Sometimes, you just need someone to step up. When Jaylen Brown was ruled out with hamstring tightness on the second night of a back-to-back, the collective groan from New England could almost be heard in Texas.

Can the Rockets continue their winning ways against a hot Celtics team on Wednesday?

Asked how the conversation went when he was asked to come off the bench vs. the Mavs, Pritchard replied "Real simple. I think that both (myself and Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla) know it benefits our team more.

Jaylen Brown had 33 points and 11 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat Dallas 110-100, overcoming another stellar showing from Cooper Flagg and handing the Mavericks their season-worst fifth consecutive loss.

Today in Boston Celtics history, Larry Bird's No. 33 jersey in a special ceremony at the TD Garden in 1993.

The Celtics added one big man to their rotation on Tuesday night by dealing for Nikola Vucevic from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Anfernee Simons. However, it appears the Celtics kicked the tires on at least one bigger name before pulling the trigger on the Vucevic acquisition.

An ugly loss saw Rockets coach Ime Udoka and center Alperen Şengün ejected as the Celtics rolled despite missing their star forward.