Celtics beat Nets 113-99; above .500 for first time this season

NEW YORK (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 29 factors, Payton Pritchard had 22 factors and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets 113-99 on Tuesday night time to maneuver above .500 for the primary time this season.

Derrick White added 15 factors for the Celtics, who gained their third straight sport to enhance to 8-7. They performed the Nets even for about three quarters earlier than smothering them defensively within the fourth, permitting only one basket for the primary 10 minutes of the interval.

Michael Porter Jr. scored 25 factors for the Nets, his career-best seventh straight sport with not less than 20. However after his 3-pointer gave Brooklyn a 90-89 lead with 9:08 left, the Nets didn’t make one other basket till 1:56 remained.

Day’Ron Sharpe added 16 factors for the Nets, who fell to 2-12 total and 0-7 at house.

The Celtics began the season 0-3 after which gained their subsequent three. They dropped the subsequent two video games and hadn’t gotten their document again to even once more till beating the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.

Porter had 18 factors at halftime and Pritchard scored 17. The groups mixed for 22 2-pointers and 21 3-pointers within the first half, which ended with Boston main 62-61.

The Celtics opened their first double-digit cushion when Brown adopted a three-point play with a 3-pointer to cap an 8-0 burst and make it 75-65 with 7 1/2 minutes remaining within the third. Brooklyn lower it to 1 late within the interval earlier than Brown made one other 3-pointer to ship the Celtics to the fourth with an 89-85 edge.

With the Celtics main 97-92, they chased down three missed pictures on one possession to arrange White’s 3-pointer. After a Brooklyn free throw, he made one other 3 to make it 103-93. Brown’s 3 with 2:55 left capped an 18-3 run to make it 107-93.

The groups meet Friday night time in Boston.