After a turbulent six-week period between December and January, the Boston Celtics have gotten their season back on track.
The Celtics starters haven't been at their best throughout this season, but they're looking to clean up their play with the playoffs creeping closer.
The pair of Celtics reserves recently sat down with Sam's brother Joey (a G League player himself) to talk about their respective paths to the NBA.
Tatum scored 20 points in the third quarter and Hauser got hot from 3-point range in Boston's 103-85 win over Miami.
Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum responds to how other teams in the league are building to compete against them.
The Celtics have extraordinary depth and virtually no weaknesses. They also have players off the bench — most notably Payton Pritchard, Sam Hauser, Luke Kornet and Al Horford — who play their role extremely well. It also helps to have two All-NBA caliber stars in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
The Boston Celtics blew out the Knicks in their first two meetings and got off to a good start here. They went on an 11-0 run to take an early 13-3 lead. The Celtics were playing solid defense and getting out for transition buckets.
Scoring depth has helped the Celtics build one of the best ... and Kristaps Porzingis (19.1) are Boston's leading scorers, but lately Sam Hauser has also been providing some strong shooting ...
Despite winning six of its past seven games, Boston has dropped three of its past four at TD Garden, contributing to an underwhelming 16-10 home record.
Torrey Craig made his debut as the Boston Celtics won big against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs 116-103
Celtics: After starting the new year 8-6, Boston has found a groove and heading into the break ... over the head pass to Al Horford, who passed to Sam Hauser for a long jumper.