Boston Celtics vs New Orleans Pelicans Full Highlights 1st QTR | Mar 30 | 2024 NBA Regular Season

Boston Celtics vs New Orleans Pelicans Full Highlights 1st QTR | Mar 30 | 2024 NBA Regular Season

You need then now always South Coast Health more than medicine Springer and Davidson for the Celtics Brandon Ingram’s been out for a week with a knee issue Jose alado missing this game as well but both teams relatively healthy for this is really a marquee match up

The Pelicans fifth in the west just one behind the Clippers herb Jones one of the best defenders in the NBA Outlet to McCullum feeds Williamson first Duce of the night to Zion and this is a team that’s long rangey athletic you got to make sure that you’re crisp and concise

With your passes make sure that you’re not just floating them up there they will get DEF flection fifth in the NBA in net rating no defense for that though as brown flicks the [Applause] rest it’s a Pelicans team that if they’re missing one thing it’s a traditional point guard the column

Really runs the show for them Zion handles it a lot too there’s Valen chunis porzingis with good [Applause] Defense KP on the trail Trey Murphy long and athletic and you see the rebounding [Applause] skills pull up HP mccullum’s got it you know McCullum is one of those guys he’s he’s steady and it was a few couple years there he could have made the uh the allar game you know just loading

West didn’t have opportunity to get in there like like you would think he would be able to but a damn good basketball player Holiday from the corner missed one you don’t see that that very often CJ McCollum of course formerly with the Trailblazers he want most improved player in his third season Zion

Williamson show is on and you know the thing about Zion we showed it in the open is that you don’t want to give him that space you it almost like when you sit there and say I dare you to shoot the shot he just takes that space up and

Once he takes that space up his body is on you and he’s able to get where he wants to go and he gets gets you out the way Jaylen Brown Lefty finish isn’t there Murphy looks to push the tempo two minutes in five-point Pelicans lead mallum a deep one too strong Williamson

The offensive rebound Murphy missed another three offensive rebounding a huge issue for the Celtics Thursday and that loss to the Hawks when Atlanta had 17 offensive boards leading to 28 Second Chance points nice look cookies and cream porzingis missed the three banun is boards it just two points for the

Celtics two and 1/2 minutes in alen chunis going through porzingis 92 New Orleans well I’ll say the thing about it right now just energy wise Drew you can see this I I feel like the Pelicans are playing with more energy right now than us they’re playing with a

Little bit more force and we fall into happen sometimes just coting into game just shot by porzingis as I’m talking but you have to meet force with Force at times and energy with energy and so recognize who you’re playing and how you have to play with good to see porzingis

Get one now one for three from outside the arc he was slumping a little bit coming com in in his last three defends Allen chunis here one grab porzingis arms didn’t allow him to to defend the shot at all and that’s the offensive foul every day all day good look from

The Duncan cam there it’s all about the dunk porzingis thought about that three gets it to Tatum in the post yet to take a shot JT now he does and rolls it in good recognition there understanding that the help is not from the Baseline the help is coming from Top go Baseline

There’s no Baseline help finish over the top Williamson gets anywhere he wants and he’s going to the line with power to stop him from getting where he wants to go 70% free throw shooter this year has been getting there a ton lately Tatum upstairs holiday on the alleyoop is that

The first time we’ve seen that combination all year what’s funny is both of them are laughing like Jason threw it like hey Drew you going to finish that up top and he finished it it wasn’t the dunk but still counted the D vertical spacer Drew holiday Williamson Zips it out to the corner

Mullum among players averaging at least seven three-point attempts per game he’s the most efficient at 41 [Applause] 12% double Simon here for McCullum double comes with balunis Tatum spins around and scores and the same thing Jason Tatum recognition understanding the double team is coming from the top

There’s no help Baseline I’mma bait you to guard me up top stand Baseline to finish after a slow start the Celtics have tied it her Jones a much approved three-point shooter this season he was sub 34% each of his first two years this year 42% from outside the [Applause]

AR Brown in the tight curl feeds porzingis could be and you get a guy like CJ McCullum to come in and had some success in the league and it’s just a a conate pro you get success like [Applause] this it’s a kick ball stays here it’s a

Good mix for head coach Willie Green in his third season at the Helm of the elic for the season they’re fourth in net rating plus 5.4 per 100 possessions behind only the Celtics Thunder and wolves they’re fifth in the west though mainly because they’re one and six in

One possession games and can we also say this that everybody on their team it seems like has taken a step forward like everybody has gotten better Zion being able to be available here we go Zion Williamson rocking the rim with his off right hand he is four for four to start eight

Points and I heard somebody said that he lost 25 lbs I don’t believe he lost 25 lbs but he did lose weight and he yeah he’s more athletic and he’s faster he’s quicker and he’s available for this team the challenge that porzingis 3 trying to go to work against Brown who is

Sturdy a skip pass to Jones the call him on the blow by another hammer and Smoothie King Center is rocking now what are we talking about right now we talking about CJ McCullum coming down the lane and dunking it did you expect that I didn’t think he was

Going to get a dunk all year let alone right here tonight we got holiday finishing lobs we got M dunking there goes Drew on Zion just digs out some space couldn’t finish Val junis caral it more than halfway through this first quarter McCullum for and Joe moua will burn wi of the points

In the paint battle 12 to6 Hower and Horford are in the game for Boston see Zion and CJ McCollum both with eight points early just how they drew it up out to Brown off the Ricochet and Williams in the rebound his third yet to miss a shot that’s a dangerous Twan game the

Callan Williamson and Zion just making it look easy and Dre they’re playing so fast they got the ball up and it after the Miss they got into the into their offense quickly a quick opportunity and Zion just being strong in the pick and roll we got to be a little bit sharper a

Little bit more sharper on defense after a 9-2 run by the Celtics Pelicans piece together a 901 of their own and that ends with a pick out three you think we didn’t need that I mean if you look at it right now 23 points is 5 minutes left and cting in

The first quarter we’re on Pace to give up a lot of points here in this first quarter and that’s not the identity of this ball basketball team before that nulla Miss Pelicans were making twoth third of their shots Orford extra feed out to White drops it

Off porzingis for the Stop and love ball Movement we talked about in the pregame the ball movement move the ball get it up the floor quick a team that likes to play Fast doesn’t like to get ran against them so you can use that against

Them as well G of teams feel that way against Zion and the Pelicans he plays with as much force as anybody in the [Applause] NBA Brown draws two finds Pritchard Jones picks him up it’s porzingis on N he has a height advantage and he uses it that was nice I like the the

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