2022-12-30 08:00:00
It was the highlight match of our night, a Celtics-Clippers that smelled like the Playoffs on the side of TD Garden. Thanks to a solid collective led by the Jay Brothers, Boston gets the best of Kawhi Leonard’s band. Victory 116-110.
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Pulverized by the Clippers a little less than three weeks ago, the Celtics were keen to take their revenge tonight in their lair of TD Garden. For that, we do not change a winning team with a Robert Williams who continues to come off the bench for the Bostonians. After a rather quiet start to the game, the Celtics took the lead. Jayson Tatum fits well in his match, Marcus Smart distributes caviar, we have the right to beautiful sequences but despite everything LA still manages to pick up once more, thanks in particular to a Kawhi Leonard who had not come as a tourist in Massachusetts (26 points, 8 rebounds, 11/16 shooting). The second quarter is marked by the rise of the Jay Brothers. The two Boston stars let go, the Clippers defense failed to hold on and Damon Stoudamire’s men (who replaced Joe Mazzulla convalescent) took the opportunity to take off before the break.
Back from the totally different locker room with the Clippers getting into the bacon of their hosts and that gives us a totally relaunched match before arriving at money time. We expected a great show and we are spoiled with two teams that don’t give up. The Celtics still give the impression of being a cut above and they prove it by stalling a new run to regain control. Less than 3 minutes from the end of the match, Boston has a 10-point lead and seems ready to finish the job. A bit in a hurry moreover because the Celtics .. fall asleep and let LA nibble away. And that’s how Paul George finds himself with an equalizer 30 seconds from the end but Derrick White intervenes with an XXL counter, then imitated by Al Horford while Jaylen Brown had put in his throws in the meantime. Little useless scare but logical victory for the Celtics.
For the notebooks of the day, a lot of good things from Boston. Without making an exceptional match, the Jay Brothers did the job (29 points each but a not crazy address), Marcus Smart was very good, he set the tone in defense, like Derrick White, the Williams (Grant and Robert) and Al Horford will also have contributed their stone to the building. A great victory under the sign of the collective. On the Clippers side, we especially remember the performance of the two leaders but behind it is quite limited. Reggie Jackson missed it completely, same thing for Luke Kennard. We will also follow the condition of the ankle of Nicolas Batum, who was able to finish the match but only played eight minutes…
The Celtics took their revenge on the Clippers and they validate at the same time a fourth consecutive victory. The little blow of less well in mid-December seems forgotten in Boston.
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