Rookies, Joe Mazzulla’s BRILLIANT coaching, RESCUE Celtics After Collapse
Boston Celtics survive double overtime thriller as rookies Hugo Gonzalez and Amari Williams deliver game-saving heroics against the Brooklyn Nets. Can Joe Mazzulla’s clutch timeout management and the Celtics’ resilience power them through an exhausting schedule?
Celtics On SI’s John Karalis breaks down the wild swings of the Celtics-Nets showdown, featuring Payton Pritchard’s hot shooting, Sam Hauser’s early surge, and Jaylen Brown’s triple-double despite hamstring tightness. Key topics include the rookies’ impact, missed reads, defensive lapses, and second-chance points nearly costing Boston the game. Discussion covers Mazzulla’s strategic moves, the pressure of upcoming road battles, and the Celtics’ position in the Eastern Conference standings. Will fatigue and injuries derail their momentum, especially with challenges looming against the Chicago Bulls and questions about Brown’s health?
0:00 Celtics vs Nets Recap
7:10 Clutch Overtime Plays & Young Rookies
15:10 Missed Opportunities & Execution Issues
16:50 Road Trip Fatigue & Expectations
19:40 Pritchard & Hauser Performances
22:35 Jaylen Brown Triple Double & Injury Update
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15 Comments
Hugo!! ☘️☘️👊
☘︎ Naming this season: Internal development ☘︎
Awesome come back from behind win! it wasnt pretty but a wins a win. Now please take care of business in chicago and take them seriously. 3 takeaways:
1. Hugo! what a game! I love the potential and energy of this kid. No one plays harder for the celtics aside from maybe garza.
2. Meh mins for harper but clutch defensive mins for amari. Wouldve liked to see him get some boards but the potential is starting to show. Would definitely like to see more mins from amari.
3. Quiet triple double from JB. We couldve wrapped the game early if he made FTs. And speaking of FTs , we're now back to being disrespected by the refs. Brooklyn was uber-physical. Grabbing, holding, hitting. Thats an absurd FT differential for the team who actually had more drives in the game. Even PP couldnt get some and-1 respect.
P.s. I smell a fine coming again if this ref stuff continues to the next game.
Gonna need the bench for energy and scoring for the 2nd night of B2B. Beat the bulls! Lets go Celtics!
John I am surprised that you still feel it necessary to use your frivolous intro but whatever. The Celtics need a center / starter. Queta is fine as a backup but Celtics need a primary center to protect rim and establish offensive rebounding help.
He's only 19! (Tatum fans know the old joke).
Hauser pass to amari williams leading to PRITCHARD 3
best play
After 6 minutes in podcast episode I AM RIGHT 😮😮
John, do you think after this game Amari Williams will get more minutes from Joe? I would say he was pretty electric and influential in terms of changing the momentum in his 5 minutes of playtime.
In a game where you get out rebounded that bad, & Queta isn’t 100%, why not give Amari more minutes?! It makes no sense. 5 minutes? Ok rant over. Beautiful execution on that Hugo corner three and I’ll take a win anyway we can get one. I’ve only seen the Celts cancel a home game once due to snow that I can remember and to answer your question John the Blazers played at home tonight and have 2 days off. They’ll probably fly out tonight or tomorrow. Thanks J! ☘️🔒❄️
HUGOOOOOOOO
WINNING!!!!!💚☘☘☘
19:35 chris boucher left the group 🤣
Down by 5 with 7 seconds left in first OT I turned off Tv and went to bed Big Mustake! Turned on my phone 430 am and saw thumbnail and thought I was looking at an old episode until I checked the standings
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Rocking DRAKE "DRAKE MAYE" MAYE MVP JERSEY
for POSITIVE ENERGY 🤞🤞
Kevin Garrett, Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, Jayson Tatum my favorite players ☘️☘️. Congrats to Derrick Rose 🥀
D White was missed