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5 rational thoughts about last night’s Celtics-Clippers duel

If you read last night’s Rapid Recap, you know how the Celtics lost to the Clippers, and if you read today’s Morning Dump, you know why that result is still reason to be encouraged. Now let’s dig a bit deeper.

They’re hot

On this road trip, Jayson Tatum is doing what we expected: playing like a cold-blooded stud. He’s capable of taking over a game – such as making 4 threes while tallying 14 points in the third quarter – and making the clutch shot.

In the four games, JT averaged 23.