The Boston Celtics were aggressive, scoring almost half their points in the paint to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jaylen Brown had 36, 23 in the fourth quarter to carry the Celtics, but it was Derrick White setting the tone and being the best player to start the game. Jayson Tatum carried the third, and as John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal says, the lesson out of this game should be that attacking should be the first priority, and it can even save them from a bad shooting night.
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Happy Christmas eve John
I went to the game and played "Where is Karalis"….no luck, but i was so into the game hehe good W feeling 💪🏽💪🏽☘️
Brown was fantastic in the 4th. 23 of his 36 points. But to me Derrick White was just as big. He may not have had as many points but he kept Minny from completely putting things out of reach in the first half. Am I the only one who is ready to throw things at the tv when it’s obvious the three isn’t falling yet they keep on chucking? Man that one stretch had me pulling my hair out. I just don’t get why they don’t just attack the rim in those instances. Horford and Luke were both great tonight on the glass too. The turning point was when Edwards started playing hero ball while the rest of his teammates watched helplessly. That’s when we finally went into full attack mode and pulled away. Merry Christmas John and thanks! 🙏🏻☘️🔒🎅🏻
Old Al’s smile said it all😊
Nice win. Hopefully they could share the ball a bit more. JT and JT took more than half of the teams shot attempts.
Very nice win for us now we get ready for some deer hunting Sunday!!! Merry Christmas John!!👊☘️
I think once Rob is back starting and “back to normal”, things will be sorted out. He got sick today which happens, can’t do much about that. But hopefully he can get back in that starting spot. It’ll be interesting next year if Joe starts to insert Grant in Horford starting spot to start to “transition” the team to after he retires in a few years.
Merry Christmas John and all Celtics fans 🎄☘ im a bit early due to living in Australia. Can't wait to watch Celtics Bucks on boxing day. Enjoy
Great win for the Celtics JB was off the hook in 4th!
Happy Holidays!!
No matter win or loss, I always enjoy listening to your wonderful insights after the game on the pod, and hearing ur questions during postgame interviews, hope you have a happy holidays, John 🐐🎄
_ Smart dominated. Merry Xmas John! 🔥☘️
Great team win ! JB , JT ,Smart ,White ,Hordford, Grant ! Finally finished strong good job, boys!☘️💚🍀💚 Let's go, Celtics!
stilll not liking the style if offense they playing most if the game!! 4th quater seems like they just started playing somewhat right with passing spacing and defense…. Starting to think they have been just messing around and tweaking things last few games why they fell off!! They dam well know how to play the right way and know when they play that way there is no team standing in their way!!! Only team beating my celtics this year is the celtics!!! If they can play the right way offensively specially for 4 quaters night in night out this team has so much depth i dont see anyone taking them out! I just get frustrated when they abandon the team passing drives me crazzzzzzy!!!
I agreee with attacking more from Jays they are automatic when going to the hoop first! With that tho comes team passing!! when they go stagnant it seems to go back to one pass shoot! or dribble all the way up the court to then either shoot or take a bad lay up or throw the ball away!!! They do get alot of wide open shots i get it but they arent in rhythm thats why they miss them!! If you ask me but who am i??? Every guy should be touching that ball every dam possession!!! Thats when this team is at their best!!
Last time im gonna say this lol But if you have hauser out there playing then you need to be setting him up for at least couple of his shots otherwise no reason to have him out there! I get hes a threat but you need opportunities to shoot and make your shot to be a threat!
If they played like 4th all game its a massive blow out!
John i agree your not always gonna play well we get that! However you should be playing every game with right intensity every night thats what fans pay for… That and if they played the right way as far as playing as a team !! Team passing Team defense and play with pace and then you are missing shots and losing games then fine yes it is what it is!! My issue is they have been beating themselves!!!! By abandoning what works and has proven to work!! with a historic offensive start to season thats the prooof in the pudding it works!!!! stick with the team passing!!! Spreading the ball out getting everyone involved every possession!!! Thats fun to watch as well!!!
I thought Smart was the key to the game. His approach and play were great tonight and I thought it took some pressure off White.
4 Quarter of JB was Amazing
Merry Christmas John love ya homie and the Celtics are back we needed this win to get back in the groove
Great game all around…was starting to realize the 3s were not going down..take it to the paint..in my eyes we have 1 9f the best ..scoring in the paint is key when 3s are not droppin . Great adjustment.. great win ..keep em coming
Ok let’s start with how disappointing it was for me as a 3 decade Celtic fan to almost never feel like we will have a healthy top 8 player rotation…OMG was so looking forward to FINALLY see the squad back together and to see Rob illness I was thankful he is ok 👍 guess but just put my head down and said are the Celtics top 8 EVER going to play in the same game. I hope we have them together on Christmas. Second Smarts passing and pushing the ball was essential with White getting to the rim early. Smart looked allot better after a week off. He is dealing with some nagging injuries. Guy plays so hard my hat 🎩 tipped. Although he had that play(no contact) and went down hard holding his hip. He looked very sore after that.