February 23 – On Saturday night, the Boston Celtics will play the New York Knicks in an attempt to extend their winning streak to eight games, which is a season best.
After the All-Star break, the Celtics defeated the Chicago Bulls 129–112 on the road on Thursday to win their sixth straight game.
Derrick White ended with 28 points, Jayson Tatum finished with 25, and Jaylen Brown contributed 21 to showcase Boston’s offensive depth. Out of 47 attempts, Boston made 23 3-pointers. Each of Tatum and White made five attempts from beyond the 3-point line.
The enjoyable aspect of this team is that, on most nights, it consists of Kristaps Porzingis, JB Brown, and JT Tatum. They provide me and everyone else the flexibility to carry out our necessary tasks,” added White. Guys like that at the top just let us be aggressive and add to the fun of playing for this squad. That’s the exciting part; every quarter, it can be a new person, but we’re all excited and having a great time.”
Tatum is one of the players being discussed as a potential MVP candidate. He is scoring a team-high 27.1 points per game.
“There’s a lot of talented guys in this league right now,” Tatum stated. Many men accomplishing amazing things. Although I won’t score as many points per game as the other three or four guys, I believe that voters are astute enough to see our team’s strengths and weaknesses. essentially needing to contribute significantly to the game even on times when we may need to score less in order to kind of guarantee that we win every single night.
“I know I can score thirty points a night, but this team doesn’t really need that every night. essentially going back a step in order for us to improve. All I’ve done is try my hardest to win a championship.”
On Thursday, the Knicks defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 110-96 to snap a four-game losing streak. With 21 points and 12 assists in the victory, Jalen Brunson took the lead.
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 22 points for the Knicks, Josh Hart added 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Precious Achiuwa added 18 points and 11 rebounds. 15 of New York’s 34 3-point tries were made in the paint.
