Jaylen Brown’s 35 points lead Celtics in a 138-129 victory over the short-handed Magic

BOSTON AP Jaylen Brown scored points and Josh Minott scored of his points in the second quarter when Boston shot as the Celtics beat the short-handed Orlando Magic - on Sunday night Anfernee Simons added points and Payton Pritchard chipped in with and eight assists for the Celtics who were coming off a tough home loss to Brooklyn on Friday Brown also had eight assists The Celtics nearly squandered a -point third-quarter lead But Brown scored straight points The Magic whittled away at their deficit and closed within six points in the final minute Jett Howard scored a season-high points for the Magic who were missing three of their top five scorers and had their three-game winning streak snapped Desmond Bane had points and Franz Wagner Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley was back back after missing the second half of a win over the New York Knicks on Saturday due to illness Boston connected on of shots in the second quarter turning a five-point lead after one period into an - edge at halftime Minott was for from the floor connecting on two attempts from -point range Pritchard keyed a quick - spurt with a steal and layup before hitting a -pointer from the right corner seconds later that made it - He also made a mid-range jumper with two seconds left in the half capping the Celtics points in the period Coming off the mastery at home against the Knicks the Magic seemed a bit sluggish and had their franchise record-tying string of eight straight quarters of -or-more points end in the opening quarter as they were held to points Up next Magic At the Philadelphia ers on Tuesday in the second competition of a three-game trip Celtics Host the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday AP NBA https www apnews com hub NBA