The Spurs' Victor Wembanyama looks to drive to the hoop during Saturday night's game vs. the Celtics at TD Garden. (AP photo)

BOSTON (AP) — Victor Wembanyama scored 16 of his 21 points in the second half, including a game-sealing jumper with 19.2 seconds left, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Boston Celtics 100-95 on Saturday night.

De’Aaron Fox also finished with 21 points for the Spurs and Keldon Johnson added 18 points and 10 rebounds. San Antonio won its second straight after losing two in a row.

Derrick White led Boston with 29 points and Jaylen Brown had 27. The Celtics lost for just the third time in 12 games.

The game was tied at 84 before Baylor Scheierman’s corner 3-pointer pushed Boston ahead with just under seven minutes left. White followed with a driving basket before the Spurs went on a 9-2 spree, taking a 93-91 lead on Johnson’s 3-pointer with 2:14 left.

After Brown’s layup tied it, Wembanyama’s fadeaway jumper pushed San Antonio back in front with 1:33 to go.

Brown was then stripped of the ball near midcourt by Fox, and Julian Champagnie converted a putback of his own miss to make it 97-93 with 41 seconds left.

Wembanyama’s left-wing jumper made it 99-95.

Playing his third straight game after missing a pair with a sore knee, Wembanyama didn’t score his first points until hitting a 3 from the top midway into the second quarter.

But he got going in the second half, scoring nine consecutive points for San Antonio midway into the third quarter, bringing the Spurs back from a nine-point deficit to tie it on his three-point play.

Coming off a victory over the Raptors a night earlier, the Celtics seemed locked in defensively against Wembanyama early, mixing in double teams and sending a few players at him quickly when he attempted to drive.

BROWN RIPS REFS

Brown didn’t hold back while criticizing the officials during a profanity-laced postgame interview.

“I hope somebody can pull up the clips,” he said. “It’s the same s— every time we play a good team. It’s like they refuse to make the calls and they call touch calls on the other end. That’s just extremely frustrating.”

He went on to say that he wants someone to watch the videos to see why he was upset.

“Somebody please pull it up,” he said, standing in the locker room. “Every time we play a good team, the inconsistency is crazy. … I’m irate at how they officiated the game today.”

The Spurs went to the free throw line 20 times, making 14. Boston just went four, hitting three.

He even went on to mention one official by his first name — Curtis Blair.

“Curtis and all those dudes were terrible tonight,” he said. “I don’t care. They can fine me whatever they want.”

The NBA regularly fines players who use profanity during interviews. Suns guard Jalen Green was recently fined $25,000 for using profanity during a teammate’s postgame interview.

Up next

Spurs: At Minnesota on Sunday.

Celtics: At Indiana on Monday.