With Capital One Arena packed with Boston fans, the Celtics celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a 130-104 blowout of the Wizards.
Shorthanded without Jaylen Brown (back, Kristaps Porzingis (hamstring), and Derrick White (hand), the Celtics started with Jrue Holiday, Sam Hauser, Oshae Brissett, Jayson Tatum, and Al Horford.
With three of their top-4 scorers on the bench, Tatum took over early. After scoring 18 points of Boston’s 45 points in the first quarter, JT had 30 points (5-of-10 from 3) in three quarters. In his 27th start of the regular season, Horford scored 14 and pulled down four rebounds.