But with starters Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis all sitting out Wednesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers, the duo raised their games to a level never before seen in NBA history.

Update: Blazers forward Jerami Grant is out. Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis are out for the Celtics. The Portland Trail Blazers assured themselves of finishing their seven-game trip above .

But with starters Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis all sitting out Wednesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers, the duo raised their games to a level never before seen in NBA history.

With superstar Jayson Tatum out with a shoulder injury, someone else had to carry the scoring load for the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers.Center Kristaps Porzingis (illness) and guard Jrue Holiday (finger) joined Tatum on the bench vs.

This much is certain: The Celtics are going to need Holiday at his best come the postseason and that journey through June. Anyone who saw Donovan Mitchell drop 41 points on the Celtics’ heads last Friday — including 26 in the second half — knows that the well-rounded Cavaliers are as legitimate as their 50-10 record suggests.

In their game against the Blazers, the Celtics were without three key starters: Jayson Tatum, Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday, all of whom missed the game due to injuries. Despite being short-handed, Boston triumphed, thanks to stellar shooting performances from Derrick White and Payton Pritchard, who combined for 19 3-pointers.

The Boston Celtics are gearing up for a showdown with the Denver Nuggets on Sunday but they could be missing a few players. Star forward Jaylen Brown, point gua

The stars combined for 83 points and continued to remind the rest of the league just how difficult it will be to go through them.

Eighty-three points from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown weren’t enough to push the Celtics past the first-place Cavs in a 123-116 loss at TD Garden.