Why Celtics Have Changed Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum’s Workload [Video]

The Boston Celtics own an overall record of 52-14 and have already clinched a playoff berth with 16 games remaining in the regular season.

The C’s have had the luxury of having Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis averaging more than 20 points a game, which has allowed Boston to overcome situations when one of the three has a bad night or is out of the lineup for injury.

Head coach Joe Mazzulla has been very methodical about when the trio, Tatum and Brown especially, have been on the court and when they have rested throughout the game. However, in recent weeks, Mazzulla has steered away from a regimented substitution schedule and allowed the game to dictate his decisions.

“Obviously, if one of them is playing really well, you want to keep that,” Mazzulla said, per The Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach. “(Against the Suns on Thursday) we changed the pattern so we could keep the …