Celtics Drain 25 Threes, Tie NBA Record

0:00It's April 11. From game day to every day, this is Boston Celtics News today, powered by AI. Boston Celtics lit up the Pelicans Friday night, dropping 144 points to their 118 in a blowout that tied the NBA. Single-game 3-point record. It marked the second straight season they matched that mark, but couldn't break it. Draining a ridiculous number from deep to control the game from. Jump. Jason Tatum sat this one out after playing back-to-back nights in New York, leaving Derek White, Jalen Brown, Sam Hauser, Jordan Walsh, and Nehemiah's Cata to start. Meanwhile, New Orleans dealt with a stacked injury list, sitting stars like Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy, and others, forcing them into an unfamiliar lineup. Fans saw fireworks from the bench and beyond, with Hauser scorching for 24 points on A3s, Brown matching him at 24, and Peyton Pritchard adding double figures early. Nehemiah's Cata etched his name in the books, nailing his first career 3 after going over 10 before. Through three

1:05quarters, Boston owned a 116-to-82 lead and 25-3s to the Pelicans 6. They kept pouring it on, hitting exactly enough more to tie the record at the buzzer instead of forcing a shot to break it, finishing at 54. Percent from the field and 49 percent from deep, the Celts wrapped a regular season Sunday at 6 p.m. Eastern at TD Garden against the Magic, riding this shooting clinic into the finale.