On New Year's Eve, six-time All-Defensive Teamer Jrue Holiday rejoined the Boston Celtics after a four-game absence. The two-time All-Star had been dealing with a right shoulder impingement. Boston responded with one of its best defensive efforts this season,

Jrue Holiday has missed the Boston Celtics last three games due to shoulder impingement. Boston went 1-2 during his absence and looked shaky when guarding the point-of-attack and when trying to shut down transition offense.

Mazzulla said before the game that Holiday and Porzingis are getting better every day, but wouldn’t provide specific details on their timetable or the seriousness of their shoulder and ankle