Payton Pritchard scored a season-high 42 points and Jaylen Brown collected his fourth career triple-double with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, allowing the visiting Boston Celtics to edge the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-115 on Sunday.

Cleveland trailed 110-99 with 1:49 remaining but had an opportunity to win it at the buzzer on Evan Mobley's off-target jump shot. Darius Garland pulled the Cavaliers within 116-115 with 1.2 seconds left before Brown split two free throws with 0.6 on the clock.

Anfernee Simons added 18 points off the bench and Jordan Walsh posted career bests with 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Celtics, who built a 21-point lead before Cleveland mounted its unsuccessful comeback.

Mobley scored 17 of his 27 points in the second half and had 14 rebounds. Garland had 2

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