Celtics’ Chris Boucher made Russell Westbrook really mad until he offered the best explanation originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Chris Boucher took a shot at the buzzer of the Boston Celtics ' Friday night matchup with the Sacramento Kings.

Milwaukee heads into the matchup with Boston after losing four games in a row. Sunday's game is the second meeting of the season between the two teams.

The Celtics bounced back in a big way, blowing out the Kings 112-93 on Friday at TD Garden. The C’s were up by 26 points by halftime and Sacramento never made it a game from there. The Celtics improved to 30-18 on the season.

BOTTOM LINE: Sacramento looks to stop its seven-game skid with a victory over Boston. The Celtics are 14-8 on their home court. Boston has a 4-6 record in games decided by less than 4 points. The Kings are 3-21 on the road. Sacramento has a 5-24 record in games decided by 10 points or more.

A sidelined superstar and key rotation losses were supposed to send the Celtics into the play-in.

The Celtics and Blazers did their best impression of the conditions outside TD Garden Monday night, giving us a sloppy game with cold shooting. The Celtics stormed out to a big lead, gave most of it back over the course of the game,

The Celtics are under a week away from the NBA trade deadline and have hit a bit of a lull, going 6-6 in their last 12 games. The trade market is heating up around the league with Giannis Antetokounmpo available,