BOSTON (AP) Jaylen Brown scored 41 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics to a 137-93 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night.

The Celtics were without star forward and leading scorer Jayson Tatum, who was sidelined with a left hip contusion. But Boston still moved to 1½ games behind Milwaukee for the Eastern Conference’s best record with its seventh victory in nine games.

“When you get the opportunity to be the guy that everybody's kind of leaning on, it's a privilege, it's an honor,” Brown said. “I don't take those moments for granted. Every night, I strap my shoes up and I get my guys ready to go.”