Final: Celtics 99, Suns 86- Vintage Kemba Walker carries Celtics

WHO: Celtics (31-27) vs. Suns (42-16)
WHEN: 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: TD Garden
RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub
TV: NBC Sports Boston

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS

Celtics
G: Kemba Walker
G: Marcus Smart
SF: Jayson Tatum
PF: Grant Williams
C: Tristan Thompson

Suns
G: Chris Paul
G: Devin Booker
SF: Mikal Bridges
PF: Frank Kaminsky
C: Deandre Ayton 

LIVE COVERAGE, by John Karalis

Fourth quarter

• Jayson Tatum is struggling. 2-14 shooting so far, but he's moving the ball and the Celtics are scoring off the attention he's drawing.


• Kemba Walker just had a key sequence, hitting a 3 on a play where he was mostly trying to draw a foul and then fouling out Devin Booker by drawing a charge.


• The Suns are missing a lot of shots, but Chris Paul is trying to take over. This is a danger zone as Phoenix tries to chip into the lead


• Jayson Tatum, who struggled all night, got to the line twice and hit a 3 to keep the Suns at bay. Big win for the C's

• The Celtics have pushed their lead up past 20. Kemba Walker continues his great game, which includes defense and another charge drawn


• Tristan Thompson has been doing some good work down low. He kept one offensive rebound alive that led to a Walker jumper


• The Suns answered with an 8-2 run. Chris Paul found Mikal Bridges on two run-outs as Boston got a little too sloppy


• The Celtics settled down against the Suns zone and finally got a couple of good possessions where they could get good shots and set their defense off makes


• Turnovers and offensive rebounds... still killers for Boston. Luckily for them, they only lost 4 points off their lead

• Tatum being on the floor seems important as Boston opens the quarter on a 9-0 run. They're back to finishing off defensive possessions, they're running, and they're attacking


• We've entered "game of runs territory."

• Jayson Tatum is just 1-6 in the game, but it still a +15


• Kemba Walker is feeling it. He's up to 7-8 shooting and 19 points at the half


• Aaron Nesmith has been struggling hard, but he managed to draw a charge and hit two 3-pointers to help extend the lead

• I'll just start with this: I hope this energy stays for the whole game, because this has been a great start.


• Kemba Walker has come out strong with 10 first quarter points halfway through the first. Boston tends to do very well when Kemba cooks early


• Aside from still allowing too many offensive rebounds early on and fouling too much (that's Romeo Langford's fault), Boston is moving well and scoring the ball. They have 6 assists on their 9 baskets so far


• Phoenix put together a 10-0 run, running off C's turnovers and the Celtics backing off the attack. It coincided with Tatum  leaving the floor


• Tatum returned and the Celtics scored the next 5 points

• Celtics vs. Suns spread: Suns -1.5


• Celtics vs. Suns over-under: 220 points


• Celtics vs. Suns money line: Celtics -104, Suns -116