The Celtics took a double-digit lead and let their bench finish the job on Friday, holding on for dear life to claim a 101-100 win in a wild finish.
Here are the takeaways.
1. With 7:19 remaining in the first quarter, Harrison Barnes drove to the basket and left a layup on the rim. The ball stayed there for a second and fell off — part of a bizarre quarter in which the Celtics trailed 6-3 after nearly six minutes and the Kings scored just 15 points.
“This is a strange game,” Brian Scalabrine remarked on the NBC Sports Boston broadcast.