By BETH HARRIS AP Sports activities Editor
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 25 factors, Jayson Tatum added 24 and the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Clippers 117-113 in extra time Wednesday night time as each groups had been lacking key gamers.
Derrick White added 20 factors and Sam Hauser had 15, tying his season excessive with 5 3-pointers. The defending NBA champions performed with out Jrue Vacation and Kristaps Porzingis.
Derrick Jones Jr. scored a career-high 29 factors, 17 within the first quarter, to steer the Clippers. Kevin Porter Jr. added a season-high 26 and Amir Coffey had 24. Los Angeles’ Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac had been all sidelined.
The Clippers trailed by seven within the fourth, however Coffey dunked, then Jones stole the ball from Brown and scored with 4.2 seconds left to tie the sport at 103-103 and pressure extra time.
The Celtics opened the five-minute further session with 3-pointers from White, Tatum and Brown that elevated the result in 112-105. The Clippers lower the result in two factors twice, the final time on Coffey’s three-point play with 30 seconds remaining.
After the Celtics performed the ball down the courtroom, Neemias Queta scored beneath and time expired.
Takeaways
Celtics: They trailed for a lot of the third quarter earlier than making 4 3-pointers within the fourth when Tatum had simply 5 factors.
Clippers: They had been capable of see a few of their younger gamers compete in opposition to the Celtics, who’re second within the East.
Key second
The Celtics turned issues round within the fourth after trailing by six early. They scored 13 straight factors, together with three straight 3-pointers, two from White and one from Tatum, to take a seven-point lead.
Key statistic
The match featured 16 ties and 25 lead modifications.
To be continued
The Celtics go to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night time. The Clippers host NBA-worst Washington on Thursday night time to finish their second straight sport this week.
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