CelticsBlog · Jan 28, 2025
Those were some wacky Celtics lineups against the Rockets
Both Derrick White and Sam Hauser missed Monday’s 114-112 Celtics loss to the Houston Rockets. Two minutes before the game, the Celtics also found out Al Horford would not play either.
Joe Mazzulla said Al Horford just wasn’t able to play tonight. Mazzulla said the Celtics found out two minutes before the game.
— Jay King (@ByJayKing) January 28, 2025 This led to some wacky lineups.
The starting five of Jrue Holiday, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Kristaps Porzingis and Luke Kornet was one I liked. In fact, the Kornet/Porzingis minutes have been very good this season. It was some of the substitution patterns afterwards that were odd.