Jayson Tatum led six Boston gamers in double figures with a game-high 22 factors on Monday because the Celtics steamrolled the Golden State Warriors 125-85 in San Francisco as a part of the NBA’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day slate.
Kristaps Porzingis chipped in 18 factors and Jaylen Brown scored 17 for Boston, which for the fourth straight season dropped the season-series opener to Golden State earlier than getting even – after which some – within the rematch.
Golden State had not misplaced by 40 at house since Jan. 15, 1985.
The 40-point margin was just like the 140-88 pounding the Celtics dealt the Warriors final March after Golden State had received 132-126 in time beyond regulation three months earlier. This time round, the Warriors shocked the defending champs on their house flooring with a 118-112 win on Nov. 6.
Tatum additionally discovered time for a game-high 9 rebounds to go together with seven assists and two steals. Payton Pritchard paired his game-high 9 assists with 14 factors.
Sam Hauser added 11 factors and Jrue Vacation tallied 10 for the Celtics, who’ve alternated wins and losses of their final 9 video games. Derrick White had three of Boston’s 9 blocks to enrich eight factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
Boston dominated the rematch on each ends of the court docket.
Led by Brown, who was 8-for-14 from the ground, and Vacation, who made two of his three 3-point makes an attempt, the Celtics shot 53.3 p.c total and 41.7 p.c from past the arc, making 20 of 48.
The Warriors, in the meantime, have been held to 34.8 p.c capturing total and 26.4 p.c from deep, connecting on simply 14 of 53 tries. Andrew Wiggins particularly struggled for Golden State, lacking all 4 of his 3-point tries and ending simply 1-of-11 from the ground in a four-point effort.
Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 18 factors however was simply 4-of-12 from 3-point vary.
Moses Moody added 13 factors for Golden State, which was lacking Draymond Inexperienced, Jonathan Kuminga, Brandin Podziemski and Kyle Anderson as a result of damage.
Moody additionally posted six rebounds and a team-high 5 assists, whereas Kevon Looney snatched a team-high seven rebounds for the Warriors.
The Celtics led 54-39 at halftime earlier than taking management within the third quarter. Tatum scored 12 factors within the third as Boston hit 16 of 24 photographs, together with eight threes, to open up a 34-point lead coming into the fourth.
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