Celtics top Bucks, Raptors thump Wizards for 2-0 leads
BOSTON — Jaylen Brown scored a playoff career-high 30 points and the Celtics pulled away in the second half to earn a 120-106 victory over the Bucks and a 2-0 series edge on Tuesday night.
Terry Rozier added 23 points for Boston. Game 3 is set for Friday in Milwaukee.
The Celtics led by as many as 20 in the fourth quarter.
Milwaukee got as close as 107-97 with 4:13 to play, but the Celtics responded with an 11-2 run, capped by a banked in 3-pointer by Brown to push their lead back up to 118-99.
l In Toronto, DeMar DeRozan matched his career playoff-high with 37 points, Jonas Valanciunas notched 19 points and 14 rebounds and the Raptors beat the Wizards, 130-119, to take a 2-0 lead in a playoff series for the first time in franchise history.
Toronto set a team playoff record with 44 points in the first quarter, including 13 from DeRozan, and led 44-27 after one.
l Jrue Holiday scored a career playoffhigh 33 points and the visiting Pelicans took a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series against the Trail Blazers with a 111-102 victory.
Brayden McNabb scored 4:04 into the second period off assists from William Karlsson and Reilly Smith and the expansion Golden Knights hung on for a 1-0 victory and a first-round series sweep of the Kings in Los Angeles.
l Lars Eller scored in the second overtime period and the visiting Capitals beat the Blue Jackets, 3-2, in Game 3 to tighten up the their first-round playoff series.
After Columbus won the first two games — both in overtime — in Washington, it was the Capitals’ turn to prevail in OT. Eller tapped a rebound past Sergei Bobrovsky 9 minutes into the second extra period for his first goal in the playoff series.
l Mark Scheifele scored both goals for Winnipeg and Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves for his seventh shutout this season as the Jets beat the host Wild, 2-0, to take a 3-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.
Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey delivered a cross-check to Eric Staal’s jaw that went unnoticed by the officials, drawing the ire of the fans and a red-faced Wild coach Bruce Boudreau.
Now the series shifts back to Winnipeg, with Game 5 on Friday night.
GOLD MEDALIST SUES USA GYMNASTICS
Jordyn Wieber, a member of the 2012 “Fierce Five” Olympic gymnastics team that won gold in London, sued USA Gymnastics, the United States Olympic Committee and Michigan State University on Tuesday, alleging the organizations share blame for sexual abuse she claims she suffered at the hands of Larry Nassar.