Celtics rally in 4th to defeat Thunder

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Jayson Tatum scored 27 points — 13 in the fourth quarter — to lead the Boston Celtics to a 111-94 win over the host Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.

The Celtics hadn’t led until the fourth quarter, when they blitzed the Thunder with a 21-2 run to start the quarter and gain control.

After Boston battled back to tie it in the opening minutes of the fourth, newly acquired Luke Kornet, making his Celtics debut, drained a 3-pointer to give the Celtics their first lead less than two minutes into the fourth, then hit another on the next possession to put Boston’s run into overdrive.

The Thunder missed their first eight shots of the fourth and turned the ball over three ti…

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