INSTANT REACTION: Celtics blowout Clippers by 37 points on the road

INSTANT REACTION: Celtics blowout Clippers by 37 points on the road

Horford from the wing amazing through holiday does that multiple times every game fires and sticks it that is an absolute back breaker for the clippers for Holiday to push this lead up to 23 season greetings welcome in Celtics post game live Eddie House Amina Smith here with

You in a Celtics with another dominant win this time against the Clippers 145 to 108 in the Celtics they took the lead and did not look back in this match up led by 17 at the half led by as much as 39 in this afternoon matchup Eddie what

Was your biggest takeaway after this Celtics win I thought that we just outworked them we outplayed them we played harder than them we were more focused we were more together on everything that we were doing whether it be offense whether it be defense it didn’t matter it seemed like that the

Team was um on on the proverbial string defensively and offensively it seemed like they were thinking what somebody was going to do before they even did it as far as their teammate that back cut uh Derek white ended up hitting Drew holiday 4S like all those type of plays

All all night long they ended up having uh 33 assists on 49 field goals which means that ball was hopping sharing the basketball and it was a good brand of basketball to go out there and see early game early start for everybody but they still went out there and they played

Together and you know the Killer Instinct I’ve seen a Killer Instinct tonight today excuse me definitely had that Killer Instinct and Jason Tatum he got going early in this match of 21 points at the half finish with 30 he’s with ABY chin after this win Jason there were some moments in

That game was vintage battle between you and Paul George what does it mean coming in here getting a win against a team with that much star power including Daniel TI who’s been playing that well I mean this is a really really talented team right they got four future Hall of

Famers even though Ka was out there tonight uh and I think the last two years we lost here so it was good to come back here and get a win um and I was just happy to come back out here and be able to play today I know it killed

You missing that last game and then in the first half you get you tweak that ankle again how did it feel coming in how are you feeling now uh I mean I felt well enough to play you know not as quite as well as my right ankle but uh

You know it it definitely healed up a lot over the last couple of days and uh I just wanted to come out here and play offensively you guys put up 144 points on Wednesday 145 today what’s gone to another level uh I mean we’ve been playing the right way and you know we

Just been shooting the ball really well and I think we continue to create advantages and everybody on the court can shoot um it’s hard to help against us and it’s hard to go go our guys one onone so uh you know we just create a

Lot of problems next up is a matchup on Christmas Day against LeBron James and the Lakers how much do you cherish I mean you’ve never missed a Christmas day in the NBA how much do you cherish those moment I’m looking forward to it right playing against LeBron playing against

The Lakers on Christmas Day prom time uh you know that’s what it’s all about those going to be a lot of fun Jason thank you congrats appreciate it Jason Tatum with 30 points five rebounds and two assists in this win also a steal in this match up a lot of

Celtics fans also out there at crypto.com Arena look at him receiving all of that love as he goes inside the tunnel let’s bring in scal and Drew Carter as well and Scout I’ll start with you the Celtics they dominated this match up early what was working for them

Early on that allowed them to get this win everything I mean the way that they were driving kicking they’re spacing like the Celtics this looked like a practice game for them as they were just tuning up their offense and the Clippers just a noow like I told you guys at the

Beginning they were going to be running in mud a little bit and I didn’t know how long that was going to last thought if they you know be professionals and and turn it around but too much Celtics too much shooting too many uh hard playing guys for the season

And Drew what was the best thing that you saw the Celtics team do in this matchup out there in LA I think the offense I mean has been amazing and it’s really nice you know if Joe moula were this type of guy which he’s not but if he were he’d go to the

Postgame press conference and say exactly what we were talking about who wants to ask me about the three-pointers now because yeah they missed a ton against the Warriors a franchise record 41 still almost won that game for what it’s worth I mean if they make one more

Three they win because it was tied at the end of regulation come out and just blast two good teams like I think Sacramento and the Clippers both have a chance to host Playoff Series this year and the Celtics just dispatched them we’re up here talking to Wick rck and

Donald Faison I check the scoreboard after a few minutes and I’m like it’s a 20-point game what did that happen yeah because they have a bench that can come in they they could stagger some of those top five players and no matter what team is out there they have a team that you

Have go-to guys in spacing and shooting so very the Celtics right now very dangerous offensive team and not not only on off offense I thought defense defensively their connectivity they were buzzing around they were helping they were one step ahead they uh they were where they’re

Supposed to be um and I think it it’s led by Derek White’s energy is infectious uh Drew holiday’s energy is infectious he gets one of those uh cheap steals every single game by just you know somebody falling asleep with him by there but oh let’s talk about I I think

That the the last three games on this road trip let’s just talk about how they’re taking care of the basketball and that’s given them more opport unities to get looks especially with everything that Jason said with all the guys that can shoot all the guys that

Can drive it’s really tough for you to match up when you take care of that basketball I just think that this team goes to another level when they have that type of ball security Eddie so you know how we lose a game and everyone’s harping on the three-point shooting if

You ever talk to Joe all he’s going to say is got to take care of the ball got to rebound the ball that’s it like those are the margins he’s also really high on just like not fouling guys or and getting to the free throw line so what

Joe cares about is free throws rebounding and turnovers and everyone like harps on the same stuff it always comes down to turnovers free throws and rebounding the ball if you do those things who’s going to beat this team if they’re doing those things if they’re if they’re getting to the free throw line

Not fouling not turning it over you know they have the shooting they have the guys it’s turnovers free throws and rebounding and it’s forcing the other team to turn it over too which the Celtics don’t typically do like an outstanding job I know they lead the league in a bunch of categories

Turnovers they’re second from the bottom in ter of forcing them today though the Clippers had five turnovers in the first five or six minutes from that point the game was over because the Celtics just blitzed them a turn over on the other side leads to a three and we saw that a

Ton today yeah another big win for this Celtics team I just need you guys to wear matching sweaters every night and maybe they’ll get Domin win for the rest of the season hopefully what color should we do for the next game I don’t know something like that I want to see

Some colors thanks so much guys

Eddie House, Amina Smith, Brian Scalabrine and Drew Carter offer instant analysis and reaction to the Celtics’ blowout win over the Clippers

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