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Jaylen Brown scored 35 points and had nine rebounds to propel the Boston Celtics to a 113-102 victory over the visiting Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Boston (54-25) received 23 points from Jayson Tatum and 12 from Neemias Queta, Derrick White and Payton Pritchard. The Celtics have won four straight and 11 of their last 13 games.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n LeMelo Ball tossed in a game-high 36 points for Charlotte, but he failed to score in the fourth quarter. The Hornets (43-37) were held to 15 points in the fourth.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Brandon Miller added 20 points for Charlotte, which had its four-game winning streak come to an end. Boston won two of the three regular-season meetings with Charlotte.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Charlotte’s Coby White didn’t play in the game because of left groin soreness. White is averaging 15.7 points per game in 19 games since the Hornets acquired him in a trade with Chicago in February.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n It was 18-18 with 5:25 remaining in the opening quarter before the Hornets closed the quarter with a 13-2 run to take a 31-20 advantage entering the second. Boston erased its deficit and took a 51-49 lead after a Jordan Walsh 3-pointer with 3:54 remaining in the half, but Charlotte held a 61-55 halftime lead.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Ball scored 23 of his 36 points in the first half, when the Hornets made 13 of 31 3-point attempts (41.9%).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Boston went up 75-74 on a Walsh layup with 6:09 left in the third, but Charlotte again answered by scoring 10 of the next 12 points to take a seven-point lead. The Celtics scored the final 10 points in the third to lead 90-87 with 12 minutes to play.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Another 10-0 spurt gave the Celtics a 106-94 lead with 5:48 left in regulation, and Boston’s advantage never fell below eight points after that.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n