The Boston Celtics hosted the Portland Path Blazers on Monday night time. Former Celtics guard Jrue Vacation suited up in opposition to the C’s for the primary time since his June twenty third, 2025 commerce. Boston had a shifting video tribute for the two-time NBA champion within the first quarter, and was given a standing ovation by the Celtic devoted. Boston lead all night time and Portland hung round late, however Boston would win it 102-94, Pritchard had 23 factors and Jaylen Brown had 20 factors.
Boston began the sport with Sam Hauser, Neemias Queta, Jaylen Brown, Payton Pritchard and Derrick White. Jrue Vacation began for the street Blazers operating the purpose alongside, Clingan, Camara, Cissoko and Sharpe.
Each groups began out chilly lacking the primary 9 discipline purpose makes an attempt earlier than Neemias Queta scored on a mini bounce hook in the important thing on the ten minute mark of the primary quarter. Jaylen Brown had his second help as he discovered Derrick White on the outlet quick break layup.
Portland have been scoreless for the primary 4 minutes of the sport. Robert Williams III checked into the sport for the street crew, lastly confronted off in opposition to his former crew for his time, resulting from quite a few accidents for the Path Blazers. Queta was subbed out for Amari Williams as the primary huge off the bench, Boston up 13-5 to start out the sport.
Hugo Gonzalez obtained snubbed by the league previous to the sport, lacking out on the Rookie vs. Sophomore sport. He hit a swooping layup to open his account, Amari Williams assisted it off to his fellow rookie. White drew a poair of Path Blazer defenders and dumped it off to Amari Williams for the 2 handed dunk. Boston’s lead was out to 12 factors, 19-7.
Boston closed out the quarter in dominate vogue, highlighted by a Pritchard buzzer beater three, up by an enormous 21 factors after one quarter, 32-11.
Boston began the second quarter with Simons, Queta, Sheierman, White and Hauser because the Celtics appeared to maintain the stress on Portland. Portland was capturing a dismal 19 % from the sector, and simply 1-12 from downtown and have been with out Deni Advija for the sport. Vacation hit the Blazers second three-pointer as they appeared to get again into the sport.
Portland obtained it again to 14 factors halfway by way of the quarter, Robert Williams within the thick of some good defensive and offensive stretch of play for the Blazers. Portland began the quarter on a 15-5 run as the house crew struggled with turnovers and offensive fouls to start out the quarter. Boston had 7 turnovers whole within the second quarter in a sloppy quarter, in comparison with the Blazers with 8 turnovers.
Boston capturing a paltry 3/14 from the sector within the second quarter on the three minute mark of the primary quarter. Amari Williams was doing a little bit little bit of every thing for Boston in his quarter-hour of first half motion. Simons swished residence a nook three-pointer and Pritchard hit a second buzzer beater as Boston headed into halftime with a 15-point lead, 52-37.
Pritchard hit a three-pointer to open up the third quarter for his fifteenth level of the night time, a sport excessive. Derrick White dunked it residence on the quick break as Boston prolonged the result in 20-points. Pritchard hit one other triple with the shot clock winding down after Amari Williams had his push shot rejected by the Timelord.
Robert Williams III was making life robust for Boston inside, his presence noticed a number of Celtics gamers altering their pictures within the third quarter. Williams was sagging off Amari Williams enjoying a free security sort of function for the Path Blazers.
Jaylen Brown was whistled for a tech for shoving Toumani Camara below the basket, Blazers again inside 10 factors 66-56 with 4 minutes to go within the third quarter. Brown and Camara have been going at it as issues have been getting bodily. Pritchard’s step again two-pointer over Caleb Love was his twentieth level of the sport, giving Boston a 13-point lead, 73-60.
Brown hit a troublesome step again over two Blazer defenders to shut the third quarter as issues have been tight in a low scoring sport, Celtics by 10 factors, 75-65.
Robert Williams dunked residence an alley oop to start out the 4th, chopping Boston’s result in 8 factors. Simons scored a two-point jumper on the different finish, he then went coast to coast to attain over Williams in transition. Sam Hauser lastly hit his first three-pointer of the sport after lacking his first 4 makes an attempt. Portland was hanging round although because the lead seesawed round 10 factors to start out the fourth quarter.
Joe Mazzulla rested Brown for the primary six minutes of the fourth after his heavy minute load within the final two B2B video games on the street. Derrick White hit a triple, Hauser hit mid vary floater to cap a 9-0 run for the house crew. Hauser was in rhythm and hit his subsequent three-point try, Boston forward by 14 factors with six minutes to go.
Brown checked again into the sport to try to end issues off for Boston. Pritchard’s nook three-pointer got here off a candy Derrick White dish, it was his twenty third level. Boston held a 13 level lead with three minutes to go on the final TV timeout. Rookie Amari Williams was a plus 8 off the bench for Boston, the Kentucky product would end the sport with a good stat line of 9 factors, 7 boards and a pair of blocks.
Pritchard jammed his finger on a rebound try and went straight to the again with the trainers. Jerami Grant drove inside to chop the Celtics result in 7 factors. Boston struggling to shut out the sport and fouled Camara who then reduce it to five factors with 35 seconds to go. A Derrick White triple lastly iced the sport, White let loose a sigh of aid as he had 7 turnovers on the night time in a bodily sport.
The Boston Celtics subsequent host the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night time 7:30pm EST, twenty eighth of January.
