The Celtics claimed a badly needed victory on Wednesday, beating the Trail Blazers 115-93 to snap a three-game losing streak.
Here are the takeaways.
1. More than anything, the Celtics really needed a win. Any win would have sufficed, but they got a good solid one — the kind of win when Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Al Horford all put their feet up for the entire fourth quarter and watched as lesser-used Celtics and rookie J.D. Davison kept a double-digit balloon up in the air until the final buzzer.
“I don’t like to lose,” Horford said.