FINAL SCORE: Celtics 140, Wizards 133
IN BRIEF: Kemba Walker scored 25 points, Jayson Tatum 23 and Jaylen Brown 22 as the Celtics ran their winning streak to nine in a row, spoiled Isaiah Thomas' return to Boston and reached their highest point total since 1992 with a 140-133 victory over the Washington Wizards, who got 44 points from Bradley Beal and 18 from I.T. BOX SCORE
CELTICS RECORD: 9-1
HIGHLIGHTS
AN OVATION FOR ISAIAH IN HIS RETURN TO BOSTON:
KEMBA WITH THE HOOP & THE HARM:
I.T. OVER SMART:
AND J.B. OVER I.T.:
SMART FINDS THE RANGE:
SMART ON THE DEFENSIVE END, TOO:
TATUM'S SMOOTH MOVE IN THE LANE:
TWO OF ROOKIE CARSEN EDWARDS' CAREER-HIGH 18:
UP NEXT:
@Golden State Warriors, Friday, 10:30 p.m., NBC Sports Boston
@Sacramento Kings, Sunday, 3:30 p.m., NBC Sports Boston
@Phoenix Suns, Monday, 9 p.m., NBC Sports Boston
Don’t miss NBC Sports Boston's coverage of Celtics-Warriors, which tips off Friday at 9:30 p.m. ET with Celtics Pregame Live, and then Mike & Scal have the call of the game at 10:30 p.m. You can also stream the game through the MyTeams App.