Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown drop 83, but Donovan Mitchell’s 41 downs Boston Celtics
The Celtics lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers 123-116, thanks to Donovan Mitchell’s 41-point performance and Jaylen Brown’s pivotal foul trouble. Host John Karalis, alongside guest analyst Danny Cunningham, dissects the game’s turning points, including Evan Mobley’s fourth-quarter surge and Joe Mazzulla’s lineup decisions. The discussion highlights the Celtics’ need for stronger bench contributions, with Payton Pritchard as the sole scorer off the bench.
Explore how these dynamics could shape the Celtics’ future matchups and strategies. Tune in for an in-depth analysis.
0:00 Intro: Celtics lose to Cavs despite Jays’ 83 points
5:41 Brown’s fourth foul changes game momentum
9:46 Cavaliers’ strong performance without Celtics starters
13:47 Lack of bench production hurts Celtics
16:53 Celtics fatigue and running out of gas
19:57 Questions about Celtics’ playoff readiness
22:00 Outro: Appreciating Jays’ performance despite loss
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32 Comments
The beach going to kill the Celtics in the playoffs when they drop to 8 or 9 man rotation Tatum and brown can't give you 40a piece while playing 40 minutes didn't have porzingins last year and dru pass his prime this is the team yall have no excuses
Yall tried to bully dg we did it to hauser
Cavs play 48 minutes to win the game. 😂😂
Celtics fan and live in Boston but podcasts like these are why I can’t stand homers. If I took a shot every time they said Porzingis and someone else was out I’d be wasted.
I understand it’s not the end of the season or anything like that but cmon, took a 25-3 lead in the 1st and just got beat bad and dudes like ho hum the Cs were missing this guy and they weren’t gonna catch the Cavs.
The Bigs really were our problem at the end of the game not able to rebound or contest with any type of urgency. Hunter was comfortable and Mobley was Dominant 2nd half. Horford and Queta have to be bought handling business in match ups like this.
sigh – looking forward to the 30 minutes of …. I'm not worried – it's no big deal – you people don't understand …. you know the same episode that gets put out there after every loss. If it's the best team in the NBA or the worst it's the same excuses.
Like vs Detroit .. "they're tired". They just came back from a week off but they played a game so they must be exausted.
The Cavs had a great shooting game from 7 players 😮
All these injury excuses are insane Celtics got 83 points out of their 2 stars and were up 20 points in this game this why i hate Celtics fans
Cleveland going to the finals this year. They will beat boston 4-1 in the post season
Celtics have NOT won back to back championships since 1969! Not happening anytime soon 😂 Cavs are special this season
Kool aid for sale! Only one Boston per glass! 😎🙃😆
They wasn't saying shit about Porzingis and Holliday when they was up 22 points, but they blow it and lose now it's about they injuries get the hell outta here
bottem line they had their 2 super star d9nt give me that shit got out coated and played. if they won you wouldn't say shit
Couldn’t make it 1 minute into the pod without cope
Excuses..Excuses
If you're making excuses of Porzingis was injured then you will making that excuse for the rest of his time in Boston. He is always injured. That's why Dallas got rid of him. Have to hope he is healthy for "all" the playoffs or keep talking about "if Porzingis and xxxxx player were healthy, we would have won. GM player draft and acquisitions decisions just as coaching decisions are part of the team and organization. Look at the Suns. A good organization doesn't just have good starting players. Bench matters.
Does anyone think Mazulla should have played Torrey Craig to help with the defense? Especially because Pritchard and Hauser didn't have it going on offense anyways… At least Craig would have helped with defense?
Well at every level it is a TEAM sport. Also the refs kind of stink at every level as well.
This game really doesn't concern me if I'm being honest🍀 The #Cavs wont win 4 games before the #Celtics in a series🍀🍀
They took off the game vs Houston and that’s all they had ? Not acceptable.
Couldn’t turn on the switch. Disorganized defense and not smart at critical point.
We again looked like a dumb team. That happens too often for such veterans.
Could have used Jaden Speinger.
JM was out coached badly one of his worst performances
All these excuses from Boston’s fans 😂😂😂😂 love it!
Man this guy is coping hard 🤣
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could a would a should a. At this point it's water over the Dam. Cavs come back from 22 down This loss means a lot to the celtics, A comeback that large against the world champs?
Stop saying so n so wasnt out there 😂 loosers
Kornet was so bad on offense and defense.
celtics banner 🍀🤡💩🍀🤡💩🍀🤡💩🍀
Craig over hauser
I would love to hear someone defend Tatum constantly shoving his defenders on their butts. How this guy gets away with it is baffling. As a Cavs fan, I’m less concerned about it during a random Friday in February than I am if we see Tatum in the playoffs over a seven game series. That crap gets old.
6 bench points from the Celtics caught up to them
The Celtics are like a ford. Very impressive for the 25% of the time it’s reliable and everything is working
Tatum and Brown need to play better TEAM basketball like the playoffs last year. Remember all those assists they had? Only 20 is proof they aren’t sharing the ball.