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Celtics
| Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|
| vs NYK | W 123-117 | |
| at CLE | W 115-117 | |
| at MIN | L 119-115 | |
| vs DET | W 117-114 | |
| vs ORL | W 138-129 |
Rockets
| Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|
| vs SAC | W 121-95 | |
| at UTA | L 133-125 | |
| at UTA | W 101-129 | |
| at GSW | W 100-104 | |
| at PHX | W 92-114 |
Injuries
Celtics
| Player | Pos | Date | Injury | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jaylen Brown | G-F | Illness | The Celtics listed Brown as OUT for Thursday's (Dec. 4) game against Washinton. | |
 Jayson Tatum | F-G | Achilles | The Celtics have not ruled Tatum out for the 2025-26 season, ESPN's Shams Charania reported on the Pat McAfee Show on Thursday (Oct. 9). |
Rockets
| Player | Pos | Date | Injury | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tari Eason | F | Oblique | The Rockets announced that Eason will miss at least four weeks due to an oblique injury. | |
 Dorian Finney-Smith | F | Ankle | Head coach Ime Udoka told Michael Shapiro of SI.com that Finney-Smith was behind schedule in his recovery, but the Rockets haven't offered up any sort of timeline regarding when the veteran forward might play. Consider Finney-Smith week-to-week until the | |
 Fred VanVleet | G | ACL | The Rockets said on Monday (Sept. 22) that VanVleet suffered a torn ACL and may be out for the entire 2025-26 campaign, per Shams Charania of ESPN. |
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