NBA: Boston Celtics Drop Orlando Magic to Stay Perfect at Home, Milwaukee Bucks Shoot Down Houston Rockets – News18

Boston improved their excellent NBA house file to 14-0 on Sunday as Jaylen Brown keyed a fourth-quarter surge that noticed the Celtics draw back for a 114-97 victory over the Orlando Magic.

Brown scored 17 of his 31 factors within the last interval to assist the Celtics, who led by 9 by way of three quarters, push their lead to as many as 23.

Jayson Tatum scored 23 factors, and Kristaps Porzingis added 15 factors and 10 rebounds in his return from a one-recreation absence.

The Celtics withstood a 36-level, 10-rebound efficiency from Orlando’s Paolo Banchero to beat the Magic for the second time in three days.

Stung by that defeat on Friday, the Magic raced to an early 10-level lead, however the Celtics turned the tide within the second quarter and by no means trailed after the break.

Brown, who added 5 rebounds, six assists, one steal and one block, stated his fourth-quarter burst was only a matter of falling right into a rhythm.

“I’m a do whatever our team needs kind of guy,” he stated. “First quarter, fourth quarter, it don’t matter, I just take advantage of the opportunities I get.”

The Milwaukee Bucks stayed a recreation and a half behind the East-leading Celtics with a 128-119 victory over the Houston Rockets.

Damian Lillard scored 39 factors and Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 26 factors and pulled down 17 rebounds — passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to develop into the Bucks’ all-time rebounding chief.

Antetokounmpo, already the Bucks’ all-time chief in factors and assists, claimed the franchise rebounding mark along with his 14th of the night time halfway by way of the fourth quarter that took his profession tally to 17,162.

The bruising encounter in Milwaukee noticed Antetokounmpo go away the court docket to have a bleeding reduce on his arm taken care of and Milwaukee’s Pat Connaughton take an elbow to the jaw from Houston’s Dillon Brooks.

Brooks and Rockets coach Ime Udoka have been each ejected within the last minute.

The Rockets have been down by 9 when Brooks and Udoka have been tossed and Lillard made three of the 4 technical free-throws to put it out of attain.

VanVleet led the Rockets with 22 factors and heart Alperen Sengun added 20. But Houston, who had reduce the deficit to three halfway by way of the fourth, couldn’t provide you with a solution when Milwaukee’s Khris Middleton scored 14 of his 20 factors within the last interval to assist the Bucks draw back.

In Phoenix, Kevin Durant scored 28 factors and Devin Booker added 27 because the Suns erased a 16-level deficit to beat the Washington Wizards 112-108.

The Suns have been up by one with 42.1 seconds remaining when Durant powered by way of the Wizards protection to jam in a one-handed dunk over Daniel Gafford.

Fouled on the play, Durant made the free-throw to push the lead to 110-106 and the Suns held on for the win.

Three-point bonanza

Elsewhere, the New Orleans Pelicans drilled a franchise file 22 three-pointers in a dominant 146-110 victory over the Spurs in San Antonio.

CJ McCollum made six of his seven three-level makes an attempt on the best way to 29 factors. Brandon Ingram was 5-of-seven from past the arc and scored 26 factors for the Pelicans, who threw some chilly water on the Spurs’ halftime ceremony honoring Tony Parker’s induction into the Hall of Fame in August.

Rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama scored 17 factors and grabbed 13 rebounds underneath the attention of fellow Frenchman Parker, his childhood idol.

The Spurs, who snapped their 18-recreation dropping streak with a victory over LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday, took a 6-0 lead on Wembanyama’s alley-oop dunk within the opening minutes however had little to have fun the remainder of the best way.

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