Jaylen Brown scored 22 points (13 in the third quarter), and the Boston Celtics rallied from 15 points down in the first quarter to beat the Golden State Warriors 105-100 for their 10th straight win.
The Celtics trailed 25-10 with 3:47 left in the first quarter. They outscored the Warriors 95-75 the rest of the way.
The Warriors had the ball down 3 with 1:05 left, but Jayson Tatum stole the ball from Eric Paschall, lifting the Celtics’ chance to win from 80% to 86%. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
Kemba Walker’s 2 free throws with 2.7 seconds left made it 105-100 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Warriors 17-9. Walker scored 11 of the Celtics’ 17 on 4 for 5 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Tatum had 2 of his 3 steals, both with the game within five points.
Tatum had 24 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals but shot 8 for 23, and Walker added 20 points (14 in the fourth quarter) but shot 6 for 19. Walker scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter. The Celtics had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Warriors, Alec Burks scored 20 points off the bench.
The Celtics shot 40.7% from the field and 39.4% from 3 to the Warriors’ 41.5% and 17.9%. The Warriors turned it over 20 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Celtics 42-17 off the bench. The Warriors outscored the Celtics 13-2 in 4 minutes with Burks, Green, Robinson, Russell and Cauley-Stein on the floor together.