The Celtics can switch 1-5 on defense, and that led to Orlando falling into late shot-clock situations that forced them into poor reads.

We wanted to show that we can withstand whatever punch that they have so, we just turned up the defense,' said Holiday.

Derrick White scored 30 points, Jayson Tatum had 17 points and finished the game after a scary late fall, and the Boston Celtics beat the Orlando Magic 103-86 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Sunday.