"Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Payton Pritchard had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets 113-99 on Tuesday night to move above .500 for the first time this season. Derrick White added 15 points for the Celtics, who won their third straight game to improve to 8-7. They played the Nets even for about three quarters before smothering them defensively in the fourth, allowing just one basket for the first 10 minutes of the period."
"Porter had 18 points at halftime and Pritchard scored 17. The teams combined for 22 2-pointers and 21 3-pointers in the first half, which ended with Boston leading 62-61. The Celtics opened their first double-digit cushion when Brown followed a three-point play with a 3-pointer to cap an 8-0 burst and make it 75-65 with 7 1/2 minutes remaining in the third."
Jaylen Brown scored 29 points while Payton Pritchard added 22 points and 10 rebounds and Derrick White contributed 15 as Boston defeated Brooklyn 113-99. The Celtics improved to 8-7 and won their third straight game after tightening their defense in the fourth quarter, allowing only one basket during the first 10 minutes of the period. Michael Porter Jr. scored 25 for the Nets, marking his seventh straight game with at least 20 points, but Brooklyn went long stretches without a field goal late and fell to 2-12 overall and 0-7 at home.
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