Payton Pritchard scored 32 points and Jaylen Brown recorded 27 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds as the Boston Celtics defeated the Brooklyn Nets 130-126 in double overtime. Hugo González tied the game with a 3-pointer at 0.4 seconds in the first extra period after a no-look pass from Baylor Scheierman. Nic Claxton forced the first overtime with a putback dunk with 1.9 seconds remaining. Michael Porter Jr. scored 30 and Nolan Traore added a career-high 21 for Brooklyn. Anfernee Simmons converted a three-point play and Sam Hauser hit a late 3 to secure the win.
"Hugo González forced the second OT on a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in the first extra period. Baylor Scheierman found the 19-year-old Spanish rookie with a no-look pass and González buried the wide-open shot from the corner. The Celtics, who have won four of five, never trailed in the second OT. Anfernee Simmons put Boston ahead for good with a three-point play, and Sam Hauser's 3-pointer made it 128-124 with 1:51 left."
"Michael Porter Jr. scored 30 points and Nolan Traore added a career-high 21 for the Nets, who nearly knocked off the second-place team in the Eastern Conference two days after they were beaten 120-66 by the crosstown New York Knicks. Nic Claxton forced overtime with a putback dunk with 1.9 seconds left and finished with 19 points for the Nets, who have lost nine of 10."
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