Reserves spark a rally: 10 Takeaways from Celtics-Kings

1. It looked like the Boston Celtics were going to run away with a Black Friday blowout over the Sacramento Kings. But the Kings came back and made it a game. Then the Celtics used a massive 19-0 run, which flowed into a 32-4 run, to cruise to victory.

Joe Mazzulla has talked a lot about not calling timeouts and letting his guys play through opposing runs. This game wasn’t as much about that, as Mazzulla did use a few timeouts when Boston fell behind. But it was about the Celtics figuring it out. After playing a quarter-and-a-half of sloppy basketball, Boston locked into late in the third into the early fourth and dominated.

The Kings are a good team. They’ve been playing historically well on…