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CELTICS POSTCAST- Payton Pritchard Drops 20...Luke Kornet & Al Horford Double-Doubles in Blowout
Episode 1797
The Celtics (58-20) led from beginning to end in what turned into a 124-90 blowout win over the Washington Wizards Sunday night at TD Garden. With the win, the Celtics are now a season-high 38 games over .500 and need 2 more wins over their final 4 games to reach 60 wins for the 14th time in franchise history. The Celtics hit 24 3's in the win.
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Scoring Leaders: Payton Pritchard hit 4 3's and led the Celtics with 20 points. Pritchard was 1 of 7 players to reach double figures in the 34-point blowout. Sam Hauser had 18 and 8 rebounds off the bench. Derrick White hit 5 3's and scored 19. Al Horford had a double-double with 11 Points and 10 Rebounds. Luke Kornet had a double-double with 13 Points and 14 Rebounds.
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No Tatum. No KP: Jayson Tatum and Kristaps Porzingis were both held out of the Celtics lineup Sunday night. Al Horford and Luke Kornet were in the starting lineup together. Joe Mazzulla used his 31st different starting lineup this season.
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1st-Half Nuggets: The Celtics opened the game up on an 8-0 run, led by 16 after the 1st Quarter and by 21 at the Half. Washington was held to 39 Points in the 1st Half and shot just 3-for-23 from long distance. Boston hit 13 3's in the 1st-Half and had 18 Assists on 22 made field-goals in the 1st 24 Minutes. Derrick White hit 4 3's and scored 14 Points in the 1st-Half. Jrue Holiday scored 11. Al Horford hit 2 3's and had 8 Points and 7 rebounds on the defensive end in almost 16 minutes.
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Up Next: The Celtics have 4 games remaining over the final week of the NBA Regular Season. The Celtics play back-to-back nights against the Knicks and the Magic Tuesday and Wednesday. The inal 2 games of the regular season are at home, and both come against the Charlotte Hornets next Friday and Sunday.
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