Celtics Start Playoffs With Emphatic Game 1 Win Over 76ers
The Boston Celtics opened their first-round series with a 123-91 rout on Sunday.
Celtics Start Playoffs With Emphatic Game 1 Win Over 76ers originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Celtics set the tone for their playoff run with a lopsided Game 1 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Boston commenced the first-round series with a 123-91 win at TD Garden. Sunday's triumph couldn't have gone much better for the Eastern Conference's No. 2 seed.
Jayson Tatum continued to show a resounding lack of rust from last year's Achilles tear, leading the charge with 25 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Not to be upstaged, Jaylen Brown delivered 26 points in 30 minutes. It was far from a two-man show.
Neemias Queta made all five field goals and three of four free throws to score 13 points in 15 minutes. Sam Hauser nailed four three-pointers, and Payton Pritchard recorded 12 points and six assists off the bench. The Celtics didn't trail once on Sunday, and they quickly jumped to a double-digit lead with a 14-2 run in the first quarter.