Orlando tied the score at 91 on a Wendell Carter Jr. putback with 4:18 to play, but the reigning NBA champions scored 10 of the next 11 points.

Point guard Jrue Holiday was out for a second straight game, and the starting five of Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Al Horford, and Kristaps Porzingis carried most of

Tatum, who played the entire second half, had 37 points and 14 rebounds and was serenaded with “MVP” chants when he put the game away at the free throw line in the final seconds.