Celtics not wayward without Hayward

BOSTON - The injury to free agent Gordon Hayward devastated the Boston Celtics emotionally and threatened to derail their efforts to improve on last year's appearance in the Eastern Conference final.

It took about three games for them to figure things out.

"Once that happened, we really didn't know where we were at as a team," center Al Horford said on Monday night after the Celtics won their fifth straight game, beating the San Antonio Spurs 108-94. "We've really come together."