Brown leads Celtics to 2-0 lead over Nets
Celtics 114, Nets 107: Jaylen Brown scored 22 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, and host Boston rallied from 17 points down to beat Brooklyn on Wednesday night and take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series.
Jayson Tatum added 19 points for the Celtics, who held Kevin Durant without a basket in the second half. Al Horford had 16 points, Daniel Theis scored 15 and Payton Pritchard had eight of his 10 in the final period.
Durant finished with 27 points but struggled from the field for the second straight game, shooting 4 of 17. Kyrie Irving had just 10 points on 4-of-13 shooting a day after being fined $50,000 for directing obscene gestures and profane language at Celtics fans during Game 1.
The series shifts to Brooklyn for Game 3 on Saturday night.
Durant and Irving were a combined 1 for 17 in the second half. Bruce Brown finished with 23 points and Seth Curry added 16.
The TD Garden faithful peppered Irving with boos throughout, beginning with the pregame introductions. The volume ratcheted up after tipoff with the addition of “Kyrie sucks! Kyrie sucks!” chants on each of Brooklyn’s first two possessions. The boos returned whenever he got his hands on the ball.
76ers 104, Raptors 101 (OT): Joel Embiid made a 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left in overtime to give visiting Philadelphia a victory over Toronto and a 3-0 lead in their first-round series.
After 76ers coach Doc Rivers called timeout to save the possession as the shot clock was running down, Embiid took an inbounds pass from Danny Green and hit a turnaround shot from near the sideline before running back to his bench in celebration.
Toronto’s OG Anunoby couldn’t get a shot off before the buzzer.
Embiid had 33 points and 13 rebounds, helping the 76ers rally from a 17-point deficit. James Harden had 19 points and 10 assists before fouling out in the closing seconds of regulation.
Tyrese Maxey scored 19 points and Tobias Harris had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Sixers, who can wrap up the series in Game 4 on Saturday.
Anunoby scored 26 points for the Raptors.
Bulls 114, Bucks 110: Demar Derozan scored a career playoff-high 41 points and visiting Chicago outlasted defending champion Milwaukee in Game 2 to tie the series.
Nikola Vucevic added 24 points and 13 rebounds, ande Zach Lavine had 20 points as the Bulls beat the Bucks for just the second time in their last 19 meetings. Game 3 is Friday night in Chicago.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 33 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists for Milwaukee. He increased his career postseason point total to 1,715 to overtake Kareem Abdul-jabbar (1,692) for the most in Bucks history.
Brook Lopez added 25 points for the Bucks.