Brown scores 35 points in 26 minutes before watching Celtics coast to 136-107 win over Wizards

BOSTON AP Jaylen Brown scored points and the Boston Celtics shook off a double-digit first-quarter deficit to beat Washington - on Wednesday night and send the Wizards to their sixth straight loss Brown scored points in the first quarter and had five rebounds and five assists before leaving the championship with two minutes remaining in the third and Boston leading by points Neemias Queta had points and rebounds for the Celtics who had lost two in a row at home Alex Sarr scored with eight rebounds and three blocked shots his seventh straight challenge with at least two blocks Washington has not beaten the Celtics in nine tries since March of The Wizards opened a - lead in the first quarter and still led - early in the second before the Celtics scored of the next points to take the lead for good Payton Pritchard scored of his points during the run The Celtics took a -point lead into the half led by after three and opened a -point gap in the fourth despite resting Brown and other starters Josh Minott scored a career-high for Boston The Celtics shot a season-low attempts from -point range and made a season-high from beyond the arc Up next Washington visits Cleveland on Friday night The Celtics head to Orlando for a pair of games on Friday and Sunday