At Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Kyrie Irving scored 18 of his game high 39 points in the fourth quarter Thursday night, as the Boston Celtics rallied for a 116-109 overtime win over the Phoenix Suns.
The Celtics were down 22 at one point in the second quarter at 48-26, when Devin Booker nailed a three pointer. Boston (7-4) trimmed the lead to 11 in the third quarter, but still trailed by 15 entering the fourth. Down six in the fourth, Irving made a three with 35 seconds left, and then after a Suns turnover Jaylen Brown putback layup with seven seconds remaining made it 98-97. T.J. Warren made two from the line for Phoenix (2-9) to extend the lead back to three, but Marcus Morris sent the game to overtime when he hit a three with just one second left on the clock. Irving had the Celtics first six points of overtime, as Al Horford and Brown also hit three pointers and Morris added a basket to close out the win.
Irving added seven rebounds, six assists, and three steals to help Boston break their two game losing streak. Brown and Morris had 17 points a piece. Booker had 38 for Phoenix, while Warren finished with 29 points. Boston visits Utah at 9:30 pm Friday night.
At TD Garden in Boston, a second period goalie change didn’t seem to matter as the Vancouver Canucks scored five second period goals on their way to an 8-5 win over the Boston Bruins.
Bo Horvat had two goals and two assists, while former Bruin Loui Ericksson added two goals and one helper as well as Vancouver picked up their 10th win (10-6-1). The Canucks have at least one point in five straight games, and this is the second win this season over the Bruins. Jake Debrusk had two goals and an assist to lead Boston (8-5-2). David Krejci had three assists, while Matt Grzelcyk got his first goal of the season.
Tuuka Rask was pulled just over five minutes into the second period, allowing three goals on 14 shots. Jaroslav Halak also struggled in relief of Rask, letting in five goals on 19 shots. Jacob Markstrom got the win for the Canucks, stopping 23 of 28 shots. Both teams went 2-5 on the powerplay. Boston will host Toronto Saturday night at 7 pm.
