Brown scores 29, Pritchard adds 25 bench points to lead Celtics past Heat 108-89

BOSTON – Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Jayson Tatum had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Payton Pritchard scored 25 off the bench on Monday night time because the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 108-89.

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

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

Both groups had been with out key gamers for the second night time of a back-to-back after shedding on Sunday.

Miami performed with out Jimmy Butler, who has missed 5 of the primary 19 video games with a knee damage. The Celtics had been with out Jrue (*25*), Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis.

Miami scored the primary seven points after which went chilly whereas the Celtics ran off 17 of the following 19 points 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

Heat: Keshad Johnson made his NBA debut and scored two points in seven minutes.

Celtics: Have not 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 night time when he dribbled by means of the lane and sidestepped defender Pelle Larsson and laid in a left-hander off the backboard to give 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 rating 20 or extra bench points in 4 straight video games. He’s the primary Celtic to do it since Isaiah Thomas in 2015.

Up subsequent

Both groups are residence on Wednesday night time, with the Celtics internet hosting Detroit and the Heat internet hosting the Lakers.

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