Oct 26, 2021 at 05:10
HONOR
EFE / Charlotte
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Power forward Jayson Tatum scored a season-high 41 points, guard Jaylen Brown added 30, including a dunk in overtime, and The Boston Celtics beat the Charlotte Hornets on Monday away by 129-140 after an extension. The Celtics’ victory was the second in consecutive nights – the last one they beat the Houston Rockets on the road – while the Hornets suffered the first loss of the new season.
German guard Dennis Schroder scored 9 of his 23 points in overtime, and forward Robert Williams added a double-double of 12 points and 16 rebounds in a game that featured 28 lead changes. The Spanish power forward Juancho Hernangómez He went out for four minutes with the Celtics and was perfect in contributing two points with the only field goal he made, he captured a defensive rebound and recovered a ball.
Forward Miles Bridges had a double-double of 25 points and 10 rebounds and point guard LaMelo Ball added 25 points, including seven triples, as Hornets leaders, while forward Kelly Oubre Jr. added 19 points as the third highest scorer in the Hornets (3-1) who failed to achieve the goal of starting the season with a perfect 4-0 record for the first time in the history of the team owned by the legendary Michael Jordan.
Both teams had a chance to win the game at the end of regulation time, but lacked the inspiration to get the decisive basket. The Celtics erased a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter when Brown began to find his best wrist touch that ultimately made the difference in favor of the Boston team (2-2).
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