Celtics beat champs to extend stunning streak

THE Boston Celtics used a signature balanced effort to defeat the defending champion Golden State Warriors, extending their NBA-best winning streak to 14 games.

Jaylen Brown led the way for the Celtics with 22 points, with every Boston starter finishing in double figures as they grinded to a 92-88 comeback victory.

The Celtics win puts a halt to the Warriors win streak, which sat at seven before the stunning loss in TD Garden.

Al Horford finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds, for the Celtics, while Kyrie Irving had 16 points of his own.

LIVE stream the 2017/18 NBA Season on ESPN with the Foxtel Sports Pack. Get your free 2-week Foxtel Now trial & start watching in minutes. SIGN UP NOW >

It was a tough night for the Warriors, who were confronted with an imposing Celtics defence, particularly in the second half.

Kevin Durant posted a game-high 24 points in the road loss, while Klay Thompson finished with 13 points.

Thompson and Stephen Curry were a combined 5-of-20 from behind the three-point line.

Aron Baynes came off the bench for the Celtics, finishing with four points and five rebounds in 12 minutes of action.

The Celtics improved to 14-2 on the season, while the Warriors now sit at 11-4.

More to come!

Let’s block ads! (Why?)

Sport | news.com.au — Australia’s #1 news site

Post Author: martin

Martin is an enthusiastic programmer, a webdeveloper and a young entrepreneur. He is intereted into computers for a long time. In the age of 10 he has programmed his first website and since then he has been working on web technologies until now. He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of BriefNews.eu and PCHealthBoost.info Online Magazines. His colleagues appreciate him as a passionate workhorse, a fan of new technologies, an eternal optimist and a dreamer, but especially the soul of the team for whom he can do anything in the world.