Payton Pritchard, the game came out of the counter to get the highest 22 points, and Derrick White added 19 points, seven assists and four blocked shots to take Boston Celtics to 130-94 victory against Charlotte Hornets, who visited Friday night.
Jayson Tatum made 16 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for Boston (60-21), which was locked to seed 2 for the Eastern Conference playoffs. Charlotte (19-62) was removed from the playoff contention last month.
Celtics led a score between the circuit, but for the last 24 minutes Hornets left 76-41 behind. Al Horford collected 13 points and 11 rebounds for Boston, who did not play their beginnings in the fourth quarter. Sam Hauser made 6 of the 9 -point attempt and Celtics got 20 points on Wednesday as he got rid of a 20 -point loss in Orlando.
Seth Curry made 5 out of the 3 -point range and directed Charlotte with 17 points. Hornets received 14 points from Jusuf Nurcic, 10 points from Mark Williams and 12 rebounds, 11 points from KJ Simpson and eight rebounds.
Hornets generally lost eight in a row and eight on the road.
Both teams will complete the normal season on Sunday when they play another game in Boston.
Celtics star Jaylen Brown, who was involved in the right knee injury, did not play on Friday. Brown is one of the few Boston players who have been reported to sit on Sunday.
The game was connected to 25-25 after a quarter. Charlotte, Jaylen Sims 3-Painter in the second quarter of 8:03 Hornets’i 37-30 after remaining the biggest leadership in the game, but the Boston circuit 54-53 took the lead.
Celtics started the third with 11-2 runs and left Hornets 37-22 behind in the quarter and ranked fourth. Tatum third in 11 points, White 4 to 4 and scored 10 points.
Friday match was the third meeting between the teams this season. Celtics won 124-109 on November 1 and 113-103 on 2 November and both games at Charlotte.
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