Boston Celtics start ugly, finish strong to beat Washington Wizards
The Celtics played a pretty ugly game against the Wizards, but they did enough to win (and keep their NBA Cup hopes alive). They were firing away from 3 again, but this time they were weren’t taking good ones. Thankfully, they changed it up in the fourth, went inside, and closed the game out.
John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal breaks down the Celtics’ early struggles and their impressive fourth-quarter comeback. Key figures like Xavier Tillman and Sam Hauser play pivotal roles in shifting the game’s momentum, while Jaylen Brown found his way to 31 points to lead the Celtics. The episode explores the team’s reliance on three-point shooting and the strategic adjustments that secured their win.
2:00 Celtics’ Ugly Win Over Wizards
6:07 Tillman’s Game-Changing Energy
13:50 Balancing Three-Pointers and Inside Game
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27 comments
Just in time I thought I was going to miss the podcast because I was playing a YouTube game it had me intense kind of like the Boston Celtics game today LOL
Thanks as always John🍀 thoughts on Brad going after Steven Adams?
Well, for all of the NBA Cup haters (extraordinarily fashionable in Celtics circles, media & fans alike, these days), THIS kind of basketball–late November, pointless, Groundhog day-ish filler game in a season that's 12 games too long–is what led them to do something different (so, of course, now we sh*t on that). There will be at least 7-12 MORE games like this one over the next couple months. It is what it is.
So we have tie breaker against Cleveland, so if we beat Chicago and Cleveland beats Atlanta we advance I think. I’m not a big fan of the tourney but 500,000 per player would be a big deal for Kornet, Tilman, Quetta, Springer and Walsh so I do hope they go all the way this year.
No John, there will be no Hack-a-Drummond when the Celtics play the Bulls because Andre is on Philly now not the Bulls. Sorry to burst your bubble.
Ugly is being kind
I'm here for the new intro.
This was like a horrific car accident: you don’t want to see the carnage but you just can’t look away 😂But hey, rack up another W towards home court come playoff time. Thank you John! ☘️🔒#Karalis2028 🇺🇸
Tatum and Brown playing too much iso, chucking up too many threes(3/23). Mazzulla needs to get them playing good team basketball on both ends!
Thank you for the weekend podcast. Let’s forget this game yikes
Belt is ours !
My eyes went through some stuff in this game. They were bleeding from that red and pink court, swollen from a couple of the MANY bricks, and then…. CURED by a magnificent rainbow from JB.
Seriously, though, that was the very definition of an ugly win.
Queta just bad! Much rather lukewarm neither one can jump off the damn floor 2 ft
As long as they can keep winning there will be a bit more "mailing it in for 2 or 3 qtrs" this year. Think of it as conserving their energy as they are a year older now. When it becomes necessary they will snap into Celts mode.
Drummond is of course on the 6ers now, it would be hack-a-giddey I guess.
The point Differential won't matter. The 1st tiebreaker is H2H. The 2nd tiebreaker is point differential. If the Cavs beat the Hawks & we beat the Bulls we have them on H2H, if the Hawks beat the Cavs, they have us on H2H.
Point Differential will now be about seeding.
Hate to be the negative one but Tillman is not good
Tatum’s offensive game was just sooo bad this game… It almost feels like he just comes in with the wrong mindset in the games he does bad in.
Thanks John
Tatum shot was off but his impact wasn't, he was one Assist shy of a Triple Double & was a +20, Great game by J. Brown, great win by the Celtics'🤔🏀💯🍀🏆💪🏾.
The good news is that this seems to be more of a "playing down to the competition" thing. They've had a run of bad first quarters, but the one game against a real team, they flattened Cleveland in the first half.
They got time to screw their heads on. (Unless you care about the NBA Cup. I kindasortamaybemightalittle care.)
In fairness Queta was bad on defense. On offense he is setting better screens and relocating to open the paint or set up the put-back.
Drives in the paint aren’t on the way.
The boys are raining threes today.
That technical foul was to get the guys going when they were struggling.
☘️☘️👊
I hate that red paint. Lol made them play horrible
Not sure if this game was comedic relief (the possession allowing 4 straight offensive rebounds) or if I was better off watching paint dry with the amount of airballs and bricks… Also the point differencial tactics @ the end was interesting, felt like the Wizards were intentionally helping us. Sloppiest win all season but I hope your visit was better than the game John! ☘︎🔒
The District gave us the game at the end and we almost gave it back, but all's well that ends well.
Yes,ugly game but happy for the W. I think they were all partying the night before 😅