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All five Celtics starters made at least one
3-pointer in a 23-of-54 collective effort from deep, and each
scored in double-digits.
Jayson Tatum went 5-of-8 from beyond the arc and finished with
23 points, Kemba Walker notched 14 points, Daniel Theis recorded
a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Marcus Smart
added 11 points with a game-high eight assists.
Boston complemented its balanced scoring effort from the
starting rotation with a solid defensive effort. The Celtics
rallied from a 31-27 deficit after the first quarter, holding
the Magic to just 17 second-quarter points and 25 in the third.
Orlando finished 32 of 84 (38.1 percent) from the floor, with
Aaron Gordon going 3 of 13 and Evan Fournier finishing 6 of 19.
Gordon finished with 12 points, 26 fewer than his season-best
output in the Magic's win over Brooklyn on Friday. Fournier
finished with 16 points, 15 fewer than against the Nets.
James Ennis III was Orlando's only double-figure point-scorer to
finish with a positive plus-minus rating. He scored 18 points on
5-of-6 shooting from the floor, including 3 of 4 from behind the
3-point line.
Nikola Vucevic, who had a double-double for Orlando with
team-highs of 22 points and 13 rebounds, shot 9 of 20 from the
floor. Theis finished with a plus-minus rating of 27 while
limiting Vucevic's scoring opportunities on the interior.
Sunday's defensive effort marked the Celtics' first since Feb.
16 in which they held an opponent to fewer than 100 points, and
it matched their lowest yield since Jan. 30.
Orlando's loss is its 10th in the last 11 games, and it's the
fourth time in the last five games that the Magic fell short of
100 points.
--Field Level Media
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