Celtics' Brown-White-Queta-Pritchard-Hauser unit: +17.9
Over 35 games and 200 minutes last season, this Celtics five-man lineup outscored opponents at a rate most units never reach.
The number is +17.9. That is the net rating for the Celtics lineup of J. Brown, D. White, N. Queta, P. Pritchard and S. Hauser, in 2025-26 play through June 13, 2026.
This group has logged 35 games and 200 minutes together. In that time it has produced an offensive rating of 122.6 and a defensive rating of 104.7. The gap between those two numbers is what drives the net rating, and a gap that size over 200 minutes is not noise.
For this to hold, all five pieces have to keep doing their jobs at the same time. Brown and White need to keep scoring, Pritchard and Hauser need to keep making shots and moving without the ball, and Queta needs to keep protecting the rim and controlling the defensive end. If any one of the five slips, the balance between 122.6 scored and 104.7 allowed starts to narrow.
For it to change, the simplest path is fewer minutes together. At 200 minutes on the season, this lineup has not yet been tested across a full stretch of games without rest, injury, or rotation changes breaking it up. More minutes would show whether +17.9 is where this group settles or whether it drifts toward the rest of the roster's numbers.