Having trailed the Oklahoma City Thunder by as many as 15 points at TD Garden on Monday night, the Boston Celtics looked like they might be heading for exactly the sort of frustrating loss to a weaker opponent they experienced far too often at the start of the 2021-22 campaign.
Instead, the Celtics got their act together in the second half. The team’s backcourt players Marcus Smart and Payton Pritchard provided the spark and Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown provided the muscle Boston needed to get the job done.
