ORLANDO, Fla. — Jaylen Brown scored 27 points, and Derrick White and Jordan Walsh hit 3-pointers in the final minute to send the Boston Celtics to a 111-107 win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night.
White, who finished with 21 points, hit a 3-pointer with 45 seconds left to give the Celtics a four-point lead. Walsh made a 3 with 13 seconds remaining to extend Boston’s lead to 110-105.
Paolo Banchero, slowed by foul trouble in the second half, scored 14 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter for Orlando. Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs scored 20 points apiece, but Wagner shot 5-for-17, 29.4%.
Boston’s Anfernee Simons, who played at Orlando’s Edgewater High School, scored 25 points in the first half.
Simons hit three 3-pointers and scored Boston’s first 14 points of the second quarter, helping the Celtics to an 11-point lead.
The Magic pulled even by halftime and led 85-83 when Suggs scored on an inside runner early in the fourth quarter.
Boston backup center Luka Garza had 16 points and eight rebounds in 17 minutes, more than Orlando centers Wendell Carter Jr. and Goga Bitadze combined. Boston’s 13-0 bench surge gave Boston an 11-point edge with 5 minutes, 58 seconds to play.
Banchero hit a turnaround jumper that pulled the Magic within one point with 59 seconds left, but Orlando failed to complete the comeback try.
The Magic shot 7-for-30 (23.3%) from 3-point range. The Celtics shot 13-for-33 (39.4%) but made 5 of 8 in the final quarter, including two by Walsh.
Up next
Celtics: At Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.
Magic: Host Portland Trail Blazers on Monday.