The Portuguese international scored 10 points, with just one failed field goal (four out of five), and was the ‘king’ of the tables, with 12 rebounds, four of which were offensive. Neemias Queta, who continues to be a starter, played his 53rd game of the season.
Portuguese center Neemias Queta scored a ‘double double’ this Monday in the clear triumph achieved by the Boston Celtics against the Los Angeles Lakers (111-89), in Sunday’s round of the North American Basketball League ().
The Portuguese international scored 10 points, with just one failed field goal (four out of five), the last one, and two successful free throws, out of many attempts, and was the ‘king’ of the tables, with 12 rebounds, four of which were offensive.
In 25.36 minutes of use, in his 53rd game of the season, Neemias, who continues as a starter, also recorded three blocks, two of them from LeBron James, and an assist, in a match in which he committed two ‘turnovers’ and one foul.
In the Boston team, the best was substitute Payton Pritchard, with 30 points, with 10 in 14 in ‘shots’ from the field, eight assists and four rebounds, followed by Jaylen Brown, with 32 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
Slovenian baseman Luka Doncic led the hosts with 25 points, while LeBron James added 20, putting the record at more than 43,000, in his 1,600th game in the regular season, now 11 behind record holder Robert Parish.
Celtics in 2nd in the Eastern Conference
The Celtics recorded their 37th victory, in 56 games, and remain in second place in the Eastern Conference, behind only the Detroit Pistons (42 victories and 13 setbacks), while the Lakers are sixth in the West, with 34 wins and 22 defeats.
The Boston team returns to play on Tuesday, at the Phoenix Suns.
Playing his fifth season in the NBA, Neemias Queta has played 163 games in the regular season, 143 for the Celtics (28 in 2023/24, 62 in 2024/25 and 53 in 2025/26), for which he was champion in his debut season, and 20 for the Sacramento Kings, 15 in 2021/22, as a ‘rookie’, and five in 2022/23.
The 26-year-old Portuguese international center was selected by the Sacramento Kings in 39th position in the 2021 NBA draft, becoming the first Portuguese to play in the competition. It remains the only one.
