Locked On Celtics With Rainin' J's

The Celtics held on late and avoided a 2nd straight home loss with a 120-119 win over the New Orleans Pelicans at TD Garden Sunday night. CJ McCollum missed on a potential game-winner after the Celtics were called for a 5-second violation on an inbounds pass-----#'s of the Night: The Pelicans hit 17 3's and the Celtics hit 13 3's on the night.  It's the 4th straight game where the opposing team made more 3's than the Celtics.  Jayson Tatum scored 21 in the 2nd Half and finished with a game-high 38 Points.  The Celtics are now 12-5 on the season when Tatum goes for 30 or more. Trey Murphy III went for 30 in the loss.  The game had 21 lead changes and 14 ties.  Kristaps Porzingis turned in his 3rd straight Double-Double with 19 Points and 11 Rebounds and he also had 3 Blocks.       -----1st Half Nuggets: The Celtics largest deficit in the 1st Quarter was 11 and they trailed, 35-29 after the 1st 12 Minutes. Jayson Tatum had 13 in the 1st Quarter.  The Pelicans were led by Dejounte Murray, who had hit his 1st 6 s