Sam Hauser said the Boston Celtics were buzzing ... s all anybody’s been talking about,” Jordan Walsh said. Kristaps Porziņģis, who played alongside Dončić in Dallas for 2 1/2 seasons ...

The Celtics downgraded Kristaps Porzingis minutes before tipoff in Toronto and started a surprise replacement in his spot.

That left Kristaps Porziņģis popping ... And that’s when we’re at our best,” Sam Hauser said earlier this month. “Because everyone can contribute in different ways to this team.

Players like Sam Hauser and Luke Kornet’s enthusiastic ... Finally, we got the Jaylen Brown–Kristaps Porziņģis connection we’ve been waiting for, capped by a beautiful alley-oop.

Joe Mazzulla inserted Torrey Craig to go small without Kristaps Porzingis, scratched late due to an illness, and the Celtics cruised past the Raptors.

Porziņģa šīs sezonas rekords ir 34 gūtie punkti, bet pret Francijas brīnumbērnu Vembiju latvietis iemeta 29 punktus ...