The Boston Celtics extended their current win streak to a season-high 6 in a row with Monday's (126-94) win over the Los Angeles Clippers at TD Garden. The loss snapped LA's 5-game winning streak.  The Celtics scored 51 points in the 2nd Quarter and led by 29 at the Half.  The Celtics also hit 22 3's including 12 in the 2nd Quarter.     

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KP Is Back!: Kristaps Porzingis returned to the Celtics lineup Monday night after missing the 1st 17 games of the Regular Season.  Porzingis played the 1st 6:48 of the 1st Quarter, missed on his 1st 3-point attempt and hit on his 2nd.  He came back on the floor in the 2nd Quarter and had a big block with the shot clock winding down and then was on the receiving end of an alley-oop dunk.  Porzingis played 22:37 and went for 16 points, 6 Rebounds and 2 Blocked Shots in his season debut.

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Sharing the Basketball: The Celtics 6 players in Double-Figures and had 33 Assists (45 made Field Goals). Payton Pritchard and Jayson Tatum scored 20 Points apiece.  Derrick White hit 5 3's and scored 19.  Jaylen Brown added 17 Points, 6 Rebounds, and 4 Assists.  Neemias Queta went for 12 Points and 8 Rebounds off the Bench.  

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3's in the 2nd Quarter: The Celtics led by 7 after the 1st Quarter and opened up the 2nd Quarter by knocking down their 1st 6 3-point attempts with 2 from Payton Pritchard, 2 from Derrick White, and 1 each from Jaylen Brown and Sam Hauser. Pritchard hit his 3rd 3 of the Quarter and 4th of the game to put the Celtics up, 48-32.

The Celtics ended up hitting 12 3's in the 2nd Quarter, which established a new franchise record for the most 3's in a Quarter and tied an NBA Record.     

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#'s of the Night: With Monday night's win, the Celtics are now 3-0 on the 2nd game of a back-to-back on the season. The 78 points were the most at the Half this season for the Celtics and it marked the 4th time this season where the Celtics had 70 or more at the Half.  The Celtics were up 99-78 after 3 Quarters and they've had the lead after 3 Quarters in 8 straight games.  

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The Celtics have 3 straight nights off and will play the Bulls in Chicago on Friday and then play at Cleveland against the Cavaliers on Sunday.  Boston is in a stretch of playing 7 of 9 at home.  After next Sunday's game, the Celtics will be home for 5 straight game.              

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