The Celtics blew out the Clippers 126-94 on Monday night in Kristaps Porzingis’ much-anticipated season debut.

The Boston Celtics defense will change with the return of star Boston big man Kristaps Porzingis to the court.

The LA Clippers and Boston Celtics have been the two best teams in the NBA over the course of this past week. Now, the two teams will face off with the winner e

After missing the first 17 games of the regular season while recovering from offseason ankle surgery, Porziņģis is back.

Jayson Tatum scored 20 points and Boston made 22 3-pointers to help the Celtics to run past the Los Angeles Clippers 126-94.

The Celtics got Kristaps Porzingis back in the lineup and put together a dominant 126-94 victory over the Clippers on Monday. Here are the takeaways. Kristaps Porzingis looked rusty (but he’s going to help a lot).

First and foremost, the Celtics outscored the Clippers 51-29 in the second quarter. They pushed a seven-point lead all the way up to 29 as the Clippers had no answers. The 51 points the Celtics scored were the third-highest in team history, per the team.

Porzingis, who suffered a significant ankle injury during June’s NBA Finals, missed the Celtics’ first 17 games as he rehabbed the injury.

This Clippers ball club has been playing better than the team that many had left for dead before the season even began, but they should be a very manageable opponent.

Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis is slated make his season debut Monday night against the Los Angeles Clippers following offseason ankle surgery. The 7-foot-2 Latvian center was upgraded from probable to available about an 90 minutes before tipoff,