The Boston Celtics closed out their common season dwelling slate on Sunday afternoon, internet hosting the Washington Wizards as they continued to jockey for playoff positioning on the high of the Japanese Convention. Aside from a rocky second quarter that noticed Washington rating 37 factors, there wasn’t a lot drama available; the Celtics dealt with their enterprise and improved to 49-30 on the season with a 144-102 win.
Jaylen Brown led the way in which offensively, main all scorers with 32 factors for the sport. Jayson Tatum flirted with a triple-double, stuffing the stat sheet to the tune of twenty-two factors, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Nevertheless it was a colossal effort from the Boston bench that made the distinction, because the Celtics’ subs mixed for 44 factors and 11 three-pointers whereas the sport was nonetheless comparatively aggressive.
An energized Brown opened scoring for the Celtics on the afternoon. He linked on his first three makes an attempt from deep en path to scoring Boston’s first 11 factors as a part of a 5-for-5 begin from the sphere. His scorching begin spearheaded a cushty scoring assault for the Boston offense, as they shot higher than 50% from the sphere within the quarter and took a 35-22 lead into the second.
This was additionally a very robust outing for Boston’s bench. With Daniel Theis promoted to the beginning lineup earlier than Friday’s win over the Pacers, the Celtics returned to their common bench mob of Grant Williams, Derrick White and Payton Pritchard. The trio mixed for 9-of-11 taking pictures within the first half, together with 5 threes.
The Wizards didn’t crumble underneath Boston’s torrid scoring, nevertheless. Led by 10 factors and 5 assists within the first half from longtime Celtics foe Ish Smith, Washington unfold the ball round and saved the sport round a 10-point margin for a lot of the second quarter. The quarter amounted to a stalemate, because the Wizards piled up 37 factors, and the Celtics entered the halftime break with an 11-point benefit, 70-59.
The Celtics restored order as play started within the second half, opening the third quarter with a 13-3 run that established a little bit of a cushion on the scoreboard. They pushed the lead north of the 20-point threshold as Washington’s offense started to decelerate. Brown continued to pile on factors, Tatum flirted with triple-double territory and the bench performed almost flawless basketball, and the Celtics entered the ultimate quarter main 104-79.
The fourth quarter turned a perfunctory affair early on, as Williams and Pritchard mixed for a trio of threes to open the quarter on a 9-0 Celtics run, pushing the Boston result in 34 and prompting a Wizards timeout. The run reached 20-2 simply 4 minutes into the quarter, and Ime Udoka emptied the Celtics bench to coast to the end line.
Subsequent up, the Celtics embark on their remaining highway journey of the season, travelling to Chicago for a recreation in opposition to the sixth seeded Bulls this Wednesday at 8 PM EST on NBC Sports activities Boston.
For extra postgame protection of Boston’s hard-fought loss in opposition to Dallas, tune into the Garden Report Postgame Show LIVE on CLNS Media proper after the sport. Be part of A Sherrod Blakely, Bobby Manning, Josue Pavon, Jimmy Toscano and host John Zannis for a full breakdown.
