The NBA's Boston Celtics extended their unbeaten home streak.
Boston won 125-119 in their home game against the Philadelphia 76ers at TD Garden Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on the 2nd (Korea time).
With this victory, they have a record of 15 wins and 4 losses. In particular, they have nine wins in all home competitions. Philadelphia won 12 games and lost seven.
The race that day was a close one. Neither team was separated by more than eight points, with 17 draws and 16 comebacks.
Boston received a technical foul and was ejected for a referee decision just before the end of the third quarter, but led 30-22 in the fourth quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Al Horford scored six points, Jrue Holiday scored five points, and Payton Pritchard scored 10 points to walk away the game.
With 2:9 left in the game, Horford hit a hook shot to give his team a 117-116 lead.
Four players on the team scored more than 20 points. Tatum had just 21 points and seven rebounds in the third quarter as he was ejected, Derrick White had 21 points and Jaylen Brown and Al Horford both had 20 points.
Philadelphia is not at normal strength. Kelly Aubrey Jr., Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Nicholas Batum are all sidelined.
Still, we played well against Boston. All starters scored in double digits. Patrick Beverley had 26 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, D'Anthony Melton had 21 points, Tobias Harris and Paul Reed combined for 14 points and Marcus Morris had 13 points.