BOSTON — The Celtics would have had their hands full with the Rockets remade roster on Saturday night even if they were playing at full strength. Coming on the heels of four games in six nights, Boston didn’t stand much of a chance against a well-rested Rockets squad.

The visitors took a double-digit lead midway through the first quarter and did not look back, leading by as many as 36 points in the 128-101 rout of Boston at TD Garden.

Payton Pritchard put it succinctly when asked about takeaways from a game when Boston was seemingly drawing dead from the opening tip.

“I don’t even know if there is a takeaway for this game,” Pritchard said. “Kind of turned the page. They kind of punked us. We gotta get ready for the next one.”

The Celtics had won three straight games before the ug

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