Brown scores 29, Pritchard adds 25 bench points to lead Celtics past Heat 108-89
BOSTON (AP) Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Jayson Tatum had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Payton Pritchard scored 25 off the bench on Monday night as the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 108-89.
Derrick White added 19 points as the defending NBA champions won for the eighth time in nine games.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Tyler Herro scored 19 for Miami. Herro was 2 for 10 from 3-point range, and the Heat shot 23% from beyond the arc and 36% from the field.
Both teams were without key players for the second night of a back-to-back after losing on Sunday.
Miami played without Jimmy Butler, who has missed five of the first 19 games with a knee injury. The Celtics were without Jrue Holiday, Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis.
Miami scored the first seven points and then went cold while the Celtics ran off 17 of the next 19 points to take the lead. Boston made it a double-digit lead early in the second quarter and went up by 20 in the third.
Heat: Keshad Johnson made his NBA debut and scored two points in seven minutes.
Celtics: Have not lost back-to-back games all season.
Pritchard, who hit two half-court buzzer-beaters in the NBA Finals, beat the third-quarter buzzer on Monday night when he dribbled through the lane and sidestepped defender Pelle Larsson and laid in a left-hander off the backboard to give Boston a 22-point lead - their biggest in the game to that point.
Pritchard became the first NBA player this season to score 20 or more bench points in four straight games. He's the first Celtic to do it since Isaiah Thomas in 2015.
Both teams are home on Wednesday night, with the Celtics hosting Detroit and the Heat hosting the Lakers.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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| 12:00 |  | Â | Bam Adebayo vs. Luke Kornet (Tyler Herro gains possession) | Â |
| 11:35 |  | +2 | Bam Adebayo makes two point stepback jump shot (Haywood Highsmith assists) | 2-0 |
| 11:10 | | Â | Jaylen Brown misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 11:08 | | Â | Haywood Highsmith defensive rebound | Â |
| 11:04 | | +2 | Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes two point running layup (Haywood Highsmith assists) | 4-0 |
| 10:53 | | Â | Jayson Tatum misses two point driving floating jump shot | Â |
| 10:52 | | Â | Bam Adebayo defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:51 | | Â | Jayson Tatum personal foul (Bam Adebayo draws the foul) | Â |
| 10:39 | | Â | Bam Adebayo misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 10:38 | | Â | Jordan Walsh defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:31 | | Â | Derrick White misses three point running pullup jump shot | Â |
| 10:30 | | Â | Bam Adebayo defensive rebound | Â |
| 10:21 | | +3 | Tyler Herro makes three point jump shot (Bam Adebayo assists) | 7-0 |
| 10:04 | | +2 | Luke Kornet makes two point cutting dunk (Derrick White assists) | 7-2 |
| 9:49 | | Â | Bam Adebayo misses two point floating jump shot | Â |
| 9:48 | | Â | Jayson Tatum defensive rebound | Â |
| 9:44 | | Â | Jayson Tatum misses three point running pullup jump shot | Â |
| 9:41 | | Â | Derrick White offensive rebound | Â |
| 9:31 | | +2 | Luke Kornet makes two point turnaround hook shot (Derrick White assists) | 7-4 |
| 9:14 | | Â | Jaime Jaquez Jr. turnover (3-second violation) | Â |
| 8:56 | | Â | Tyler Herro personal foul (Derrick White draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:48 | | Â | Jaylen Brown misses two point driving floating jump shot | Â |
| 8:47 | | Â | Jaylen Brown offensive rebound | Â |
| 8:47 | | Â | Haywood Highsmith shooting foul (Jaylen Brown draws the foul) | Â |
| 8:47 | | +1 | Jaylen Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 7-5 |
| 8:47 | | +1 | Jaylen Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 7-6 |
| 8:34 | | Â | Duncan Robinson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 8:33 | | Â | Jayson Tatum defensive rebound | Â |
| 8:22 | | Â | Jayson Tatum misses two point fadeaway jump shot | Â |
| 8:21 | | Â | Jaylen Brown offensive rebound | Â |
| 8:12 | | +2 | Jaylen Brown makes two point driving floating jump shot (Luke Kornet assists) | 7-8 |
| 8:00 | | Â | Luke Kornet blocks Bam Adebayo's two point jump shot | Â |
| 7:59 | | Â | Jayson Tatum defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:54 | | Â | Derrick White misses three point running jump shot | Â |
| 7:52 | | Â | Duncan Robinson defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:47 | | Â | Tyler Herro misses three point running pullup jump shot | Â |
| 7:45 | | Â | Jaime Jaquez Jr. offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:38 | | Â | Duncan Robinson misses three point pullup jump shot | Â |
| 7:36 | | Â | Derrick White defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:27 | | Â | Jaylen Brown misses two point driving floating jump shot | Â |
| 7:26 | | Â | Jaime Jaquez Jr. defensive rebound | Â |
| 7:17 | | Â | Jordan Walsh shooting foul (Tyler Herro draws the foul) | Â |
| 7:17 | | +1 | Tyler Herro makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 8-8 |
| 7:17 | | +1 | Tyler Herro makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 9-8 |
| 7:09 | | Â | Jayson Tatum misses two point cutting layup | Â |
| 7:08 | | Â | Celtics offensive rebound | Â |
| 7:07 | | Â | Duncan Robinson shooting foul (Jaylen Brown draws the foul) | Â |
| 7:07 | | +1 | Jaylen Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 9-9 |
| 7:07 | | +1 | Jaylen Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 9-10 |
| 6:52 | | Â | Tyler Herro misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:51 | | Â | Haywood Highsmith offensive rebound | Â |
| 6:44 | | Â | Duncan Robinson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 6:43 | | Â | Jayson Tatum defensive rebound | Â |
| 6:30 | | +2 | Luke Kornet makes two point dunk | 9-12 |
| 6:14 | | Â | Tyler Herro turnover (lost ball) (Jaylen Brown steals) | Â |
| 6:09 | | +2 | Derrick White makes two point running layup | 9-14 |
| 6:09 | | Â | Heat 60 second timeout | Â |
| 5:56 | | Â | Bam Adebayo misses two point driving floating jump shot | Â |
| 5:55 | | Â | Neemias Queta defensive rebound | Â |
| 5:44 | | +3 | Jayson Tatum makes three point pullup jump shot (Payton Pritchard assists) | 9-17 |
| 5:32 | | Â | Neemias Queta personal foul (Bam Adebayo draws the foul) | Â |
| 5:19 | | Â | Haywood Highsmith turnover (out of bounds step) | Â |
| 5:07 | | Â | Drew Peterson misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 5:05 | | Â | Jaime Jaquez Jr. defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:57 | | Â | Tyler Herro misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 4:54 | | Â | Duncan Robinson offensive rebound | Â |
| 4:43 | | Â | Jaime Jaquez Jr. misses two point cutting layup | Â |
| 4:42 | | Â | Heat offensive rebound | Â |
| 4:40 | | Â | Thomas Bryant misses three point jump shot | Â |
| 4:38 | | Â | Neemias Queta defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:19 | | Â | Jayson Tatum misses two point driving layup | Â |
| 4:18 | | Â | Neemias Queta offensive rebound | Â |
| 4:18 | | Â | Neemias Queta misses two point tip layup | Â |
| 4:17 | | Â | Jaime Jaquez Jr. defensive rebound | Â |
| 4:12 | | +2 | Duncan Robinson makes two point running dunk (Jaime Jaquez Jr. assists) | 11-17 |
| 4:07 | | +2 | Jayson Tatum makes two point cutting dunk (Payton Pritchard assists) | 11-19 |
| 3:52 | | +3 | Haywood Highsmith makes three point jump shot (Tyler Herro assists) | 14-19 |
| 3:34 | | Â | Jayson Tatum turnover (bad pass) (Jaime Jaquez Jr. steals) | Â |
| 3:29 | | +2 | Haywood Highsmith makes two point running alley-oop layup (Jaime Jaquez Jr. assists) | 16-19 |
| 3:29 | | Â | Celtics 60 second timeout | Â |
| 3:04 | | Â | Jayson Tatum misses three point stepback jump shot | Â |
| 3:02 | | Â | Terry Rozier defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:55 | | Â | Neemias Queta blocks Haywood Highsmith's two point running layup | Â |
| 2:54 | | Â | Jayson Tatum defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:42 | | Â | Payton Pritchard misses three point stepback jump shot | Â |
| 2:41 | | Â | Tyler Herro defensive rebound | Â |
| 2:32 | | +2 | Tyler Herro makes two point fadeaway jump shot | 18-19 |
| 2:17 | | +3 | Payton Pritchard makes three point jump shot (Jayson Tatum assists) | 18-22 |
| 1:52 | | +2 | Tyler Herro makes two point driving layup | 20-22 |
| 1:31 | | +2 | Payton Pritchard makes two point driving layup (Drew Peterson assists) | 20-24 |
| 1:20 | | Â | Terry Rozier misses three point stepback jump shot | Â |
| 1:19 | | Â | Celtics defensive rebound | Â |
| 1:09 | | Â | Jayson Tatum misses three point pullup jump shot | Â |
| 1:06 | | Â | Payton Pritchard offensive rebound | Â |
| 1:04 | | Â | Tyler Herro shooting foul (Drew Peterson draws the foul) | Â |
| 1:04 | | Â | Drew Peterson misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â |
| 1:04 | | Â | Celtics offensive rebound | Â |
| 1:04 | | +1 | Drew Peterson makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 20-25 |
| 0:48 | | +3 | Dru Smith makes three point jump shot (Pelle Larsson assists) | 23-25 |
| 0:31 | | Â | Jaylen Brown misses two point fadeaway jump shot | Â |
| 0:30 | | Â | Pelle Larsson defensive rebound | Â |
| 0:17 | | +2 | Dru Smith makes two point driving layup (Bam Adebayo assists) | 25-25 |
| 0:02 | | +3 | Jayson Tatum makes three point pullup jump shot | 25-28 |
| 0:00 | | Â | End of period | Â |