Celtics taking on Trail Blazers at TD Garden
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Payton Pritchard had 23 points and Jaylen Brown scored 20 on Monday night to lead the Boston Celtics to a 102-94 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers
The Celtics didn't play their best game, but they beat the Trail Blazers and Jrue Holiday to open their four-game home stand.
Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has been dealing with an injury to a finger on his left (non-shooting) hand, but it doesn't seem to have hurt his accuracy.
Jrue Holiday felt the love everywhere he went at TD Garden, where the Celtics honored him with a touching tribute video.
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla weighed in on the defensive pressure Boston has been facing this season, and in the Portland game in particular. "I think the game presented that," explained the Celtics coach.
Joe Mazzulla is in his fourth year as the head coach of the Boston Celtics. His current win/loss record stands at 211 wins and 81 losses. Many believed that this season would see Mazzulla's losses steadily creep up, as the Celtics navigated a difficult retooling process. That hasn't been the case, though.
The Celtics and Blazers did their best impression of the conditions outside TD Garden Monday night, giving us a sloppy game with cold shooting. The Celtics stormed out to a big lead, gave most of it back over the course of the game,
Celtics forward Jayson Tatum said that his most recent Olympics experience under Steve Kerr is still frustrating.