Boston Celtics vs Brooklyn Nets Final Score & Over/Under Result — Jan 23, 2026

The market had this game pegged at 215.5, but Brooklyn and Boston had other plans from the opening tip. The Celtics and Nets combined for 56 points in the first quarter alone—already signaling a ceiling-breaker in the making. Brooklyn's defense was porous early; Michael Porter Jr. led the Nets with 30 points and 8 rebounds, while Nolan Traore added 21 points in support. But Boston's offensive firepower was relentless. Payton Pritchard erupted for 32 points with 4 assists, and Jaylen Brown orchestrated the offense with 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists, setting a tempo the Nets couldn't match.

The game remained tightly balanced through regulation. Combined scoring in Q2 cooled to 48 points, then surged again to 55 in Q3, before both teams mustered just 49 combined in the fourth quarter—a late defensive grind that pushed the game to overtime. Those extra five minutes yielded another 48 combined points, sending the final total to 256, a crushing 40.5-point blow-past of the pregame number. Sam Hauser chipped in 19 for Boston; Nic Claxton anchored Brooklyn's interior with 18 points and 9 rebounds.

This was a rematch series—the Celtics and Nets had split their earlier meetings at 218 and 212 combined—but the script flipped decisively. DAGGER leaned under pregame; the call missed decisively. Boston escaped with a 130–126 victory in a game that refused to slow down.