On December 18, Beijing time, the Magic, who had just lost to the opponent in the last game, ushered in the last meeting between the two sides in the regular season this season, and the Celtics, who had won five in a row, stayed at home.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Magic jumped the ball first, and Banchero took the lead for the team. The Magic opened the game on an 11-4 run and extended the margin to double digits in the middle of the game, and the Celtics scored seven straight points to trail the three-point deficit and end the first quarter only 27-31.
In the second quarter, the Celtics played an 8-0 lead, and in the middle of the game, they scored 10 points with a wave of 12-2, and scored 8 points in a row at the end to further expand the difference to 15 points, ending the first half with a 61-50 lead.
In the second half, the Magic scored 6 points in a row to narrow the gap to 8 points, and in the middle of the game, they chased it to 4 points with a 5-0 small climax. The Celtics returned 9-2 to return to double digits and take an 83-74 lead into the final quarter. In the final quarter, the Celtics limited the Magic's firepower while outputting a wave of 20-3 attacks, bringing the difference to 23 points. The game lost suspense, and the two sides switched to the bench, and in the end, the Celtics defeated the Magic 114-97 to win six in a row.
Paul Banchero 36 points, 10 rebounds and 2 steals;Jalen Suggs had 13 points and 5 rebounds;Franz Wagner had 8 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists;Caleb Hustan 8 points and 3 rebounds;Isaac Jonathan 8 points;Cole Anthony 6 points and 4 assists;Moritz Wagner 6 points;Anthony Black had five points and three assists.
Jaylen Brown had 31 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists;Jayson Tatum 23 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists;Kristaps Porzingis 15 points and 10 rebounds;Jrue Holiday had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks;Derrick White had 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks;Al Horford had 8 points and 8 rebounds;Payton Pritchard had 5 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
Green Shirts forward Jason Tatum spoke to reporters after the game.
I think our performance this week [today is Sunday local time in the US] has been impressive, it's been a really challenging week and we've been saying 'we still have a long way to go, we need to find some way' over the course of the season, and that's right. But if it were last season, I'm not sure we'll be able to win all four games......I'm proud of the way we're playing now. Tatum said.
I think that's ...... we've grown from the lessons we've learnedWe've been doing a better job of correcting previous mistakes every game this season. Tatum continued.
Tatum drew a block against Paolo Banchero in the fourth quarter of the game, and said of the performance: "It's like a snowball effect, and when we play like this on the defensive end, energy and energy are contagious to everybody. ”
In the whole game, Tatum started the game for 31 minutes, shooting 8 of 21, 4 of 6 three-pointers, and 3 of 4 free throws to get 23 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block.
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