Celts Nix Knicks! Victory Cigar vs NYK 12/8

[bisme37]

Hooray you guys we beat that Knicks ass and got back in the win column!

Derrick White was HUGE! Great game from Kristaps in his return, Horford and Jrue were balling, the Jays did Jay stuff, and the C's outlasted a somewhat strange game and came away with a nice win.

Celts get a few days off and start a 2-game homestand vs Cavs on Tuesday, Go C's!

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[itrsteve]

This shall be known as the D White Game.

Also Horfy was brilliant too.

[KillahGhostface]

Awesome win.

White VC, KP CP. Tatum and Al were damn good, Jaylen and Holiday were good. Hauser was cold, for once.

[Jammer]

At times I think that JB is just Dumb. But he actually did the Celtics a favor tonight by getting ejected, despite the two xtra Free Throws that he handed the Knicks. White and Holiday were superb, Tatum was Tatum, and Porzingis was Porzingis. On a night when only Al Horford and Kornet contributed from the bench, the Celtics were lucky to come away with a win. Would luv to see Brown average closer to the 13 shots he took tonight instead of the 18.7 shots per game he was averaging.

An alternative perspective:

Pts. + Rebounds + (0.5 x Assists) + Steals + (0.5 x Blocks) - Missed FGs - (0.5 x Missed Free Throws) - Turnovers - (0.5 x Fouls)

+29.5 Derrick White 32 minutes

+22 Jayson Tatum 39 minutes
+21.5 Jrue Holiday 35 minutes
+19.5 Al Horford 27 minutes
+17.5 Kristaps Porzingis 29 minutes

+10 Jaylen Brown 27 minutes
+5 Payton Pritchard 18 minutes
+4.5 Luke Kornet 11 minutes

-1 Sam Hauser 21 minutes

Team Total = 128.5

[Tatumfor2]

The Knicks were blinded by the White!

[ConstableGeneva]

Voted White and Porzingis.

We're a much deadlier team if everyone is empowered and enabled to become a threat on the floor. Leave your egos at the door. Keep sharing the ball.

[playa-hater]

KP is back and that alone is Bigtime,,, Add White and we are alright!!

[bfchs123]

Great to have Zinger back. What's our record with the full starting 5? Has to be pretty close to undefeated

Also feels like we have played the Knicks 10 times this year

[fallguy]

Hand 50% of Jaylen's usage to KP and DW and we're a far better team.

[Tyakack]

White smokes it. I remember liking him alot even when his 3 point shot was broken when he first got here. Now I'm inlove.

[fallguy]

Porzingis is ridiculous. Makes everyone around him better just by existing.

[ConstableGeneva]

Great to have Zinger back. What's our record with the full starting 5? Has to be pretty close to undefeated

Also feels like we have played the Knicks 10 times this year

11-1.

Gonna play Knicks 5x this year cos of the tournament.

[ThirtyFour]

Nice to have Porzingis back, great game by White.

Also nice to have a team that protects home court.

[fallguy]

Also Jrue's defensive instincts, anticipation and physicality are first team all-NBA.

[ConstableGeneva]

Would've loved for Joe to get out of his comfort zone and play Banton over Pritchard, Stevens/Queta over Kornet. Loved the defense in that 2nd half. Jrue and White especially.

[exculpatory]

Derrick magnificent
Al great
Zinger phenomenal first half
Jrue very very good
JT perked up
7 giveth & taketh

Good W - except end of Q3 & much of q4 sucked

16-5

Let’s kick ass next week VS Cavs twice & Magic twice - good test!

Zoya - think 7 gets 1 month suspension for flagrant ref abuse? Let us know ASAP.

[fallguy]

"Three days rest Al Horford" is prime grade Al Horford.

[GoCeltics123]

Cigar goes to D White and Holiday. KP played very well in the first half.

The Jays have been carried by those guys all year, besides Tatum's mini-heater early on. And Al.

[RB34]

Mr Derrick White

[Fencer reregistered]

Weird stats of the game:

Hauser had more blocks, assists or offensive rebounds (1 each) than he had made FGs (0), 3pters or otherwise.