After a slow start in their last game against Cleveland, the flipped the script Thursday night in TD Garden.
Boston was clearly motivated to be the aggressor out of the gates, and those intentions translated to production. Jayson Tatum continued his recent trend of looking to get others involved early on, dishing out back-to-back assists to open the game.
Derrick White did a little bit of everything — I know, shocker — racking up five points in the first three minutes including a nice putback layup over multiple taller defenders. In an unusual turn of events, Luke Kornet was ruled out just minutes into the opening quarter before even checking in due to left abductor tightness.