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Boston Celtics beat Philadelphia 76ers 123-101 as Paul George scores 36 in his return and Boston takes over first in the East
Paul George scored 14 straight points in the fourth quarter on his way to 36, and Boston pulled a half-game ahead of Philadelphia for the East's best record.
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Paul George scored 36 points in his first game back in Philadelphia, including 14 straight in the fourth quarter, and the Boston Celtics beat the 76ers 123-101 at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Tuesday, November 10. Boston won its fourth straight game and moved to 9-2, a half-game ahead of Philadelphia, now 9-3, for the best record in the Eastern Conference.
George shot 14-of-22 from the field and 6-of-11 from three in 30 minutes. It was his second-highest total of the season, behind the 38 he scored on opening night in Detroit. Jayson Tatum added 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in his first game against Jaylen Brown, who joined the Sixers in the July trade that sent George to Boston. Brown finished with 13 points and 4 turnovers.
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Boston leads early
Boston scored 30 points in the first quarter and led 30-23. Tatum had 11 of them, including a step-back three that made it 21-12. The Celtics’ bench pushed the lead to 54-38 in the second quarter, when Sam Hauser hit two threes in a minute and Hugo Gonzalez added another, and George’s three with 1:14 left in the half made it 62-47. Boston led 62-51 at the break.
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Philadelphia’s third quarter
Tyrese Maxey scored 12 of his 24 points in the third quarter, and the Sixers caught up. Dean Wade’s three tied it 76-76 with 4:02 left in the period, and Maxey’s three tied it again at 79-79 with 3:19 to go.
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Boston answered with threes. Payton Pritchard hit one on the next possession, then Hauser, Tatum and Baylor Scheierman added three more, and the Celtics took a 91-82 lead into the fourth.
George’s fourth quarter
Pritchard opened the fourth with two more threes, and then George took over. His three, three-point play and short basket made it 105-82 with 8:17 left, finishing a 26-3 Boston run that started from the 79-79 tie. He added two more threes, the second with 5:38 left for a 111-87 lead, giving him 14 points in less than four minutes. Boston led by as many as 29.
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Around the box
Pritchard scored 18 off the bench with four threes and 5 assists, and he and Hauser were a combined plus-50. Hauser had 12 points on 4-of-6 from three, and Gonzalez had 10 points and 3 steals. Boston made 22 of 49 threes, shot 48-of-95 overall and committed only 9 turnovers.
For Philadelphia, Maxey shot 8-of-12, and Anfernee Simons scored 17 off the bench. Joel Embiid had 16 points but made 2 of 9 shots, with 11 of his points coming at the free-throw line. LeBron James had 11 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists on 4-of-12 shooting. The Sixers were without Adem Bona and Dominick Barlow (back) and Ariel Hukporti (Achilles). Attendance was 21,497.
What’s next
The Celtics visit the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday, November 11, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Thursday Cairo time). The 76ers host the Raptors on Thursday, November 12, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Friday Cairo time).
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