Celtics wrap up Summer season League with 101-80 win over Hawks

The Celtics wrapped up Summer season League with a 101-80 over a beforehand undefeated Atlanta Hawks staff. Boston was led by 18 factors from Isaiah Wong. Jalen Bridges and Benjamin Gregg chipped in with 16 and 13 respectively.

All through the five-game exhibition schedule in Sin Metropolis, Summer season C’s head coach Matt Reynolds has careworn taking part in up into the ball and flooding passing lanes, urgent three-quarters courtroom, and trapping off of picks. The Celtics pressured 15 turnovers for twenty-four factors and with a nod to Mazzulla Ball, Boston hit 17-of-49 from three-point land.

It was a powerful 4-1 exhibiting for the rookie head coach. Make sure that to take a look at CelticsBlog’s Noa Dalzell’s characteristic on Reynolds. Right here’s a snippet on the previous video coordinator:

In Reynold’s debut recreation as Summer season League head coach — a 92-78 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies — greater than 20 of his family and friends sat within the Las Vegas stands.

“It type of turned a must-win recreation,” he advised me later within the week.

Reynolds, who as an assistant typicallly has an iPad in his fingers on the bench, didn’t know what sort of a head coach he could be. In his debut, he discovered himself shocked at simply how loud and communicative he was on the sidelines.

“I used to be yelling quite a bit,” Reynolds stated. “I undoubtedly caught myself being like – I’m actually loud proper now… typically, that’s what the sport requires.”

It’s anticipated that second spherical picks Amari Williams and Max Shulga will be a part of the Celtics on two-way contracts (together with Miles Norris) and spend most of their time in Maine. Of their ultimate minutes on the Strip, we once more obtained a very good sense of what they’ll be engaged on with the G-League affiliate.

Williams once more flashed that passing potential with some nifty work above the break. That’s clearly an enormous a part of his basketball instincts and will function a ability that the massive membership can lean in to, however until he can enhance on the opposite elements of his recreation, he’ll most certainly not be a think about Boston till 2026 or 2027. He completed with 6 factors, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists in opposition to the Hawks.

Norris, nevertheless, continues to be an intriguing possibility for subsequent season. He joined the staff late final yr and has all of the instruments to grow to be an NBA function participant instantly. His three-point capturing (2-of-7 in opposition to Atlanta, 36.7% in faculty) mixed together with his dimension ought to complement the Jays completely.

For Hugo Gonzalez, you’ll be able to see a have to refine all of the uncooked expertise: his deal with isn’t there to be an on-ball creator, however he’s obtained the bodily instruments and footwork to do it will definitely; his three-point capturing is inconsistent, however the kind is there; his tenacity as a defender is unquestionable, however consistency over thirty minutes a recreation and never simply in flashes will likely be key. He completed with 8 factors, 2 shares, and a +22.

Gonzalez didn’t shoot properly in his fourth recreation (1-for-7 from behind the arc), however his defensive exercise and transition play stood out:

Summer season League veterans Baylor Scheierman and Jordan Walsh sat out the Summer season League finale in favor of letting among the youthful and unaffiliated gamers to get their ultimate minutes earlier than they appear to seek out alternatives on different groups or overseas.

The staff will no longer play one other recreation till coaching camp and their preseason opener on October eighth in Memphis.