Celtics POSTCAST- No Jayson Tatum. No Problem As Celtics Blowout Kevin Durant & Suns

The Celtics (54-19) matched their longest win streak of the season at 7 in a row with Wednesday night's 132-102 blowout win over the Phoenix Suns at the Foot Print Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The Celtics hit 10 3's in the opening quarter and 20 for the game. The Celtics are now 4-0 on their current 6-Game Road Trip and are now a season-high 35 Games over .500. The loss ended the Suns 4-Game win streak.

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Scoring Leaders: Kristaps Porzingis led the Celtics with 30 Points in the win over the Suns. Porzingis hit 4 3's and also had 8 Rebounds. Jaylen Brown knocked down 4 3's and finished with 24 Points. Al Horford had a Double-Double with 16 Points & 10 Rebounds. Horford also hit 2 3's and had 5 Assists and 2 Blocked Shots. Derrick White hit 4 3's and scored 16 Points. Jrue Holiday scored 11 of his 16 in the 1st-Half. Kevin Durant led the Suns with 30 Points.

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No Tatum for C's: Jayson Tatum missed 7th game of the season after spraining his left ankle in Monday's win at Sacramento. Tatum did participate in the team's shootaround during the day Wednesday. He went from doubtful to questionable to out prior to the game. With the win over the Suns, the Celtics are now 6-1 with Tatum out of the starting lineup this season.

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The # of the Night!: Jaylen Brown hit Boston's 16th 3 of the game in the 3rd Quarter and that was Boston's 1300th 3-Pointer of the season. The Celtics have hit 1,300 or more 3's for the 3rd consecutive season. They are the only NBA team in league history to hit over 1,300 or more 3's in multiple seasons. The Celtics over 130 or more points in a game for the 8th time this season and are 7-1 when going over 130 Points.

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Other #'s of the Night: The Celtics scored 42 Points in the 1st Quarter. It's the 4th time this season where they scored 40 or more in the 1st Quarter and 11th time overall. Boston scored 40 or more in the 1st Quarter in 3 of its first 6 games.

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1st-Half Nuggets: The Celtics hit 10 3's in the 1st Quarter and led 42-38 after the opening Quarter. Boston led by 25 Points in the 2nd Quarter and led by 19, 73-54, at Halftime. Kristaps Porzingis hit 3 3's and scored 17 and Jaylen Brown hit 3 3's and scored 16 in the 1st-Half. The Celtics have now scored 70 or more points in the 1st-Half 8 times this season. Kevin Durant scored 16 of his 20 1st-Half Points in the opening Quarter. Al Horford had 10 Points, 6 Rebounds, 4 Assists and 3 Blocks in the 1st-Half.

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Up Next: The Celtics are off on Thursday and Friday and continue their road trip in San Antonio against the Spurs Saturday night. Boston concludes its longest road trip of the season against the Memphis Grizzlies next Monday night.

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