Jaylen Brown stepped in to fill some big shoes,
finishing with 24 points and 10 rebounds as the
Boston Celtics crushed the Charlotte Hornets
126-94 despite missing all-star Kyrie Irving.
BOSTON, MA – JANUARY 30: Jaylen Brown #7 of
the Boston Celtics shoots the ball against the
Charlotte Hornets on January 30 2019 at the TD
Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. /AFP
Jayson Tatum also chipped in with Irving out
with a hip injury, scoring 20 points, and Terry
Rozier finished with a career-high 10 assists at
the Boston Garden arena. Irving has missed the
last two games.
Marcus Morris scored 15 points, Al Horford had
14 and Gordon Hayward 12 for the Celtics, who
won for the seventh time in eight games.
Kemba Walker led the Hornets with 21 points,
well shy of the 43 points he delivered in a
117-112 home win over the Celtics in November.
Malik Monk scored 16 points, Nicolas Batum
added 13 and Marvin Williams 10 for the Hornets,
who lost for the third time in five contests.
Morris drained a three pointer halfway through
the third quarter to spark a 25-6 run by the
Celtics.
Boston led 98-75 after three quarters and
extended the lead up to 35 points in the fourth.
Celtics coach Brad Stevens said he hopes to get
Irving back for Friday’s game against New York.
The Hornets played without Frenchman Tony
Parker who sat out with a right ankle problem.
source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/brown-scores-24-as-celtics-hammer-hornets/
