BOSTON (AP) — Victor Wembanyama scored 16 of his 21 points in the second half, including a clutch shot with 19.2 seconds left, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Boston Celtics 100-95 on Saturday night.
De’Aaron Fox also finished with 21 points for the Spurs and Keldon Johnson added 18 points and 10 rebounds. San Antonio won its second straight game after losing two in a row.
Derrick White led Boston with 29 points and Jaylen Brown had 27. The Celtics lost for the third time in 12 games.
The game was tied at 84 before Baylor Scheierman’s corner three-pointer put Boston ahead with just under 7 minutes left. White followed with a driving basket before the Spurs embarked on a 9-2 run, taking a 93-91 lead on Johnson’s 3-pointer with 2:14 left.
Playing in his third straight game after missing a pair with a sore knee, Wembanyama didn’t score his first points until hitting a 3-pointer from the top midway through the second quarter.
Coming off a win over the Raptors the night before, the Celtics seemed locked in defensively against Wembanyama early on, mixing up double teams and sending some players quickly toward him when he tried to penetrate.
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