Jaylen Brown scores 29 to help Celtics pull away from Kings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jaylen Brown had 29 factors and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics pulled away down the stretch to beat the Sacramento Kings 120-106 on Thursday night time.

Brown shot 11 of 25, together with 1 for 9 from 3-point distance, however made six free throws and added 4 assists earlier than fouling out late within the fourth quarter. The four-time All-Star has been on a scoring tear recently, pouring in 20 or extra factors in 12 of his final 15 video games.

Derrick White had 16 factors and 7 assists as Boston improved to 3-1 on its five-game journey. Payton Pritchard added 16 factors and 6 assists.

Sam Hauser hit 5 3-pointers to complete with 15 factors, and Anfernee Simons scored 14 off the bench.

DeMar DeRozan led Sacramento with 25 factors. Dennis Schroder scored 18 and Keon Ellis added 16. The Kings (8-26) have misplaced 4 of 5 and 9 of 11.

White’s tiebreaking 3-pointer gave the Celtics the lead for good, 93-90, with 10:45 remaining.

Sacramento pulled to 104-100 with 6:30 left earlier than Brown transformed a three-point play and White adopted with one other 3. Brown scored six factors and White had 5 in an 11-2 run that gave Boston a 115-102 cushion with 2:50 to play.

Sacramento managed a lot of the primary half regardless that Boston related on 10 3-pointers.

Valuable Achiuwa had eight factors within the first quarter to assist the Kings erase an early eight-point deficit and lead 29-28.

The Celtics (21-12) trailed 61-56 late within the second however Brown made a pair of layups as a part of a 6-0 spurt to finish the half.

After Boston prolonged its result in eight early within the third interval, Sacramento put collectively its greatest surge of the night time and took a four-point benefit earlier than the groups headed into the fourth tied at 88.

Celtics: Go to the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.

Kings: Face the Suns in Phoenix on Friday.