BOSTON — — Jayson Tatum had 33 points and nine rebounds, Payton Pritchard scored six points in overtime and the Boston Celtics defeated the Brooklyn Nets 108-104 on Friday night.

Pritchard finished with 20 points. Jrue Holiday added 17 points and five assists, and Derrick White scored 14 and had six assists for the Celtics (8-2).

Cam Thomas reached 30 points for the fourth time this season and finished with 31 points to lead the Nets (4-5). Dennis Schroder added 20 points.

Cameron Johnson was fouled by Tatum after missing a wide-open three-point attempt in the final seconds of regulation, but picked up his own miss. He calmly sank two free throws to tie the score at 94 with 7.6 seconds to play.

Tatum put a 3 on the front as time expired and sent it to OT.

Boston guard Jaylen Brown missed his fourth straight game with a strained left hip flexor, center Luke Kornet was also out with right hamstring tightness.

Takeaways

Nets: Coach Jordi Fernandez said before the game that it was going to be “exciting because they like to run too,” so they slowed Boston down by picking up defense deep in the backcourt for most of the game.

Celtics: After their first home loss of the season Wednesday night against Golden State, the Celtics saw another team limiting the three-point line and delaying their offensive sets. The fast break was the cure for Boston, as the Celtics defeated the Nets 20-10 in transition.

Key moment

Leading 105-102, Boston forced the Nets into a shot-clock violation before Pritchard was fouled at the other end and hit two free throws.

Key stat

The Celtics fell short of their league-leading average of 19 three-pointers per game. Ultimately, they shot 14 for 53 from deep, but the Nets made just 10 3s.

Next

The Nets are at the Cavaliers on Saturday night and Milwaukee on Sunday.

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