, Hendricks, Spencer, and Clayton played 6.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.

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Boston Celtics

Brown, Tatum, White, Garza, and Scheierman played 4.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Brown, Tatum, White, Queta, and Pritchard played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Tatum, White, Pritchard, Garza, and Hauser played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Brown, Tatum, White, Pritchard, and Scheierman played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Brown, Tatum, Pritchard, Garza, and Hauser played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Brown, White, Queta, Pritchard, and Hauser played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Brown, Tatum, Pritchard, Garza, and Scheierman played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

Memphis Grizzlies

Jerome, Burton, Hendricks, Spencer, and Wells played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Jarreau, Burton, Prosper, Spencer, and Clayton played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Burton, Prosper, Spencer, Clayton, and Small played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Jerome, Jarreau, Prosper, Wells, and Small played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Jerome, Jarreau, Burton, Hendricks, and Spencer played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Jerome, Jarreau, Burton, Hendricks, and Clayton played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Burton, Hendricks, Spencer, Clayton, and Small played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Jerome, Jarreau, Prosper, Wells, and Clayton played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

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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.

Tyler Burton covered 4.39 km, more than anyone in the game.

Derrick White touched the ball 79 times, a game high.
Derrick White made 61 passes, a game high.
Olivier-Maxence Prosper had 17 rebound chances, a game high.

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Boston Celtics

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jaylen Brown	4.36	6.4	62	29
Derrick White	4.18	6.6	79	61
Payton Pritchard	3.81	6.8	64	42
Luka Garza	3.46	7.1	32	18
Jayson Tatum	3.41	6.2	75	52
Baylor Scheierman	2.80	6.7	31	29
Sam Hauser	2.78	7.6	27	24
Neemias Queta	2.24	7.1	25	17
Hugo González	1.87	7.1	17	15
Ron Harper Jr.	0.03	8.8	0	0

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyler Burton	4.39	7.5	47	28
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	3.91	7.0	41	28
Taylor Hendricks	3.62	7.2	36	29
Walter Clayton Jr.	3.41	7.2	46	35
DeJon Jarreau	3.38	7.0	46

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 (%)
Jaylen Brown	38:09	29.2
Derrick White	35:46	17.8
Payton Pritchard	31:41	25.3
Jayson Tatum	30:51	26.3
Luka Garza	27:16	23.4
Baylor Scheierman	23:13	3.5
Sam Hauser	20:37	6.0
Neemias Queta	17:46	17.8
Hugo González	14:34	6.1
Ron Harper Jr.	0:07	0.0

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Tyler Burton	32:27	23.3
Olivier-Maxence Prosper	30:55	20.0
Taylor Hendricks	28:33	11.3
DeJon Jarreau	27:15	28.8
Walter Clayton Jr.	26:30	16.9
Javon Small	26:29	14.3
Ty Jerome	24:57	30.9
Cam Spencer	22:42	16.3
Jaylen Wells	20:12	13.3

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

Tyler Burton guarded Jaylen Brown for 5.8 minutes, over 30 possessions.
In that time, Jaylen Brown scored 11 points and made 5 of 7 shots.
Olivier-Maxence Prosper guarded Luka Garza for 5.8 minutes, over 27 possessions.
In that time, Luka Garza scored 5 points and made 2 of 3 shots.
Jaylen Brown guarded Tyler Burton for 5.7 minutes, over 26 possessions.
In that time, Tyler Burton scored 12 points and made 3 of 4 shots.

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Boston Celtics defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Brown	Burton	5.7	26	12 (3/4)
White	Wells	5.0	23	4 (2/2)
Hauser	Jerome	4.6	25	4 (2/8)
Tatum	Hendricks	4.3	20	0 (0/1)
Garza	Prosper	4.3	23	4 (1/5)
Pritchard	Spencer	3.4	14	3 (1/2)
Brown	Small	2.9	16	3 (1/3)
Pritchard	Clayton	2.7	15	0 (0/1)
Scheierman	Jarreau	2.4	12	3 (1/1)
Queta	Prosper	2.2	10	5 (1/2)

Memphis Grizzlies defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Burton	Brown	5.8	30	11 (5/7)
Prosper	Garza	5.8	27	5 (2/3)
Jerome	Hauser	4.8	23	0 (0/3)
Hendricks	Queta	4.3	17	2 (1/1)
Clayton	Pritchard	3.6	18	3 (1/3)

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.

Memphis Grizzlies

Walter Clayton Jr. drew 0.06 charges per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 56 of 399 in the league.
Olivier-Maxence Prosper recovered 0.5 loose balls per game over his 49 games.
He ranks 107 of 399 in the league.
Javon Small deflected 2.0 passes per game over his 38 games.
He ranks 111 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 Memphis Grizzlies have won 14 of their 49 games against the Boston Celtics.

14-35record of the Memphis Grizzlies · NBA 2001-02 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Game context

Attendance

17.048

95.8% of capacity

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Scoring

229

combined points

2.2 below the season average (231.2)