#Charlotte Hornets at Boston Celtics
TD Garden- Boston, MA
[ESPN](http://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401474845)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/xtsbtz/game_thread_charlotte_hornets_00_at_boston/iqridmh/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|CHA |24|22|31|16|93|
|BOS |29|39|39|27|134|
###Player Stats
**Charlotte Hornets**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|K. Oubre Jr.|21:24|17|6-11|2-6|3-3|2|0|2|0|3|0|1|4|-6
|P. Washington|23:53|4|1-7|0-4|2-2|0|2|2|1|3|0|0|2|-12
|M. Plumlee|15:22|8|2-3|0-0|4-8|2|4|6|0|1|0|1|2|-7
|T. Rozier|24:34|11|4-13|1-6|2-2|0|1|1|3|2|0|1|0|-13
|L. Ball|25:06|14|5-19|2-8|2-2|2|5|7|4|1|0|3|2|-9
|J. Bouknight|19:35|2|1-9|0-4|0-0|2|0|2|2|1|0|2|2|-23
|J. McDaniels|18:31|10|5-7|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|1|1|0|1|2|-24
|N. Richards|17:33|6|3-5|0-0|0-2|3|4|7|1|1|0|1|1|-15
|J. Thor|14:38|2|0-1|0-0|2-2|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|2|-20
|B. McGowens|7:45|4|1-4|0-1|2-4|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|-6
|M. Williams|10:55|2|1-3|0-0|0-0|1|1|2|0|0|0|0|0|-20
|D. Smith Jr.|10:55|8|4-9|0-0|0-0|1|1|2|1|0|0|0|1|-20
|K. Jones|9:29|5|2-2|0-0|1-3|2|3|5|0|0|1|0|1|-9
|L. Ball|3:55|0|0-3|0-3|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|-12
|J. Sims|3:55|0|0-3|0-1|0-0|1|2|3|0|0|0|0|0|-12
|A. Duruji|4:10|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|1
|J. Crutcher|4:10|0|0-2|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|1|0|1
|I. Whaley|4:10|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|1
**Boston Celtics**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|J. Brown|23:47|24|8-11|3-5|5-7|1|4|5|1|0|0|4|4|9
|J. Tatum|22:21|16|4-11|2-8|6-6|0|6|6|3|2|0|5|1|14
|A. Horford|17:50|8|3-3|2-2|0-0|1|4|5|4|0|1|0|3|7
|D. White|17:32|7|3-6|1-4|0-0|0|4|4|4|0|0|2|3|6
|M. Smart|22:41|7|2-5|1-3|2-2|1|1|2|3|1|0|4|4|11
|M. Brogdon|24:23|11|4-9|2-6|1-2|0|5|5|9|0|0|3|0|18
|N. Vonleh|12:52|7|3-3|1-1|0-0|0|9|9|0|0|0|2|5|14
|P. Pritchard|17:53|5|2-6|1-3|0-0|0|1|1|5|0|0|0|1|24
|G. Williams|13:44|8|3-4|2-3|0-0|2|2|4|4|0|1|1|3|21
|S. Hauser|18:52|14|5-6|4-5|0-0|0|3|3|2|1|0|1|0|26
|M. Kabengele|10:50|10|4-4|1-1|1-1|2|1|3|0|0|0|1|1|17
|J. Layman|9:29|3|1-3|0-1|1-1|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|9
|J. Jackson|9:29|5|2-5|1-3|0-0|1|1|2|1|0|0|0|1|9
|J. Davison|6:26|4|2-3|0-0|0-1|0|1|1|4|0|0|0|1|8
|B. Thomas|6:26|3|1-4|1-2|0-0|0|1|1|1|0|1|0|0|8
|L. Samanic|5:24|2|1-1|0-0|0-0|0|4|4|0|0|0|0|2|4
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|CHA|35-101|5-33|18-28|13|19|13|13|2|16|27|56|
|BOS|48-84|22-47|16-20|41|29|4|23|3|8|48|60|
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IT’S KABENGELE’S WORLD MY FASTPP’S JUST LIVING IN IT
I think we are going to be okay with our new coach
GOAT Kabengele better make the final roster or i will be very upset 😡
Please tell me this was just a preview how fun and good we’re gonna be this season!
For all the shit went through, I’m happy the Celtics are back to clapping teams.
Kabengele and Hauser looking like they might actually play some real minutes this season.
Brogdon will be a huge piece for this team. Great preseason game.
67 wins and lots of high fives
but fr this time
We got some studs on the bench!
I don’t want to overreact but we are the greatest team of all time.
Lotta turn overs, weird game from Tatum, no starting 5
WHO CARES
This team looked absolutely fan-fuckin-tastic today. Incredible defense, efficient on offense, great ball movement and communication
We love to see it
Great way to come back to Celtics basketball. So much talent! Can’t wait for Wednesday.
This is one game against the Hornets, but Hauser really isn’t as bad defensively as people were saying
Sam Hauser baby
Keep Justin Jackson and Kabengele
Went to the game with my 5-year-old but she wanted to leave at halftime. Just got home. What did I miss?
GINO TIME CAME EARLY THIS YEAR
Love to see everybody scoring. Vonleh is the new Theis with 5 fouls today. Kabengele is 6’10” 250 of pure athletic energy.
I’ve seen enough, GOAT Celtics team
This team absolutely fucks.
Charlotte: Hey we got a good young team and…
Boston: Know your place, trash!
I know it’s just a preseason game against the Hornets but I feel pretty confident in saying that the 2022-23 Celtics are the greatest team to ever play the sport of basketball
SAM HAUSER IS THE GREATEST SHOOTER EVER
lets goooo
So many positive takeaways.
Jaylen looked great.
Brodgon is gonna be huge for us.
Grant showed off some new playmaking skills.
PP and Hauser are gonna rain 3s all season and can put the ball on the floor.
Kabengel looks like he has a shot to make the roster.
JD looks like he has the potential to make it in this leauge.
Only 1 game, but we need something to feel good about.
Brad fucked around and stacked this roster all the way to our third stringers
Ik it’s pre season but holy we look fucking good
This team is deeeeeeeeeep
I expected a 6 point loss and media arguing that we suck without Ime.
Go Celtics!
The Kabengoatle era is upon us.
Buckle up tight.
That was fun basketball to watch!
Lot of positives.
Tons of turnovers and sometimes bad rebounding, but the ball movement was great and they shot lights out. Toronto will be a bigger test than Charlotte because they can defend and Charlotte definitely can’t.
Also, I really really want Hauser to be a sniper, I really hope this isn’t Carsen/Nesmith preseason all over again because he looks good out there. He really benefits from the gravity of Tatum and Brown, they were helping off Sam all night.
Celtics are a wagon!
Brad really saw how much of an impact Derrick White had last season in a little bit of everything type of role, then went and got an even better version in Brogdon at a lower cost. Insane.
Brogdon is just really solid at every facet of the game with a couple elite skills in his slashing and three point shooting, last season notwithstanding. Like the literal perfect guy to slot in with any lineup we put out there, whether it’s taking more of an off-ball role with Marcus and the Jays or being the primary ballhandler with the bench unit. It looks like Mazz may bring back last year’s rotation which had Tatum leave early then come back for the end of the first to lead the bench unit. Now that bench unit is going to have fuckin Malcolm Brogdon on it too.
Some quick initial thoughts (aka overreactions from the first preseason game)
-Bad Charlotte defense (they weren’t good last year, and it doesn’t look like they’re going to be good this year) combined with some hot shooting meant it was absolutely raining 3s. Also, LaMelo Ball is such a gifted passer but has no problem shooting the ball which lead to a lot of transition/semi-transition opportunities for Boston
-Sam Hauser has a really pretty shot. Like marry-able. I’m hoping he can hold up on defense because they could really use his shooting
-Kabengle vs Vonleh is an interesting story line. Both had some good moments (along with some bad). I’d be shocked if both make the 15 man roster, but you’ll probably see one in with Robs injury.
-Celtics had a bunch of small lineups that had 3-guard lineups. They could really use some depth on the wing, which places more importance on Hauser showing some consistency
All in all, great game considering all the wildness with Ime and Robs late surgery
Hope you all enjoyed your last viewing of the Liangelo Ball experience
Mfiondu is the One
That was basketball erotica
TWO WORDS. HAUSER KABENGELE
So where are all those people who doubted Brad? He hit on Kabengele, Hauser and JD. Dude just CANNOT miss.
Jaylen Brown MVP season I’m afraid
“A team full of unselfish guys who want to win”
– Brogdon
Hell yeah