When Jayson Tatum knocked down a three to get the Celtics back within a basket late in Wednesday’s eventual overtime win over Minnesota, the crowd at TD Garden got so loud you couldn’t hear yourself think.

The fans never let up from there, and when all was said and done the Celtics didn’t only rally for one of their most exciting wins of the season, but a historic one as well.

With Wednesday’s 127-120 victory over Minnesota, the Celtics have now started the season with a franchise-record 18 straight wins at home. That’s no small achievement considering some of the great teams that have graced the parquet, and following the game several Celtics acknowledged that starting 18-0 at home is something they take pride in.

“That’s great. Any time you get a chance to, to sketch yourself down to history, there’s been a lot of great teams that have, you know, opened up and played in the Garden and for us to, to have the best start ever in franchise history, I think that says a lot about the group,” said Jaylen Brown, who finished with 35 points. “It’s an honor to be in that regard and, let’s keep it going.”

Even the 1985-86 Celtics, regarded as one of the greatest teams in NBA history, didn’t get off to as great a start at the Garden as this group has, as that team started 9-0 at home before losing to Portland 121-103. This year’s team won’t have much room for error though considering the 1986 team didn’t lose at home again the rest of the season, finishing 40-1 before going a perfect 10-0 at home in the playoffs en route to a championship.

Still, the fact that the Celtics have once again made TD Garden a fortress is notable considering how poorly they played at home during the playoffs last spring.

Even the typically unflappable Joe Mazzulla acknowledged Wednesday’s crowd gave him chills.

“There’s been two times that I’ve actually showed that I have a pulse, and tonight was one of them and it was because of the crowd,” Mazzulla said. “The fans are really smart and they know when we suck and they know when we don’t, and they’ve seen great basketball for a long period of time. So usually if they’re cheering it’s because you’re doing something right, and I think over the course of this season, they’ve seen moments of greatness, they’ve seen moments of Celtic basketball and they’ve responded to that really well and I think that’s had a huge impact on our team.”

“And to me, especially being from here, there’s nothing better than getting the Garden, the crowd to appreciate Celtic basketball. And so I think the connectivity between us and the identity of the city and the identity of the arena is kind of building something for us,” he continued. “And tonight specifically, even when we did suck, which we did at times, they did a good job of keeping us in it, and I think that’s important to have that relationship with the crowd and with the city.”

The Celtics will be back at the Garden on Saturday to face former coach Ime Udoka and the Houston Rockets. In the meantime they’ll fly out to face fellow Eastern Conference powerhouse Milwaukee on Thursday for the second half of this week’s back-to-back.