Jaylen Brown heated up late to shine off a 31-point efficiency because the Boston Celtics continued to inch in the direction of historical past with a 114-97 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic on Sunday.
Boston has gained its first 14 residence video games of the season, turning into simply the second group in franchise historical past to perform the feat. The 1957-58 Celtics acquired off to the most effective begin in entrance of a pleasant crowd, going 18-0.
Brown scored 17 of his factors within the fourth quarter and went 12-for-20 from the sphere for the sport. Jayson Tatum added 23 factors and eight rebounds for Boston, which additionally acquired 15 factors and 10 boards from Kristaps Porzingis.
Paolo Banchero poured in a game-high 36 factors to go together with 10 rebounds as Orlando fell to the Celtics for the second time in three days. Boston beat the Magic 128-111 on Friday.
Suns 112, Wizards 108
Phoenix rallied from a 16-point deficit and outscored visiting Washington 31-19 within the fourth quarter en path to a win.
Devin Booker shot 4 of 6 from the ground and scored 11 of his 27 factors within the ultimate interval, serving to to ignite Phoenix’s rally on the offensive finish. The Suns’ defence held Washington to 7-of-27 taking pictures within the quarter as Phoenix flipped a virtually game-long deficit right into a lead down the stretch. Kevin Durant completed with a game-high 28 factors.
Daniel Gafford buoyed Washington along with his profession night time, recording private bests of 26 factors and 17 rebounds.
Pelicans 146, Spurs 110
CJ McCollum scored 29 factors whereas hitting six of his seven 3-point makes an attempt as visiting New Orleans set a franchise file for 3-pointers and romped previous San Antonio.
New Orleans made a franchise-record 22 3-pointers on 42 tries in its season-high fourth straight victory. Brandon Ingram added 26 factors, with Jose Alvarado scoring 16 and Jonas Valanciunas racking up 15 factors and 16 rebounds.
The Spurs struggled in falling for the nineteenth time of their previous 20 outings after breaking their team-high 18-game dropping streak with a win in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday. Victor Wembanyama paced San Antonio with 17 factors, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks.
Bucks 128, Rockets 119
Damian Lillard had 39 factors and 11 assists as Milwaukee posted its fourth straight win, beating visiting Houston.
Giannis Antetokounmpo added 26 factors and 17 rebounds, Khris Middleton scored 20 factors and Brook Lopez had 18 for Milwaukee, which shot 50 % from the sphere and snapped the Rockets’ five-game successful streak.
Fred VanVleet led the Rockets with 22 factors, whereas Alperen Sengun tallied 20 factors, eight rebounds and 5 assists. Houston trailed by as many as 14 late within the third quarter earlier than chopping the deficit to 118-113 when VanVleet scored with 3:26 remaining within the recreation, however it may by no means pull forward.
Warriors 118, Trail Blazers 114
Klay Thompson scored 28 factors on 11-of-16 taking pictures to steer Golden State to a victory over host Portland.
Andrew Wiggins added 25 factors on 9-of-12 taking pictures off the bench as Golden State posted back-to-back wins for the primary time since Nov. 1-3. Warriors star Stephen Curry scored simply seven factors and missed all eight of his 3-point makes an attempt to see his NBA file of 268 consecutive video games with at the very least one 3-pointer come to an finish.
Jerami Grant scored 30 factors for Portland, which dropped its seventh straight recreation. Anfernee Simons added 24 factors after going scoreless within the first half.
