Jaylen Brown scored a season-high 44 points, and the defending champion Boston Celtics routed the Indiana Pacers 142-105.
The Celtics led by as many as 38 and never trailed, pulling away with a 27-9 run in the first quarter.
Jayson Tatum had 22 points (12 in the third quarter), 13 rebounds and 3 steals.
For the Pacers, Tyrese Haliburton had 19 points (9 in the third quarter) and 9 assists.
The Celtics shot 51.1% from the field and 41.1% from 3 to the Pacers’ 41.8% and 28.2%. The Celtics made 23 3-pointers, 6 of them by Brown and 4 by Payton Pritchard. The Pacers gave up 18 offensive rebounds, about 7 more than usual for the shots the Celtics missed. The Celtics outscored the Pacers 25-12 in 7 minutes with Horford, Brown, Tatum, White and Pritchard on the floor together.