Boston guard needs only three quarters to score two-dozen points.
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Jaylen Brown nets 23, Celtics race past Bulls 133-77
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown, right, shoots as Chicago Bulls guard Antonio Blakeney, left, defends during the second half Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski) CHICAGO — The Boston Celtics turned in a record-setting performance in their steady climb in the Eastern Conference. Jaylen Brown scored 23 points off the bench, Daniel […]
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Former UMaine star Jim Boylen takes over as coach of Chicago Bulls
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls came into the season thinking they would start to climb in the wide-open Eastern Conference with a promising group of young players. A coaching change wasn’t part of the plan. The skidding Bulls fired Fred Hoiberg on Monday and promoted associate head coach Jim Boylen in hopes of turning around […]
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Irving, Celtics rout Cavs 128-95
BOSTON (AP) — After stumbling through a late November slump, the Boston Celtics scored a season-high for the second game in a row. Kyrie Irving scored 29 points in the first three quarters and was one of seven Boston players in double figures as the Celtics routed the Cleveland Cavaliers 128-95 on Friday night. “It […]
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Irving’s 26 points pace Celtics past Pelicans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kyrie Irving closed out a 26-point, 10-assist performance with a 3-pointer and a tough baseline fade over Anthony Davis, and the Boston Celtics pulled away late for a 124-107 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night. Jayson Tatum, who scored 20, threw down a right-handed dunk while being fouled […]
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Kemba Walker stays hot as Hornets upend Celtics
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The NBA’s new scoring leader was determined his latest big night wouldn’t go to waste. Kemba Walker scored 43 points, giving him 103 in his last two games, and the Charlotte Hornets battled back to beat the Boston Celtics 117-112 on Monday night. Walker followed up his NBA season-best, 60-point effort in […]
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Kyrie Irving scores 17 points, Celtics rout Bulls
BOSTON — Kyrie Irving had 17 points and seven assists as the Boston Celtics, back home from a dreadful road trip, routed the Chicago Bulls 111-82 on Wednesday night. Jaylen Brown scored 18 points and Jayson Tatum added 14 for the Celtics, who lost the final two games on a 1-4 swing that ended out […]
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Joe Ingles scores 27, Jazz outlast Irving-less Celtics
SALT LAKE CITY — Joe Ingles matched his career high with 27 points and added a season-high seven assists to help the Utah Jazz beat the Boston Celtics 123-115 on Friday night in Gordon Hayward’s return to Utah. Hayward had 13 points and seven assists in his first game back in Utah since leaving the […]
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Kyrie Irving leads Celtics rally to overtime win over Suns
PHOENIX — Kyrie Irving scored 18 of his season-high 39 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, and the Boston Celtics rallied from a 22-point deficit for a 116-109 win over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night. Irving scored Boston’s first six points in the extra period, and Marcus Morris finished with 17 against his […]
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Jamal Murray scores 48 — tried hard for 50 — as Nuggets beat Celtics
DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray simply got caught up in the moment when he hoisted a long shot with the clock winding down. He took some heat for it. No disrespect meant, he maintained. Murray scored a career-high 48 points, including 19 in the fourth quarter, and the Denver Nuggets overcame a sluggish start to […]