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BOSTON — Jayson Tatum scored 35 points, Jaylen Brown added 22 and Kristaps Porzingis had 21 to lead the Boston Celtics to a 114-98 victory over the New York Knicks. Tatum scored 17 in the fourth quarter. That's when Boston built a 91-88 edge into a 17-point lead. After missing seven of his first eight 3-point attempts, Tatum hit four straight in the last eight minutes. One of them was on a 4-point play after the Knicks cut the deficit to three points. Jalen Brunson scored 26 points and Julius Randle had 25 points and nine rebounds for the Knicks. They had won three in a row since opening the season 2-4.
