1. That was more like it. After a string of tough games, the Boston Celtics got back on the blowout train by demolishing the Washington Wizards in the second half. After dropping 70 points in the first half, Boston scored 74 in the second half to cruise to the win.
The Celtics outscored the Wizards 74-43 after the break. Washington couldn’t find daylight to score and they had no chance of slowing down Boston’s offense.
With three tough ones remaining, all on the road, the Celtics needed this one. And they left the home fans with a nice parting gift from the regular season. And as Grant Williams said: they’ll see the fans again soon in the playoffs.
2. Jaylen Brown put together another big scoring night. He finished with 32 points and only played briefly in the fourth quarter. Brown got off to another quick start, with 13 points in the first quarter. This was the first of three consecutive three-pointers. Brown does a nice job of moving up to the open space and Marcus Smart makes a perfect pass here:
If you’ve played basketball, you know when the other team has no one who can stay in front of you. Brown uses a slight little shoulder fake here to split the defense for the big dunk:
Brown also had five assists. There’s nothing fancy about this pass, but it’s beautiful in its simplicity. Brown sees Daniel Theis has the smaller defender sealed off. Easy money:
When Brown is really feeling good, he uses his dribble to set up his moves. It’s a rapid-fire staccato of bounces resulting in the swish of the net:
3. With Rob Williams out, Al Horford is being asked to do more. He’s still carrying his typically big defensive load, but Boston is using him even more as a facilitator of offense. Horford and Williams had developed great chemistry. That’s coming along with Daniel Theis too, as this is a nice big-to-big drive-and-dish:
Tough catch by Horford, but he knows where he wants to go as soon as he has it. On-time pass to Grant…
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