Jaylen Brown scored 31 points on Saturday, carrying the load for the Celtics offensively as Jayson Tatum struggled to find a rhythm.

The Celtics survived one of their worst shooting performances of the season to beat the Wizards 108-96 in the NBA Cup.

The Celtics only have one more NBA Cup game remaining in group play as they look to get to the knockout stages for the second straight year.

Jaylen Brown scored 31 points to help the Celtics outlast the Wizards, 108-96, for a key NBA Cup victory. Read more on Boston.com.

The Washington Wizards are playing in their second NBA Cup game tonight as they take on the defending champion Boston Celtics at the Capital One Arena. Going in

Emirates NBA Cup action continued on Friday night for the Boston Celtics, as they played in their third game of group play against the Washington Wizards on Friday night. After defeating the previously undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday,

Despite Kornet’s success, Mazzulla opted to dig deeper into his bench late against a Wizards team that liked to play small. Xavier Tillman has been out of Boston’s rotation for weeks but saw nine second half minutes in the win, including playing center for the majority of crunch time.

Jaylen Brown top-scored with 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics struggled to a 108-96 win at Washington in the NBA Cup on Friday.Naji Marshall top-scored for the Mavs,

Last Saturday, the Celtics barely scraped past one of the worst teams in the NBA, needing overtime to put away the two-win Toronto Raptors. They had similar trouble Friday against another Eastern Conference cellar dweller.