Celtics 114, Rockets 93

 

No Vučević (yet) and no Brown but no matter - last  night, the Celtics still beat Kevin Durant and the Rockets by 21 points down in Houston and get to leave the state of Texas, 2-0, with wins over both Dallas and Houston.

With Mr. Brown our due to the lingering hamstring and knee problems he's been dealing with since sitting out the January 30th game against Sacramento, Mr. White led the team with 28 points. Pritchard was right behind him with 27 points off the bench. Scheierman (15 points, 10 rebounds) and Queta (10 points, 19 rebounds) both had double doubles, and the Celtics led the Rockets in rebounding, 57-38, and three-pointers completed, 19-11. Defensively, they kept Durant to 15 points, and he was the team leader last night.

In what's getting to be a tiresome story, the Knicks won last night too, so Boston, despite four straight wins, is still tied with New York at 33-18 for first place in the Atlantic. However, Detroit was idle so both teams move up a half game in the Eastern Conference standings.

The Celtics will return home and play Miami (27-25) on Friday night - hopefully, we'll get to see  Vučević make his debut with the C's then.