The Celtics cruised through much of Friday’s game and picked up their energy as necessary to claim a comfortable 121-99 victory.
Here are the takeaways.
Kristaps Porzingis is a matchup nightmare.
We aren’t breaking much new ground here, admittedly, but on a night when Jaylen Brown sat out and Jayson Tatum was a little hot and cold, Porzingis was the perfect third star for the Celtics.
Much is (very correctly) made of Tatum’s seemingly limitless offensive arsenal, but less is made of Porzingis for some reason, even though Porzingis can reach similarly deep into his bag and emerge with a wide variety of options.