BOSTON -- Jaylen Brown scored 32 points, Derrick White made seven 3-pointers and added 25, and the Boston Celtics powered past the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-95 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series.
Jayson Tatum finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds to help the Celtics pull away in the second half.
The Cavaliers went 11-of-42 from 3-point range and kept pace early. But the Celtics were even more efficient from the outside, connecting on 18-of-46 from beyond the arc for the game.
It helped Boston carry a 15-point lead into the fourth quarter.