The Phoenix Suns came into the Boston Garden and beat down the Celtics on the glass and the scoreboard, 111-103. The Suns dominated the boards as they out-rebounded the Celtics 56-37. Aron Baynes headed to the locker room early in the game after fighting for a rebound and it was later reported he fractured his hand and will require surgery, which certainly had some impact in the C's getting out-muscled on the glass.
Kyrie Irving scored 29 points on 10 of 19 shooting with 10 assists and 5 rebounds. Jayson Tatum scored 18, grabbed 8 boards, and a 4 blocks, only to be beaten in that department by the Time Lord himself, Robert Williams, who swatted 5 shots to go along with 8 points and 8 rebounds after getting soem extra run with Baynes out early.