Thomas paces Celtics in rout of Magic
BOSTON -- Isaiah Thomas scored 21 to notch his 30th consecutive 20-point contest as the Boston Celtics blew out the Orlando Magic 128-98 on Friday night at TD Garden.
Thomas is 10 games shy of the Celtics' franchise mark, set by John Havlicek. Jae Crowder added 19 points and rookie Jaylen Brown scored a career-high 20 and grabbed eight rebounds.
Kelly Olynyk added 16 points off the bench for the Celtics.
Boston (28-18) won its 12th straight game against Orlando at TD Garden. The Magic last beat the Celtics in Boston on Feb. 7, 2010, when Dwight Howard was still on the team.
Nikola Vucevic had 14 points and seven rebounds and Damjan Rudez had a season-high 14 points off the bench for Orlando (18-30), which has lost three straight and 12 of 15.
The win tied the Celtics' largest margin of victory this season. Their previous high was a 117-87 rout of the Magic in Orlando in their first meeting on Dec. 7.
The Magic's 30-point loss is tied for their second-biggest defeat of the season.
Boston extended its 68-48 halftime lead to as many as 39 points in the third quarter. Thomas subbed out with 2:11 remaining in the period and didn't return.
Brown notched his career-high point total on a driving layup with 3:52 left in the game.
Brown and Tyler Zeller scored 19 of the Celtics' season-high 39 points in the first. Boston broke a 15-all tie with a 24-9 run to end the period.
Bismack Biyombo's dunk with 9:02 on the clock in the second brought the Magic within 14, but that was as close as they would come for the remainder of the night.
Thomas' pull-up 3 with 29.4 seconds left in the quarter gave the Celtics a season high in first-half points with 66 and Brown's ensuing layup put the Celtics up by 20 at halftime.
NOTES: Boston C Al Horford (groin) did not play and is probable for Saturday's game at Milwaukee. Horford tweaked his groin Wednesday against Houston. "(He) went through a workout this morning, actually felt pretty good but not quite 100 percent," Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. ... G Avery Bradley (sore right Achilles) missed his fifth straight game and won't travel for Saturday's game. ... Orlando G D.J. Augustin returned after missing a game with a right ankle sprain. G Evan Fournier (sore right foot) participated in shootaround Friday but missed his seventh consecutive game. G C.J. Wilcox (left Achilles tendinitis) missed his ninth in a row. ... Celtics G Isaiah Thomas was named an All-Star reserve for the Eastern Conference on Thursday. Stevens could join him as the East's coach. "It'd be great," Stevens said about the potential honor. ... The Magic haven't had an All-Star since C Dwight Howard in the 2011-12 season. ... Orlando visits Toronto on Sunday.