Paul George returned to Philadelphia on November 10, 2026, and briefly took over Boston’s scoring completely. At Xfinity Mobile Arena, he scored 14 consecutive Celtics points in the fourth quarter of a 123-101 victory over the 76ers, finishing with a game-high 36 against his former team.
The NBA’s official daily roundup identifies the sequence as 14 straight Boston points. Sports Illustrated’s game report independently records the same burst. The distinction matters: it describes a stretch when every Celtics point came from George, rather than saying Philadelphia went scoreless throughout that entire individual sequence. Consecutive team points can span several scoring plays and possessions. They identify who supplied Boston’s points during that stretch; the change in the lead also depends on the opposition’s responses.
A reunion with a different leading man
The matchup had naturally drawn attention to Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, former Boston teammates now on opposite sides. But George was part of the reunion too: he moved from Philadelphia to Boston in the summer trade that sent Brown the other way. His performance supplied a different focal point.
As the Associated Press report confirms, George finished with 36 points and six three-pointers. Tatum added 21, while Brown scored 13. Those totals show how decisively the returning former Sixer shaped the outcome, even on a night with several more obvious pregame storylines.
The shooting behind the surge
George made 14 of 22 shots from the field, including six of 11 from beyond the arc. NBC Sports Boston’s recap corroborates those figures. His six threes alone supplied 18 points, exactly half of his total. They also represented more than one quarter of Boston’s 22 successful three-pointers.
There is a useful difference between a strong overall shooting line and a concentrated scoring burst. The first shows production across the game; the second reveals how that production arrived. George provided both, with his fourth-quarter sequence turning an efficient return into the defining passage of the closing period.
The final margin hides a closer contest
Philadelphia had made the game competitive again. AFP’s account records third-quarter ties at 76-76 and 79-79 before Boston pulled away. The eventual 22-point margin therefore should not be mistaken for a game that had been comfortably settled long before the fourth quarter began.
The victory left Boston at 9-2 and Philadelphia at 9-3, with the Celtics moving above the Sixers in the Eastern Conference. For George, the memorable detail was more specific than the standings: during one fourth-quarter stretch, Boston’s scoring column was effectively his alone. Fourteen straight points made the return unmistakably his night.
Sources and further reading
- NBA official game page
- NBC Sports Boston: game recap
- Associated Press via Sportsnet
- AFP via Citizen Digital
- Sports Illustrated: Tom Dierberger’s game report
- NBA: Starting 5, November 11
