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Jalen Green and Kevin Porter Jr. combined for 50 points on strong efficiency, but Alperen Sengun and Jabari Smith Jr. struggled in a tough loss to Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown’s Celtics.

Here's what fans and analysts were saying about the Celtics' win over the Rockets on Tuesday.

BOSTON – Jayson Tatum found himself wide open in the paint, took a feed from Marcus Smart and didn’t hesitate to deliver a late Christmas Day stocking stuffer on Giannis Antetekounmpo’s head.

It was a full-blown Christmas party at the Garden as Jayson Tatum dropped 41 on Giannis and the Bucks in a big Celtics win.

Can Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown fuel the team to new heights, having fallen just shy of winning it all the season prior?

Jaylen Brown still has some rough patches in need of attention even as he has grown his game, most notably when the Georgia native is relied on to be the primary playmaker

For backup big man Grant Williams, the answer is a clear one.

BOSTON — Throughout a slide that’s extended for nearly two weeks, the Celtics have given off a sense of optimism. After torching the NBA for the first six weeks of season, there seemed to be confidence that this was just a rough patch in a long season that has championship…

It was a tale of two halves as the Celtics fell to the visiting Pacers 117-112.