Anfernee Simons led the way during that 80-point scoring explosion in the first half, making him Sunday’s “Name to Know” Player of the Game. The Name to Know Player of the Game is sponsored by John’s Sewer and Drain Cleaning, the Name to Know when your drains don’t flow.

The Celtics took advantage of a undermanned Orlando team to run away in the first half. Boston bounced back nicely after an ugly loss on Friday.

NBA regular season. Or at least that is the point of view of the hosts of the CLNS Media "How Bout Them Celtics!" podcast, Jack Simone and Sam LaFrance on a recent episode of their show. The third-year receiver passed DK Metcalf's 1303-yard milestone during Seattle's game against the Titans on Sunday.

Jaylen Brown scored 35 points and Josh Minott scored 12 of his 16 points in the second quarter when Boston shot 81.8% as the Celtics beat the short-handed Orlando Magic 138-129 on Sunday night.

The Celtics starters unexpectedly had to finish the game after getting out to a big lead, but what mattered most was the win over the Magic.

BOSTON (AP) — The Orlando Magic were missing three of their top five scorers for Sunday’s game against the Boston Celtics.

Today in Boston Celtics history, Vincent Lamont "Vin" Baker was born in Lake Wales, Florida in 1971. Baker played his NCAA basketball at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, where he won America East Player of the Year in 1993 before he was picked up with the eighth overall pick by the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA draft that same year.