INSTANT REACTION: Celtics beat Suns to snap two-game skid

INSTANT REACTION: Celtics beat Suns to snap two-game skid

Holiday ala Horford Horford a three bang oh Horford from downtown and Celtics back up by eight timeout Phoenix welcome in Celtics post game live scale Chris forsberg aminaa Smith here with you tell defeat the Phoenix Suns 117 of 107 to get back in the win colum forsberg we talked about how

Important it was for the sub to get the win tonight in Phoenix your biggest takeway after this game yeah so like look Phoenix made a bunch of different charges Kevin Durant was giving it to you for much of that second half and you find a way to sort of stiff arm him at

Every charge I love that Al mix that three after a cold night shooting the basketball impacted in other ways but uh you know some of these I always complain that it feels like sometimes they get into the to the clutch criteria and you’re like I don’t know if that was a

Clutch game they did have to kind of dig in at times to get to the finish line here so could be a little bit more Cris could have kept it at 12 pushed that lead up but you found a way to get to the finish line

For me it I you know I’m still sour about the Denver game right so and I know we’re supposed to move on but Joe moula calling timeouts when he needed to the Boston Celtics executing when they need to so so they clearly can do it that’s okay so you had

The flare screen dive to the Al Horford 3 you had all the action to begin with then you had the Tatum isolation at the end of the play not in the ball down and waiting 16 seconds so it are are we expecting them to execute moving forward

Or are we expecting them just to keep playing random or play ISO or walk the walk the ball up the floor so I I like what I saw it proves to me that either a they’re hearing it or B they’re like okay we’re not going to just let it up

To chance we need to control outcomes a lot better I do believe in Joe moula I do believe that he can do that but but today was a great example of what this team can be in a clut we don’t have to call it clutch in a tight game situation

They they pushed all the right buttons like a championship team would let’s take a closer look at the Celtics executing down the stretch starting with that Al Horford three in the fourth quarter as this game wound down forsburg what did you like about what you saw in

The final moments of this game love Drew holiday slipping this and just finding Al Al having the confidence to take that shot despite being cold for much of the night but like scal said you got all right you got everyone’s eyes are on Tatum no but see that happened after six

Passes that was against the clock after they moved the ball Tatum with a live dribble that’s a different animal than him dribbling the ball at the court everyone keying in on him and all of the sudden he goes to work that was different so that should be the formula

Little bit of action and that is the benefit of having a guy that can get you a bucket cuz you can run all this action the defense is a little bit hugged up the clock is running down Tatum is a beast that’s when you use your talent

And you saw the spacing on the floor it looked a lot different than when he’s pounding the ball for those for those 13 14 15 seconds so who does that fall on is that Joe Missoula that draws up a play for his guys down the stretch or is

That you know you talking about executing does that fall on the players like is that more so something drawn up for them or something they figure out on their on their own yeah so today they ran action gotcha so in the past they’ve ran um you know spacing plays you know

Tatum’s here you’re going to be here here here and here today it was we’re going to run action and guess what Tatum had the ball on both those plays if Drew holiday would have slipped and you know the Phoenix Suns would have played that the right way then Tatum would have a

Chance to go to work but at least just off of something right so in this game they call timeout set up plays during reviews set up plays and executed down the stet doesn’t mean every shot’s going to go in that Al Horford shot they could have missed that shot but it was based

Off of this is how we’re going to play so if you ask me what the Celtics identity is I don’t know is it the Phoenix Sun game where we’re executing or is it the Denver Nugget game or the Cav game I couldn’t tell you right now

Which I hope by the time playoffs roll around I think I have an answer and that’s what I’m thinking for is like maybe they’re working at The Kinks right now so that when you get down the stretch of the regular season getting into the postseason you know what to do

In those moments one of the things I keep thinking about all week is it’s so weird like the Celtics out of timeouts Joe missoula’s atos are some of the most points per play in the NBA and yet he has tried to get away with letting his

Team run their own action and and and and not calling a play and not calling that timeout I know he does it I know because he wants to stress his team and make them better in those situations but when you’re that good at being able to draw up something to just reaffirm like

Here’s what we want to run here’s the secondary action like just give them a little advice we want to go at this point it feels like they execute so crisply so maybe there’s a balance there maybe they can learn a little bit from that Denver game like where they need to

Be and how they need to run and combine that with the just being too slow in Cleveland maybe they can learn from that but I will be interested like does this carry over to multiple games moving forward or was this just a reaction to a bad week well hopefully it does carry on

To games moving forward all right let’s Swit GE and send it out to Abby chin who caught up with Luke cornette after the win Luke congratulations you guys bounced back after those two losses what did the mindset have to be and what did you like

About the way you guys played uh I mean I think we just competed at a high level I think we’re pretty locked in especially uh I mean just like executing offensively and trying to get great shots and uh it’s not always going to look a certain type of way but I feel

Like we just kind of persevere through it for you the cornette contest was a perfect three for three but you also got your 500th field goal and a career high in five a career high five dunks yeah even better how are you able to use your

Size yeah yeah no the eclipse was built for the sun you know what I’m saying so there’s something there obviously uh obviously yeah yeah I mean guys just found me they were kind of playing up and so just trying to get behind the defense and got some great passes from

Guys and uh career high five dunks you know I don’t know I have nothing to say anymore I think you said it all if the eclipse was made for the sun yeah yeah no the yeah eclipse and the Suns it was it was built for today hand hand offensively though what were you

Guys able to get back to and finding that execution uh yeah I think uh we did a good job of just playing with a lot of pace and a lot of force I feel like that was the biggest thing especially in the first half I feel like um we just played

Very freely and with a lot of speed and very aggressive and kind of just made the right reads from there and I think we can kind of approach it with just that everyone aggressive everyone uh able to make plays and stuff uh especially the first half we’re just a

Dangerous team and playing with that energy is kind of contagious and I think it carries over the defense as well for you and I know with Chris stops out but did you know that you going to get the big minutes tonight and what was your

Plan coming in um I I didn’t really but I was ready um I yeah it’s kind of just the the name of the game and uh yeah obviously find out kp’s out you kind of know there’s more opportunity but um and we have the luxury of having whether

It’s like me or Xavier or OA just kind of based on the game and the matchup and fortunately I was able to provide us some energy today and um I’ll be ready for the next time when I congratulations the the did you do the no no no on

Purpose or was it just a one I think you H after one of the dunks and then you tapped your head too yeah I did tap the head celebration feeling it yeah that’s uh I think it’s pretty popular these well I don’t know if these days maybe

Like last year two years ago more so but I was feeling a certain type of way I was feeling a lot of energy and probably a lot of testosterone or something and I was just very revved up adrenaline is what I was looking for maybe both I

Don’t know you can feel it Luke congratulations you killed it Captain Charisma Luke cornet he’s so funny without even trying to be funny he is unintentionally way he ran away like a little kid unintentionally funny unintentionally funny look

Scal, Chris Forsberg and Amina Smith offer instant analysys and reaction to the Celtics’ 117-107 win over the Phoenix Suns. Plus, Abby Chin goes 1-on-1 with the always hilarious Luke Kornet

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