The game between the Boston Celtics and Charlotte Hornets will take place at TD Garden on Friday, February 10 at 7:30 PM ET.
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The Boston Celtics will welcome the Charlotte Hornets to TD Garden for an NBA game on Friday. The Celtics won 106-99 in their last game over the 76ers. The NBA-leading Boston Celtics scrounged enough out of their bench to keep the Philadelphia 76ers at bay in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
With three of the Celtics’ regular starters out — and Jaylen Brown soon to join them — Malcolm Brogdon and Derrick White scored 19 points apiece to lead Boston to a 106-99. The team announced at the start of the third quarter that he had a facial contusion and would not return. After the game, coach Joe Mazzulla said he had no more information, but Brogdon said Brown appeared to be in pain when he left.
“I called him but he didn’t answer,” Mazzulla said. “But I’ll get that ASAP. I hope he’s OK.” Tatum had 12 points, nine assists and eight rebounds for Boston, which won for the fourth time in five games to add to the NBA’s best record (39-16). The 76ers (34-19) are second in the Atlantic Division and third in the Eastern Conference, having lost both matchups with the Celtics this season.
The Charlotte Hornets on the other hand lost 118-104 against the Wizards in their last game. P.J. Washington scored 20 points, Terry Rozier had 19 and LaMelo Ball added 16 for Charlotte, which entered the night only one game clear of the Eastern Conference cellar. The Hornets came in ranked 30th in the NBA in 3-point shooting percentage and went 9 of 31 (29%).
“We just didn’t come out in the third quarter with the same offensive purpose and energy, and Porzingis obviously got going,” Hornets coach Steve Clifford said. “We made two mistakes at the end of the first half, which led to two wide-open 3s for him and kind of got him going, which is what happens with a lot of primary scorers.” The Wizards took three of four in the season series between the struggling franchises.
All three previous games were decided by eight points or fewer, and this one appeared headed in that direction during a first half in which neither team led by double digits. Washington was ahead 32-31 after the first quarter and Avdija’s 3 sent the game into halftime tied at 61. “I felt like we were playing around a little bit in the beginning and we weren’t as aggressive,” Avdija said. “We came second half and we came aggressive, we played together and we weren’t playing around. … We sealed it pretty quickly.”
Boston Celtics: Grant Williams, Jayson Tatum, Blake Griffin, Derrick White, Jaylen Brown
Charlotte Hornets: PJ Washington, Gordon Hayward, Mason Plumlee, Terry Rozier, LaMelo Ball
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Mike Muscala, Marcus Smart, Al Horford, Robert Williams III, Danilo Gallinari
Charlotte Hornets: Cody Martin, Reggie Jackson, Svi Mykhailiuk, Kelly Oubre Jr.
The game between the Boston Celtics and Charlotte Hornets will take place at TD Garden on Friday, February 10 at 7:30 PM ET.
The match between the Boston Celtics and Charlotte Hornets will be telecast live on NBC Sports Boston, ESPN, Bally Sports Southeast, Fox Sports Southeast.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | NBC Sports Boston, ESPN, Bally Sports Southeast, Fox Sports Southeast. | February 10 (7:30 PM ET) |
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