Joe Mazzulla will coach his first career playoff game when the Celts open at home.

Boston rests its starters while looking ahead to the playoffs, but Payton Pritchard records a triple-double – 30 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists – in a 120-114 win over Atlanta.

The Celtics will be able to rest players for the final two games of the regular season before taking on the winner of a play-in game.

Joel Embiid scores 52 points and grabs 13 rebounds in Philadelphia’s win over Boston.

Boston is likely to earn the No. 2 seed in the East, but is focused on finishing the regular season strong.

Boston sends a message to a possible Eastern Conference finals opponent by crushing Milwaukee.

With nine minutes left, Coach Joe Mazzulla pulled the plug on his usual rotation and went with the deep reserves in search for a spark.

Washington cruises to a 130-111 as Boston falls 2 1/2 games behind Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference.

Jayson Tatum sits out, but Jaylen Brown picks up the slack with 41 points in a 137-93 blowout.

Danilo Gallinari, who signed with the Celtics last summer, tore the ACL in his left knee on Aug. 27 while playing for Italy.