ESPN reacts to Kristaps Porzingis EXPLODE with 35 Pts as Celtics beat Pistons 128-122 in overtime

ESPN reacts to Kristaps Porzingis EXPLODE with 35 Pts as Celtics beat Pistons 128-122 in overtime

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You the Celtics survive the Pistons in overtime 128 to 122 and Eddie we talked about this in the pregame show I felt like this game was a little bit weird with the Detroit Pistons coming in on a 27 game losing streak the Cel coming off of that West Coast trip and everything

Just seemed like it didn’t sit right coming into this game but what kept it so close all the way through hey you right it was a janky game from the start uh what came through was you know what was even jankier let me tell you it you

Know what the jankiest thing about it all was think about where we was shooting baskets in the first half and the second half usually we’re in front of their bench in the second half it was flipped so it was a bunch of janky things working you know it kind of

Looked a little funny but I think that they just they just figured out exactly how they needed to get down and that was they needed to pound the paint they did that in the second half they was plus four uh they plus 46 from the first half

To the second half with 66 points in the paint they got to moving the basketball and playing IC basketball and that’s what they didn’t do in the first half I thought they were kind of uh just treading in mud a little bit they were a little slow A little sluggish everything

Was a half count off and I think that second half they regrouped and they came out especially in that third quarter and bowled out yeah well good thing Chris that’s porzingis was on the floor for the Celtics tonight 35 points out of him he’s with Abby chin after this

Game christops this Detroit team has a lot of Pride you guys were down 19 at the break you and JT basically put your team on your backs in that second half how did you complete the comeback uh we had to we knew that first half was very uncharacteristic for

Us and we had to turn it on on in the second half and you saw from the first minute we came out we came out a different team and uh and yeah we tried to do every little thing that we could to get ourselves back in the game and we did

That and what a contrast in the atmosphere in the game everything from first half to the second right and uh it was incredible game and and I’m glad we got this win yeah the first OT win of the season winning plays up and down the floor what made the difference in this

One I think our our effort our effort was just uh completely different in the second half um this was again I think a little bit of like example that you can get when you’re good it’s easy to kind of get a bit complacent maybe you know

And that’s maybe what happened to us in the first half after coming off a longer uh time being on a road different time on all those excuses we can find of course but we just didn’t come out the right way and you saw it it was a different team in the second half

Running getting those steals being aggressive and and we got the job done for you a season High 33 points you had 13 in the fourth quarter and overtime what were you seeing and able to execute I was just playing my game um we we were adjusting to whatever they were doing so

Whenever they were switching we try to take advantage of that uh we we saw some match up that we like for JT JT was was uh was going at those guys and and and scoring and stuff and we just try to make the right play for each other

Everybody you know did did something good for us Al got a huge rebound towards the end kicked it out to me I gave it to DWI like all these little plays is what want us the game at the end so great job finally you guys haven’t faced much adversity this season

Really how important are these experiences it’s definitely I mean definitely important you know we we’re going to have games like this and and and and I think these are the type of games that can really test us and uh tonight was a good test for us being

Back being down 20 at half and and coming back in a second so uh definitely valuable experience Kristoff thank you congrats SC joining us live from inside of TD Garden scal this Pistons team led by as much as 21 in tonight’s match up L by 19 at the half what looked different

About Boston coming out of halftime I mean the energy was completely different I like their attack I want to point out a few people right one like Jason Tatum not only were you seeing him aggressive trying to get downhill but like he was communicating with guys and it really meant a lot to

Him I liked his leadership today Derek white the plays that he was making you know like the getting downhill when they when Tatum went to the bench they had him kind of run the offense at times and and he was great but you guys and you guys have already talked about porzingis

And and what he’s done and this team was was fantastic in that second half and obviously they can bottle that up it’s uh that’s what makes his his environment amazing Eddie what did you noticed that was different about this Celtics team going into that third quarter where they

Typically have been good as of late everything everything was different except the rebounding yeah excuse me I I think the rebounding was probably Archilles Hill tonight but for the most part everything their energy the way they cut excuse me the way they cut the way they shared the basketball all of their

Numbers were different when you looked at what they did in the first half to the second half and Scout I’ll let you take over while Eddie gets to something together I think he needs some water I was like I was I was going to tell Eddie I was like you know what I

I’ll go ahead and communicate with SC right now give my man some IC tea or something like that M some ice tea you you still battling through man you still here man we show up when you’re not feeling well go ahead SC oh I like that I like that no low management

For Eddie house um yeah I agree with Eddie I mean the rebounding it was atrocious today outside of that and I mean I like I don’t know I don’t know what it look like for you guys on TV but here the Pistons do not look like a team

That just Dro 28 straight like that’s crazy to me when you look at the way that they played but you know give s a lot of credit the fans were here and you know I I everything they needed to do in the second half they did in the first

Half they were a little bit flat and um I give them a lot of credit because you a lot of teams could not tap out but it’d be hard to you know walk down a 21-point lead like that and they did it all in the first half and SC you

Mentioned you mentioned the rebounding by the Pistons and the Celtics well the Pistons they outrebounded the Celtics 57 to 44 and then I take a listen to Monty Williams calling out his team just about a week ago talking about those rebounds as well and they coming down to effort

How do you let a Pistons team that’s been called out for effort outrebound you in a matchup like this yeah I mean I think the thing that stood out 31 Second Chance points but you know like when you watch uh Duren and Ivy are live wires like they just get their hands on

Basketballs they like you could be in good position and two guys go up to jump and I’ve seen Ivy out jump porzingis like that doesn’t happen we’ve seen pzas all year and Ivy just bounces up there and like tips that ball back so I give

Them a lot of credit like I just think like this team is a very athletic team they’re starting to pound the glass but yeah I think the Celtics just kind of you know whatever it was they had double bigs at times getting out rebounding so obviously if you hear Joe and you guys

Will hear him today he’ll probably talk a lot about the rebounding and how like the rebounding was a big part of of how this game unfolded the way it did Eddie what did you want to see in terms of rebounding from this sub team because I know we talk about the offensive

Rebounds a lot with Boston closing The Possession out with the rebound like Don’t Give A A Team extra opportunity especially team especially a team that’s been you know they’re they’re in the corner they’re fighting tooth and nail their coaches called them out I’m quite sure they didn’t had about a 100 team meetings

Right I think we what with 20 30 games in they didn’t had 100 team meetings you know what I mean and it’s been about effort all those things and with when you look at it they’re going to come and play hard so I would like to see us

Match that energy and that effort on the defensive glass and tonight I mean you got to give it to them man they just didn’t quit they could have easily laid down said it’s another one of these games ain’t no way we beat the Boston Celtics but they gave us everything they

Can handle they took us to overtime you know what I mean and it took overtime for us to get past them and I’m glad they gone you know you whoever sees them next I feel like that next energy they’re gonna they’re going to build off

Of this game I feel like they just like they built off that Net game they were right there with the next game and uh K Cunningham played well uh Ivy’s been playing well these guys are coming in they have pride they’re NBA players they want to win basketball games they don’t

Want to be on the wrong side of History so even though they are they going to try to cut that water off and make sure that they win the next few games if they get opportunity to but it got to start with one and I’m glad we don’t have to

See him but that next team that sees them be be careful because they play hard and this is going to give them confidence for sure no one wants to be the team that loses to the Pistons a 28 game losing streak for Detroit right now

All right thanks so much guys a look at that final score in overtime inside of TD Garden 128 to 22e speee Know for spe for e for fore speech fore all right okay have

ESPN reacts to Kristaps Porzingis EXPLODE with 35 Pts as Celtics beat Pistons 128-122 in overtime