The Boston Celtics broke their two-game dropping streak by crushing the Indiana Pacers (142-105) in a recreation that may go down in historical past for the colossal efficiency of Jaylen Brown, who’s often within the shadow of Jayson Tatum, however this time was probably the most excellent of the ‘Jays’ to consolidate Boston’s second place within the Jap Convention (23-8), solely behind the unstoppable Cleveland Cavaliers (27-4) and the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (24.5)within the West (24-5).
Jaylen Brown stole the present with an anthological recreation: 44 factors (10/15 t2, 6/11 t3 and 6/6 tl), 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals. It was the eleventh recreation of his profession within the NBA through which he scored 40 or extra factors and he grew to become the third ‘Celtic’ to attain at the least 44 factors and 4 steals in its complete historical past. Solely the legendary Larry Hen (5 instances) and Antoine Walker had carried out it earlier than
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Solely his teammate Jayson Tatum can boast within the Boston franchise’s historical past of getting extra video games with at the least 40 factors and 5 three-pointers. The Celtics flew with him on the court docket (+30), and he additionally confirmed his common prowess from three-point vary with a 41.1% capturing proportion (23/56).
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Jayson Tatum (22+13+4+3 steals), the substitute Payton Pritchard, who scored 18 factors (4/8 t3), 8 rebounds and 10 assists with 0 turnovers, and Al Horford (13+5+2) had been the opposite standouts in Boston’s resounding victory, which couldn’t depend on the injured Kristaps Porzingis (ankle) and Jrue Vacation (shoulder).
On the Pacers facet, the perfect performers had been Tyrese Haliburton (19+4+9), Bennedict Mathurin (18+6+2), Pascal Siakam (14+9) and substitutes Jarace Wallace (15+5 assists) and Thomas Bryant (12+7). Indiana, which missed injured gamers Obi Toppin (ankle) and Andrew Nembhard (knee), suffered its second straight loss after 5 straight wins
