February 24 – On Saturday night, the Boston Celtics will play the New York Knicks in an attempt to extend their winning streak to eight games, which is a season best.
After the All-Star break, the Celtics defeated the Chicago Bulls 129–112 on the road on Thursday to win their sixth straight game.
Derrick White ended with 28 points, Jayson Tatum finished with 25, and Jaylen Brown contributed 21 to showcase Boston’s offensive depth. Out of 47 attempts, Boston made 23 3-pointers. Each of Tatum and White made five attempts from beyond the 3-point line.
The enjoyable aspect of this team is that, on most nights, it consists of Kristaps Porzingis, JB Brown, and JT Tatum. They provide me and everyone else the flexibility to carry out our necessary tasks,” added White. Guys like that at the top just let us be aggressive and add to the fun of playing for this squad. That’s the exciting part; every quarter, it can be a new person, but we’re all excited and having a great time.”
Tatum is one of the players being discussed as a potential MVP candidate. He is scoring a team-high 27.1 points per game.
“There’s a lot of talented guys in this league right now,” Tatum stated. Many men accomplishing amazing things. Although I won’t score as many points per game as the other three or four guys, I believe that voters are astute enough to see our team’s strengths and weaknesses. essentially needing to contribute significantly to the game even on times when we may need to score less in order to kind of guarantee that we win every single night.
“We had a fantastic team effort in the way we moved the ball,” said Bogdanovic, who finished with a 6-for-6 3-point shooting percentage.
The Knicks are still playing without guard/forward OG Anunoby (elbow), center Mitchell Robinson (ankle), and forward Julius Randle (shoulder). When the three of them return is a mystery.
According to Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau, “We’re undermanned right now.” We are aware that we must play with extreme intensity because our starting frontcourt is missing. We are aware that if we take that action, we could succeed.”
This season’s fourth encounter between the Celtics and Knicks will take place on Saturday. The first three were won by Boston. The Knicks will try to outperform their current 19-8 home record.
“All we need to do is figure out a way to win,” Thibodeau stated. “We have to scratch them out right now.”
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