Jaylen Brown was the only Celtic hitting anything in an 18-4 opening run by the Cavs, but Boston recovered to go into the second down 10. The Celtics put up a 39-point second quarter, briefly taking the lead, thanks in part to Derrick White catching fire from deep and Jayson Tatum exploding for 13. Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis found grooves in the third, giving Boston a lead despite Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland combining for 23. A balanced attack in the fourth, and some better defense, closed out the game. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal talks about the tough win, the historic free throw shooting, and the playoff-like plays to close out the game.
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That first quarter was SO ugly. Celts must’ve thought Cleveland was going to just roll over because they got their asses kicked for first 12 minutes. It was like the Cavs just came out with nothing to lose. White and Holiday’s defense were both on point most notably in second half and it became contagious. Not happy with 40+ trey attempts but the Celts were perfect from the FT line and that was the difference. If not for Cleveland getting a ton of points off of our sloppy play and shooting almost 50% this would’ve been a lot less stressful obviously. Now it’s nothing but Cavs & Magic for a bit-should be interesting. Thank you John and again my condolences for your loss. 🙏🏻💚
Double-doubles for Tatum and KP! All starters scoring double figures. C's still the ONLY team to remain undefeated at home! BEST team in the league! 💚🍀
It’s crazy how good we look with Porzingis on the floor! Him and White bailed us out so many times tonight! Jrues defense is just amazing with all the swatted balls and strips. We are hard to beat and this starting line up only lost to the Wolves in Minnesota during OT! It’s just too much for most defenses to handle!
I didn't know they were playing the Knicks Friday in the loser's game, and when I saw the schedule with a full week of followed by multiple back to backs in the same week had me so mad. Even with the Knicks game it was a long break between outings..
59.2 win pace at 18-5.
Last year they were 21-5 and looked just as good, but they stopped playing Hauser after the first quarter of the year.
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I appreciate you Mr John. Im sorry about your family and I will send you 20 when I can. Been listening for 3 or 4 years. Porzingus's name will go down in Celtics history with the greats.
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Great job last night I saw how Mitchell was being guarded by holiday and he missed a couple times but I think that’s what we should see next game great job by Jalen Brown and Tatum for getting Porzingis involved in the 3rd
Holy s*** John, at around 4:00 there, I thought YOU s*** the bed, lol!
Ugly win – No quit in the Cs! I'll take it. Jrue looked amazing on defense. KP 2nd QTR comeback, still waiting to see JT & JB work together on the floor.
What appeared conspicuous to me was the floor spacing that the subs created in the second quarter via" ball movement" The floor was tight till that change in the game. We can not start games by going iso…it does not work well against every team. Cleveland has size and scorers along with good defense. It is important to pull their BIGS out and create spacing to drive the ball down low or freely take an outside shot. Not surprised about the missed shots early in the game. Once again, the elite talent on this team proved to be unstoppable.
Regardless of their record, i feel like this team isn’t championship ready yet, not enough hunger to Winning, too many mistakes, questionable shots and heavy reliance on 3pt shot. Hope im wrong though. ✌️
The Cavs played the night before and traveled to Boston. The Cs are playing the Cavs again tomorrow. Then the Magic are coming in for two games.
I hope that the C's do better than in the first half on Tuesday's game.
There's no way Brad should get rid of Pritchard once he gets comfortable ain't no stopping him can't wait to see how he does in the playoffs!
Tatum is my favorite player but I don’t like wen his 3s ain’t falling he still shoot them! Shooters still shoot he’s not a shooter he’s a scorer so wen you miss 5 3s go inside get hot from the middy then go back out there and torch boys
Sum up the game watch a clip with 4:26 left in 4th quarter and JT drops a 3ball on …Strus… and as strus turns and goes to jog down court and the look of discuss on his face is priceless!! Ok please show that clip if possible I can’t figure out how to add the clip but it’s a great short clip if you can do it Tatum is hanging out above the arc gets the ball from white I think and he dribbles over to his spot for three and strus tries to attempt to bother JT’s shot but it’s money .. all nylon going thru the hoop or splash check it out John and Celtics nation it’s a great piece of footage !!! Kinda seals the deal for the cavs .. and the look on his face is priceless!!
Scal said it best, I LOVE JB aggressive in the first half. JT is such a good second half player and JB has so much potential to start games off incredibly. That’s an interesting part of their dichotomy that should be further explored. Make JB the first half assassin and let JT get his engines going as he seems to be doing more of late!! Love the pod John and my condolences to you and your family. It’s all love from Celtics fans in Georgia🙏🏽