With Jaylen Brown sidelined and Derrick White out after suffering a neck sprain from a collision with Marcus Smart in the first quarter, the Boston Celtics were left short-staffed against the Charlotte Hornets. Despite that, they managed to mount an impressive first-half comeback and cruise to a comfortable victory.
Jayson Tatum’s 17-point third quarter helped spearhead the win, but they wouldn’t have been able to keep up without the efforts of Malcolm Brogdon. The veteran guard was Tatum’s second-in-command off the bench, and after the game, the Celtics superstar gave him his flowers.