Jaylen Brown scored 32 points while leading the Boston Celtics to a 120-95 victory over the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Derrick White made 7 of 12 3-point attempts and added 25 points for the Celtics, who had a 55-38 edge in rebounding. Jayson Tatum contributed 18 points and 11 rebounds, but had a poor shooting night. Tatum went 7 of 19 from the field, including 0 for 5 from 3-point territory.Boston's Payton Pritchard logged 16 points, Jrue Holiday had 13 points andLuke Kornet grabbed 10 rebounds.Cleveland's Donvan Mitchell led all scorers with 33 points. Mitchell also had six rebounds and five assists.
7 minutes per game during the first four games of Cleveland's first-round series against the Orlando Magic.Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is scheduled for Thursday in Boston.As expected, the Celtics didn't have center Kristaps Porzingis, who is rehabbing a strained right calf that could cause him to miss the entire series. The Celtics improved to 24-4 in games when they have not had Porzingis this season.Boston led 40-34 after one quarter and 59-49 at halftime.
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