Tatum, Brown help Celtics rout Wizards 122-102 in first road game

Jayson Tatum had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and nan Boston Celtics cruised to a 122-102 triumph complete nan Washington Wizards

WASHINGTON -- Jayson Tatum had 25 points and 11 rebounds successful 29 minutes, and nan Boston Celtics cruised to a 122-102 triumph complete nan Washington Wizards connected Thursday night.

Jaylen Brown scored 27 points successful nan Celtics' first roadworthy crippled of nan season. Derrick White had 19 and Payton Pritchard added 15 arsenic nan defending NBA champions extended their winning streak against Washington to 5 games.

Jordan Poole scored 20 of his 26 points earlier halftime successful nan rebuilding Wizards' play opener, and Jonas Valanciunas added 18 successful his Washington debut.

After taking their first double-digit lead conscionable earlier halftime, nan Celtics outscored nan Wizards 34-19 successful nan 3rd 4th put nan crippled retired of reach.

Celtics: Two games into its title defense, Boston has yet to beryllium earnestly pushed successful a brace of wins. Tatum didn't play successful nan 4th fourth Thursday. Brown and White were nan past starters to depart pinch 8:04 left.

Wizards: With rookies Alex Sarr and Bub Carrington successful an highly young starting lineup, nan first half was mostly an encouraging performance. But Washington's third-quarter struggles echoed a recurring problem from past season. Carrington's nighttime ended pinch a imaginable wounded pursuing an awkward fourth-quarter fall.

Boston closed nan first half connected a 10-1 tally to build its largest lead to that point. Tatum deed a brace of 3-pointers, 1 from each wing, past fed Brown connected nan 2nd of back-to-back moving layups to liking Boston to a 64-54 advantage.

Washington’s starting lineup had an mean property of 22.72 years old. According to Elias Sports Bureau, that is nan youngest successful nan NBA truthful acold this season, and nan franchise's youngest since nan convention began search starters successful 1970.

Both play again Saturday, pinch Boston walking to Detroit and nan Wizards hosting Cleveland.

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