Short-handed Magic tackle Jaylen Brown, Celtics

Short-handed Magic tackle Jaylen Brown, Celtics

NBA: Boston Celtics at Orlando MagicDec 23, 2024; Orlando, Florida, USA; Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) drives to the basket past Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. (34) during the first quarter at the Kia Center. Mandatory attribution: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images

Tristan da Silva scored a team-high 18 points and the Orlando Magic overcame a 15-point halftime deficit to beat the visiting Boston Celtics 108-104 on Monday.

The Celtics were within one point until da Silva capped the score by hitting a 3-pointer with 9.9 seconds left in the game. The Magic got 17 points from Trevelin Queen and 16 from Jalen Suggs in the win.

Jaylen Brown had 35 points and nine rebounds for the Celtics, who shot 8 of 33 from 3-point range. Kristaps Porzingis and Derrick White finished with 17 points each.

Orlando’s Goga Bitadze was sent off with 3:36 left for grabbing Porzingis by the throat after exchanges between Porzingis and Suggs. Bitadze scored eight points and nine rebounds in 21 minutes of play.

Jayson Tatum was removed from the starting lineup a few minutes before the start of the game due to illness and did not play in the game. Tatum, Boston’s leading scorer, posted a 43-point performance in a 123-98 win over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday. It’s the third game Tatum has missed this season, and the Celtics fell 2-1 without him.

Boston had its first double-digit lead after a Brown dunk tied the game at 24-14 with 2:34 left in the first quarter. The Celtics had a 32-21 lead after 12 minutes and led 58-43 at halftime.

Orlando was 16 of 47 from the field (34 percent) in the first two quarters, and the 15-point halftime lead was Boston’s largest lead of the first half.

The Magic took their first lead at 73-71 when Cole Anthony made a layup with 2:10 left in the third quarter. Orlando outscored Boston 36-21 in the quarter and was tied 79 points early in the fourth round.

The Magic had a seven-point lead after a 3-pointer by Jonathan Isaac with 10:09 left and led 95-87 after a 3-pointer by Queen with 7:28 left. Orlando extended its lead to 103-93 with a 3-pointer from da Silva with 4:01 left.

The win improved Orlando’s home record to 12-2.

–Field level media

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