San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)

Tatum, Schroder combine for 62 as Celtics roll to win

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Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, Dennis Schroder had 29 and the host Boston Celtics beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-105 on Saturday night.

Al Horford added 10 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists for Boston, which won for seventh time in 10 games. Grant Williams chipped in with 14 points and Enes Kanter had 10 points and 10 boards.

Lu Dort scored 16 points for Oklahoma City, Josh Giddey had 15 points and eight rebounds, and Shai GilgeousAl­exander added 14 points. The Thunder have dropped four of five.

Coming off a 22-point victory over the Lakers a night earlier, the Celtics didn’t have any letdown, charging to a doubledigi­t lead midway into the second quarter.

Tatum had 37 points and 11 rebounds in the win over Los Angeles on Friday.

Boston pushed a 13-point halftime lead to 68-48 on Horford’s three-point play. The Thunder made a brief spurt with consecutiv­e 3s by Giddey before the Celtics went on a 13-2 run.

They led by 16 with 61⁄2 minutes left in the game before the Thunder sliced it under double digits on Jeremiah RobinsonEa­rl’s follow shot with just under four minutes left.

But Oklahoma City never made a serious threat.

Boston held a 58-45 halftime lead behind 16 points from Tatum and 13 by Schroder.

Wizards 103, Heat 100: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Spencer Dinwiddie each scored 16 points and hit two 3-pointers during a crucial late stretch and the host Wizards rallied to beat Miami.

Bradley Beal had 21 points to help Washington split the home-and-home series with Miami and move a half-game above the Heat in the Southeast Division standings. Miami beat Washington 112-97 in Florida on Thursday night.

Knicks 106, Rockets 99: Alec Burks scored 17 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, Evan Fournier added 19 and host New York handed Houston its 14th consecutiv­e loss.

All-Star Julius Randle added 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Immanuel Quickley had 13 points off the bench for the Knicks.

Christian Wood had 18points and 12 rebounds for the NBA-worst Rockets (1-15).

Pacers 111, Pelicans 94: Domantas Sabonis had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Indiana’s starters bounced back from being benched a night earlier to beat visiting New Orleans.

Yanked by coach Rick Carlisle in the third quarter of loss at Charlotte, Indiana’s starters opened with 23 points in the first quarter for a 32-19 lead. The one change to the starting lineup was Justin Holiday, who scored 17 points.

Hawks 115, Hornets 105: Clint Capela had 20 points and 15 rebounds, Trae Young scored 19 points and host Atlanta beat Charlotte.

 ?? Michael Dwyer / Associated Press ?? The Celtics’ Grant Williams celebrates his 3-pointer in the second half of a victory over the Thunder. Williams scored 14 points and contribute­d eight rebounds and a pair of blocks.
Michael Dwyer / Associated Press The Celtics’ Grant Williams celebrates his 3-pointer in the second half of a victory over the Thunder. Williams scored 14 points and contribute­d eight rebounds and a pair of blocks.

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