Jaylen Brown scored 24 points and Jayson Tatum and Malcolm Brogdon each added 23 to lead the host Boston Celtics to a 112-94 win over the Washington Wizards on Sunday night.
Brown also grabbed 10 rebounds, Tatum hit five 3-pointers and Brogdon finished with a season high in points for the Celtics, who snapped a two-game losing skid.
Grant Williams rounded out Boston's double-digit scorers with 10 points off the bench.
Kristaps Porzingis was a rebound away from a double-double in the first half and went on to finish with 17 points and 13 rebounds to pace the Wizards, who have lost back-to-back games.
Rui Hachimura added 13 points, Bradley Beal chipped in 12 and Anthony Gill had 10 for Washington.
Tatum knocked down consecutive 3-pointers as part of Boston's opening 11-2 run that forced a Washington timeout. Tatum (11 points) and Brown (10) combined for all 21 of Boston's points on 8-of-10 shooting over the first five minutes.
By first quarter's end, Tatum and Brown hit five of the Celtics' six treys on their way to a combined total of nine in the game. The duo took the team's first 12 shots and scored 23 points before Marcus Smart's driving layup with 4:06 left in the opening frame.
Porzingis was 3-for-5 in the period, but the rest of the Wizards were 3-for-18.
The second quarter was a different story, as Washington cut the deficit to 58-47 by halftime thanks to a 12-0 run.
A Porzingis tip-in with four seconds left brought the Wizards within single digits, but Tatum fed Brogdon for a driving layup just before the buzzer to extend the lead.
Boston was just 8-for-22 from the field and committed four turnovers in the second.
The Celtics bounced back and made it a 19-point game through three quarters thanks to 3-pointers from Brogdon, Brown and Sam Hauser in the final 2:19 of the third.
Boston led by as many as 25 in the final frame.
--Field Level Media
Washington | Boston | |
Kristaps Porzingis 17 | Scoring | Jaylen Brown 24 |
Bradley Beal 8 | Assists | Marcus Smart 6 |
Kristaps Porzingis 13 | Rebounds | Jaylen Brown 10 |
Bradley Beal 2 | Free Throws Made | Malcolm Brogdon 8 |
Bradley Beal 1 | Steals | Marcus Smart 2 |
Kristaps Porzingis 2 | Blocks | Luke Kornet 2 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Washington | 94 | 38.8 | 7-32 | 11-16 | 22 | 51 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
Boston | 112 | 45.6 | 21-47 | 19-20 | 29 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 14 |