But the second half told a different story. Boston flipped the script in the third quarter, outscoring the Magic 30-18 and riding that momentum to a dominant finish. Derrick White led the way in Game 1 with a team-high 30 points, while the All-Star tandem of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum combined for 33 points.

A physical Game 2 between the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic on Wednesday left Kristaps Porziņģis with a bloody head injury in the third quarter. The big man took an elbow in the forehead from Orlando's Goga Bitadze, hitting the floor hard and picking up a nasty wound. Bitadze was given a flagrant foul for the elbow on Porziņģis.

Porzingis briefly left Boston’s Game 2 playoff win over Orlando on Wednesday night after taking an elbow from Goga Bitadze of the Magic in the third quarter. He returned to shoot a pair of free throws, got stitches to close the wound, and then was on the court in the closing minutes.