Jaylen Brown scored 32 points (21 in the third quarter), and the Boston Celtics routed the Houston Rockets 145-113.
The Celtics led by as many as 36, pulling away with a 32-13 run bridging the third and fourth quarters.
Jayson Tatum had 27 points (15 in the second quarter) and 8 rebounds.
For the Rockets, Cam Whitmore scored a career-high 22 points off the bench.
The Celtics shot 53.7% from the field and 51.1% from 3 to the Rockets’ 40.4% and 23.3%. The Celtics made 24 3-pointers, 4 of them by Brown and 4 by Tatum. The Rockets’ starters were outscored 51-36 in 17 minutes together.