The Celtics scored the 1st 11 points of the 4th Quarter and ended up beating the Houston Rockets, 109-86, at the Toyota Center in Houston Friday night.  The Celtics are 2-0 on their current 4-Game Road Trip and have won 3 in a row overall.  The Celtics had 3 players score 20 or more with Derrick White leading the way with 23 Points. White hit 6 3's in the Celtics 26th win of the season. The Celtics hit 19 3's in the win.

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#'s of the Night: With Friday night's win, the Celtics are now 5-1 on the season in the 2nd Game of a back-to-back.  The Celtics are now 13-3 on the road.  Jayson Tatum scored 20 and has now scored 20 or more points in 9 straight Games. Payton Pritchard went 8-for-10 overall (4-6 on 3's) and scored 20 points. The Celtics also improve to 9-0 when holding the opponent below 100 points.  

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No JB. No Al: Jaylen Brown missed his 2nd straight game of the road trip due to a Right Shoulder Sprain.  With the win over the T-Wolves, the Celtics are now (3-3) with Brown out of the lineup. Al Horford was held out of Friday night's game (Rest) and missed his 8th game of the season.         

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1st Half Nuggets- The Celtics led by 6 after the 1st Quarter and by 9 at the Half.  Jayson Tatum scored 10 of his 13 1st-Half Points in the 2nd Quarter.  Payton Pritchard led the Celtics with 14 off the Bench in the 1st 24 minutes.  Celtics shot 53% from the field overall in the 1st Half and 12-for-23 on 3's.  Celtics largest lead in the 1st Half was 11 in the opening Quarter.     

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What's On Tap?: The Celtics move on to Oklahoma City and face the West's top team in the Thunder Sunday afternoon.  Boston concludes its trip in Denver against the Nuggets next Tuesday.                                 

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