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.

Jayson Tatum scored 23 points and the Celtics held the Toronto Raptors to 32 percent shooting from the field in a 125-71 win Tuesday afternoon. Payton Pritchard added 19 points for the Celtics, who shot 54 percent (47 of 87) from the field,