On a night where the Celtics shot 26% from three, they found a way to beat the Grizzlies 117-112 behind 30 points from Jaylen Brown and season high 22 points from Luka Garza.<\/p>\n
The Celtics started their usuals with only Nikola Vucevic missing the game. Joe Mazzulla put Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Sam Hauser, Jayson Tatum and Neemias Queta out there to start the game. Memphis had a slew of injuries, Ja Morant, Cedric Cowherd, Zach Edey, Santi Aldama, Brandon Clarke, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Scotty Pippen Jr., GG Jackson, Jahmai Mashack and Taj Gibson (yes, he is on the Grizzlies) were out for this one. They started Ty Jerome, Javon Small, Jaylen Wells, Taylor Hendricks and Olivier-Maxence Prosper.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies were leading the Celtics at the first timeout, 11-9. It was a slow start for the Celtics offense, they made only one of their first 6 shot attempts but were able to stay in the game at the foul line, a place Jaylen Brown has been living the last few games.<\/p>\n
Payton Pritchard came in and flipped the energy for the Celtics, scoring 10 points as the Celtics took the lead late in the quarter.<\/p>\n
The Celtics led the quarter after a massive dunk from Hugo Gonzalez, 29-27. Pritchard\u2019s 10 points lead the team while Jaylen Brown had 6 points and Luka Garza had 4.<\/p>\n
HUGOOO \ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f pic.twitter.com\/vNWkth2jSJ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 21, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n Memphis was playing with a lot of hustle and the Celtics could not make a shot so Memphis led 41-38 in the middle of the 2nd quarter.<\/p>\n Ty Jermone, Tyler Burton and Javon Small were all getting the ball in the hoop for the Grizzlies with 8, 8 and 7 points respectively.<\/p>\n Jayson Tatum could not get it going for the Celtics, he missed his first 8 shots of the game going 0-5 from beyond the arc as well. He made his first shot with 1:20 to go in the 2nd quarter.<\/p>\n It was a frustrating half for the Celtics as they shot 38% from the floor, however, they led 55-54. Jaylen Brown led the team with 16 points while Payton Pritchard had 12 and Neemias Queta had 10 points to go along with 7 rebounds.<\/p>\n The Celtics were just sleep walking through much of the game. Memphis was just a step quicker for much of the early part of the game.<\/p>\n We did get a Nikola Vucevic update during the game.<\/p>\n NBC Sports Boston reporting Vucevic will have an X-Ray in a week and return to contact, play in the final few regular season games if all goes well.<\/p>\n