The Celtics got some revenge for their in-season tournament quarterfinal loss to the Pacers on Saturday with a 118-101 victory.
Here are the takeaways.
1. Are we headed into the annual stretch of the schedule where Jayson Tatum goes nuts for a while?
And if so, does that mean the 26-7 record the Celtics boasted before they swept their most recent back-to-back and improved to 28-7 was all the precursor?
Tatum scored 38 points on Saturday after dropping 30 in a blowout win over the Jazz on Friday. He did the bulk of his damage against the Pacers from the 3-point line (8-for-13), which is usually the bellwether for his best stretches in no small part because there’s almost nothing you can do about him when he’s making a high number of 3-pointers.