Overview
- The Celtics, who won 119-109 on Wednesday at TD Garden, snapped Oklahoma City’s 12-game winning streak.
- Jaylen Brown powered Boston with 31 points, eight rebounds and eight assists while drawing 14 free throws, calling a fourth-quarter foul on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander “a little payback.”
- Jayson Tatum delivered 19 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists in his ninth game back from Achilles rehab, signaling a steady return to form.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 on 10-for-12 shooting but said the Thunder “got a test” and “didn’t pass it,” with their supporting cast offering too little in key stretches.
- Boston won the possession fight by hitting 18 of 41 threes and cashing 19 second-chance points, with Payton Pritchard, Neemias Queta and Baylor Scheierman supplying timely bench lifts.