In a game without Marcus Morris and Al Horford, the Celtics went into the game with no all-stars against a Utah Jazz team that is in a dog fight for playoff position and absolutely could not drop a game like this against a team that was using rookies as half of their rotation. But these are the Celtics and they apparently have a monopoly on doing ridiculous things.
The first quarter was a game of runs, with the game tied at 5 apiece, the Celtics went on a 7-0 run led by an aggressive Jayson Tatum showed a poise and aggression that C’s fans have been begging for.