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9-7, 3rd in Atlantic

Tim Bontemps ESPN 

The Celtics are now 24th in offense after tonight's putrid showing. Yes, Gordon Hayward is still working his way back. But, at some point, the numbers are what they are.

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Mitchell scores 28, Jazz beat Celtics 98-86

Donovan Mitchell had 28 points and six assists, bouncing back from one of his worst performances of the season and leading the Utah Jazz to a 98-86 win over the Boston Celtics on Saturday night.

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So much for momentum for the Celtics, who lose 98-86 to Utah tonight. Kyrie Irving led the Celtics with 20 points, while Boston went just 5-33 from 3. Donovan Mitchell had 28 points and 6 assists for the Jazz after a rough showing last night in Philly.

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Brad Stevens has gone with Kyrie Irving and four end of the bench guys — Daniel Theis, Brad Wanamaker, Guerschon Yabusele and Semi Ojeleye — for the past few minutes. Irving finally just came out, as Utah is now up by 22 with five minutes left.

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Gordon Hayward appeared to have a fast break dunk — only for Donovan Mitchell to come out of nowhere to block it, leading to a Utah dunk at the other end. Jazz fans undoubtedly loved that sequence.

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Gordon Hayward still has plenty of work to do — his explosion around the rim is still noticeably lacking — but he looks far better getting into the paint tonight than he did even a week ago. One sign of progress in what remains a long road back.

Horford sends Mitchell layup out of bounds (0:15)

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Kyrie Irving heads straight to the bench after picking up a fifth foul midway through the third, and with the Celtics already down by double-digits. Boston's fourth quarter explosion offensively last night feels very far away.

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After taking 35 shots last night — and recording no assists — Donovan Mitchell looks far better tonight. Has 20 points on 8-15 shooting and, more importantly, is getting his shots within the flow of Utah's offense, rather than forcing things to happen.

Irving breaks Rubio and sinks 3-pointer (0:21)
Tatum throws down over Gobert (0:23)

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Kyrie Irving just dusted Ricky Rubio with a ridiculous behind-the-back dribble and then buried a triple. That'll be all over @SportsCenter later tonight.

Rozier banks high-arching and-1 layup (0:26)

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Gordon Hayward with a nice move into the lane and hits a fade-away jumper. After playing 39 minutes last night, Hayward has looked solid attacking the paint on a couple of occasions early on tonight.

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Boston has picked up where it left off last night — being aggressive in attacking the rim. Jayson Tatum just going right at Rudy Gobert for a jam is the latest example.

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Brad Stevens says Gordon Hayward will play tonight, and has no minutes or playing restrictions moving forward. Said the last hurdle was playing in both halves of last week's back-to-back in Phoenix and Utah.

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'Aggressive' Irving takes over as C's top Raptors

After scoring 23 of his 43 points in the fourth quarter and overtime Friday against the Raptors, Kyrie Irving stressed the need for the Celtics' struggling offense to be more aggressive and attack the rim.

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Kyrie Irving: "It's not too often during the regular season you get games like this ... you just want to take advantage of it."

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Kyrie Irving on how it feels when he gets "in the zone": "Peaceful ... you just try to make the right reads."

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Gordon Hayward: "I think we can use it as a building block. We're still not playing our best basketball ... I think we've shown numerous times we are fighters and we will continue to fight but we have to get to the point where we are playing 48 minutes of basketball."

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Gordon Hayward said he was extremely happy to get up to 40 minutes played tonight. Said he was worried he would get taken out as the minutes piled up down the stretch.

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Kyrie scores 43, Celtics beat Raptors 123-116 in OT

Kyrie Irving had a season-high 43 points, scoring 17 in the last 8:06 of the fourth quarter to force overtime and then making or recording an assist on every basket in the extra period Friday night to lead the Boston Celtics to a 123-116 victory over...

Kyrie drops 43 in OT win for Celtics (1:24)

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That was a really important win for the Celtics on several fronts. Jayson Tatum woke up, Gordon Hayward played a season high in minutes, Kyrie Irving was sensational and Boston avoided going down 2-0 in the season series.

Team Stats

Points Per Game105.424th
Rebounds Per Game46.810th
Assists Per Game23.414th
Points Allowed102.63rd

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Team History

YEARWLPCT
2018-1997.563
2017-185527.671
2016-175329.646
2015-164834.585
2014-154042.488