Boston – – Payton Pritchard scored 22 factors, Sam Hauser had 20 and the Boston Celtics beat the Charlotte Hornets 130-94 Friday night for his or her sixtieth victory of the season.
The groups will meet in Boston on Sunday.
Derrick White added 19 factors, Jayson Tatum collected 16 factors, eight rebounds and eight assists, and Al Horford collected 13 factors with 11 rebounds for the Celtics (60-21). Boston coach Joe Mazzulla posed his starters on the final quarter.
The Star of the Celtics, Jaylen Brown, was out with a painful proper knee which hampered him final month, making him ineligible for post-season costs as a result of he didn’t attain the edge of the League for the video games performed.
Seth Curry led the Hornets with 17 factors and struck his 82nd pointer at 3, who certified him for the share upfront of the NBA. It went 5 of seven out of 3s and is 45.6%.
Zach Lavine de Sacramento entered the night time, resulting in 44.6%.
Boston, who set the League file for 3s throughout a season this month, reached seven within the third, pushing a bonus at half-time from some extent to 91-75 coming into the fourth.
The Celtics had a 20 -point defeat in Orlando on Wednesday after they sat their finest gamers.
Hornets: SAT Lamelo Ball (ankle) and Miles bridges (hip). They in direction of the top of a dismal season (19-62) and haven’t made the playoffs since 2016.
Celtics: Brown’s Dole Knee may turn into an element whereas Celtics try to repeat because the NBA champions. The reigning finals MVP is a key defender in opposition to the most effective scorers of the opponents.
Tatum struck a 3 summit and was the sufferer of a 3:17 fault within the third, throwing the frank to complete a sport of 4 factors.
Boston reached 60 victories for the fifteenth time within the historical past of the franchise and the primary of the consecutive seasons since 2007-08 and 2008-2009.
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