Jayson Tatum had a ho-hum 34 points and outdueled Kawhi Leonard.
Kemba Walker shot himself out of a slump and finished with 24 points in arguably his best game since his return.
Without Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, and Daniel Theis (who left at halftime with a sore knee), those two starters needed to step up for the Celtics to have any chance of beating the one the best teams in the Western Conference on the road. They did, but it was Boston’s second unit, a group made up largely of unsung young players, that came up big in the 119-115 against the Clippers.