Locked On Celtics With Rainin' J's

The Celtics (52-19) won their 5th in a row overall and improved to a season-high 33 games over .500 with Sunday's 129-116 win over the Portland Trail Blazers at the Moda Center in Portland. The Celtics have won 6 in a row over the Trail Blazers and 6 straight in Portland. The Celtics last loss at Porland came in November of 2018.    -----Scoring Leaders: Jayson Tatum scored 24 of his team-high 30 in the 2nd Half. Tatum had 9 Rebounds and 9 Assists.  Sam Hauser was in the starting lineup and hit 8 3's and scored 24.  Derrick White contributed 17 Points and 8 Assists.  Payton Pritchard was in the starting lineup for the 1st time this season and hit 4 3's and scored 16 in his return home to Oregon.  Luke Kornet had 13 off the Bench.    -----No Go For Jaylen: Jaylen Brown missed his 3rd straight game (4th game missed over the last 5 Games) with a bone bruise (posterior impingement) in his right knee.   Brown will be reevaluated on Monday.  With Sunday's win, the Celtics are now 12-3 with Brown out of the starting