Boston Celkus took the initiative in the qualifying series against Orlando Magic with a convincing victory from 103 to 86, on Sunday (20), at TD Garden, for game 1 of the first round of the American Professional League conference.
Shedding light on match Derek White, who turned seven balls out of three and scored 30 points, was driving a team From the house.
The Jayson Tatum wing also had a strong performance, as it contributed to a double: 17 points and 14 rebounds. Coming from the bank, Payton Bretchard added 19 points and was a major player to maintain the pace of Celkus.
Gayen Brown, who returned after his last three loss Season games Regularly due to a right knee problem, he scored 16 points in 30 minutes on the field.
Although going to a break with one point defect (from 49 to 48), the Boston team’s reaction was in the third quarter and an identity over the procedures, and he won from 30 to 18.
The clouds began with a sequence of 28-10, which was unified by Bani Dafn, which puts 17 -years of age (76 to 59). The result was at the end of the third quarter 78 to 67.
On the side of Magic, Paolo Banchero was the big name, as it led all 36 scorers, in addition to 11 rebounds. Franz Wagner scored 23 points and distributed five decisive passes, but he only had a little help from the rest of the actors – Jonathan Isaac, with seven points, was in third place The top scorer From the team.
Windl Carter Junior stood in a rebound, with 13 in all.
Boston was effective in the long distance, reaching 16 out of 37 attempts. Orlando has already performed less, with 10 baskets in 27 attempts, and only three transfers in the second stage.
With victory, CELTICS opens 1-0 in the best chain of seven. Game 2 will be held this Wednesday (23), again in Boston.