The Celtics hand the Warriors their most lopsided home loss in 40 years with a 125-85 win – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 22 factors, Kristaps Porzingis had 18 and the Boston Celtics handed the Golden State Warriors their most lopsided residence loss in 40 years with a 125-85 victory on Monday.

The Celtics constructed a double-digit lead early and put the sport away with a 43-24 edge within the third quarter.

Jaylen Brown added 17 factors and Payton Pritchard scored 14 for Boston.

Stephen Curry scored 18 factors to guide Golden State. The Warriors shot 34.8% for the sport, with Andrew Wiggins making simply 1 of 11 photographs.

The Warriors misplaced by not less than 40 factors at residence for the sixth time since shifting to California in 1962 and first since a 149-104 loss to Dallas on Jan. 15, 1985.

Takeaways

Celtics: Boston obtained off to a very good begin on a four-game journey after coming into the sport on a 3-4 stretch. The Celtics obtained in entrance early and by no means have been actually threatened the remainder of the best way.

Warriors: The short-handed Warriors have been down one other key participant with Draymond Inexperienced (calf) becoming a member of Jonathan Kuminga (ankle) and Brandon Podziemski (belly) on the sideline. They didn’t have almost sufficient with out these gamers to maintain tempo with the defending champions.

Key second

The Warriors went 7:32, spanning the primary and second quarters, with out making a basket, turning a two-point lead right into a 13-point deficit that they by no means overcame.

Key stat

12.5. The Warriors shot 3 for twenty-four from 3-point vary within the first half for his or her second-lowest proportion in a primary half with not less than 20 makes an attempt for the reason that begin of the play-by-play period in 1996-97. Golden State shot 2 for 22 (9.1%) in a loss to Brooklyn on Feb. 5, 2020.