Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Jayson Tatum had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Payton Pritchard scored 25 off the bench on Monday night as the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 108-89. Derrick White added 19 points as the defending NBA champions won for the eighth time in nine games.

The Boston Celtics came into their home tilt against the Miami Heat at TD Garden on Monday (Dec. 2) night down their two best big men for the game. And you would have hardly known it with reserve bigs Luke Kornet (6 blocks) and Neemias Queta (7 rebounds) helping Boston cover for the absence of Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford while the Celtics won the battle of the boards handily in a 108-89 blowout win.

Jaylen Brown led all scorers with 29 points and also had seven rebounds as the Boston Celtics beat the visiting Miami Heat 108-89 on Monday night.