What to Know
- Tune into Celtics Postgame Live after the ultimate buzzer as our crew breaks down the sport.
- The Celtics (3-4) had their three-game win streak snapped.
- Kevin Durant lead all scorers with 26 factors (8-for-11 from subject).
- Payton Pritchard completed with a team-high 14 factors for the Celtics.
- The C’s host the Utah Jazz on Monday night time.
The Celtics suffered their greatest blowout lack of the season because the Rockets earned a 128-101 victory at TD Backyard on Saturday night time.
It seemingly was a mixture of issues.
There is no denying Kevin Durant and the Rockets are a great basketball workforce regardless of the .500 file they entered with. Houston led the league in offensive score (125.2) and factors scored (127.8) earlier than going through Boston and certain maintained these statistical leads. After taking pictures 55 p.c from the sphere (42-for-77), Durant and firm definitely seemed like an offense deserving of them.
There’s additionally no denying the Celtics, taking part in on the second night time of a back-to-back and having performed 5 video games within the final seven nights, had been shifting a tick slower. It seemed just like the Inexperienced had been caught in mud, analyst Brian Scalabrine summarized. In the meantime, Houston took the hardwood after three days off.
The Rockets are good. The Celtics seemed sluggish. Each issues could be true.
Here is every little thing it’s good to know in our Celtics-Rockets recap:
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