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 24 minutes, they’ve been fairly sloppy however solely path the Philadelphia 76ers by eight factors.
Now, prepare for some Halftime Scorching Takes, buddy.
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Doing a “White-Out” when the away workforce is sporting white is perhaps a brand new low
Pay attention, nobody likes to complain about Celtics/NBA uniforms fairly like I do. I’ll struggle towards Nike’s custom erasure till my last days.
Although as we speak’s gripe does should 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 sport.
That is merely ridiculous. The workforce may’ve simply made the identical shirts however with a inexperienced base as an alternative of white. They may 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. They’d six turnovers within the opening quarter.
Towards the 76ers, Al Horford will likely be there it doesn’t matter what
“I will likely 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 prompted them loads of ache. Christmas Day has been no completely different to this point.
Whereas the Cs struggled as a complete to start out this sport, Large Al was cash. He’s scored 12 fast factors, pulling down a trio of triples within the first quarter after which yet another within the second.
As all the time, the massive 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 towards Horford on this sport, scoring the vast majority 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 Japanese Convention Finals. Caleb Martin is within the constructing, of us. A man with essentially the most damaged jumper you’ve ever seen one way or the other continues to be a nuisance to the Celtics.
Martin, who’s capturing 30% from past the arc this season, sank a pair of triples and threw down a putback dunk in site visitors for eight first-half factors.
You may nearly depend on some nonsense from him anytime he’s going through off towards the Celtics.
