Celtics never trail in triumph over Trail Blazers

Payton Pritchard scored a game-high 23 points and Jaylen Brown finished with 20 to lead the Boston Celtics to a 102-94 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.

Pritchard made 5 of 11 3-point attempts and also grabbed four rebounds. Brown had eight rebounds, five assists and four steals.

Boston's Derrick White added 18 points, but committed eight turnovers.

Jerami Grant (19) and Toumani Camara (18) were Portland's leading scorers. Portland also received...