The celtics earned their fifth victory in six games with a 119-104 win over the warriors on Thursday night.
Marcus Smart added 21 points, scoring 17 in the second half on a night when Boston became the latest team to offer a tribute to Kobe Bryant following his death in a helicopter crash.
D’Angelo Russell led the Warriors, who lost their fifth straight, with 22 points. Alec Burks scored 18. It was the Celtics’ first home game since Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in Sunday’s crash in Calabasas, California.
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