Coming off their first win of the season, the Boston Celtics picked up their second straight as they returned home and welcomed the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. After taking down the New Orleans Pelicans, Boston welcomed the Cavaliers to TD Garden, in a matchup between two teams who have dominated the Eastern conference over the last couple of years.

In the win, Boston was pushed by another balancing scoring effort from several of their players, as eight different players, including all five starters scored in double digits. Jaylen Brown led the way for all scorers with a game-high 30 point outing. Brown continues to be the team’s top offensive threat, scoring at least two points in four of the team’s last five games.

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Here’s a quick recap of the Celtics second consecutive win, as they put together a 20-point win over the Cavaliers.

Final score: Boston Celtics 125, Cleveland Cavaliers 105Keys to the game:

The Minott and Queta powerhouse: After signing with Boston this offseason, Josh Minott has started in the last two games for the Celtics, both of which were wins. Minott and Neemias Queta shined together, combining for 21 points and 27 rebounds between the two of them. While Cleveland is led by a front court of Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen, it was Minott and Queta who outplayed and outshined in the matchup, giving Boston a big advantage in the paint.

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Sam Hauser’s spark: When the Celtics struggled early, giving up 75 points in the first half to Cleveland, sharpshooter Sam Hauser came in off the bench and electrified the offense. Hauser would finish the game with 21 points, connecting on 7 of his 13 3-point attempts, and carried the Boston offense to their best deep range shooting game of the season thus far.

Contained Cleveland’s stars: Cleveland’s biggest stars of Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley, and Donovan Mitchell all came up short of surpassing the 20-point mark. The three would go on to combined for 50 of the team’s 105 points between them, but Mobley and Allen were outplayed, and Mitchell was held to just 15 points. The Cleveland Big 3 have carried the franchise since coming together, and as Boston is coming in looking to find their new identity, it’s a great positive to shutdown the opposing stars.

Play of the game: Anfernee Simons goes bank for the deep 3-pointer as shot clock expiresWhat’s next: @ Philadelphia 76ers, Friday, October 31, Amazon Prime Video, 7:00PM ET

The Celtics will look for revenge from their season opener loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night, looking for their third straight win after losing their first three. In their first matchup of the season, the Sixers were carried by the backcourt of Tyrese Maxey and rookie VJ Edgecombe, who made franchise history with his 34 points in his NBA debut. Boston will be able to lean on their recent matchup to give them the tools they need to get their revenge in enemy territory.

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