After further review, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla didn’t learn anything new about his team’s blowout loss to the Clippers on Saturday – inefficient offense leading to poor defense – but the dud served as an important reminder.

Among other things, Mazzulla has valued having perspective this season. Last year, the coach was too worried about results – for instance, caring too much about winning and wanting the No. 1 seed – and not enough about the process. So while he certainly was not happy about the Celtics’ rare blowout home loss, he didn’t want to overreact, either.

“Everything is a distraction,” Mazzulla said before Monday’s game against the Clippers. “It’s just a matter of how you handle it. I don’t care if we’re pissed, happy – it doesn’t really matter. What matters is if we’re ready to play. I hate losing, but I also don’t want to get in the way. I can’t let it get in the way of preparation. If I sit around all day (Sunday) talking about how much I hated losing, then how am I getting ready to play the next game, you know?”

Striking that balance has been key for Mazzulla in his second season. He hopes the Celtics can take an important dose of humility from Saturday’s loss. Over the course of a long season, he thinks games like Saturday can benefit them.

“Humility is always good,” Mazzulla said. “You play 82 games, so like there’s times where you’re always going to have — you have your team’s attention all the time, but there’s clearly moments where you’re going to have it a little bit more, right? And because we don’t lose a lot, the times that we do, we’re a little bit more attentive. And that’s where I say winning can be a distraction. The hardest thing to do I think is continue to win and not know you have to get better as a team. Like, you can just get comfortable, right?

“And so, again, are there lessons that you would learn if you were to win that game? I know it’s an unpopular thing to say where like sometimes if you win a game that you don’t think you deserve to win, then it takes away from the lessons that you need to learn, and sometimes you lose a game that you think you deserve to win, you know? At the end of the day, it’s all about just taking the information and applying it to the next game.”

Davison earns recognition

Jayson Tatum will have some company from a Celtics G-League player at All-Star weekend in Indianapolis. Second-year guard J.D. Davison on Monday was named a G-League All-Star and is one of 28 players who will play in the Up Next Game on Feb. 18 in Indianapolis.

Davison is continuing to show some growth in the G-League and is averaging 21.8 points, and 8.8 assists in 28 games so far for Maine this season. Mazzulla was happy for the guard’s honor, but wanted him to maintain perspective.

“To me, as long as he knows that that’s not what gets him (where he wants) as far as the Celtics go,” Mazzula said. “Like I said, that’s an awesome thing. That should be something that you go for, but I just don’t want guys to think that they need to be defined by that, and so that’s a great individual award for him, and I’ve seen him grow as a player since when he first got here, especially just his approach to the game and his defense, and so that affirmation is great.

“But at the end of the day, it’s just the constantly small details, the defense, the reads, the execution, the professionalism, like those things are awarded over a longer period of time, so I hope he enjoys it and understands the process at the same time.”

White works through slump

Derrick White entered Monday in a rare shooting slump. Over his previous three games, he shot 8-for-32 from the field and 4-for-20 from 3-point range, including an 0-for-8 performance in Saturday’s blowout loss to the Clippers. But the Celtics guard didn’t overreact to those woes as he tried to get back to form.

“Just try to keep it simple,” White said. “Go back to the basics, stay in your shot, hold your follow through, get the arc, so it’s stuff like that. Try not to make it too complicated. Put the ball in the basket. That’s what I’ve been telling myself these last two days.”

White agreed with the notion that struggles like his are natural over the course of a long season because it’s difficult to maintain a consistent shooting form.

“Even when you’re making them it could not be perfect,” White said. “So it’s always a good self check to get back to the basics and do what you’ve been doing your whole life.”

Tip-ins

Kristaps Porzingis participated in Celtics shootaround on Monday as he tested out his sprained left ankle. He was moving well but he was ultimately ruled out against the Pelicans as he missed his second consecutive game with the injury. Luke Kornet also missed Monday’s game with left hamstring tightness. Mazzulla said they’re both day to day.

Al Horford (left neck sprain), who typically sits at least one game in the Celtics’ back-to-backs, was active Monday ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Pacers. …

Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton is expected to return on Tuesday night against the Celtics after missing 10 of his last 11 games dealing with a hamstring injury he initially suffered on Jan. 8 against the C’s. Haliburton went through a 20-minute scrimmage before Indiana’s practice on Monday. “The plan is to play (Tuesday) for me, see how I feel in the morning when I wake up and that’ll kind of dictate that answer but I feel good, ready to go,” Haliburton told reporters.