Orlando, Florida. Jayson Tatum had 37 points and 14 rebounds, Jaylen Brown added 21 points and 11 rebounds and the Boston Celtics took an advantage of 3-1 in their NBA playoff series with a 107-98 victory over Orlando Magic on Sunday night.
Kristaps Porzingis scored 19 points, including a dump of his own lost tray that put Boston ahead to keep with 3:58 remaining. Derrick White finished with 18 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.
Paolo Bancher led Orlando with 31 points.
Game 5 of the best first round series will be played on Tuesday night in Boston.
Franz Wagner had 24 points and seven assists for Orlando. Corey Joseph added 12 points, the highest score result for a magical guard in the series.
Porzingis of seven feet and three inches, which played only 22 minutes due to fault problems, helped Boston overcome the 9 by 31 of the range of 3 points with a dominant internal game in the first half.
The Magic Shot 8 by 29 behind the arch.
Boston’s guard, Jrue Holiday, was left out a second consecutive game with a right lava tendon.
A porzingis overturned began an 18-3 race by Boston in the middle of the first half. A Triple of Porzingis gave the Celtics an advantage of nine points, the largest in the game, with 7:45 remaining in the second quarter.
The magic never led after that, but a volley from Wendell Carter Jr. tied the game with 91 with 4:18 remaining.
