Jaylen Brown scored 24 points, Derrick White had 22 and the Boston Celtics extended their winning streak to six games by beating the Toronto Raptors 111-101 on Tuesday night. Payton Pritchard scored 20 points and Jayson Tatum had 19 points and 11 assists as the Celtics improved to 24-6 on the road.
Payton Pritchard and Derrick White combined for 19 3-pointers and etched their name into Celtics history as a duo.
In the victory, Tatum contributed 19 points and 11 assists while Jaylen Brown and Derrick White led the team in scoring. Three players for Boston scored at least 20 points: Brown, White, and Payton Pritchard,
TORONTO — Jaylen Brown scored 24 points, Derrick White had 22 and the Boston Celtics extended their winning streak to six games by beating the Toronto Raptors 111-101 on Tuesday night. Payton Pritchard scored 20 points and Jayson Tatum had 19 points and 11 assists as the Celtics improved to 24-6 on the road.
Brown will not play Thursday against the 76ers due to a right knee posterior impingement, Justin Turpin of WEEI.com reports. Thursday's game is the second leg of a back-to-back set, and Brown logged 40 minutes against Portland on Wednesday night despite battling an illness.