The Atlanta Hawks were pesky, thanks to De’Andre Hunter dropping 27 points, but the Celtics held it together to hold them off and take a 3-1 series lead. Jaylen Brown ditched his mask, Robert Williams was everywhere, and the Celtics showed poise and maturity in coming up with the win. John Karalis talks about all that, how the rebounding improved, Al Horford making a monster impact even while scoring zero points, and why Tuesday’s Game 5 is a must-win game. Plus, why Dejounte Murray will probably be suspended for Game 5 and why the refs were sending the Hawks a message in Game 4.
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31 Comments
Watching Rob is so fun. That floor dive he took to save a ball that JB lost to Capela, then Rob kicking it back to JB who finished! And Rob got the only Double-Double of either team tonight!
On the mask: well, I think he's been wearing it without needing it for a while now. I think he said a while back that he only wore it because his mother wanted him to; this was just the last straw for him and he said (to himself), "Yeah, now I'm done, sorry mom."
Rob being Rob. Dayam.
Great podcast, great T shirt, John. Please talk with, Tom about if you think that the mask is gonna stay off. I'm really curious about that!
Murray bump the refs i think he will be suspended next game
Illegal screen is legal the refs are awful in this game
I don't ever want to see a closing lineup in a close game without The Timelord in it. Look at the easy dump offs he finished and the hustle plays. Great win. Now let's close this out in TD Garden and expose those frauds in Philly
I'm glad Joe saw the light. I know his a smart man. Al + Rob on the court together slows down teams and wins games. It's always been a recipe for success since the days of Al and Baynes.
They don't need to always be together but when the game needs it you must deploy them together
Murray should be suspended. Didnt like how he taunted the celtics after a couple of shots especially d.white. D.white is the true Pop disciple. I doubt pop would condone this type of behavior from murray.
Lets go win game 5! Liked the rebounding better this game. Need to replicate it for game 5 and the rest of the playoffs. Loved that we had more double bigs in this game. More of that please!
Happy how rob played earlier, hope we get that win in game 5 and beat philly
Also apologies to Jaylen Brown. The mask was clearly distrupting his vision and handle. Best player on the court when took off the mask
I gotta step my T Shirt game up. John always has heat . Great win!
Marcus had the game in the palms of his hands during the third, he was just doing whatever he wanted hitting floaters and driving to the basket, no surprise he's my favourite player.
Al playing spectacular, he was the embodiment of "doing what is necessary to win", shoutout to the Jays putting up a great performance as we expect from them, Jb chirurgical on the offense without the mask.
Gotta close this series on Tuesday, game 5 will show us if they've grown up mentally or not.
I just wanna say , if anyone else has seen the other “locked on” podcasts for whatever team it may be MLB NFL whatever then you know how much John has put into this for us from the opening song to the pure content it’s awesome to a Celtics fan just for this thanks Jon 🍀🔥
Rob Williams!
My guy – your t shirt game is locked on…. Too early for a dad joke but I had to
Boston played a great game, JC went 1-9, the hawks defeated themselves again, JC earns 120 million smdh
John, You should of been Celtic Coach.
Love the shirt John! I loved what I saw from the Cs last night!
Jaylen and Rob were really key to this win. Big time defensive plays down the stretch,.playoff ball!
Timelord was massive this game we wouldn’t have won without him
One thing is for sure, Mazulla really coaches differently during the playoffs. He's more lenient on the team during the regular season.
John! I got so excited for a second when JT jumped up quick after being yanked down, as if he was going to get in an opponents face instead of the ref… but unfortunately no. He's too nice when it comes to his opponents, and still shows too much rage against the officials. The ref didn't make a non-basketball dangerous play on him in mid air, the opponent did.
Why didn't the Celtics get a backup center instead of a player to just sit on the bench
The playoffs have been so much fun. It really is a different look than the regular season. All of yesterday’s games were awesome. Hustle, grit, intensity…great time to be an NBA fan and especially the Celtics.
I feel like the last 5 minutes of this game were a huge turning point in the growth of JB and JT. It’s like the switch finally flipped (or the energy shifted 🍀) and they both realized we have to do this together or we can’t do it at all. The hug between them at the end of the game said a lot too. Definitely a moment of mutual respect on display to shut the haters up.
Joe needs to use Luke Kornet more in rotation he 7'2 and if AL or rob have to come out for rest Luke tall enough to rim protect and get rebounds and also can be a lob threat that's our back up center use him
Trae Young reminded me of why I hate him as a player in game four. The empty stats, lazy defense, jacking up bad threes early in the clock that luckily for him dropped sometimes, the slapping at the ball (hitting arm more often than not and the whole Hawks team was doing this) and the flailing and flopping every time he is even breathed on (and having the fouls called, infuriating).
I hope Joe is smart enough to use Luke Kornet vs the Sixers solely to commit 6 HARD FOULS on Embiid every game 🤷🏿♂️
The Hawks know it is over with, and it would not surprise if Murray gets suspended for what he is after game 4.
Hey I see John loves Marvin Gaye