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Brandon Ingram scored 28 points and Williamson -- playing his first regular-season game in more than 17 months -- scored 25 as he returns from the foot injury that sidelined him for a season.
Kevin Durant delivered a towering 39-point display for the Nets, but it was not enough to stop the powerful Celtics' line-up from sealing a 116-112 victory at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
Jayson Tatum scored 39 points to lead the Celtics in a 109-103 victory over the Nets in Brooklyn that pushed their lead in the NBA Eastern Conference first-round series to 3-0.
The reigning champion Milwaukee Bucks, Eastern Conference top seeds Miami and Western Conference top seeds Phoenix also won their playoff openers.
With an injured LeBron James watching from the sidelines, the Lakers' faint hopes of scraping into the playoffs were snuffed out as the Western Conference leaders turned on the style to complete a convincing 121-110 win in Phoenix.
The Hawks grabbed their fifth straight win to move into eighth place in the Eastern Conference, a game ahead of the Nets and the Charlotte Hornets, who were routed 144-114 by the Philadelphia 76ers earlier in the day.
Irving struggled to find his rhythm throughout his home debut Sunday, and the Nets hope their star guard can get into a better flow Tuesday night when they host the Detroit Pistons.
The Philadelphia 76ers played their first game since making a blockbuster trade with the Brooklyn Nets that saw former league MVP James Harden join his third team in the last two years.
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was named an NBA All-Star Game captain for the fifth-straight season on Thursday as the league revealed the starting players for the mid-season showcase in Cleveland.
LeBron James scored a team high 33 points and Anthony Davis returned to spark the offence as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the short-handed Brooklyn Nets 106-96.
James Harden flirted with a triple-double as the Brooklyn Nets rolled over the New Orleans Pelicans despite an injury to NBA leading scorer Kevin Durant.
Three-time NBA champion Klay Thompson received a rapturous welcome at Chase Center, his first game in the arena which the Golden State Warriors have only called home since September 2019.
Los Joel Embiid scored 34 points and Tyrese Maxey added 25 as the Philadelphia 76ers spoiled Kevin Durant's return from the NBA's Covid list with a 110-102 victory over the Nets in Brooklyn
Stephen Curry scored 33 points to power Golden State to a 116-107 victory over Phoenix that moved the Warriors ahead of the Suns for best record in the NBA on Christmas Day.
Kyrie Irving addressed the vaccination issue, which has seen him sidelined from NBA play, on Instagram Live, confirming that he hoped to be back on the floor with teammates eventually.