Boston Celtics Game Day Recap

The Celtics take down Philly forcing a Game 7 after an excellent Marcus Smart performance. This was a game where Jayson Tatum was a no show for a large part of the offensive game scoring just 3pts after 3 quarters but he put on a show scoring 16pts in the 4th quarter alone including 3 stepback 3s to secure the win for the Celtics. This was a game where the Celtics built a lead as large as 16pts an...

The Celtics journey to Banner 18 just became a little bit harder. They fall to Philly 3-2 in the series and now face 2 must win games. This was a game that Philly controlled start to finish which makes this even more frustrating.

The Celtics fall to the 76ers 116-115 and the series is now tied 2-2. This was a game that Jaylen Brown absolutely dominated in early but nobody else got it going. JB scored 12pts in the first 8 minutes BUT also got in foul trouble so once Joe subbed him out, the 76ers went on a 12-4 run for the remaining 4:33 and ended the first quarter with an 8pt lead. Tatum was horrible in the first half makin...

On the night that Joel Embiid receives his MVP trophy, the Celtics walk into Philly and smack them in the mouth 114-102. This is a very impressive win where we got contributions everywhere. Tatum led the way with 27pts 10reb 5ast with some clutch baskets at the end of the game and hopefully came out of the slump he was in. JB came out aggressive again scoring 23pts along with 7reb and 5ast on just...

WOW. The Celtics blow out the 76ers 121-87 in Embiid's return. This was a game where Payton Pritchard out scored Jayson Tatum too. Go figure. We'll start here and be done with negatives but Tatum was bad. He got in foul trouble early and never got into a rhythm. He only played 19 minutes tonight and scored 7pts on 1-7 from the field. Outside of him, this was as beautiful as it gets. JB got...

The Celtics fall to the Embiid-less 76ers 119-115 and go down 1-0 in the 2nd round. The blueprint for beating Philly has always been "Let Embiid cook and shut everyone else down" and when Embiid isn't there, it's a little hard to implement that strategy. The Celtics were all out of sorts defensively and looked really bad. Offensively, the Celtics came out of the gates firing and...

The Celtics beat the Hawks 128-120 and are moving on to Philly!!! This was a nail biter through and through. The defense through 3 quarters was atrocious but the Celtics stepped up big time in the 4th and held the Hawks to just 20pts after 3 straight quarters of 33+. Trae Young cooked the Celtics in the first half with 25pts BUT the Celtics locked him up in the second half and held him to just 5pt...

The Celtics were up with 111-99 with 5:24 left in this game and managed to lose 119-117. The Celtics did a great job all night of taking good care of the ball. They only had 2 turnovers at half, 4 after the 3rd quarter and then added on another 5 late in that 4th quarter. When the Hawks were making their comeback, Tatum throws the ball away and should've gotten called for a transition take fou...

The Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks 129-121 and take a 3-1 series lead! Mazzulla has talked all year about winning the margins and that is what the Celtics did tonight. After getting destroyed on the boards in Game 3, we saw the Celtics outrebound the Hawks 49-42. We also saw the Celtics beat them 18-8 in fast break pts, 56-44 with pts in the paint and 5-4 in blocks. Obviously winning the margins i...

The Celtics fall to the Hawks 130-122 in a game where defense was nonexistent at times. Trae Young finally exploited the Celtics drop coverage and had a field day scoring 32pts alongside 6reb and 9ast. This game was lost on the defensive end and there's no ifs ands or buts about it. Offensively, the Celtics played pretty damn well. They scored 122pts on 44% from 3 alongside 31st which are both...

The Celtics beat the Hawks 119-106 in another defensive masterclass. The Celtics actually came out of the gate looking terrible in this one finding themselves down big early and allowing 22pts in the first 6 minutes of the game. From there, the Celtics stopped sagging when Trae drove and defended him straight up and the entire team kicked it up a notch. After that 6 minute stretch, the Celtics hel...

The Celtics beat the Hawks 112-99 and this was over as soon as it started. The Celtics found themselves with a 30pt halftime lead after an unbelievable showing on both sides of the ball. They held the Hawks to just 44 first half points and were on a string all night defensively. The Hawks were challenged on every shot and the Celtics were getting their hands in passing lanes the entire game. The f...

The Celtics beat the Hawks 120-114 in the final regular season game of the year. This was a game where none of our normal rotational players played outside of Grant Williams and Derrick White. White realistically only played 5 minutes just so he could say he played all 82 games lol. Regardless, this was a fun game to watch. Pritchard, Hauser and Muscala went off and formed the Bus 1 Big 3. Pritcha...

The Celtics blow out the Raptors 121-102 in a game run by the Celtics role players. Hauser probably played his best NBA game finishing with 26pts on 10-16 from the field and 6-12 from deep. Obviously we are used to the 3pt shooting Hauser but we also got to see him flex on the crowd with 3 thunderous dunks in this one. Pritchard, in his first game back, feasted on the Raptors matchup that he loves...

The Celtics beat the Raptors 97-93 and officially lock up the 2 seed with 2 games remaining in the regular season. We played this one with Tatum, Smart and Horford and saw a starting lineup with Hauser and Muscala in it and still pulled off the victory. The White & Brogdon tandem was at it again in this one. Brogdon led the way with 29pts alongside 5reb and 3ast and hit 2 clutch FTs to ice the...

The Celtics rolled the Hawks 134-125 in a game where the Celtics played as well as you could ask offensively but just as bad defensively. We saw Tatum put together a solid overall performance with 34pts 15reb and 6ast but the shot selection left a little to be desired. He ended the night 5-14 from 3 which I think is far too many 3pt attempts from 1 person. Outside of the shot selection, he had a r...

The Celtics fall to the 76ers 103-101 in a game with no JB and no Timelord and Embiid needed 50pts to pull it off. This is exactly why I am not worried about Philly come playoff time. Our game plan against Phill is very simple. Let Embiid cook and shut everyone else down. We held Harden to just 20pts and besides them, Tucker was the only one who had double digit pts with 11. The issue tonight wasn...

The Celtics beat the Jazz 122-114 in another full team effort. Derrick White was the player of the game in the first half, Brogdon probably was in the second half and Tatum played great throughout. Derrick White had 15pts at halftime and was super efficient getting to the rim and then was slow in the second half. Brogdon was slow in the first half with only 4pts at half but he ended the game with...

The Celtics play the best game of basketball we have seen in years and blow out the Bucks 140-99. This game was over as soon as it started. the Celtics outscored the Bucks 34-26 in the first and then 41-21 in the second giving the Celtics a 28pt halftime lead. Then, to pound it in even more, the Celtics outscored the Bucks by 39-27 in the third and even 26-25 in the fourth despite sitting all of o...

The Celtics got embarrassed by the Wizards 130-111. The Celtics fell down by as many as 23 with over 9:00 minutes to play in the 4th quarter and Joe just emptied the bench. The starters weren't hitting wide open shots or defending at all and pulling all the starters sparked something but the comeback was short lived. The bench got it down to 12 before the Wizards went on another big run to close o...

The Celtics blowout the Spurs 137-93 in our 3rd straight complete domination. JB was as unstoppable as we've seen in a long time. He ended the night with 41pts 13reb and 3ast on 18-29 from the field and 2-10 from 3 meaning he was 16-19 from inside the arc. This was the picture perfect game from JB that ended in a standing ovation from the fans in Boston. While JB was truly unstoppable, this was a...

The Celtics blow out the Pacers 120-95 making it 2 straight dominating complete game performances. Robert Williams was phenomenal tonight in his second game back from injury. He only had 4pts but he added 8reb 3stl and 3blks and was an instant energy boost for this team on the defensive side of the ball. We also saw both of the Jays go off in this one too. Jayson Tatum added 34pts and was super ag...

The Celtics destroyed the Kings 132-109 in a very balanced attack. This was a game where Derrick White completely dominated. He had 20pts 7reb and 11ast and was making all the right plays all night long. The only negative from his night was a lone turnover but even after that turnover, he sprinted back on defense and blocked Harrison Barnes in transition and turned that into a bucket on the other...

The Celtics fall to the Jazz 118-117 in a nail biter. This is, once again, another game where the Celtics held a 19pts lead and watched it slip away as fast as it came. We out scored the Jazz 34-24 and were rolling. Started the 2nd quarter hot and built up that 19pt lead and then proceeded to get outscored 33-30 in the 2nd, 31-27 in the 3rd and 30-26 in the 4th. We lost 3 straight quarters and gav...

The Celtics beat the Trail Blazers 126-112 in a pretty impressive win. The offense was buzzing tonight and the shot selection was much better. For the people out there seeing 42 3pt attempts, I will say that 90% of those 2s were created from penetration and kick outs so they were great shots. We weren't simply settling for 3s but creating those 3s. Tatum still went 2-11 from 3 so I would like to s...