Jayson Tatum and the Celtics pulled away for a comfortable 124-109 win on Saturday as Grant Williams and the Hornets lost their cool entirely in the closing minutes.
Here are the takeaways.
Grant Williams got ejected for a dirty hit on Jayson Tatum.
We would be remiss if we didn’t start with the most dramatic moments of an otherwise relatively sleepy game.
With two minutes left in the fourth quarter and the Celtics up nine, Grant Williams delivered a huge blow in transition to Tatum, going shoulder to shoulder and knocking the Celtics star to the ground hard.