The Nets surrendered a 24-5 first-half Celtics run. Jalen Wilson (15 points) had hit a 3 to spot Brooklyn to an early 27-26 lead with 1:33 left in the first quarter. But they coughed up that extended run that stretched midway through the second.

Kristaps Porzingis scored 24 points in his return from an eight-game absence with an illness, getting 14 in the fourth quarter to help the Boston Celtics hold off the Brooklyn Nets 115-113 on Saturday night.

Porzingis, who had missed the last eight games due to an undisclosed virus, played the entire fourth quarter and finished with 24 points on 9-for-16 shooting.