We’re midway via the primary half of vacation hoops in Boston, and I’ve acquired to say, I’ve seen higher begins for the Celtics. By way of 24 minutes, they’ve been fairly sloppy however solely path the Philadelphia 76ers by eight factors.
Now, prepare for some Halftime Scorching Takes, buddy.
Doing a “White-Out” when the away crew is sporting white is likely to be a brand new low
Hear, nobody likes to complain about Celtics/NBA uniforms fairly like I do. I’ll battle in opposition to Nike’s custom erasure till my ultimate days.
Although right this moment’s gripe does must do with the uniforms, it’s extra with the t-shirt giveaway. On a day when the Celtics are sporting inexperienced (with pink equipment in spirit of the vacation) and the 76ers are sporting white, Boston determined to present out white t-shirts to each fan on the recreation.
That is merely ridiculous. The crew might’ve simply made the identical shirts however with a inexperienced base as a substitute of white. They might even have added pink lettering in the event that they wished to be festive.
The mismatched jersey/t-shirt mixture clearly affected the Celtics early. That they had six turnovers within the opening quarter.
Towards the 76ers, Al Horford might be there it doesn’t matter what
“I might be there it doesn’t matter what.” — Killian Mbape — Al Horford.
Horford has been the bane of Sixers followers’ existence for years now. Whether or not he’s been a member of the Celtics or 76ers, he has triggered them loads of ache. Christmas Day has been no totally different thus far.
Whereas the Cs struggled as a complete to start out this recreation, Massive Al was cash. He’s scored 12 fast factors, flattening a trio of triples within the first quarter after which yet another within the second.
As all the time, the large man was given the duty of defending former MVP, Joel Embiid — one thing he’s been constantly good at. Embiid hasn’t been in a position to do a lot inside in opposition to Horford on this recreation, scoring nearly all of his factors from the surface.
Caleb Martin is to the Celtics what Al Horford is to the 76ers
This primary half has given me PTSD to the 2023 Jap Convention Finals. Caleb Martin is within the constructing, of us. A man with essentially the most damaged jumper you’ve ever seen someway continues to be a nuisance to the Celtics.
Martin, who’s taking pictures 30% from past the arc this season, sank a pair of triples and threw down a putback dunk in visitors for eight first-half factors.
You possibly can nearly depend on some nonsense from him anytime he’s going through off in opposition to the Celtics.
