Derrick White scores 13 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, leading the Boston Celtics to a 129-119 win over the Utah Jazz. White also adds a career-high…<\/p>\n
SALT LAKE CITY(AP) \u2014 Derrick White scored 13 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and added a career-high seven blocks in a one-of-a-kind performance Tuesday night that carried the Boston Celtics to a 129-119 win over the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n
White became the 13th player in NBA history to have 27 points, seven rebounds, six assists and seven blocks in a game. But he was the first guard \u2014 or member of the Celtics \u2014 to post that statistical combination. <\/p>\n
Jaylen Brown had 23 points and 10 assists for Boston, ending his streak of 30-point games at nine. He remained tied with Celtics great Larry Bird, who had nine straight 30-point games in February and March of 1985. <\/p>\n
Anfernee Simons scored 20 points and Payton Pritchard added 18 for the Celtics, who have won five of six.<\/p>\n
Keyonte George, listed as questionable with an illness until a couple of hours before tipoff, scored 37 points for the Jazz. Jusuf Nurkic had a season-high 26 and Lauri Markkanen added 22.<\/p>\n
Utah rested rotation regulars Svi Mykhailiuk and Kevin Love, and rookie Ace Bailey was out with a hip injury.<\/p>\n
Nurkic’s free throw drew Utah within four, but Brown, Pritchard and Simons made three straight shots to balloon the Boston lead to 123-112 with 3:56 to play. The Jazz never got within seven after that.<\/p>\n
Utah committed 13 turnovers that led to 23 points for Boston while only scoring five points off the Celtics’ eight turnovers.<\/p>\n
Some extraordinary shotmaking was on display but both teams allowed a bevy of straight-line drives to the basket and wide-open 3-pointers. White’s blocks (tied for the most by an NBA guard) and Neemias Queta’s three steals were the exceptions on defense.<\/p>\n
The Jazz led by 12 in the first quarter after beating Detroit 131-129 at home and then surprising San Antonio on the road 127-114 last week.<\/p>\n
\nUp next <\/p>\n
Celtics: Play at Sacramento on Thursday, the fourth stop on their five-game trip.<\/p>\n
Jazz: Visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday.<\/p>\n