INSTANT REACTION: Celtics’ impressive second-half performance leads to win in Chicago

INSTANT REACTION: Celtics’ impressive second-half performance leads to win in Chicago

On the follow what was that dab Furious dabbing from Luke cornette we got to get the wire on him again the king of the follow dabbing on him here in Chicago welcome in Celtics postgame live Eddie House Amina Smith here with you still trying to figure out what that

Celebration was from Luke cornette however the Celtics they pull out a win against the Bulls 129 to 112 and Eddie this game was very close in the first half what did the Celtics do to pull away I thought they defended they shared the basketball and then Jason Tatum took

Over in the third quarter the one thing about this team is any given night it could be somebody that steps up for you tonight Derek Derek white was somebody that you know obviously let the lead the team in scoring but Jason Tatum had a fantastic third quarter Jaylen Brown had

A great uh second quarter so when you look at the way that this team is constructed at any given moment they can take care of business offensively it’s about the defense and I thought in the end of that first quarter and that second quarter they didn’t play particularly well on the defensive end

They were giving up a lot of easy baskets they just weren’t playing to their capabilities that second half was a total different half a total different way of mindset I would say ding that’s the the word of the of the year when they came out they played and they were

Focused on making sure they got stops they took care of the paint they rebounded the basketball there weren’t that many easy looks for the Chicago Bulls they took care of vich who was out there having his way in the first half and they were able to extend and uh G

Get the lead and then extend that lead and and and walk to an easy Victory and you mentioned defense being a key part of of this win for the Celtics well Derek white he was able to get it done on both ends of the floor he’s with Abby

Chin after the game Derek you guys took control of this game in the third quarter as you get another shirt tossed your way from Jaylen Brown what did Joe say to you guys at half time um I mean we had a good first quarter then second

Quarter we just gave up 39 points and that’s really uh what we talked about and uh we came out of the second half got some stops and we’re able to build up a good lead you showed no signs of R coming out out of the All-Star break on

A heater plus three blocks and a pick six in that first quarter how are you so rested right now I mean the the time off was nice uh it’s good to just lay lay around spend time with the family and um I me ready to go so uh I was definitely

A little bit tired out there but uh it’s good to get back and ramp it back up you guys have now won seven straight overall seven straight on the road did it feel like you just kind of picked up where you left off um I mean we still got a

Lot of work to do um it just doesn’t happen like that but uh a go win here the first one and we just got to build off of it before I let you go what do you think Luke was doing on that celebration was it the dab karate what

Karate chop uh ex asked him and I was like just never ask him man just let let him do what he do um I think it was a dab uh I’m not 100% positive but he’s the best and uh yeah he’s just the best you’re pretty good yourself Derek thank

You so much appreciate it es scal and Drew Carter are joining us live from Chicago right now and guys like yeah you’re already getting into it the turbo dab Drew I I really feel like that was the perfect name for what Luke coret was doing out there on the court in the fourth

Quarter man turbo dab back in the turbo dab sure I mean we got we got corn on the law we got the moose’s loose that guy always has something new I not seen that in a long time I told you as soon as drum drumman gave him the two little

You what you say you don’t want to get in a s battle you do not you do not it’s like it’s like getting in a rap battle with B rabbit you do not want to do that with Luke cornette you will lose I promise battle yeah you definitely do

Not want to get in a silly battle with Luke corette but SC I’ll start with you what was your biggest takeaway after this win from Boston I mean not to be negative but just the second quarter the defense I don’t know where it went but then it

Just shows you like this team can win so many different ways they have a big room for error they can just I mean they can just blow an entire quarter defensively and still have a 20 Point win so that’s impressive the way they moved it and the different individual players that

Stepped up at any moment like Tatum had his moment Brown I think uh Derek white obviously first and fourth the the moose was loose in the start of the fourth there with the turbo dab so each one of these guys can all sort of go off what about pton Pritchard in the back-to-back

Threes so very very gifted team and also just the uh the room for error they have for each win and Drew I saw you throw your hand up when a scow said that that he didn’t want to start with the negative but then did proceed to start

With the negative what are your thoughts on this win but I turned it into a positive did you did you did he did yeah that’s you when you don’t play defense for a quarter and you win by 20 that’s positive it’s it’s pretty impressive uh eight players with eight plus points

Tonight there’s just so much talent on the team and in the fourth quarter I mean it just started to feel like they were inevitable I mean tonight but also through the course of the season I mean they’ve got the most efficient offense in the NBA their third in defensive

Rating they’ve got the best home scoring margin in the league and Road scoring margin in the league another win streak of five plus games now up to seven I mean it’s just there are times where it feels like this team could Coast because they’re so talented but we really don’t

See it that often we showed that stat earlier tonight they’re now I think 22- one against teams that are sub 500 the only loss being to Charlotte and every this is my first year here every time I say we’re good you know we should win this game tonight people are like don’t

Say that you know we always lose games like this not this year I think this year is different it’s depth like our depth of not having a bunch of guys it’s you can win 25 different ways with 25 different combinations of guys playing well so it’s here’s another one that I

Didn’t see I I’ve seen the Tatum Brown Show forever right I’ve been around since those guys were drafted Tatum was cool in the first half go ahead you do your thing do your thing do your thing he deferred the jayen a b and it was

Like yeah you you got it going it’s all good then he comes out 15 in the uh in the third quarter just like that I’m not sure like I don’t know maybe last year he would have done that but there were times where Jason Tatum would not have

Done that so this team knows how to win wants to win ready to win and I think that’s like the difference between how they could just sort of flex their muscles defensively and they’re also the number one rated offense of all time so that’s what makes a special group that’s a very

Interesting observation by you Scout Eddie what does it say about the dynamic between Jason Tatum and Jay Brown that you know when Jaylen Brown has it going Jason Tatum is like okay I can take a back seat and vice versa well you got to have that that’s

The that’s the get in and get out that’s the understanding who you playing with how you playing together and if you got it going you don’t want somebody stepping on your toes when you rocking he want to get shots because you getting shots so I think they’re past that part

And if you look at their game I mean 177 shots Tatum has taken tonight and Jaylen Brown only took 12 but they still were efficient super efficient with what they did and they did it when they needed it okay Jaylen Jason Tatum came out that third quarter after a blown second

Quarter defensively and said hey man look I’m G I’m gonna set the tone and when he set the tone what did they do everybody else follow and they was able to blow this game open but I really think that we have so many guys that can

Score any any kind of way it’s about our defense guys we got to be locked in defensively for four quarters or however long it takes and we’ll be a team that is really really hard to beat in a seven game series not much Rush on the Celtics team out of the All-Star break

Scal, Drew Carter, Eddie House and Amina Smith offer instant analysis and reaction to the Celtics’ 129-112 win over the Chicago Bulls. Plus, Abby Chin goes 1-on-1 with Derrick White.

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