It’s rare for the Boston Celtics to break out the broom in the regular season.

But that’s what they did Saturday night in Charlotte.

The Celtics, who were without Jaylen Brown, defeated the Hornets for the second straight night as they posted a 113-103 victory at the Spectrum Center to complete the two-game mini-sweep.

The drama of Boston’s win Friday night, when Grant Williams trucked Jayson Tatum, didn’t last as there was no payback whatsoever for the former Celtics forward. The Celtics stayed away from extracurricular activities to improve to 6-1 on the season.

Here are three studs and three duds from Boston coming off a second win in Charlotte:

STUDS
Payton Pritchard
Pritchard’s shooting clinic made its next stop. The sharp-shooting guard knocked down four of his six 3-pointers in the second quarter and finished with 22 points on 8-for-15 shooting off the bench. Pritchard’s three-point burst was crucial for the Celtics building a 21-point lead in the first half and it was his fourth game this season with at least five three-pointers.

Lucas Kornet
The only player who had a better shooting evening – albeit less difficult shots – than Pritchard was Kornet. Kornet simply could not and did not want to miss. The 7-foot-2 center posted a perfect 6-for-6 shooting from the field and also knocked down all seven of his free-throw attempts.

Kornet did a little bit of everything in an expanded role when he started alongside Al Horford with Brown out. Kornet collected 19 points, four rebounds, three assists and two blocks to showcase Boston’s depth.

Jrue holiday
Holiday remained his steady, humble self in the win. He scored just 13 points on 5-for-12 shooting, along with six assists and five rebounds. Certainly not a dazzling performance, but Holiday came up with a couple of big baskets in the fourth quarter with the game on the line and helped put the Hornets aside.

DUDS
Celtics’ performance in the third quarter
This was like the old Celtics teams that came up flat after halftime. The Hornets did whatever they wanted to start the third quarter, going on a 17-2 run to cut an 18-point halftime deficit to a measly three points. The Celtics’ three-point shot dried up in the frame as they shot 2-for-15 from beyond the arc, but they never adjusted to attack the paint. If the Celtics had come out of the break with more urgency, the Hornets would never have gotten close.

Grant Williams
Williams’ performances over the past two games have ensured that Celtics fans aren’t missing much when it comes to Williams. He had as many fouls as points on Saturday, with five each, while shooting just 2-for-6 from the field. That ineffectiveness to go along with his reckless foul on Tatum made it an all-around ugly showing against his former team.

Al Horford
The Celtics gave Horford the first game of the back-to-back so the 38-year-old would be fresher for the second game – a routine workout for the team in recent seasons. The only problem was that Horford was so invisible on Saturday night that fans probably thought the Celtics were giving the veteran center both nights off. Horford didn’t score a point while going 0-for-4 from the field. He recorded six rebounds and five assists.