“Boston looking very strong each passing week to win NBA” – Perkins on Celtics def Raptors 105-96
Aggressive from the jump tonight why um just felt like it was needed you know um I just took the opportunities that were given to me and uh really just try to be aggressive on both ends of the floor basketball is a game of runs how are you
So good at stopping those like you did two times here in the fourth yeah I think uh the versatility that we have on defense um a lot of athleticism a lot of Smart Guys good character guys but I think we we think the game so switching
It up defensively from Zone to man I think stop the transition points and uh also we took great offensive shots so that I couldn’t just get out on transition yeah how clutches Derek white man he’s an Allstar I think the things that he do that he does um a lot of
Times goes unnoticed but the way that he plays the way that he carries his team um especially with JB out tonight and and hit a big shot there in the corner um yeah that’s what D does and you talk about that versatility all five starters in double figures tonight and it felt
Like at one point each of you just kind of took turns taking over how important is that and what does that tell you about this group yeah we got a good balance um we kind of know when the find our spots and when we can go I think the
End of that second quarter maybe was the third quarter JT started going off and ended up with 19 at at that at the end of that quarter but uh I think just different spots man we we’re really good at trying to figure out or not trying to
But figuring out when we can go and and let that person go and and and start getting bucket so I’m glad you got to go tonight Drew thank you very much thank you congrats Drew holiday with a season High 22 points in tonight’s matchup six rebounds and also seven assists Drew
Carter and scowl joining us live now from Toronto and scowl you heard Drew holiday tell Abby right there with him being aggressive in tonight’s match up it was very much needed without Jaylen Brown out there on the floor how did Drew holiday set the tone that usually
Jaylen Brown does for this team yeah I mean I think that they were conscious of that right like how are we going to start this game we know JB is a guy that does so well in the first quarter so who’s going to be the guy that picks up
The slack and I like the way way that Drew holiday was aggressive as I was walking to set this thing up and sit here I was thinking I you know you always wonder if a team can sustain like an injury in a playoff right and I’m
Like man you see what Derek white can do and you see what Drew holiday could do and Al Horford today and like we’re pretty deep and we have guys that could raise their level when needed and what’s amazing guys is you think about the Celtics and their top options they’re
The wings they’re the Jays you look at the box score Derek white 22 Drew holiday 22 they’re to two scores from the back court which is known for its defense they brought it tonight on both ends yeah those I think both teams are going to try to take Tatum out and you
Know when Brown’s here maybe they’re thinking okay we’re going to double team Tatum everywhere he goes and I just thought those guys took advantage of it and I I like their mindset during this game yeah the players the players played well uh all five starters in double
Figures but I think we got to give credit to Joe moula because there were runs that were happening throughout this game that I I thought that the Toronto rap were making and he called some timely timeouts he called them right on time right at the right time uh
Regrouped came out executed out of the timeout and then also I thought that going to Zone understanding that this team was just trying to pound you in the paint they’re not a great three-point shooting team if you look they only had what they were four of 32 from three 12
And uh 12 12 and a half% from from the line so I thought he did a great job so we’re also seeing not only players step up but we’re also seeing the coach step up as well that’s SC with this Raptor team not being so great defensively I
Was a bit surprised that the Celtics team they weren’t able to take more advantage of that team on defense and really going out there and scoring a bunch of points why was this game so close cuz I don’t think that we attack the rim with Force we I thought we we
Shot a lot of Pull-Up jump shots even like two feet in the paint to a floater I just thought like Tatum was the guy that set the tone if you just watch this game like he went to the r Rim like you were supposed to attack the rim and
Especially they don’t have shot blocking especially the way the refs Rec calling this game so our one mistake today was not identifying how hard we had to go to the Cup today outside of that I thought we shot it well we shared it well but I just didn’t think when we played inside
That Arc that we played with the force that was necessary now Celtics did shoot 25 free throws made 23 of them I guarantee you though when we get on the bus Joe moua is going to look at us and say us too say make or Miss League of
Course they lost they shot four of 32 from three because that’s his favorite thing he loves throwing that back at people now because that was the the common refrain is oh if you make your threes you win if you don’t make your threes you lose Joe moula is going to be
Like ah we didn’t do anything right I guess they just miss their threes because he likes to likes a joke like that they can’t like Eddie House you should come down here and try to get some run man they can’t shoot at all get into Drew holiday’s night season High 22
Points for Drew holiday and Eddie we were just talking about this even in the pregame show we’ve yet to see an offensive explosion from Drew holiday and I wouldn’t say tonight was an explosion but 22 points a season high for him how was he able to impact this
Game well I think that he when he said he was aggressive from the beginning and it’s what the game needed he felt like that’s what they needed especially knowing that JB was out on both sides of the court I thought he was super efficient tonight he was 714 from the
Field he had to 22 points I think this is his best offensive game I think all around offensive game shooting the basketball being aggressive um getting other guys involved rebounding the basketball and he only had one turnover so to me he he was in control of everything tonight whether it be
Knocking down shots whether it be creating for somebody else I just thought that he was in a really really good Groove tonight and it would These Are the nights that catapult you you know you kind of still trying to find your place on this team because you’re
The new guy on the squad and you don’t want to step on toes and things like that but you do still have to find a way to be aggressive to help this team team on the offensive end and I thought tonight these are one of those games
Where I we can look back later later in the season and say Hey you know that game against Toronto where he he went out there he was super aggressive just kind of finding his footing his offensive footing and know when to get in and get out with his team I think
Back to that practice video where Joe Missoula gave Drew Hol the green like to be the quarterback of the Celtics team especially starters when they’re out there on the floor with him stepping up and saying okay I have to be aggressive without Jaylen Brown out there on the
Floor how does that how does that speak to him stepping up as a leader on this team well I think that when Joe was talking about that I think he was more so talking about defense he was like Hey I want you to quarterback this this defensive thing I really trust you but
It got he also said this in the same breath we got to make sense we got to have a reason why we’re doing something right and and Drew has reasons why he does everything you know um he he pushes the pace when he needs to push the pace
He slows it down when he has to he understand like that that we we got a shot where uh JT got a shot at the top of the key great open look just didn’t make it but his recognition I’m going to go post up and I’m going to force them
To come down and help and put them in rotation it’s the small little things right and you might it might not actually equal a basket but per at that particular time but that action just having guys aware and understanding it’s just the rhythm of of the game and again
I think this was his his best offensive night let’s continue with that backourt derck white with 22 points two rebounds and also an assist in tonight’s win against the Raptors what did you see out of Dereck White tonight well he was he was knocking down shots and it was
Threes early I think he had four threes in the first half um and then uh coming into he had that big one in the corner right there to kind of you know kind of separate and seal the deal for us but he’s another guy he just has to be
Aggressive um and when when I say aggressive that doesn’t mean going out there and shooting every single time that means being aggressive to go try to make a play either for yourself or you make your play for others or you just get into the paint to collapse the D and
You just uh the defense and you make make a pass you just and and I think it always starts with them two guys on the defensive end you know when they’re engaged defensively and they making it hard for guys to to get easy shots and they’re getting deflections that’s
Contagious to everybody else and then you get Jaylen in in The Fray you get Jason you get porzingis blocking shots you get Al Horford blocking shots and that that’s a recipe for Success the third quarters have been huge for this Celtic scene coming into tonight 20 and
One when they win that third quarter Jason Tatum he was the man in the third quarter tonight for this Celtics team how did he turn things around when it felt like this Raptor team was getting back in this matchup being aggressive and I think again Drew started it you
Know I think Drew was the one that the ring leader of the aggressiveness I think that we could have been a little bit more aggressive to the rim to Scout’s Point early on but you know just attacking and and I think you need the 14 rebounds is the most impressive thing
Like okay we always expect Jason Tatum to score so I never really look at that and also the six assists the playmaking ability and that one play that he made with to to Luke for the dunk oh yeah look how he just had the ball on the
String and I mean his handle is impeccable I mean you don’t think that a guy he’s 6’10 people don’t understand that that’s how big he is out there but when he was just you know getting down here trying to finish this one right here look look at that oh filthy oh my
Goodness every time I see it all that’s nasty right there that’s not easy to do especially at 610 for the most part your handles a little bit higher but he has that thing on the string I thought his playmaking ability his rebounding and doing all the other things Drew was
Scoring with 22 um por porzingis had 15 uh and Derek had 22 so it was one of those nights to where what did the game need from Jason Tatum it needed rebounding you know he led the team and rebounded actually uh game leader in rebounds you know and then sharing the
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“Boston looking very strong each passing week to win the NBA” – Perkins on Celtics def Raptors 105-96
