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After stacking up three straight wins, Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics have now suffered back-to-back losses. Their latest defeat comes at the hands of the Utah Jazz, who stole away a 105-103 victory at TD Garden courtesy of a Jusuf Nurkic putback at the buzzer.
The Celtics extended their winning streak to three games with a 109-108 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night. The win handed Philadelphia its first loss of the season. Here are seven takeaways.
The Cavaliers will be shorthanded as they have three rotation players listed on the injury report ahead of their 7 p.m. Wednesday game against the Celtics. Darius Garland (toe surgery), Max Strus (left foot surgery) and Sam Merrill (right hip contusion) are all out, as is two-way wing Nae’Qwan Tomlin.
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This was probably not what he envisioned. The Celtics coughed up a 14-point first-half lead and lost to the Jazz, 105-103, on Jusuf Nurkić’s putback with 0.6 seconds left.
The 76ers will be down a pair of rotation players as they face the Celtics at 7 p.m. Friday from Philadelphia. Paul George (left knee surgery) and Jared McCain (right thumb surgery) are both out for Friday’s contest as they have yet to play this season.
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The red-hot Philadelphia 76ers put a perfect record on the line Friday night as they welcome Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics in the group stage of the 2025-’26 NBA Cup.
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