Magic celtics game 2

No way we could have lost this game. Marcus Smart added 17 points, seven assists and seven rebounds for the Celtics, who needed an run down the stretch to force overtime. Dennis Schroder had 21 points and seven assists. It was a little ugly. Terrence Ross scored 33 for the Magic, who outscored Boston in the third quarter. They closed the period on a run to take a lead into the fourth and were ahead with a little more than 4 minutes remaining in regulation.

Shortly after missing the free throw on a three-point play attempt with left, Brown drove for a layup to tie it at all with 38 seconds to go. Terrence Ross had a season-high 33 points off the bench and Gary Harris scored 23 to lead Orlando, which blew a point lead late in the fourth quarter to suffer its fifth consecutive defeat. Carter Jr. Boston center Robert Williams III right big toe sprain was sidelined one game after notching his first career triple-double. Once he gets himself in rhythm, he's hard to neutralize.

That was evident on this three-pointer, as it comes after he loses his dribble, prompting him to pull up from well beyond the arc, and his shot touches nothing but the net. As usual, Marcus Smart was a defensive menace. Here, he blitzes Franz Wagner from the rookie's blindside, ripping the ball from him, pushing it up the floor, and delivering a bounce pass to Jaylen Brown, who laid the ball in to tie the game at 98 with Garnett K.

Garnett PF. Scalabrine B. Scalabrine PF. Powe L. Powe PF. Walker H. Walker SF. Moore M. Moore C. Marbury S. Marbury PG. Pruitt G. Pruitt PG. House E. House SG. Allen T. Giddens J.