Heading into Sunday afternoon, the Boston Celtics had played eight games on the same day that the New England Patriots appeared in the Super Bowl. They were 7-1 in those games. The only loss? In 2015.

Sometimes, you just need someone to step up. When Jaylen Brown was ruled out with hamstring tightness on the second night of a back-to-back, the collective groan from New England could almost be heard in Texas.

Jaylen Brown anotó 29 puntos y Payton Pritchard sumó 24 unidades para ayudar a que los Celtics de Boston consiguieran la mayor remontada de la temporada, recuperándose de un déficit de 22 puntos para derrotar el viernes 98-96 al Heat de Miami.

Celtics guard Derrick White said head coach Joe Mazzulla gave him a prescient phone call during the summer.

The Boston Celtics returned to TD Garden on Wednesday night to face the Indiana Pacers. After a difficult road trip, Boston responded with a controlled 119–104 win, leading wire to wire and reasserting the structure that has carried them through the season.