INSTANT REACTION: Celtics dominating performance in San Antonio leads to sixth straight win

INSTANT REACTION: Celtics dominating performance in San Antonio leads to sixth straight win

Out lyama with some extra help Brown steps through leaves it for D the jam a late entry for play of the year my favorite moment of 2023 there you go that play indicative of what the Celtics were able to do to the Spurs tonight welcome in Celtics post game

Live Eddie House Amina Smith here with you and the Celtics beating the Spurs 134 to 101 Eddie how did the Celtics play their brand of basketball down there in San Antonio to get the win well how didn’t they you know they did everything that they wanted to do um

San Antonio Spurs just are not as good of a team as the Celtics and the Celtics went out there and they imposed their will um it’s it’s something that I like to see when you’re playing a team that is not up to your uh to your uh caliber

They they don’t have the talent um that they’re not able to to get it done the way that you’re able to do you got to go out there and impose your will and take advantage of that and they did that from start to finish and it was LE Jason

Tatum did his business Jaylen Brown did his business and Derek white did his business but it it was just the way that they imposed their will from the beginning of the game and Derek white with a huge homecoming down there in San Antonio he’s is Abby chin after this

Win Derek what is it like to come into this building playing against your former team go wire to wire sit the entire and here that chant in this building um I mean I got a lot of love and respect for the fans here uh great memories here

And I’m just thankful that’s I’m just thankful third quarter have been a problem for this team not as of late and you guys outscored the Spurs 40 to 23 what fueled that tonight I think uh just having that mindset of uh this third quarter is important and coming out

Ready to go um I think we finished the first half well and then just kept kept it going from there also in the third Scout wants me to ask Victor wenyama out on the break it looked like you were going to pursue for the block but then

You just raised that ball up to 11 ft what was going through your mind I was hoping he’d take one more dribble and I’d try to get a a strip or something but he just picked it up and I never saw it again so I just was like oh well let

Me get on out of here finally do you do New Year’s resolutions you got any to share with us uh I don’t I don’t have one um just want to just keep getting better uh that’s all I got keep getting better so far you’ve doing a pretty good job of

That Derek thank you congrats happy New Year appreciate it you too Derek white Allstar chance down there in San Antonio we’ve been talking about it Eddie and you know whether or not Derek white will be able to have his name in that conversation but how did he

Kind of get closer to that tonight pushing the Celtics to a win well I mean if he continues to play like this you gotta take consideration I mean remember uh a couple weeks ago when we were sitting there we talking about Derek white making allstar game and I

Gave you a long list of names that you know when you look at it it’s like man it’s going to be tough to to get over that but if the team continues to have his success he continues to play the way he’s playing you definitely have to say

Hey man why not consider this guy I know his numbers aren’t going to be gudy like some of the other guys numbers uh he doesn’t have the star power name as not right now cuz eventually he will I believe but as of right now going against some of these names that he has

People will be like I don’t know but Derek white does winning things man he’s continued to uh make winning plays he does all the right things and the one thing I love about it he just goes about it the right way he’s a team first guy

And he just happens to have a lot of success while he’s being a team first guy which for most Superstars are All Stars that’s not really the case scowl could attest to this those guys are selfish guys and he’s not that at all and Drew Carter and scow joining us live

Right now from San Antonio and Scout we were just talking about how Derek white he’s got Allstar chance happening down there in San Antonio how would you describe the environment just seeing him play out there and that Arena really welcoming him back in I mean I thought

Eddie was spot on like he’s a team guy the San Antonio Spurs know it the fans here know it like everyone liked Derek white here it’s not they’re sad about him leaving or anything like that they’re like they respect Derek white I think we’re kind of seeing this all over

The place you’ve seen a lot more number nine jerseys out there and you know the conversation for him to be an All-Star is going to fall on the coaches of the NBA and they’re going to have to make that decision and you know sometimes they send a message to the NBA and they

Say we’re going to value a guy that wins over a guy that gets buckets but their team is you know seven eight games below 500 so that’s just a it’s it’s it’s not going to fall in the fans that’s just not how the NBA works you only get five

Guys but the assistant coaches are going to be the or the head coaches assistant coaches are going to be the ones that eventually have to write him down because they have to respect what he does well I was reading an article about Derek white from a couple years ago it

Was in the ringer it was a great piece and one of the questions drick white was asking himself after he got drafted or after he got traded rather from the Spurs because that’s a team that drafted him took a chance on him yeah they trade him at the deadline in 2022 and that

Same question he always had asked himself as a kid came back up which is am I good enough are they gonna want me right because he’s unrecruited out of high school goes to cooking school want to be a chef wanted to be a chef different want to be a chef goes D2 has

No offers finally latches on at Colorado and at that point you know he becomes a first round pick but getting traded four and a half years into your career I think those questions are natural again and obviously he’s found an amazing home in Boston they still have him here yeah

Definitely still rolling Switching gears back to the matchup just a wide angle view Scout what’s it out to you about this win for the the Celtics two words I’m going to pass this on the Drew jayen Brown I added I added two more in my head I didn’t say jayen a compound

Word Brown a compound word that ends in in Jaylen Brown go ahead man he’s good uo you know the dude doesn’t miss shots anymore remember when Jaylen Brown used to miss shots he doesn’t do that anymore uh he missed two field goals I think all

Night he’s plus 55 % now in his last 12 games or he missed four field goals I guess but at one point he was N9 of 11 scal it seems like the game is slowing down for him he he is playing this game at such a high level right now every

Read every decision decision to score decision to pass and I I’m I’m being honest I think there’s even more levels to go to about that Dirk the visy fade away jayen pause pause Brown the pause pause Brown Eddie how can you see from the outside looking in maybe how

Differently Jaylen Brown is processing the game right now well I I think that’s the perfect word Amina is processing the game I think he went from being a guy that was Ultra talented athletic then going to a guy that you rely on to be there and then forcing the game

Understanding that he had to try to be aggressive all the time to being a student of the game I think what we’re seeing is the maturation and that’s what happens when guys grow up in the league and they start understanding wait you know what it’s not just about the

Offseason workouts it’s not about the midnight workouts or the early morning before practice and then staying late after practice with just on the court action but it’s also about putting that time in in the film room and I think the game is slowing down and once the once

You put in that time in the film room and the game slows down and you also have the ability to still play fast while the game is slowing down we’re reaping the benefits of that right now he’s reaping the benefits of that right now and the work he’s putting in I think

That’s what we’re seeing Drew Scout before I let you guys go though Scout I I heard you and Drew talking about New Year’s Eve plans in San Antonio what what you guys got going on no for me I know what I got going on I’m here in the

Bed but wait now you now you’re saying hold on now you’re saying in the bed but then during the game throughout the entire broadcast you guys are like teasing some plans that you got no I mean you that’s that’s all gas and manans I got that’s artificial not scow

I told you in the pregame show some people out there thirsty and some people just go to bed don’t point that finger at me Eddie’s Eddie’s making great points about Jaylen Brown I’m like Eddie I love what you’re saying but I know I gotta get out of here I know somebody’s

Gonna be like hey I know somebody Drew Carter I trying to be like Drew When I Grow cuz I got no plans at all I’m here hanging out I’m going right to bed all right guys

Eddie House, Amina Smith, Brian Scalabrine and Drew Carter offer instant analysis and reaction to the Celtics’ 134-101 win over the San Antonio Spurs. Plus, Abby Chin goes 1-on-1 with Derrick White after the game.

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