The Boston Celtics bounced back from their blowout loss to the Orlando Magic by completely annihilating the Charlotte Hornets 130-94 in their penultimate game of the season Friday night at TD Garden.
The C’s improved to 60-21, their second straight season of 60-plus wins, while the Hornets dropped to 19-62.
The Hornets kept it close in the first half, with the Celtics taking the 54-53 lead into the room. However, in the second half, Boston flipped the script and never looked back.
The Celtics, without Jaylen Brown, had a massive edge shooting 51.6% from the field on 49-of-95 shooting, while the lowly Hornets knocked down just 36-of-93 (38.