Jayson Tatum scored 34 factors and had the game-winning jumper with 33.7 seconds to play because the visiting Boston Celtics outlasted the short-handed San Antonio Spurs 121-116 on Saturday.
The Spurs had been taking part in the second sport of a house back-to-back and had been with out three common starters however hung robust with Boston, the group with the perfect document within the NBA.
The Celtics led by 15 factors late within the second quarter however led simply 114-113 after Romeo Langford’s layup with 1:12 to play. Robert Williams III’s alley-oop dunk on the following possession put Boston again up by three factors however Josh Richardson canned a 3-pointer with 37.4 seconds left for San Antonio to tie the sport.
After a timeout, Tatum’s step-back jumper within the lane on Derrick White’s eleventh help of the sport gave the Celtics the lead. San Antonio’s Jeremy Sochan then missed a 3-pointer and Tatum hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds remaining to push the result in three factors. He missed the second try, however Al Horford grabbed the offensive rebound earlier than Malcolm Brogdon was fouled and closed out the sport with two free throws.
Jaylen Brown added 29 factors for Boston, with Brogdon scoring 23, Williams hitting for 10 factors and grabbing 11 rebounds and Horford taking 11 rebounds.
Zach Collins racked up a career-high-tying 18 factors and 12 rebounds for San Antonio. Richardson and Tre Jones added 18 factors apiece whereas Langford had 14, Doug McDermott scored 13, Sochan tallied 11 and Stanley Johnson and Malaki Branham every contributed 10 factors for the Spurs.
San Antonio was with out Devin Vassell, who may have arthroscopic surgical procedure on his left knee subsequent week, main scorer Keldon Johnson, who strained his left hamstring in Friday’s win over Detroit and Jakob Poeltl, who was out with left Achilles bursitis.
The Celtics led 33-30 after the primary quarter. San Antonio was inside 57-49 after a 3-pointer by Richardson with 4:15 to play within the second quarter earlier than Boston reeled off an 11-4 run to construct a 15-point lead with 1:04 left within the half. Baskets by Branham and Jones pulled San Antonio to 68-57 on the break.
Brown led the Celtics with 18 factors earlier than halftime with Tatum hitting for 17 and Brogdon including 11. Collins and Richardson paced San Antonio with 10 factors every at halftime.
–Field Level Media/Reuters
