The Celtics beat the Hawks 113-103 and improve to 13-4 on the season. This was a game with no Holiday or Porzingis but the Celtics handled this game beautifully. The defense was the star of the show in this one. We saw the Celtics get back to that smothering defense we saw early this season and it forced Trae Young to turn the ball over 5 times and we saw the Celtics score 26pts on the Hawks 16 turnovers. As good as the defense was we saw some excellent ball movement throughout and some very goo...
Nov 27, 2023•21 min•Season 4Ep. 336
The Celtics struggles with the Magic continue as they fall 113-96. This was a game with no Jrue Holiday and one in which Porzingis left early due to left calf tightness but that is no excuse to play how poorly they played in that second half. The Celtics got outscored 29-18 in the 3rd quarter and 36-22 in the 4th for a total of 25pts. While a lot of blame can be put on the Celtics players, you have to give credit Orlando for fighting the way they did. The Celtics shot just 7-29 (24%) from 3 so t...
Nov 24, 2023•20 min•Season 4Ep. 335
The Celtics pull out a huge 119-116 win over the Bucks and this game wasn’t as close as the score indicates as Beasley hit a heave 3 as the game clock expired even though the game was out of reach. JB had an unbelievable bounce back game with a team high 26pts alongside a team high 8ast on a super efficient 10-16 from the field and 3-5 from 3 while only turning the ball over once. While he was incredible in this one, the Celtics had excellent performances from the bench with Al Horford leading t...
Nov 23, 2023•19 min•Season 4Ep. 334
The Celtics luck runs out in this 121-118 loss to the Hornets. This is the third straight game where they didn’t deserve to win but they somehow escaped with a 2-1 record in those 3 games. The story of the game for me was Payton Pritchard. He had 21pts 6reb 3ast on a super efficient 5-8 from 3. JB was in foul trouble and Tatum played the entire 3rd quarter so for 6 minutes in the 4th quarter, Pritchard ran the show with Hauser, Svi, Kornet and Brissett and still somehow extended the lead. Tatum ...
Nov 21, 2023•18 min•Season 4Ep. 332
The Celtics faced off against an extremely under manned Grizzlies team and escaped with a 102-100 win. This was supposed to be the first time the Celtics faced off against former Celtic Marcus Smart but he was one of 8 Grizzlies who were injured and unable to play. With that being said, this game was way closer than it should’ve been. The Grizzlies had a wide open 3 at the end of this game that would’ve resulted in a loss but the Celtics got lucky and then Porzingis ended the game with a beautif...
Nov 20, 2023•20 min•Season 4Ep. 331
The Celtics played one of their worst games of the year and still walked away with a 108-105 win and improve to 10-2 on the season and 2-0 during the In-Season Tournament. This was a game that Tatum shot horribly going 8-22 on the field and 1-11 which makes this win even more impressive. We had 7 guys finish this game in double digits with JB leading the way with 23pts on a super efficient 9-14 from the field. Derrick White continued to hit big shot after big shot including a corner 3 that iced ...
Nov 18, 2023•17 min•Season 4Ep. 330
The Celtics were short handed in this one with no JB or Porzingis but that didn’t stop them from coming out with a huge 117-107 win over the 76ers! They found themselves with a 15pt lead at the end of the first quarter and we saw a lot of unlikely contributors. Banton and Svi both got first quarter minutes and made the best of them but Holiday was the one that led the charge with 10pts. The Celtics built that lead with Embiid playing all 12 minutes and then watched the large majority of that lea...
Nov 16, 2023•19 min•Season 4Ep. 329
The Celtics outscored the Knicks by 17 in the second half to win 114-98. This marks back to back games for the Celtics holding their opponent under 100pts. Their defense continues to be stifling and it is keeping them in games when their shots aren't falling. Tatum led the way in this one with 35pts 6reb 7ast with 15 4th quarter pts. JB and Porzingis both had excellent games on top of that. JB added 22pts 5reb and 6ast and a bunch of those were to Porzingis who ended with 21pts 6reb and 3ast. Th...
Nov 14, 2023•13 min•Season 4Ep. 328
The Celtics beat the Raptors 117-94 and improve to 7-2 on the season. The big 3 of Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Kristaps Porzingis combined for 77pts in this one and stayed steady throughout. JB led the way with 29pts on super efficient shooting while Tatum was just behind him with his 27pts and then Porzingis added 21 but arguably had a more impactful game than both of them. The impressive part of this team is that you know what you're going to get from the Jays on most nights but there are s...
Nov 12, 2023•14 min•Season 4Ep. 327
The Celtics crushed the Nets 121-107 in a well balanced effort. JB certainly led the way with 28pts and 5ast on efficient shooting but we saw solid games from a lot of people. Jrue Holiday came one assist short of a triple double and was excellent on both sides of the ball. The bench was also excellent in this one. We saw a solid game from the bench in this one spearheaded from our natural big 3 in Pritchard, Hauser and Kornet lol. Pritchard bounced out of his slump adding 13pts 5reb and 3ast an...
Nov 11, 2023•15 min•Season 4Ep. 326
The Celtics fall to the 76ers 106-103 after a horrible effort from both of the Jays. The Celtics were down 14pts with just 2:04 left and they were able to manage an excellent comeback due to some excellent defensive plays, JB finally hitting 2 big 3s and Porzingis playing great but the Celtics didn't deserve to win this one. Offensively they were all over the place and that started with the Jays. JB was bad in this with 4turnovers and just 11pts (6pts in the final 2 minutes) and Tatum had just 1...
Nov 09, 2023•18 min•Season 4Ep. 325
The Celtics lose in OT to the Timberwolves 114-109 in a game that was just sloppy from start to finish. We saw solid games from our guys but none of them were complete. Tatum scored 32pts but had 6 turnovers. JB scored 26 alongside 4ast but missed a wide open 3 that could've won the game in regulation. Porzingis scored 20pts but went scoreless in the 4th quarter. Jrue has 12pts 11reb 6ast but shot 4-16 from the field. Again, everyone had their highlights but nobody put together a complete perfor...
Nov 07, 2023•18 min•Season 4Ep. 324
The Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets 124-114 and move to 5-0 on the season. This game wasn't perfect but they managed to pull off the win with a balanced attack on the offensive end. Very impressive game on both sides of the ball!
Nov 05, 2023•16 min•Season 4Ep. 323
The Celtics come out hot once again blow the doors off the Pacers in an unbelievable 155-104 win. After watching the Celtics underestimate and come out slow against inferior teams last year, they seem more poised and up to the task this year as they have back to back blow outs. They got out to a very hot start ending the first quarter up 44-27 on 76% from the field and 72% from 3. While those shooting numbers were destined to come down to earth a bit, we saw the Celtics extend that lead to 21 at...
Nov 02, 2023•21 min•Season 4Ep. 322
While the first games of the season resulted in wins, their play was far from perfect but they righted the ship tonight. This game was never even close from the jump. JB led the charge early with 27pts at half on 7-10 shooting from 3 which led to a 77-51 lead at halftime. With Daniel Gafford out for the Wizards, they opted to go small and the Celtics took full advantage of that getting to the rim with ease. they continued their impressive defense as well adding in 7stl and 5blk in that first hal...
Oct 31, 2023•20 min•Season 4Ep. 321
The Celtics face off against the Miami Heat in their home opener and come out with a . This game started off sloppy for the Celtics missing a lot of layups at the rim and it led to the Celtics falling down by as many as 13 in the first quarter. That is when Mazzulla subbed in Brissett who brought a ton of energy and 2oreb which sparked a huge Celtics run bringing the deficit to only 2 at the end of the quarter. While the Heat stuck around for most of the 2nd quarter, the Celtics ended the half o...
Oct 28, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 320
After a very busy off-season for the Celtics, meaningful basketball is officially back!!! The Celtics started off the regular season with a big 108-104 win over the Knicks. They came out of the gates on fire outscoring the Knicks 30-18 in the 1st and everything was working beautifully. Porzingis seemed to fit in seamlessly adding 15pts. On top of that, the defense looked incredible. We saw the Celtics switch 1-4 on almost everything and Porzingis dropped back and defended the rim and it forced t...
Oct 26, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 319
The Celtics absolutely demolished the Hornets from start to finish in this one. We saw all 5 starters play 23 minutes and they were nothing short of spectacular in those 23 minutes amassing an 81-54 lead before being subbed out midway through the third quarter. This game was dictated by the defense. They ended the game with 22 steals which is a franchise record and is absurd to think of but it led to a lot of very easy buckets. Every single starter had at least 1 steal with Tatum and Holiday lea...
Oct 20, 2023•16 min•Season 4Ep. 318
The Celtics beat the Knicks in their 4th preseason game . After nearly an entire week off, the Celtics played what felt like their normal starting lineup and rotations through most of this game. They did opt for the 2 guard lineup with Derrick White and Jrue Holiday sending Horford to the bench. Al Horford was the first guy off the bench and we saw Joe stick to an 8 man rotation most of the night with Pritchard and Hauser earning most of those minutes. This game was something special to watch. E...
Oct 18, 2023•20 min•Season 4Ep. 317
The Celtics beat Philly once again 112-101. As I've said several times at this point, scores don't matter in preseason but you want to see how players perform so you can start to put together rotations for the regular season. The Celtics didn't play Tatum or Brown in this one but we did see some lineups with Al and Porzingis alongside White, Jrue and Hauser and that lineup played really well. Last year, if the Celtics put out a lineup without both Tatum and Brown, it was bad news but this lineup...
Oct 12, 2023•17 min•Season 4Ep. 316
Preseason Game #2 is in the books and while they didn't pull out the victory, my statement about preseason games still stands. Scores don't matter. We saw some good performances and we saw some bad performances. Without reading too much into it and dubbing guys stars or not, this is strictly about today's game vs the Knicks. Pritchard, Banton and Svi shined. Hauser and Kornet looked bad. Everyone else was kind of right in the middle. Since everyone seems to be obsessed with Queta and Gabriel, I ...
Oct 10, 2023•14 min•Season 4Ep. 315
Celtics basketball is back and the Celtics faced off against Philly and, in familiar fashion, take them down once again 114-106. I say this every year but scores and shooting percentages don't matter during preseason. The only thing that you should be focusing on is the quality of shots we're taking, defensive schemes we're running and the cohesion between the guys out there. One thing that caught me by surprise in this one was the starting lineup featuring Horford instead of Jrue Holiday. I can...
Oct 09, 2023•15 min•Season 4Ep. 314
There has been a lot of offseason movement this year but the Celtics are poised now, better than they have in a long time, to make a serious run at Banner 18. We break it all down in this podcast. Check it out!
Oct 06, 2023•30 min•Season 4Ep. 313
Boston Celtics Media Day is here, training camp has started, and all is right in the world. With Jrue Holiday just being traded yesterday, he was not present at Media Day but there was plenty to talk about. We heard a lot about Kristaps Porzingis and the impact he was going to make here. There was a lot of talk about leadership from both of the Jays. Despite no Jrue Holiday being present, there was a lot of talk about the impact he is going to make and the seamless integration everyone is expect...
Oct 03, 2023•19 min•Season 4Ep. 312
The Celtics traded Timelord and Brogdon for Jrue Holiday and have immediately become the favorites to win the NBA Finals and bring in Banner 18. The Celtics lost an unbelievable perimeter defender in Marcus Smart when we traded for Kristaps Porzingis and Brad made sure to replace that and then some. Jrue Holiday is arguably the best perimeter defender in the entire NBA so this bolsters our switch heavy defense even more. This is a massive move that definitely leaves the Celtics front court thin ...
Oct 01, 2023•15 min•Season 4Ep. 311
In an offseason that was as busy as it gets in the beginning, we definitely saw a lull for a few weeks. Now, we have the In-Season Tournament schedule out so we talk about that alongside some breaking news on the Porzingis injury. We also talk about Wyc's comments on the future of the Celtics!
Aug 15, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 310
After making us wait what feels like a lifetime, Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics finally agree to a 5 year $304 Million contract!!! Some important things to note about this deal. It does include a trade kicker so if the Celtics do decide to trade him down the line, it will cost a little more BUT they did get a team option in the final year of the contract so they do have more leverage in trade talks because they control his 5th year. With that being said, this deal also triggers a 12 month p...
Jul 26, 2023•13 min•Season 4Ep. 309
We've got Justin Trombino from The Celtics Files joining us today to talk everything Summer League. We talk about rookie Jordan Walsh signing his 4 year deal and Banton who also is on a standard NBA contract. We also talk about Jay Scrubb and JD Davison on their 2-Way deals alongside our picks for that third spot! Who gets it? You'll have to listen! This page is also brought to you by George Dimis at PD Properties. PD Properties Motto is - "Sell with us and pay no more than a flat 3% commission....
Jul 19, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 308
The Celtics beat the Magic in their final Summer League Game 94-77. At this point, Banton and Jordan Walsh are both on standard contracts and Scrubb and Davison are both signed to 2-Way deals. With that being said, all 4 of them either didn't play or played limited minutes in this one. There is still one more 2-Way contract to be given out so this game was more of a tryout for that final spot. I would expect there to be a decision made on that in the next couple days but this was a fun game to w...
Jul 16, 2023•14 min•Season 4Ep. 307
The Celtics fall to the Knicks 97-89 and fall to 1-3 this Summer League. Unlike the regular season where the only thing that matters is the result, in Summer League the process is the important part and the result doesn't really matter. In Summer League you want to see how guys play, who can do what and does that fit into what the Boston Celtics are trying to do. Banton and Walsh both played well in this one as the only 2 on guaranteed contracts. Davison, who is on a 2-Way already, didn't look v...
Jul 15, 2023•16 min•Season 4Ep. 306
