BOSTON -- The Celtics suffered their worst loss of the season on Saturday night as a well-rested Rockets squad crushed Boston 128-101 at TD Garden. The Rockets ended the Celtics’ three-game winning streak with the convincing win as they took a 13-point first quarter lead and did not look back, leading by as many as 36 points in the convincing rout.

The Celtics didn’t win Monday night against the Utah Jazz because they didn’t deserve to win. A team that looked sharp last week has returned to its wildly inconsistent and erratic ways, with the common thread as it always has been under Joe Mazzulla — poor 3-point shooting.

After stacking up three straight wins, Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics have now suffered back-to-back losses. Their latest defeat comes at the hands of the Utah Jazz, who stole away a 105-103 victory at TD Garden courtesy of a Jusuf Nurkic putback at the buzzer.

Jayson Tatum's brilliant performance at Madison Square Garden on Monday had a nightmare ending for the Boston Celtics. Tatum suffered a painful right lower leg injury with 2:58 remaining in the fourth quarter of Boston's Game 4 loss to the New York Knicks.

Pick up the Pace – After a lot of talk about playing faster in the preseason, the Celtics slowed it down in their first 3 games. They were 7th in pace in the preseason (106.13) but they are 25th after their first 3 games (97.5) Their best hope this season is to play fast and hard. They need to play faster and harder in order to get back to winning.

The Boston Celtics have rebounded from an 0-3 start to the regular season to win three consecutive games. Coming into their Saturday matchup against the Houston Rockets, the Celtics got several injury updates for a couple of key players including Derrick White and Payton Pritchard, as per the NBA’s official injury report.

Today in Boston Celtics history, several players from the team went to see the Grateful Dead live in concert in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1985.

There will be a contrast in styles at the offensive end of the court when the Houston Rockets visit the Boston Celtics on Saturday night.