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.

Portland’s four-game win streak was snapped last Friday at home, in the team’s 110-98 loss to the Toronto Raptors. Shaedon Sharpe and Jrue Holiday led the way for the Trail Blazers with 21 points each, Toumani Camara scored 16, and Donovan Clingan finished with 13 points and 16 rebounds.

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.

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

The Celtics are going to be shorthanded again against the Sacramento Kings. Jaylen Brown is once again on the injury report with left hamstring tightness. The good news is that the illness that has been running through the frontcourt might be gone.

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,

"Give credit to Atlanta," said Brown postgame. "They just beat us up and down the floor, on offense and defense."