View From The Rafters: Behind the Scenes with the Boston Celtics

We’re sounding off on Jaylen Brown reaching 10,000 career points and Boston’s bench, led by Payton Pritchard, taking care of business in the fourth quarter against Portland’s starters. Brown finished with 26 points to lead the Celtics in a 124-107 win over Portland, and for the second straight game, Joe Mazzulla handed the reins to his bench crew to handle the fourth quarter. This time they not only maintained Boston’s lead against the other team’s starters, but they expanded it. This is two nights after they nearly gave away a 19-point lead against the Sacramento Kings, so as we discuss, Mazzulla’s coaching decisions are clearly leading to improved results.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s time to sound off in a wild final sequence that left the Boston Celtics with a 101-100 win over the Sacramento Kings thanks to a game-winning floater from none other than Xavier Tillman Sr. That’s right, the big man came up with the game-winning shot with 7.4 seconds left after Sacramento had erased a 19-point deficit and taken a one-point lead with 27 seconds left. This was after Joe Mazzulla rode with his bench players for the entirety of crunch time against Sacramento, while the Kings were using all of their starters. Tillman Sr. gave the Celtics the win, but Payton Pritchard was the guy who made the team tick all night long. We dive into his recent stretch of high-level ball and his team-best 21 points against Sacramento, and dissect Mazzulla’s decision to ride his reserves in crunch time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re sounding off on Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics exploding during the fourth quarter, Kristaps Porzingis being ultra-efficient, and the Celtics clinching home-court advantage throughout the NBA Playoffs with their 60th win of the season. It was all thanks to Boston outscoring the Oklahoma City Thunder 42-17 during the fourth quarter behind Brown’s 15-point explosion. The win gives the Celtics 60 wins for the first time since 2008-09, and it has some of our fans who sent in comments tonight dreaming about what that means for the NBA Finals in June.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sound Off with us as we talk Kristaps Porzingis efficiency, Sam Hauser’s red-hot shooting and Payton Pritchard’s passing after the Boston Celtics’ 118-104 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday. And let’s not forget Boston’s second-half defense, which has now held its last four opponents to an average of just 43.5 percent shooting during the second half. The Celtics wrapped up their road trip with a 4-2 record and those two losses came by a combined three points, so we dive into the facts about how when the C’s lose, they BARELY lose.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight we're sounding off on the Boston Celtics running experiments during the final 10 games of this season, their killer mindset, playing against physical teams, and what might need to change before the NBA Playoffs arrive. This is all after the Celtics and the Atlanta Hawks went down to the wire for the second time this week, this time heading to overtime after Jaylen Brown’s clutch basket during the final minute of regulation was answered by Bogdan Bogdanovic’s 3-pointer. At the end of OT, Brown hit another clutch shot with 6.6 seconds left before Dejounte Murray answered with a buzzer-beating jumper of his own to win the game. Murray wound up with 44 points on a ridiculous 44 shot attempts. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 31, while Brown added in 18. Tonight we dive into the Celtics running experiments during the final 10 games of this season, their killer mindset, playing against physical teams, and what might need to change before the NBA Playoffs arrive.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Boston Celtics were dominant early on and were playing the definition of perfect basketball, which led to a 44-22 lead after the first quarter. They led the Atlanta Hawks by as many as 30 points during the second quarter before the Hawks began a shocking comeback. Atlanta caught fire toward the end of the first half and remained hot during the second half and forced this game to go down to the wire. After the loss, Celtics fans joined the conversation on what led to this loss and how it can humble the Celtics, the importance of Derrick White and Jrue Holiday, and Boston’s late-game execution in clutch moments.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Even Chicago’s A-game wasn’t enough to take down the Boston Celtics while Boston was missing three starters. The Celtics played without Jaylen Brown, Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis yet still found a way to win by double-digits against the Chicago Bulls. Jayson Tatum was at the center of a game-changing run late in the fourth quarter, while spot starters Luke Kornet, Sam Hauser and Payton Pritchard capitalized on their opportunities. In tonight’s episode we cover the Celtics beating the Bulls during one of Chicago’s top performances of the season, Boston’s overall depth, and laying the numbers out with how much better the Celtics are on the offensive glass this season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The NBA's top scoring differential is going up, people! Another win, and another blowout win for the Boston Celtics as they take care of business on the road against the Detroit Pistons, 129-102. The C’s got the job done while missing Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday and Al Horford, and that’s thanks to big nights from Jaylen Brown, Derrick White and Payton Pritchard. The Celtics have noe won eight straight games, and 19 of their last 21 overall. Tonight we take comments on Pritchard playing like an All-Star, Holiday’s current injury, the end of Boston’s bench, and what the Celtics have a chance to accomplish Saturday night against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boston controlled the majority of its game against Damian Lillard and the Milwaukee Bucks and led by 21 points during the fourth quarter before the Bucks battled back to make it a close game down the stretch. The Celtics responded during the final moments thanks to Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown scoring clutch points down the stretch. Tonight we cover what it means for the Celtics to win ugly, what we should take away from the Celtics facing Milwaukee’s zone defense, what went down during the fourth quarter, and overall takeaways from this win.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another night, another blowout win for the Boston Celtics, who won their sixth consecutive game by double-digits with a 119-94 win over the Detroit Pistons. Boston played without stars Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday and Al Horford yet still dominated and pulled ahead by as many as 29 points behind Jaylen Brown’s 31-point game and Derrick White’s first career triple-double. Tonight, we discuss how special this team’s mental approach is to continue dominating no matter who plays and who doesn’t, and then we take comments from Celtics Nation on the Celtics not playing many close games, the value of playing some close ones down the stretch, and tonight’s all-women broadcast on NBC Sports Boston.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.