Brooklyn Nets vs Boston Celtics Final — October 27, 2026
BKNOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)BOS
BKNDefenseBOSBKNTeamBOSBKNLast 10 gamesBOSInjuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel
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Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.
No key players listed.
Key players only. Injury report as of October 27, 10:10 a.m. ET.
The pre-game matchup
The Nets visited the Celtics on Tuesday, October 27 at 7:40 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Nets scored 105.9 points per game (30th of 30) and allowed 115.9 (17th). The Celtics scored 114.8 points per game (19th of 30) and allowed 107.2 (1st).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Nets 106.8 (30th), Celtics 118.1 (2nd). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Nets 116.7 (25th), Celtics 110.2 (4th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Nets −10.0 (29th), Celtics +7.9 (4th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Celtics closed as 13.5-point favorites at home against the Nets. The spread opened at Celtics -11.5. The total closed at 223.5, up from 221.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Nets +512, Celtics -732) prices the Nets at 16% and the Celtics at 84%.
Written from the numbers available before kickoff.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Brooklyn Nets 124, Boston Celtics 125
Boston Celtics won by 1.
- Against the closing spread (Boston Celtics -13.5): Brooklyn Nets covered.
- Combined score 249 vs the closing total of 223.5: Over.
- Boston Celtics closed at -732 on the moneyline (a 84% no-vig market-implied chance).
Market
Closing line and line movement
Nets +11.5 (-105)
Nets +13.5 (-115)
Celtics -600 82%
Celtics -732 84%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
Members
G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game24.219th
- Rebounds per game7.141st
- Assists per game3.0114th
- Minutes per game32.5
- Points per game21.130th
- Rebounds per game6.753rd
- Assists per game5.045th
- Minutes per game33.0
- Points per game21.8
- Rebounds per game10.0
- Assists per game5.3
- Minutes per game32.6
- Points per game17.365th
- Rebounds per game5.399th
- Assists per game3.688th
- Minutes per game30.7
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 391 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 16 times since 2022: the Nets won 2 and the Celtics 14.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2026 | Nets 111, Celtics 148 Celtics won | ||
| Jan 23, 2026 | Celtics 130, Nets 126 Celtics won | ||
| Nov 21, 2025 | Nets 113, Celtics 105 Nets won | ||
| Nov 18, 2025 | Celtics 113, Nets 99 Celtics won | ||
| Mar 18, 2025 | Nets 96, Celtics 104 Celtics won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Teams
Brooklyn Nets
- Brooklyn Nets team stats
- Indiana Pacers 136, Brooklyn Nets 109 (Oct 25)
- Brooklyn Nets 121, Cleveland Cavaliers 125 (Oct 24)
- Charlotte Hornets 110, Brooklyn Nets 103 (Oct 21)
Boston Celtics
- Boston Celtics team stats
- Chicago Bulls 99, Boston Celtics 134 (Oct 26)
- New York Knicks 103, Boston Celtics 107 (Oct 23)
- Boston Celtics 113, Detroit Pistons 121 (Oct 20)
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