Who won Portland Trail Blazers vs Boston Celtics?

The Boston Celtics beat the Portland Trail Blazers 128-118 on March 5, 2025.

Anfernee Simons scored 30 for the Portland Trail Blazers; Payton Pritchard scored 43 for the Boston Celtics with 10 rebounds.

Portland Trail Blazers at Boston Celtics

2024-25 · Regular season Wed, Mar 5, 2025 · 7:00 pm EST · All results that day · Portland Trail Blazers vs Boston Celtics head-to-head · Portland Trail Blazers schedule · Boston Celtics schedule

Final

Away

Boston Celtics

128

Venue: TD Garden

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Boston Celtics beat the Portland Trail Blazers 128-118 at home on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at TD Garden. Payton Pritchard had 43 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists for the Boston Celtics. Anfernee Simons had 30 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists for the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Boston Celtics led 66-55 at halftime and held on in the second half. Their best stretch was the third quarter, won 36-27. Double-digit figures in two categories: Payton Pritchard (double-double, Boston Celtics). Bench points: Portland Trail Blazers 37, Boston Celtics 50. Derrick White had 41 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:18 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Portland Trail Blazers vs Boston Celtics?: The Boston Celtics beat the Portland Trail Blazers 128-118 on March 5, 2025.
Who led the scoring?: Anfernee Simons scored 30 for the Portland Trail Blazers; Payton Pritchard scored 43 for the Boston Celtics with 10 rebounds.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Portland Trail Blazers	26	29	27	36	118
Boston Celtics	31	35	36	26	128

Game leaders

Portland Trail Blazers

Points: 30 Anfernee Simons
Rebounds: 7 Donovan Clingan
Assists: 6 Anfernee Simons

Boston Celtics

Points: 43 Payton Pritchard
Rebounds: 10 Payton Pritchard
Assists: 8 Jaylen Brown

Payton Pritchard double-double (43 PTS, 10 REB)

Portland Trail Blazers
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Shaedon Sharpe starter	40:23	25	6	2	1	0	0	11-18	3-7	0-0	3	+6
Anfernee Simons starter	38:20	30	1	6	1	0	0	12-21	3-10	3-3	1	-11
Toumani Camara starter	31:03	12	4	2	0	0	0	3-11	2-8	4-5	3	+8
Deni Avdija starter	23:03	12	6	2	0	2	2	5-10	1-3	1-2	1	-21
Donovan Clingan starter	19:58	2	7	1	0	1	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	-16
Jabari Walker bench	30:42	22	6	0	1	0	0	8-9	6-6	0-2	1	+5
Scoot Henderson bench	26:18	13	2	4	1	0	3	4-11	1-3	4-5	6	-1
Kris Murray bench	14:41	2	4	1	0	0	1	1-4	0-1	0-0	0	-17
Duop Reath bench	8:40	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	-3
Dalano Banton bench	6:52	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	+0

Not available: Deandre Ayton, Robert Williams III

Boston Celtics
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Jaylen Brown starter	39:58	18	8	8	1	0	3	7-23	0-4	4-6	2	+15
Derrick White starter	39:12	41	3	2	3	1	1	14-26	9-17	4-4	0	+8
Sam Hauser starter	31:53	5	6	0	1	0	0	2-9	1-8	0-0	2	+8
Al Horford starter	31:22	12	9	4	0	2	2	4-9	2-7	2-2	3	+12
Luke Kornet starter	22:31	2	6	4	0	1	3	1-4	0-0	0-0	2	-4
Payton Pritchard bench	42:51	43	10	5	0	0	0	14-20	10-16	5-5	2	+12
Jordan Walsh bench	20:31	3	6	1	0	1	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	3	-1
Neemias Queta bench	11:18	4	4	0	0	1	0	2-5	0-1	0-0	0	-4
Drew Peterson bench	0:12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	+2
JD Davison bench	0:12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	+2

Not available: Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porziņģis, Jayson Tatum

Team statistics
Portland Trail Blazers	Stat	Boston Celtics
12/17 (70%)	Free throws	15/17 (88%)
29/50 (58%)	2 pointers	22/43 (51%)
16/40 (40%)	3 pointers	23/54 (42%)
45/90 (50%)	Field goals	45/97 (46%)
39	Rebounds	52
31	Defensive rebounds	34
8	Offensive rebounds	18
19	Assists	24
8	Turnovers	9
4	Steals	5
3	Blocks	6
16	Fouls	14
9	Max points in a row	11
8:54	Time spent in lead	36:59
6	Biggest lead	25

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Boston Celtics ahead)

Largest margin: 25 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 15
Times tied: 5
Largest lead · Portland Trail Blazers: 6 Q1 2:54
Largest lead · Boston Celtics: 25 Q4 11:09
Longest run: 11-0 Boston Celtics · Q2 2:46 to Q2 1:14

Scoring plays

Q1 · 31 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
11:14	Portland Trail Blazers	Deni Avdija Free throw	1	0
10:57	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	1	2
10:10	Portland Trail Blazers	Shaedon Sharpe 2-pt field goal	3	2
10:00	Boston Celtics	Derrick White Free throw	3	3
10:00	Boston Celtics	Derrick White Free throw	3	4
9:25	Portland Trail Blazers	Deni Avdija 2-pt field goal	5	4
9:13	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 2-pt field goal	5	6
8:36	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons 2-pt field goal	7	6
7:51	Boston Celtics	Al Horford Free throw	7	7
7:51	Boston Celtics	Al Horford Free throw	7	8
7:37	Portland Trail Blazers	Deni Avdija 3-pt field goal	10	8
6:15	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 2-pt field goal	10	10
6:06	Portland Trail Blazers	Toumani Camara Free throw	11	10
6:06	Portland Trail Blazers	Toumani Camara Free throw	12	10
5:56	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	12	13
5:30	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	12	16
4:54	Portland Trail Blazers	Scoot Henderson 2-pt field goal	14	16
4:17	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons 2-pt field goal	16	16
3:45	Portland Trail Blazers	Scoot Henderson Free throw	17	16
3:45	Portland Trail Blazers	Scoot Henderson Free throw	18	16
3:22	Portland Trail Blazers	Shaedon Sharpe 2-pt field goal	20	16
2:59	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	20	17
2:54	Portland Trail Blazers	Scoot Henderson 2-pt field goal	22	17
2:54	Portland Trail Blazers	Scoot Henderson Free throw	23	17
2:30	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	23	20
1:59	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	23	21
1:59	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	23	22
1:40	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	23	25
1:19	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons 3-pt field goal	26	25
0:59	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	26	28
0:10	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	26	31

Q2 · 28 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
11:45	Portland Trail Blazers	Shaedon Sharpe 2-pt field goal	28	31
10:27	Portland Trail Blazers	Jabari Walker 2-pt field goal	30	31
10:12	Boston Celtics	Luke Kornet 2-pt field goal	30	33
9:45	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 2-pt field goal	30	35
9:33	Portland Trail Blazers	Shaedon Sharpe 2-pt field goal	32	35
9:28	Boston Celtics	Sam Hauser 3-pt field goal	32	38
8:36	Portland Trail Blazers	Kris Murray 2-pt field goal	34	38
8:29	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 3-pt field goal	34	41
8:05	Portland Trail Blazers	Jabari Walker 3-pt field goal	37	41
7:40	Portland Trail Blazers	Shaedon Sharpe 3-pt field goal	40	41
6:58	Portland Trail Blazers	Jabari Walker 3-pt field goal	43	41
6:11	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown Free throw	43	42
5:58	Portland Trail Blazers	Scoot Henderson 3-pt field goal	46	42
5:33	Portland Trail Blazers	Scoot Henderson Free throw	47	42
5:19	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	47	45
5:00	Portland Trail Blazers	Deni Avdija 2-pt field goal	49	45
4:42	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	49	48
4:23	Portland Trail Blazers	Donovan Clingan 2-pt field goal	51	48
4:01	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	51	51
3:22	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons 2-pt field goal	53	51
2:46	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	53	54
2:23	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	53	57
1:41	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	53	58
1:41	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	53	59
1:14	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	53	62
1:03	Portland Trail Blazers	Deni Avdija 2-pt field goal	55	62
0:50	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	55	64
0:02	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	55	66

Q3 · 26 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
11:36	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	55	68
10:27	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	55	71
10:11	Portland Trail Blazers	Toumani Camara 3-pt field goal	58	71
9:25	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	58	73
9:01	Portland Trail Blazers	Deni Avdija 2-pt field goal	60	73
8:45	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 3-pt field goal	60	76
8:20	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 2-pt field goal	60	78
8:06	Portland Trail Blazers	Jabari Walker 3-pt field goal	63	78
7:49	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	63	81
7:28	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons 2-pt field goal	65	81
6:56	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons 2-pt field goal	67	81
6:38	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	67	84
6:21	Portland Trail Blazers	Jabari Walker 3-pt field goal	70	84
5:55	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	70	87
5:39	Portland Trail Blazers	Jabari Walker 2-pt field goal	72	87
5:00	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	72	88
5:00	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	72	89
4:21	Portland Trail Blazers	Jabari Walker 3-pt field goal	75	89
3:57	Boston Celtics	Jordan Walsh 3-pt field goal	75	92
2:53	Boston Celtics	Sam Hauser 2-pt field goal	75	94
2:35	Portland Trail Blazers	Shaedon Sharpe 2-pt field goal	77	94
2:20	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	77	96
1:54	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	77	99
1:44	Portland Trail Blazers	Jabari Walker 3-pt field goal	80	99
1:23	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	80	102
0:10	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons 2-pt field goal	82	102

Q4 · 32 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
11:38	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta 2-pt field goal	82	104
11:09	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	82	107
10:32	Portland Trail Blazers	Shaedon Sharpe 2-pt field goal	84	107
10:12	Portland Trail Blazers	Toumani Camara 2-pt field goal	86	107
9:41	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons 2-pt field goal	88	107
9:07	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons 2-pt field goal	90	107
8:48	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	90	109
8:29	Portland Trail Blazers	Shaedon Sharpe 2-pt field goal	92	109
8:00	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	92	112
7:46	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons 3-pt field goal	95	112
7:27	Boston Celtics	Derrick White Free throw	95	113
7:27	Boston Celtics	Derrick White Free throw	95	114
7:16	Portland Trail Blazers	Shaedon Sharpe 3-pt field goal	98	114
6:40	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 2-pt field goal	98	116
6:23	Portland Trail Blazers	Shaedon Sharpe 2-pt field goal	100	116
5:58	Portland Trail Blazers	Shaedon Sharpe 3-pt field goal	103	116
5:31	Boston Celtics	Neemias Queta 2-pt field goal	103	118
5:21	Portland Trail Blazers	Toumani Camara Free throw	104	118
5:21	Portland Trail Blazers	Toumani Camara Free throw	105	118
4:29	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	105	120
4:10	Portland Trail Blazers	Scoot Henderson 2-pt field goal	107	120
3:52	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 2-pt field goal	107	122
3:39	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons 3-pt field goal	110	122
3:09	Portland Trail Blazers	Toumani Camara 3-pt field goal	113	122
2:49	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	113	124
2:35	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons Free throw	114	124
2:35	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons Free throw	115	124
2:35	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons Free throw	116	124
2:11	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 2-pt field goal	116	126
1:52	Portland Trail Blazers	Anfernee Simons 2-pt field goal	118	126
0:07	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	118	127
0:07	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard Free throw	118	128

2024-25 season series

After this game: Boston Celtics 1-0. Final series: Boston Celtics 2-0.

Mar 5: Portland Trail Blazers 118 at Boston Celtics 128 (this game)
Mar 23: Boston Celtics 129 at Portland Trail Blazers 116

Highlights

Boston Celtics 128-118 Portland Trail Blazers — Full Highlights (YouTube)

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