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Payton Pritchard scores 24 points, Celtics roll past Grizzlies 131-95
The Grizzlies played without Ja Morant, the star guard who sat out because of a right ankle injury sustained Tuesday night in a loss at New York.
BOSTON (AP) — Payton Pritchard hit five 3-pointers, scored 24 points and had nine assists and the Boston Celtics used a big second half to run past the Memphis Grizzlies 131-95 on Wednesday night.
The Grizzlies played without Ja Morant, the star guard who sat out because of a right ankle injury sustained Tuesday night in a loss at New York.
Derrick White added 20 points for the Celtics, and Jaylen Brown had 19.
The Celtics never trailed, made 21 3-pointers and led by 38 points. They also pushed the Grizzlies around inside, outrebounding them 58-41 and holding a 34-12 edge in second-chance points.
Jaren Jackson Jr. had 18 points for Memphis, which lost for the seventh time in eight games. Santi Aldama finished with 14 points.
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Morant had appeared in five straight games following a one-game suspension Nov. 2 at Toronto for what the Grizzlies said was conduct detrimental to the team.
Without its star, Memphis struggled to keep pace with the Celtics’ offensive output, shooting 34% (32 of 95) from the field and 10 of 43 from the 3-point line.
A night after shooting under 28%in the first half of their loss at Philadelphia on Tuesday the Celtics found their range at home, connecting on 53% (27 of 51) of their shots in opening 24 minutes to take a 67-46 lead.
Grizzlies: At Cavaliers on Saturday.
Celtics: Host Clippers on Sunday.
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