CELTICS POSTCAST- Sam Hauser Delivers Career-High & Celtics Survive 4th vs. Jazz

The Celtics (47-18) survived a 4th-Quarter scare but still managed to extend their win streak to 5 in a row with a 114-108 win over the Utah Jazz Monday night at TD Garden. Utah's lost 6 in a row overall and 13 straight road games. The Celtics led by 24 in the 3rd Quarter, but the Jazz came back and tied the game at 103 in the 4th but could not manage to take the lead in the final minutes.

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Scoring Leaders: Sam Hauser hit 7 3's and scored 23 of his career-high 33 in the 3rd Quarter. Hauser finished 9-for-19 on 3's. Jaylen Brown added 26. Derrick White had a Double-Double with 18 Points & 10 Assists. John Collins (12-for-30 FG) scored 28 Points and had 10 Rebounds for the Jazz.

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No JT. No KP (Again): Kristaps Porzingis was held out of the lineup once again because of illness and he's now missed 6 straight games and 7 of the Celtics last 8 games. Jayson Tatum missed his 5th game of the season and his 2nd game on homestand. The Celtics are now (3-1) with Tatum out of the lineup. Sam Hauser and Luke Kornet were in the starting lineup together for the 1st time this season.

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#'s of the Night: The Celtics are now a season-high 29 games over .500. The Celtics have now used 26 different starting lineups thru their 1st 65 Games. The Celtics hit 18 3's in the win. Utah went 13-for-38 on 3's, hitting 10 in the 2nd Half.

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1st-Half Nuggets: The Celtics were up 1 after the 1st Quarter and led by 6, 53-47, at the Half. The Celtics biggest lead in the 1st Half was 9 Points in the 2nd Quarter. Derrick White scored all 13 of his 1st Half Points in the 2nd Quarter. White was 5-for-8 from the field,, and he knocked down 3 3's. Payton Pritchard and Sam Hauser were a combined 3-for-15 overall and both went 1-for-6 on 3's in the 1st Half.

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Up Next: The Celtics have 1 game remaining on their 7-Game Homestand. Celtics hiost the OKC Thunder Wednesday. After Wednesday, the Celtics will be on the road for 2 in a row and 8 of 9.

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