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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – Jaylen Brown #7 of the Boston Celtics reacts throughout the first half of a sport towards the Golden State Warriors at TD Garden on December 17, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo : Maddie Malhotra/Getty Images)
The Boston Celtics notched their 16th win of the season on Wednesday, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers, 111-101, at TD Garden. It was an enormous bounce-back win for the Celtics, who suffered a gut-wrenching 108-103 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers of their earlier sport.
Brown, Williams lead Celtics in rout
Four gamers scored in double-figures for the Celtics, who returned to .500 forward of Christmas Day. Jaylen Brown led all scorers with 34 factors, flattening 12 of his 22 area objective makes an attempt. He shot 5 of 10 from past the arc and made all 5 of his free throw makes an attempt. Brown additionally had six rebounds, three assists, one steal and one block in 36 minutes of motion.
Brown has now scored 30 or extra factors in every of his final two video games. That is a superb signal for Brown, who has been stricken by accidents this season. He has missed 5 video games this month due to a bothersome proper hamstring.
Robert Williams placed on fairly a present for the Celtics within the win towards the Cavs, scoring a career-high 21 factors. He additionally recorded 11 rebounds and 7 assists in a superb all-around efficiency. Jayson Tatum had a poor capturing night time however nonetheless completed with 18 factors, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. He contributed on the defensive finish as properly, nabbing two steals and one block.
The Celtics dominated a Cavs group that was coping with a COVID-19 outbreak. Eight of their gamers have been positioned on the league’s well being and security protocols, together with starters Isaac Okoro, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen.
Darius Garland carried the scoring cudgels for the undermanned Cavs, scoring 28 factors on 11 of twenty-two capturing from the ground. Kevin Love and Cedi Osman have been the one different Cleveland gamers to attain in double digits, including 18 and 13 factors, respectively.
Despite enjoying with a short-handed lineup, the Cavs managed to place up a combat within the second half. They sliced the Celtics’ result in 10 factors initially of the fourth quarter after a basket by Garland. Boston shortly quelled Cleveland’s rebellion because the Celtics unleashed an 8-0 run to ice the sport.
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Joe Johnson makes cameo look in NBA return
With the Celtics in cruise management within the closing minutes of the fourth quarter, they have been in a position to give some enjoying time to the returning Joe Johnson. The 40-year-old veteran signed a 10-day contract with the Celtics on Tuesday afternoon. Johnson was given one other shot by the Celtics with COVID-19 decimating the rosters of groups across the NBA.
Johnson delighted the group when he nailed a jumper within the closing minute of their sport towards the Cavs. Johnson has been a deadly scorer within the NBA, racking up greater than 20,000 factors in his storied profession.
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