The Boston Celtics defeat the Washington Warriors on the road 112-98

The Boston Celtics win their second game in a row with a 112-98 victory over the Washington Wizards in the nation’s capital.

Boston got off to a strong start, taking an 11-point lead into the second quarter thanks to Jayson Tatum’s 11-point quarter that gave Boston a 34-23 lead.

Kristaps Porzings was back in the starting lineup, and he was another player who was aggressive to start the game, scoring seven points on 3-of-4 shooting and dishing out two assists.

Unfortunately for Porzingis, he left the game in the second quarter and did not return. Porzinigs finished the game with 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting against his former team. The health report said it was pain in the right heel. Hopefully the damage is not long term.

Boston extended its lead to 15 after another 30+ point quarter and scored 33 points to lead Washington 67-52.

Jayson Tatum played like he knew he was the best player on the court. Finished with 28 points and 12 rebounds, making it his fourth straight game with a double-double.

The Wizards didn’t win a single quarter Sunday night in a game in which seven different Celtics players scored 10+ points.

Payton Pritchard continued to pour in threes as the leading Sixth Man of the Year candidate poured in 15 points, all coming from behind the arc. Pritchard played the most minutes on the team (34) and had a +/- of +17.

Pritchard made history during the game when he connected on his 100th three of the season. He broke Kemba Walker’s record as the fastest Celtic to make 100 threes in a season. Kemba’s record was 27 games in the 2019-2020 season.

As Taylor Snow pointed out in his tweet, Pritchard has come off the bench this season, which is impressive considering most bench players don’t have the luxury of shooting as much as Pritchard does. Pritchard is shooting 43.2% from deep this season.

Sam Hauser was another player who scored all of his points from the three-point line, as the former Virginia Cavalier made four of his 10 attempts on threes.

The second half was more of the same for Boston as the Wizards couldn’t stop them.

Jaylen Brown had a quiet night going 4-for-14 from the floor for just 11 points, but he had three steals when he was active on the defensive end. Brown said during Media Day this season that against lower opposition teams (he was referring specifically to the Pistons) the Celtics can allow their bench guys like Pritchard to run the offense and play through them, and besides Tatum, that’s what Boston did.

The win moves Boston to 21-5 on the season, while the Wizards fall to just 3-21. The Celtics will have another break as they don’t hit the court until Thursday when they take on the Bulls.