Celtics-Heat recap: Short-handed C's bounce back with blowout win

Eddie House and our Celtics Postgame Live crew react to the C's 108-89 win over the Heat:

Payton Pritchard dropped 25 points for his fourth straight game with 20 or more off the bench.. According to Celtics stats guru Dick Lipe, Pritchard is the first player in the NBA this season to accomplish that feat and the first Celtic to do so since Isaiah Thomas in 2015.

Score: 102-81 Celtics, 4:51 left in fourth quarter

Jaylen Brown still has a game-high 29 points. Payton Pritchard has 21 off the bench to mark his fourth consecutive 20-point performance.

Score: 91-67 Celtics, 10-21 left in fourth quarter

Derrick White drained a pair of 3s to start the fourth quarter. He's up to 17 points on 5-of-10 from deep.

Score: 85-63 Celtics

It's becoming a blowout in Boston as the Celtics have their largest lead of the night at 22.

Jaylen Brown leads the C's with a game-high 29 points. Nine of his points have come from the free-throw line.

Payton Pritchard has 18 off the bench. Jayson Tatum and Derrick White have 13 and 11 points, respectively.

Score: 68-52 Celtics, 8:30 left in third quarter

Celtics big man Luke Kornet is hosting a block party at TD Garden. He's up to six blocks on the night, tying a career-high and marking the most by a C's player this season. He also has six points, three rebounds, and two assists.

Boston has bounced back after a slow start to the quarter, scoring eight unanswered points after Miami opened the frame on a 7-0 run.

Score: 60-52 Celtics, 10:08 left in third quarter

Miami started the second half on a 7-0 run before C's coach Joe Mazzulla called a timeout. Boston turned the ball over four times in the first two minutes of the third quarter.

Score: 60-45 Celtics

It's been all C's through the first half as they take a 15-point lead into the locker room.

Payton Pritchard and Jaylen Brown have led the way with 16 points apiece. Pritchard is shooting 4-for-7 from 3-point range.

Luke Kornet has made an impact on both ends with six points and four blocks -- the most blocks in a first half by any C's player this season.

Jayson Tatum has 10 points for Boston. Jaime Jaquez Jr. leads the Heat with 13.

Score: 55-39 Celtics, 3:24 left in second quarter

This one is starting to get away from Miami. Boston now has its largest lead of the game at 14.

Payton Pritchard leads all scorers with 16 points on 4-of-7 shooting from 3-point range. Jaylen Brown has 14 points and Jayson Tatum has 10 points with six rebounds.

The C's are shooting 9-for-22 from beyond the arc. The Heat are just 3-for-15 from deep.

Score: 42-31 Celtics, 7:19 left in second quarter

Payton Pritchard has been red-hot off the bench lately for the Celtics, and he has carried that momentum into Monday's game.

Pritchard has a game-high 13 points (3-5 3-PT) with two assists in 11 minutes. He's averaging 24.3 points over his lsat three games.

The Celtics have gone deep into their bench with Jrue Holiday, Al Horford, Kristaps Porzingis, and Sam Hauser out. Neemias Queta, Drew Peterson, Xavier Tillman, and rookie Baylor Scheierman have gotten early minutes.

Score: 28-25 Celtics

The C's lead by three after an entertaining first quarter. Jayson Tatum scored a team-high eight points while Luke Kornet and Jaylen Brown contributed six apiece.

Sixth Man of the Year frontrunner Payton Pritchard has five points and two assists.

Tyler Herro has a game-high nine points for the Heat.

Score: 19-16 Celtics, 3:29 left in first quarter

Boston has a three-point lead in a first quarter that included a 17-2 run. Jaylen Brown and Luke Kornet still lead the way with six points. Jayson Tatum has five.

Score: 14-9 Celtics, 6:09 left in first quarter

The Heat opened on a 7-0 run, then the Celtics woke up and reeled off eight unanswered points and took control of the first quarter.

Big man Luke Kornet scored the C's first four points. He and Jaylen Brown lead the team with six points apiece.

Tyler Herro leads Miami with five points.

Celtics: Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Jordan Walsh, Jayson Tatum, Luke Kornet.

Heat: Tyler Herro, Duncan Robinson, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Haywood Highsmith, Bam Adebayo.

Jaylen Brown is good to go for tonight's game after being listed as questionable with an illness. He returns after missing Sunday's loss to Cleveland.

Jrue Holiday (left knee tendinopathy), Al Horford (left big toe sprain), Kristaps Porzingis (left PTT return from injury management), and Sam Hauser (personal reasons) are OUT for the Celtics. Jaylen Brown (illness) is questionable.

Jimmy Butler (knee), Kevin Love (back), Nikola Jovic (ankle), Kel'el Ware (foot) and Josh Richardson (illness) are out for Miami.