Celtics ushered in their first preseason game, and they beat their opponents 134-93 at home 41 points.
Jaylen Brown played 24 minutes and scored 24 points for 8 of 11 shots, while Jason Tatum scored 16 points. The Celtics hit a 57.1% shooting percentage, with 22 of 47 three-pointers. Hornets shot 34.7% from the field and made 5 of 33 three-pointers.
Rozier and Plumley helped the Hornets lead the start, but soon Jaylen Brown broke out and scored 13 points in a single quarter. Smart , Horford , Prichard, and Von Leigh all scored three points, and the Celtics overtook the score 29-24 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Celtics continued their violent output of three-pointers. Sam Hauser, Grant Williams made 4 three-pointers in a row. Howard, Jaylen Brown, Derek White, Tatum , and Hauser added 5 long shots. The Celtics scored 9 three-pointers in a single quarter and scored 39 points, leading by 68-46 in the first half by as many as 22 points. The Celtics, who made 14 three-pointers in the first quarter, did not lose their firepower in the third quarter, threw 20 long shots in the third quarter, entering the final quarter with a 30-point advantage, and lost the suspense early on.
What the Celtics lacked was 23 turnovers, Tatum scored 16 points, rebounds 3 assists 2 steals 5 turnovers, Brown scored 424 points, 5 rebounds 4 turnovers, Horford scored 8 points, 5 rebounds 4 assists, Smart scored 7 points, 3 assists 4 turnovers, White scored 47 points, 4 rebounds 4 assists, Hauser scored 14 points, Capone Geller scored 10 points, Brogden scored 11 points and 9 assists.
Gordon Hayward was absent, Ball made 5 of 419 shots and scored 14 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Oubrey had 17 points and 3 steals, Rozier 11 points, and Jaylen McDaniels had 10 points.
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