The Celtics started slow again, but Jaylen Brown was the hero, stepping up in the second and fourth quarters and continuing his streak of great play. On top of that, the Celtics defense, anchored by Al Horford, was amazing. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal is joined by Phillip Rossman Reich of Locked On Magic to discuss the big win over a team that has given the Celtics fits.
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☘️☘️💪 I am back watching the podcast John
Celtics are balling right now!! Let’s see if we can win these next 4 games on the west coast!
Ha I got to his channel when we beat them just to spam it with these ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️😂
Come on boys get Banner 18. “Do it for Gorman!” How beautiful of a story would that be. What a cherry on top of Retirement for Mr Gorman🍀☘️🍀 ps Dec 17th. Im coining “Do it for Gorman!” U heard it here first🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
Glad we finally put the “Magic got Cs number” issue to bed. Now they can test their metal against top west conference talent. We need to go 3-1 at least and it is a big plus to have no Draymond Green present to Choke Slam one of our players to injury. Go Cs ☘️☘️☘️💪💪💪
JB was do for a shift energy lol
Jaylen had Orlando shaking their head all game! He was absolutely unstoppable and simply took the game over in the second half. He shot 67% on 8 of 12-including 4 of 6 from deep. Tatum looked disinterested honestly and it was clear he let the 3 fouls in the first half (refs were awful) get to him. Other than a few threes he vanished in quarters 3 & 4. Oh well. Was impressed for the most part top to bottom today. Now the fun begins! And what timing-nothing better to help a team bond than a long road trip. Will be another great test too. Warriors and Kings will both be tough at home, Clippers are playing great ball right now and of course Christmas Day vs LeFraud. Man I can’t wait! Thanks John and have a great week everyone! ☘️🔒
Lets go Cs 💪💪☘️☘️
This is the best version of Jaylen we’ve seen for the past couple weeks. Crazy thing is he can still get better!
Yeah wow look at Jalen's passing game now! I thought he had reached his ceiling last year or two. I WAS WRONG! Best JB I've seen yet. Team's coming together. And KP is not at his peak yet right now – calf injury seems to be affecting his outside shot. Agree – if this is the JB we get this year, along with everything else we got going for us, this could ( finally ) be the year we bring the championship back home to Boston! Where it belongs !
Defense was superb tonite!
john you forgot to say that you used to play
The trip out West is going to day slot about this team. Hauser and Pritchard have to be money off the bench. Beating GS on Tuesday will be huge
jaylen as the POA defender is quite good. it forces him to be engaged and make less mistakes. KP bailed him out a couple of times as his outlet when he got in the air but generally his playmaking has been good.
Jaylen Brown coming for that all-defensive team! He is stacking up blocks and steals while also locking people down
I've liked Banchero since I first saw the kid play, and that seems to have went unmentioned in this podcast. I mean come on! He's barely out of high school, and as a father of 7 could call 'a snot-nosed brat,' lol! (No offense intended, from a 2-time, great-grandfather Paolo, with a grandson older than both of the Jays…)
Thanks John, for giving Jaylen his flowers.
Good game tonight. JB gets the game ball. He's figuring it out. 5 takeaways:
1. JB deserving a garden now. another great game where he played under control, made the right reads and took control of the game in the 4th. this is how JB should play every game. so no criticism from me again for JB. he's earning his 300M.
2. JT should stop shooting fallaways too far away. needs to backdown guys like anthony further. happy with the 8 boards though. ditto for al and KP getting 8+ boards as well.
3. KP was getting hacked out there alot but couldnt get foul calls from the refs. i swear the refs are treating him like theis. nice to see him, banton and al back.
4. happy that mazzule showed more double big looks by playing queta more mins. the guy needs more minutes to develop his confidence and develop his rhythm. there's potential there.
5. nice to see Jrue snap out of his offensive funk. imo hes the last thing for the celtics to unlock this season. need to get him more comfy on offense and more efficient.
lets push this win streak to 6. Beat GSW! this warriors demons need to be vanquished. we still havent gotten revenge since 2022. good opportunity here with dray suspeneded. let's go Cs!
Hey, it's the guy with the Beanie Baby bears 🐻🐨🐻❄️🐼
Teams with one superstar such as Banchero or Ja put all their eggs in one basket. Whereas the Celtics really have an all-star lineup. We can still win if JT is off or KP is injured. 😤🍀