ELECTRIFYING:Boston Celtics STUN Detroit Pistons with Derrick White HEROICS in WILD Finish
Boston Celtics edge the Detroit Pistons 117-114 with Derrick White’s explosive second-half performance. Can Joe Mazzulla’s squad turn gritty wins into sustained momentum?
John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal recaps key moments, spotlighting Derrick White’s clutch threes and Jaylen Brown’s double-double. Baylor Scheierman energizes the crowd with hustle, while Amari Williams impresses as a potential new rotation piece. Strategy talk centers on Mazzulla’s unconventional small-ball lineups and how Boston offsets rebounding issues with timely support from Payton Pritchard and others. The show covers the impact of three-point shooting, challenges posed by offensive rebounding, and ahead looks to a crucial matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Could aggressive lineup tweaks propel Boston up the Eastern Conference, or will their glass struggles hold them back?
1:00 Celtics vs Pistons Recap
8:00 Baylor Scheierman’s Impact & Hustle Plays
13:00 Derrick White’s Second Half Explosion
17:30 Supporting Cast Performances
22:00 Jaylen Brown’s Key Moments & Free Throw Controversy
29:00 Joe Mazzulla’s Strategy and Small Ball Adjustments
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26 Comments
woohoohoo! 🙂
Nice try Tony Brothers🖕🏻
Gutsy team win tonight-easily the best one of the young season so far. JB was fantastic, Scheierman kept Detroit from building a big lead in the first half, Minott & Pritch hit big shots & we finally got some substantial Amari minutes! He did a nice job keeping Duren in check. And what a game from DWhite. Hoping it’s the first of many.. Detroit is a solid team and Cade Cunningham is the real deal-going to be a star in this league for a long time. But tonight we were the better team. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thx John🦃☘️🔒
after this game, Celtics don't need to win the rest of this set of games vs teams above .500 🙂 but another couple would be nice!
Good win, good seeing Tatum work out, good thanksgiving vibe. I love my Celtics team & the fans ☘
JK: " the bald head makes him more aerodynamic" 😂😂😂
Happy Thanksgiving John
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if you doubt that wins do matter, listen again to Johns introduction to this episode. Great win, great show, a good way to start the day. Thanks
It wasn't the correct call, Minot fouled Cunningham before he started the upward motion
Derek White desperately needed this for some confidence.
They are badly short handed !!! But a proud organization.. I wouldn’t be surprised if they snuck into playoffs..
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I just felt all 5 players on the floor understood the assignment. I also felt Joe did a particularly good job with the subs – Baylor was huge and that short stint of Simons minutes really hurt the Pistons.
Also, we threw everything at Cade and he was STILL balling – what a start to the season he’s having
Ball doesn't lie John!!!
Amari needs to play more.
Garza AND Tillman suffer from the same issue: they are decently big and strong, but they are both too short AND cant jump. Sorry, this is an issue that cant be solved by good positioning and instincts.
And on the other side, Boucher is bouncy and has a huge engine, but he makes Jordan Walsh look like a bodybuilder. He's useless in the center role as a result. Just way too light and weak.
Minot is a better center than those three, which is really an insult to those guys. Sorry, I wish it wasnt true. Maybe the Australians can figure this out.
This is why Amari needs more playing time. 6-11", 250 and pretty athletic. His instincts look good and he seems to move well. His weaknesses are coachable where as the other 3 guys are looking at physics problems (not coachable).
Happy Thanksgiving John ☘️
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We continue to project W/L like nobody’s going to miss any games…what’s the W/L in the 15 games JB misses? The 10 White is out?
Finally got his sh!t together. Somebody tell dwhite when he is lucky shooting balls for the night he should take more shots.
That was utterly disgusting by the referees to end that game. I don’t know how much more clear that foul before the shot was. Ball don’t lie, investigate Tony Brothers.
I could see the Cs trying to trade X and keeping Williams around to see how he develops.
We went small ball with Minott @ the 5 !! Letssssss goooooooooo – great win !
Tank my A$$ this is BOSTON CELTICS…the best franchise in the history of basketball
GO Cs 💪🏻💚
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Love how Joe waited until the fourth to bust out the small ball. Chess move right there…. JB was EVERYWHERE in the last 3 minutes of that game. Stopped 3 easy Duran buckets, guarded BOTH cade and duncan on a P&R action forcing a really tough look for duncan that clanked. Got the 3 point play right when the Pistons were gaining momentum at the end there. Assisted on BOTH of the big D white threes late… and had the box out of the year when matched up solo vs Stewart, pushing him out of the exact spot the ball wound up going for the game sealing board… Great to see white find that good old clutch factor.