{"id":117238,"date":"2026-01-02T10:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/117238\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T10:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T10:16:14","slug":"brown-scores-29-points-and-celtics-pull-away-in-4th-quarter-for-120-106-win-over-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/117238\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown scores 29 points and Celtics pull away in 4th quarter for 120-106 win over Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"

SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 Jaylen Brown had 29 points and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics pulled away down the stretch to beat the Sacramento Kings 120-106 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Brown shot 11 of 25, including 1 for 9 from 3-point distance, but made six free throws and added four assists before fouling out late in the fourth quarter. The four-time All-Star has been on a scoring tear lately, pouring in 20 or more points in 12 of his last 15 games.<\/p>\n

Derrick White had 16 points and seven assists as Boston improved to 3-1 on its five-game trip. Payton Pritchard added 16 points and six assists.<\/p>\n

Sam Hauser hit five 3-pointers to finish with 15 points, and Anfernee Simons scored 14 off the bench.<\/p>\n

DeMar DeRozan led Sacramento with 25 points. Dennis Schroder scored 18 and Keon Ellis added 16. The Kings (8-26) have lost four of five and nine of 11.<\/p>\n

White’s tiebreaking 3-pointer gave the Celtics the lead for good, 93-90, with 10:45 remaining. <\/p>\n

Sacramento pulled to 104-100 with 6:30 left before Brown converted a three-point play and White followed with another 3. Brown scored six points and White had five in an 11-2 run that gave Boston a 115-102 cushion with 2:50 to play.<\/p>\n

\"Boston<\/p>\n

Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) attempts a layup over Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray (13) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. Credit: AP\/Scott Marshall<\/p>\n

Sacramento controlled much of the first half even though Boston connected on 10 3-pointers.<\/p>\n

Precious Achiuwa had eight points in the first quarter to help the Kings erase an early eight-point deficit and lead 29-28.<\/p>\n

The Celtics (21-12) trailed 61-56 late in the second but Brown made a pair of layups as part of a 6-0 spurt to end the half.<\/p>\n

After Boston extended its lead to eight early in the third period, Sacramento put together its best surge of the night and took a four-point advantage before the teams headed into the fourth tied at 88.<\/p>\n

\"Boston<\/p>\n

Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) shoots a 3-point basket over Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray, right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. Credit: AP\/Scott Marshall<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Celtics: Visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Kings: Face the Suns in Phoenix on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 Jaylen Brown had 29 points and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics pulled away down…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[16326,129,121,123,128,122,3563],"class_list":{"0":"post-117238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-boston-celtics","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-sacramento","11":"tag-sacramento-headlines","12":"tag-sacramento-kings","13":"tag-sacramento-news","14":"tag-wires-bot"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}