Celtics run away from undermanned Wizards 124-90 to win for 16th time in 18 games

BOSTON AP Luke Kornet scored points and had rebounds Al Horford had points with boards and the Boston Celtics ran away from the undermanned Washington Wizards to win - on Sunday night Derrick White added points for Boston making five of the unit s -pointers The Celtics had a season-high rebounds Justin Champagnie scored points with rebounds and Alex Sarr scored for the Wizards Boston scored the battle s first eight points The defending NBA champions led by after one quarter after two and took a - lead with a minute left in the third quarter Of the Boston starters only Kornet who was only in the opening lineup because Kristaps Porzingis rested saw the floor in the fourth quarter Takeaways Wizards Washington which is competing for the worst record in the NBA and the top spot in the draft lottery listed six players as inactive and rested four others including Malcolm Brogdon and Marcus Smart Celtics With a -point lead heading into the fourth quarter Boston s bench got extended time In all the Celtics reserves scored points led by Payton Pritchard s Key moment Former Celtics guard Marcus Smart received a loud ovation when he was shown on the scoreboard during warmups Although he did not play in the competition he got in a shouting match with a fan behind the Wizards bench in the fourth quarter the fan was removed by safeguard Key stat Sam Hauser made a -pointer in the fourth quarter that was the NBA s th of the season That surpassed the record set last season The Celtics fifth -point attempt of the challenge was their NBA-record nd one more than Houston in - Up next The Wizards are at Indiana on Tuesday Boston visits the New York Knicks on Tuesday AP NBA https apnews com hub nba