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

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

NBA a net rating no defense for that though as brown flicks the [Applause] wrist 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 skills pull up h m culls 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 loaded 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 very often CJ McCollum of course formerly with the Trailblazers he one 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 when 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 M

Call him a deep one too strong Williamson in the offensive rebound Murphy missed another three offensive rebounding a huge issue for the Celtics Thursday and that loss to the Hawks when Atlanta at 17 offensive boards leading to 28 Second Chance points nice look cookies and cream porzingis missed the three malunis PS

It just two points for the Celtics two and a half minutes in alen chunis going through porzingis 92 New Orleans well I say to think about 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 coasting 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 there good to see porzingis get one now one for three from outside the arq is slumping a little bit coming in in his last three defends Valen chunis here one grab por zinga’s arms in allow him to to defend the shot at all and that’s the offensive foul every day all day

Good look from the Duncan Kim 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 no 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 want to finish that up top and he finished it it wasn’t the dunk but still counted the D

Vertical spacer Drew holid 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 [Applause] 41.2% D Simon here from the column double com for 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 St Baseline and finish after a slow start the Celtics have tied it her Jones a much improved three-point shooter this season he was sub 34% each of his first two years

Years this year 42% from outside the [Applause] Yard Brown in the tight curl feeds porz it could be and then you get a guy like CJ McCullum to come in and has some success in the league and it’s just a a consant 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 Pelicans 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 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 Duncan there goes Drew on Zion just digs out some space couldn’t finish Valen junis Coral it more than halfway through this first

Quarter McCullum for three and Joe moua will burn wi of the points in the paint battle 12 to six Houser 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 two-man 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 92 run by the Celtics Pelicans piece together a 901 of their own and that ends with a big 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 counting 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 Boston Celtic basketball team before that the Miss Pelicans were

Making two3 of their shots Orford extra feed out to White drops it off porzingis for the stuff 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 a lot 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 Pritcher Jones picks him up it’s porzingis on he has a height

Advantage and he uses it that was nice I like the the the the half dream shake that he gave and just shoot over the top of a guy that’s shorter than you don’t make it hard you don’t have to make it hard for yourself Williamson overing this good challenge from

KP Hower turns the corner white getting ready to check right back in after a short breather these guys do play Fast just throw it toward Zion good things tend to happen the rookie Jordan Hawkins missed the triple that’s what he’s known for won a national championship at Yukon last year Brown

Out to Horford into the corner for Hower Pritchard the offensive rebound Brown hit a wet spot and blew it higher holding on to to his right knee numbers for the Pelicans Jones from the corner knocks it in Brown still in the game three minutes left thought it might have been immediate timeout

But JB stays in there eight-point Pelicans [Applause] Edge Celtics just two for 10 from Beyond The Arc yeah I was worried about jayen Brown so I was staring at him just watching him seeing that he was moving okay and he actually was so glad to see that at

Least looks like he’s all right triying to contest that herb Jones layup 10-point lead for New Orleans shooting 60% from the floor see look at what I’m talking about so look at this offense right now first action with 10 so you’re only going to get one or two actions off of this

Under five to shoot Howser’s pass sneaks out to Brown he rattles in the corner three a big one for JB that’s a big shot right there for JB especially the way that our offense has been going and again I I just don’t like our timing in

Offense is is taking too long to get into what we want to do due to injury his inside game virtually Unstoppable Unstoppable with 91% of his shots coming within 8et and his scoring has only gone up incredibly in the absence of his running mate Brandon Ingram I asked

Their head coach Willie Green about Zion and his health this season and he said first and foremost we came in with a plan from a medical and performance perspective and then Willie said all the credit goes to Zion he’s working continuously at being in the best possible condition he can be and he’s

Just stacking up days we’re seeing the results well Abby he played 176 of a possible 400 games coming into this right through Naji Marshall is there a certain referee who seems to like the TV time more than others that you’ve noticed I think Zara I think Scott

Foster I think Tony BR I think all the head referees like the TV time trust me I think you’re on to something wasar especially there’s McCullum high off glass 10 points for CJ McCullum you know that’s gal’s favorite referee I think scal has a romance with

Him it’s that just scal it’s Frank is Solo’s co-host on the starting lineup r show oh so they’re both crushing on him they love Zach Zara person who loves Zach Zara the most is Victoria their producer here’s holiday with under a minute to play in the first quarter nice

Move that’s a gangster basket right there that’s what I call that he backed in did everything he could and good Hustle by and get that black [Applause] basket all they back in the place where he spent seven years of his NBA career 2013 to 20 M Callum curling he’s got 12 points

Same as Williamson trying to mix up Tatum oh that rattles out had the fans murmuring here at Smoothie King Center but think how hard he had to work for that shot and and I’ll take that if he miss it and you keep making him work that hard for

It I’m cool with that great find by Tatum out of the so hard on offense then he had to work hard on defense again you have to send a double team cuz Tatum and we get a wide open shot because of it holid in the column trying to turn the corner Drew

Stays with him Force the pass Horford did not get that off and the Pelicans lead by nine

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