Overview
- Jaylen Brown posted 28 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, and Nikola Vucevic delivered 28 points and 11 boards off the bench for his third double-double with Boston.
- Boston shot 66.7% from the field, hit 22 three-pointers and registered 77 bench points, with Payton Pritchard adding 22 and a game-best +40.
- The Celtics blew the game open with a 43-26 third quarter and led by as many as 41, finishing with 39 assists on 52 field goals.
- Brooklyn’s skid reached seven games and the Nets dropped to 15-44 despite shooting 48.9%, as Boston’s perimeter barrage proved decisive.
- The emphatic home win came two days after a 103-84 loss in Denver marked by cold shooting and 14 turnovers; Jayson Tatum did not play, and Boston has now won five of six to stay second in the East.