The Celtics claimed their second win in as many days on Friday, knocking off the Jazz 122-114.
Here are the takeaways.
1. Every season, Jayson Tatum seems to go through peaks and valleys — so much so that a meme often floats around Twitter, charting his early-season struggles followed by a big emergence in the second half of the year.
This season, Tatum didn’t struggle much at the start of the season, which was part of the fuel for his early MVP chatter. That chatter dissipated as the Celtics dropped back in the pack, and Tatum — even though he is averaging more than 30 points per game — is yet to have his semi-annual eye-popping transcendent stretch.