The Celtics saw their three-game winning streak snapped in emphatic fashion on Saturday, as the Rockets claimed a crushing 128-101 victory.

Here are the takeaways.

The Rockets took advantage of everything.

Saturday’s game was always going to be a massive challenge for the Celtics for myriad reasons.

First, the schedule was incredibly unfriendly. Saturday’s game was the second night of a road-home back-to-back, and the Celtics put everything they had into fending off the 76ers for a hard-fought road victory on Friday. It was also their third game in four nights and the fifth game in seven nights. Those five games included contests against the Pistons and Cavaliers as well as the aforementioned Rockets and Sixers, and the travel involved added up to just under 4,000 miles.

That’s not to

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