CELTICS POSTCAST- Kristaps Porzingis & Jayson Tatum Lead Celtics to 4th Straight Win
The Celtics (51-19) opened up their season-high, 6-game road trip with a (121-99) over the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City Friday night. The Celtics have won 4 in a row overall and are now 9-1 in the month of March. The Celtics also win both games in the season series vs. the Jazz. ----- Scoring Leaders: Kristaps Porzingis led the Celtics with 27 Points and 10 Rebounds. Jayson Tatum scored 26 Points and also collected 6 Rebounds, 6 Assists and 3 steals. Payton Pritchard and Sam Hauser both hit 4 3's off the bench. Pritchard scored 18 and Hauser had 14. Colin Sexton had a game-high 30 in the loss for the Jazz. ----- No Go For Jaylen: Prior to Friday night's game, the Celtics announced that Jaylen Brown has been diagnosed with a bone bruise with posterior impingement in his right knee. Brown missed Friday's game, and he will miss Sunday's game against the Portland Trail Blazers. He will be reevaluated on Monday. Brown has been out of the lineup for 2 straight games and 3 of the last 4 for the Celtics. -----