NBA: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown lead Celtics’ romp over Kings
Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics looks on during the game against the Dallas Mavericks at TD Garden on March 13, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined for 62 points and the Boston Celtics made it two straight wins on their Western trip with a 126-97 pounding of the host Sacramento Kings on Friday night.
Payton Pritchard made all five of his shots, including a 4-for-4 effort on 3-pointers, on a 14-point night off the bench as the Celtics overpowered the Kings with 56.1-percent shooting overall and 55.0-percent accuracy from beyond the 3-point line.
Domantas Sabonis compiled a 30-point, 20-rebound double-double for Sacramento, which lost for the sixth time in its last seven games.
Twenty-one of Tatum’s 32 points came on seven 3-pointers in 10 attempts, helping Boston connect 22 times from beyond the arc.
Jayson Tatum & Jaylen Brown are one of the leagues most dynamic scoring duos, they combined for 62 points to lead the @celtics to the win! #BleedGreen@jaytatum0: 32 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 7 3PM@FCHWPO: 30 PTS, 2 STL pic.twitter.com/pdgbLJQVdk
— NBA (@NBA) March 19, 2022
Brown added 3-for-5 on 3’s en route to 30 points for the Celtics, who opened a four-game trip with a 110-88 romp over the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco on Wednesday night.
En route to its 17th win in the last 20 games, Boston trailed only momentarily after scoring the game’s first 11 points. Brown and Al Horford had two hoops apiece in the early flurry.
The Celtics went up by as many as 21 in the second quarter, 23 in the third and 29 in the fourth in completing a one-sided, season-series sweep. Boston had beaten Sacramento 128-75 at home in January.
Daniel Theis added 11 points for the Celtics, who got scoring from 11 different players.
Marcus Smart chipped in with a game-high eight assists to complement nine points, four rebounds and four steals, while Horford finished with a team-high nine rebounds to go with six points.
Sabonis’ double-double was his 45th of the season, his eighth with at least 30 points and third with at least 20 rebounds. He had never previously had 30 points and 20 rebounds in the same game.
He also led the Kings with five assists.
Justin Holiday went for 21 points for the Kings, while Trey Lyles had 19, Davion Mitchell 12 and Chimezie Metu 10.
De’Aaron Fox sat out the game with a bruised right hand, while Harrison Barnes went scoreless in 24 minutes, missing all five of his shots.
