The Celtics were short handed in this one with no JB or Porzingis but that didn’t stop them from coming out with a huge 117-107 win over the 76ers! They found themselves with a 15pt lead at the end of the first quarter and we saw a lot of unlikely contributors. Banton and Svi both got first quarter minutes and made the best of them but Holiday was the one that led the charge with 10pts. The Celtics built that lead with Embiid playing all 12 minutes and then watched the large majority of that lead disappear in the 2nd quarter while he was on the bench. The Celtics went from being up 15pts after 1 to down 1 at half.
That is when the Celtics amped up the intensity on both sides of the ball and outscored the 76ers 26-17 in the 3rd and took a hold on this game. Al Horford dialed the clock back in this one and was unbelievable tonight scoring 14pts on 4-8 from 3 while adding 5blks in this one while holding Embiid to just 20pts! This was as good as it gets for Horford. While he was incredible in this one, we saw excellent contributions from a lot of guys but Derrick White was the next best guy adding 14pts in that 4th quarter. He was so good on both sides of the ball tonight and his running mate Jrue Holiday was right there with him. Holiday got it started for the Celtics but had 2 massive defensive plays down the stretch. Tatum certainly had moments where he looked like he didn’t want to be there but he had a couple of huge shots down the stretch as well that helped seal the W. Very good win for a short handed Celtics team as they move to 9-2 on the season and move into sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference.
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