The Boston Celtics collected their 5th straight victory at home as they defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 129-117 on Friday to improve their regular season record to 22 wins and 7 losses.
Boston’s duo of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum reached a milestone by both scoring 30+ points in the same age at 23 years old or younger in the same game, making them the third Celtics duo to do so after Antoine Walker & Paul Pierce and Bill Russell & Tommy Heinsohn.
The 17-time NBA champions dominated the game from the get-go and build a 11-point advantage after the opening quarter, 33-22 and even ballooned it to 23 at one point in the game.
Jaylen Brown finished with a career-high 34 points to go along with 9 rebounds, Jayson Tatum contributed 30 points built around 5 three-pointers.
Big man Enes Kanter chipped in a near double-double of 14 points and 9 rebounds while point guard Kemba Walker wrapped it up for the C’s with 13 markers, 4 dimes and 4 boards.
