BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Jayson Tatum had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Payton Pritchard scored 25 points off the bench as the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 108-89 on Monday night.

Derrick White added 19 points as the reigning NBA champions won for the eighth time in nine games.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Tyler Herro scored 19 for Miami. Herro was 2-for-10 from 3-point range and the Heat shot 23% from long range and 36% from the field.

Both teams were without key players for the second time in a row after Sunday’s defeat.

Miami played without Jimmy Butler, who missed five of the first 19 games with a knee injury. The Celtics were without Jrue Holiday, Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis.

Miami scored the first seven points and then went cold as the Celtics took the lead with 17 of the next 19 points. Boston built a double-digit lead early in the second quarter and went up by 20 points in the third quarter.

Takeaways

Heat: Keshad Johnson made his NBA debut and scored two points in seven minutes.

Celtics: Haven’t lost consecutive games all season.

Key moment

Pritchard, who hit two halfcourt buzzer-beaters in the NBA Finals, beat the buzzer in the third quarter Monday night when he dribbled down the lane and evaded defender Pelle Larsson placed in a left turn from the backboard to give Boston a 22-point lead – its largest lead in the game to that point.

Key statistics

Pritchard became the first NBA player this season to score 20 or more bench points in four straight games. He is the first Celtic to do so since Isaiah Thomas in 2015.

Next

Both teams are at home on Wednesday night, with the Celtics hosting Detroit and the Heat hosting the Lakers.

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