DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points to lead the spurs to a 129-114 win over the celtics on Wednesday night.
returned after missing three games with the flu and was ejected with back-to-back technical fouls when he argued a non-call in the third quarter. A full bottle or cup was thrown from the stands, landing in front of the San Antonio bench; no one was hit. The game was delayed briefly while the court was cleaned up and the public address announcer asked the fans not to do that.
The hubbub — Celtics coach Brad Stevens was also given a T — slowed a Boston rally that cut what had been a 22-point deficit to 76-69. LaMarcus Aldridge made two of the three technical foul shots and, when when he missed the third, Derrick White was fouled and made both free throws to give the Spurs an 80-69 lead. San Antonio soon went on an 11-0 run, and the Celtics never got within single digits again.
Lonnie Walker IV scored 19 points for the Spurs, who improved to 9-6 since Dec. 1, when they had a 7-14 record. San Antonio avoided what would have been the first season sweep by the Celtics since 2011. Gordon Hayward scored 18 points and Jaylen Brown had 16 for Boston, which has lost two in a row for just the third time this season.Walker was on an unspecified minutes restriction in his first game back. But he wound up playing just 18 minutes before he was tossed for complaining about a non-call on a hard pick by LaMarcus Aldridge. Walker finished with six points, four assists and three rebounds.
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