A great effort by Neemias Queta put the Celtics past the 76ers.

Nemias Queta scored a career-high 27 points to go with 17 rebounds, and Jaylen Brown finished with 27 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to lead the Boston Celtics to a 114-98 victory over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night.

Derrick White added 21 points, six rebounds and eight assists for Boston, which got 11 points and 12 rebounds from Nikola Vucevic.

The Celtics made 18 of 21 free throw attempts and had a 59-37 edge in rebounds.

Philadelphia trailed 103-97 with 4:14 left in the game, but Queta hit a layup and two free throws to extend Boston’s lead to 109-98 with 2:36 left. The 76ers have never threatened since.

Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 33 points. Maxey made 4 of 11 3-point attempts. VJ Edgecombe finished the game with 23 points for the 76ers, which forced the Celtics into 15 turnovers.

Philadelphia got 10 points and 12 rebounds from Andre Drummond and 14 points and 8 rebounds from Dominic Barlow.

The 76ers played without star center Joel Embiid due to a strained right oblique. Embiid suffered the injury during Thursday night’s 124-117 win over Miami. The team said Embiid will be reevaluated after Wednesday’s game against Utah.

Embiid is averaging 26.6 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 3.9 assists this season, but has appeared in only 33 games.

Philadelphia led 28-26 after the first quarter, but the Celtics outscored the 76ers 36-22 in the second quarter to take a 62-50 lead at halftime. Boston’s Baylor Scheierman hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to close the scoring in the first half.

Cueta scored 16 points and 12 rebounds in the first half.

Boston took a 16-point lead early in the third quarter, but Philadelphia fell behind 89-83 until the fourth quarter. The 76ers cut the deficit to five points early in the final quarter.

Sunday’s game was the fourth meeting between the Celtics and 76ers this season. Each team won twice.

–Field level media