Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum & Jaylen Brown DOMINATE in Best Dual Game Yet
Boston Celtics flex championship potential as Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum combine for a season-best 56 points, dominating the short-handed Golden State Warriors. Can any team in the league handle this duo firing on all cylinders?
John Karalis of Celtics on SI analyzes the Celtics’ offensive explosion, Payton Pritchard’s resurgence, and the team’s evolving chemistry with key contributions from Luka Garza and Baylor Scheierman. Defensive strategy takes center stage, with Draymond Green forced into an uncomfortable scoring role, while Kristaps Porziņģis’ emotional return and Robert Parish’s celebrated presence highlight Boston’s connection to its storied past. How will Joe Mazzulla’s approach and the locker room’s unity propel Boston through the stretch run?
Don’t miss the breakdown of what’s fueling the Celtics’ surge and why the rest of the NBA should take notice.
00:00 Celtics-Warriors Game Recap
04:00 Jays Dominance: Brown & Tatum
08:00 Bench Contributions & Chemistry
12:45 Individual Player Highlights
15:52 Defensive Strategies vs Warriors
23:29 Porziņģis & Parish Return
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33 Comments
Another fun game. Another great pod. Thank you JK!
I was at this game with my bros for my bday💯💯
Garzilla is a mad man. 15 points 7 rebounds 3 steals in under 20 minutes. This is what we need Queta Garzilla
Time for the Dubs to throw in the towel, even Mazzulla looked bored.
Tatum might be the best second option in the league
Great listen after a hard day of work thank you John ☘️💚 love from Australia 🇦🇺
No fork needed 😀 Jon's gotta be sick of that schtick
You should have expected Tatum exceeding all expectations
Hope KP comes back on a minimum in the future. He can end his career in Boston.
Team ball is really starting to click with the stars.
Loving the bonus podcasts. You saving up to by a yacht John?
Circling the Minnesota game. No excuses or moral victories- they need to put the Timberwolves down
WINNING!!!!!💚☘☘☘
I'm very happy that The C's took care of business(and that The J's looked so good). and didn't play to the opponents level. Also, beating The GSW no matter who they have on the court, is always satisfying!
oh geez the JT glaze has started in earnest.
dude is washed. time for him to get used to 8 years of being JB’s sidekick just like JB wasted half his career watching JT stop the ball & take contested stepback fadeaway clankers.
giving JT credit for JB “getting going” when JB has had an MVP season all year WITHOUT JT is a new level of glaze. youre losing your touch John. be a journalist, not a fan. u got a degree from Emerson in JOURNALISM, not Fanglaze.
Why do people think there was a timeline for when the Jays were supposed to look this good together, and why do people think they knew what the timeline should be? I mean almost everyone in the NBA Yap-Space, but especially Boston 'sports radio'. There are three guys who are in mainly figuring this out: JT, JB, and JM. The rest of us should simply enjoy the results of their efforts.
Surprisingly good year !
John I dont think it has been talked about enough, but I feel like if anyone wants to know why we have a great lockerroom and play unselfish basketball you have to look at it from the guys up top. Brad since being a GM has made it a point to draft/sign/trade good lockerroom guys and avoid knuckleheads. Mazz preaches unselfishness and has a system designed to give opportunities to everyone and most of all, the stars on the team are unselfish. When the top guys on your team are willing to share the limelight, share the ball and the credit, as role player you cannot afford to not follow their lead.
Love the Marvin Gay tshirt😊
JB saying this a day after he just for fun has his own float at the Southy St Patrick’s Day parade doesn’t add up. Dude has given as much to Boston he has to the Celtics.
I was glad to see KP looking healthy and happy.
I was at the game last night with my sister and nephew and I saw Robert Parish for my birthday as well great game guys 🍀🍀😎
Since JT has been back, there’s been a nice balance between JT shooting mostly threes and JB mostly driving. It looks complimentary. It may be temporary but I like it that way more than having both guys playing primarily on the perimeter.
Good to see the Chief get treated like the legend that he is.☘️Going to his book signing this evening @ Ballin Books of Nashua.
I agree with John- it’s easy to say you can just walk away but unless you have a lot of family and friends around you will miss your basketball family and fans. People need people.
YEAH THE GREEN HORNET GETS KATO GOING AND KATO GETS THE GREEN HORNET GOING, MEANWHILE THE GREEN LANTERN JUST KEEPS MAKING GAME WINNING PLAYS… WHAT A TRIO!!!
I don’t think the Celtics would have been this good had it not been for Tatum‘s injury?!! him being out for so long, forced them to develop so many other guys and so many other strategies and now they’re unstoppable 😤
If JB is going to give you 30 ppg while JT adds 22-24 ppg in the postseason while shooting a decent 3pt% clip, good luck to the rest of the NBA.
Jaylen is the best player on this team now
Tatum new job to start crazy good like Jaylen use to be 12 first quarter points and let JB close
At least for now, JB and JT have been splitting the inside/out duties with JB drive a dozen times per game and JT doing a dozen perimeter shots. Similarly on defense, JT is getting boards and JB is looking for the potential breakaway.
It may be just because of JT’s injury but this feels like a scenario that leverages both of their strengths.
Celtics top 10 scorers- we got two. Current top ten players in the nba- we got two.
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