INSTANT REACTION: Boston Celtics hit 25 3-pointers in win against Phoenix Suns

INSTANT REACTION: Boston Celtics hit 25 3-pointers in win against Phoenix Suns

Ford dealers. Built for America. Built Ford proud. >> Look at this, a steal. Brown. Oh! >> Oh! >> And two of a game. High 37 for Jaylen Brown as the Celtics get the win 127 to 112 at Celtics Postgame Live. Tom Giles Scal Eddie. And we talked about

It at halftime. You know the Celtics had a five point lead. Felt like that. Everything was looking good offensively that you look at the rebounding in the second half. And they just kind of ran away with it. >> We rebounded the ball. We spanked teams like we’re playing such good basketball right now

That we were. When we write down keys to the game like if we rebound and keep low turnovers, as good as we are playing right now, we’re going to win games and this is what we saw in the second half. All we had to do was rebound the ball and blow

This thing open. Our guys are too talented. We spaced so well and we have so much shooting on the floor. You don’t know where to put your attention to. >> Yeah. Could you leave me something to say? Because I’ve been to say everything that you just. My bad. No no no no no,

Not like that. I’m not saying it as a diss. I’m saying I’m I’m feeling everything you’re saying. That’s exactly what I’m talking about. Rebounding the basketball. Right? We take care of it and we take care of the basketball. Our spacing on the floor. Like, that’s what I’ve been looking at lately is our

Spacing offensively. When we get into our offense, whether it is in transition and we don’t have it and we attack and we pull it back out, we pass the ball. Everybody’s in the right spot. Every you know when you set that pick and roll it’s a lot of space. So either somebody coming

Off scoring somebody coming off making a pass and then the secondary pass to the hockey the hockey pass. So I mean when they’re playing like this and it all starts to me it’s all spearheaded by their defense. When they’re locked in defensively I feel like they can get whatever they want.

>> Yeah. And you kind of saw that in the third quarter and even bleeding into the fourth quarter. And then Jaylen Brown taking over in this one. And your game high scoring the basketball. You know it also felt like Phoenix was trying to make a run there maybe early in

The fourth. And Jaylen just took over made a couple really tough buckets. >> So Phoenix had to do some desperation. Things like trap guys way outside and be in rotation. So just handle all that stuff. But when you watch Jaylen Brown play in this game, it shows you he could beat you

In transition. He could beat you with the catch and shoot off the ball. He can take it to the basket. He can be a primary initiator of the offense. He can post you. He got the fade. He could get you in off the steal I mean Jaylen Brown could do it

All. And that’s what we saw today. And that’s how he came up with 30 7A3 level score right. >> You know outside mid range at the rim. That’s what he can do. And he’s a defender a guy that wants to lock down. He’ll go find the guy that’s supposed to

Be the guy. He’ll defend the those players is this scout. Think about this scout somebody’s got. He is the highest. He got the highest contract right. Yeah. Of in NBA history. Now when he you get that you have a target on your back. The one thing that I love

About what Jaylen Brown has done I think his game has went to another level. Jaylen Brown is so much better this year than he was last year. And I am I tripping or am I. >> But is he just better at everything he does. Like just it’s not like he did one thing.

He didn’t add one thing to his game. He’s just like across the board. He handles better, handles, handles, not just the ball, but like, you know, like situations better, reads the defense better. I think he’s defending better. Right. Probably finishing in the break better holding his line when he

Gets downhill. You saw him gave that shoulder to Brad Beal. So he’s just like and he said this all along from day one. Since he’s been here I’m just going to keep working on my game and get better. I’m just going to keep doing. You guys are going to see

I’m just going to keep working and I’m going to keep improving. He said it and he did it and he’s doing it right now. And I agree with Eddie. He got the bag and everyone can understand. You know you’re you’re lined up to get the big contract to become

An all NBA player. But even then, if at that level, it is really hard to improve everything you do, there are other players that stop improving. So there are other players that start going down. Jaylen Brown continues to climb and get better at all aspects of his game.

>> And yeah again 14 of 23 from the field five of nine from three. And just stuffing the stat sheet everywhere else. Meanwhile Jayson Tatum we talked about what he was doing in the first half. He had 23 points in the first half. Finished with 26. But what about the reads

Eddie that he made in the second half when you saw him really start to distribute the ball? >> Well, this is the thing that if people don’t watch the game, right, and they just pick up the stat sheet and look and say, well, he had 23 in the first

Half. Oh, he oh, he only had three in the second half. Jayson Tatum also has worked on his game in different ways. The way that he affects winning okay. He understands that if I draw two I can get other guys open. It’s going to eventually it’s going

To all come back to him. When you play the game, the right way, it always comes back to you and tenfold. Okay. But if you start trying to be selfish and start trying to hunt out shots and you miss a guy because you’re like, I ain’t took a shot

Or I only scored three points, I need to go get ten points. It never works out in your favor or the team’s favor in the long run. Maybe 1 or 2 games. Yeah, that might work. But when you’re a championship level team, to me that shows growth as well. Like

We’ve seen both of these players just get so much better individually. And then also understanding how they could be so much better for the team and what they need to do to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. So when I look at Jayson Tatum, we know he going

To score the ball. We know that. But it’s all the other things. It’s the small little intangibles of recognizing the to make the pass quicker than holding on for it a second. So now the rotation is there to the guy he’s supposed to be passing to. He gets off of it quicker.

Now they’re really in rotation. And now there’s another pass to a wide open shot. So I mean to me just looking at the development of these two players and their understanding of the game, and I think that’s why this team is so good is because you’re two top players, you’re

Your best players have a high basketball IQ and they’re selfless. >> Yeah. And they seem to do it differently. Like to me Jaylen Brown when he’s at his best he’s always in attack mode always aggressive I think Tatum is at his best when he’s making plays. But he has his moments and Tatum

18 points in like six minutes. You’re like whoa. How did he just do that. Because you’ll see it like three three. Lay up get to the post. Take a guy to the basket. And next thing you know like in the first half he has a bunch of points in a small

Amount of time, you know. So I think that I think those are both the strengths of the guys. And I think we’re starting to see that right now. Remember, I was I was really critical of Jaylen Brown when he said, I got to make sacrifices. I got to be

The guy that distributes. I’ve already showed I can score. Now I’m getting other people involved. I don’t actually think that the Celtics are at their best when he does that, but I do believe that Celtics are at their best when Jayson Tatum does that and then he has his

Moments where he gets, you know, the 14 points in 3.5 minutes. So that seems to be the personality that fits his team the best and seems to be the personality. See when they when this team thrives the best. >> All right. And those two guys obviously combining for 63

Points in this one as the Celtics get the win. Meanwhile you’re going to send it back out to the garden where Abby Chin has Jrue Holiday a lot of narratives coming into this game. >> First one out of a road trip. The way you guys are playing. How elite is this group at

Blocking all of that stuff out? And what does a win like this say about this team? >> I didn’t hear him. I was trying to I was trying to sleep. I’m prepared for the game because of the road trip. I mean, you understand, you know how late we got in. So,

Honestly, it’s about taking it a game at a time, focusing on ourself and the things we have to do to, to accomplish winning this game, which we just played him, figured that they’d play a little differently with book. And we came out and executed that. >> Yeah. Joe told me pregame

Defensively was going to take a lot of variety against them. How were you guys able to hold Katie to five points after the first quarter? It’s kind of like what you said. >> I’m throwing a lot at him. I don’t think it was just one person. I think it was

Definitely a team effort. Being able to kind of distract him in different ways and not really get the big into the switch when sometimes it’s the guard. Joe is weird like that, but I just think doing it as a team effort, it’s definitely, definitely more fun that way.

>> As a fellow elder statesman, what’d you think about Al Horford tonight? Are you okay with that. >> Oh I love it I love it. I was like he’s the OG but he’s probably the most reliable player that I’ve ever played with. I think being able to be

On the court with him is an honor. But being out there with him, I just know everything is going to go well. Every time he gets on the court, you just know he’s going to do something, do something great. So a big game from him started us off going

Crazy and super happy for the win. >> Finally Jrue Holiday at this moment you guys are ten games up in the East. How crazy is that? Midway through March, it’s a good feeling, but you don’t want to get too high. The playoffs are different. I think when it comes down to it, obviously

Having these wins is really big and seeing wins is really big. But I think to be able to thank you, see y’all later. >> I think he said his piece. >> All right. Thanks, Abby, yeah. Talking about big Al I

We recap the Celtics fourth straight win as they returned home from their trip to beat Phoenix 127-112. Jaylen brown had 37 and Al Horford was huge, scoring 24 points, including six 3’s. Tom Giles is joined by Brian Scalabrine and Eddie House to discuss the game, plus Abby chin talks exclusively with Jrue Holiday.