Brown scores 29, Pritchard adds 25 bench points to lead Celtics past Heat 108-89 – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 29 factors, Jayson Tatum had 18 factors and 11 rebounds and Payton Pritchard scored 25 off the bench on Monday evening because the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Warmth 108-89.

Derrick White added 19 factors because the defending NBA champions gained for the eighth time in 9 video games.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 19 factors and 10 rebounds and Tyler Herro scored 19 for Miami. Herro was 2 for 10 from 3-point vary, and the Warmth shot 23% from past the arc and 36% from the sector.

Each groups have been with out key gamers for the second evening of a back-to-back after dropping on Sunday.

Miami performed with out Jimmy Butler, who has missed 5 of the primary 19 video games with a knee damage. The Celtics have been with out Jrue Vacation, Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis.

Miami scored the primary seven factors after which went chilly whereas the Celtics ran off 17 of the subsequent 19 factors to take the lead. Boston made it a double-digit lead early within the second quarter and went up by 20 within the third.

Takeaways

Warmth: Keshad Johnson made his NBA debut and scored two factors in seven minutes.

Celtics: Haven’t misplaced back-to-back video games all season.

Key second

Pritchard, who hit two half-court buzzer-beaters within the NBA Finals, beat the third-quarter buzzer on Monday evening when he dribbled by way of the lane and sidestepped defender Pelle Larsson and laid in a left-hander off the backboard to provide Boston a 22-point lead — their largest within the sport to that time.

Key stat

Pritchard grew to become the primary NBA participant this season to attain 20 or extra bench factors in 4 straight video games. He’s the primary Celtic to do it since Isaiah Thomas in 2015.