I know "they don't have enough talent" is popular these days, but it's really hard to watch games like tonight's and not be frustrated when they play with no intensity for 4 games in a row.
The quality of the 3s they were getting was really, really high, mostly coming off attacks to the paint or good perimeter passing. They also stoned Giannis, and it didn't feel like a fluke--the Celtics have really good personnel to handle him, in contrast to the past couple years.
I liked Jaylen as de facto PG a lot, since they used that a lot just to get Tatum into his normal stack action. Felt better than Smart initiating, since Jaylen is so much more threatening as a scorer from anywhere on the court, and is a lot quicker.
Grant is just legitimately a decent NBA rotation player now, and it's not just 3s. Playing good D, making plays in the post and on short rolls, and so on.
The current roster probably taps out as a conference finals contender as constructed, but it should be way better than a .500 team. I'm pretty firmly in the "they need a talent upgrade but also need to be a lot more consistent" camp.