Celtics aim to end road losing streak at Sacramento...

Celtics aim to end road losing streak at Sacramento

Less than twenty-four hours after suffering a setback in overtime in San Francisco,

the Boston Celtics have the difficult assignment of traveling to the buzzing Sacramento

Kings on Wednesday night in an attempt to snap their road losing streak.

Tuesday night, the Boston Celtics looked to be well on their way to a very easy road victory

over the Golden State Warriors, building up a 17-point lead in the third quarter.

However, Jayson Tatum, who had to leave the floor for almost an entire quarter after turning

his left ankle, misfired on a potential winning shot at the end of regulation

leading to five more minutes of Celtics sweat that went for naught in a 132-126 defeat.

In the end, the Celtics wasted a 30-point night by Derrick White, who made a season-high seven 3-pointers.

The loss was the fourth in a row on the road for Boston, which owns the best record in the Eastern Conference.

Fourteen of the Celtics’ 20 wins have come at home, while the team has a 6-6 road mark.

Even before watching all five of his starters go 36 or more minutes against the Warriors,

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla indicated Al Horford would be a “load management”

candidate on the second night of the back-to-back.

That turned out to be the case as Horford, Tatum, and center Luke Kornet (strained left adductor)

were all declared out of Wednesday’s game by the Celtics. Mazzulla also mentioned that Kristaps Porzingis,

who was not included in Tuesday’s trip opener, will probably play again against the Kings.

“Just calf management, back-to-back, a little slow after (Boston’s home

win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday),” Mazzulla said regarding Porzingis.

“Just really trying to manage that and make sure both those guys stay healthy.”

As they attempt to sidestep what would be just their second set of back-to-back losses this season,

the Celtics will be running into a Kings team that likewise has taken advantage of its home dates of late.

Sacramento has opened a six-game homestand with wins over the Oklahoma City Thunder,

Utah Jazz and Washington Wizards, producing a 12-point average margin of victory in those contests.

The Kings were effective in offense Monday during a 143-131 win over the Wizards,

rolling to a season-high point total on the strength of balanced scoring, 53 percent shooting and 17 3-pointers.

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