The Celtics are in the midst of a historic 11-game winning streak after Sunday’s blowout win over the Warriors.
During that time, they have won every game by an average of 22 points, with their most notable victory coming on Sunday afternoon when they thrashed Golden State 140-88. Following Boston’s triumph, a number of Warriors players, including Stephen Curry, praised the team for their convincing victory over a Golden State team that had won eight straight road games.
Curry remarked, “They played like the best team in the league right now.” “From the other side, it was difficult to watch them play their ass off.”
In the victory that resulted in an 82-point first half for Boston, the Warriors tried to employ an unconventional defensive scheme against All-Star Jaylen Brown. After the victory, Draymond Green tried to claim the strategy was an indication his team was doing new things against their Eastern opponents.
“We executed the plan approximately fifteen minutes prior to departing from the changing area,” stated Green. “I don’t think we came up with a comprehensive defensive plan to discuss their offensive tactics and how to counter them.”
Compared to Green, Curry was prepared to give the Celtics significantly more credit for their play and how they handled the novel strategy.
“You take the ball out of the basket when you have a creative idea and it doesn’t work,” Curry advised. In the first quarter, they are making ten 3-pointers. It used to be how we treated teams. It is somewhat discouraging. They take advantage of you, especially when you’re driving and have a shot you’re willing to give up or whatever the situation may be. After that, you feel as like you need to attempt to make it up by playing home run basketball. That’s where the momentum shift just kept going their way and going their way. Then every little play goes their way and you look up and you’re down 4o. Just one of those evenings, then.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr also tried to downplay the struggles as a one-off for his team that was missing two starters at the end of a long trip.
Steve Kerr remarked, “This is flushing it down the toilet.” “We had a great road trip, 3-1. We’ve had a million games. Boston was amazing. We weren’t beating them today. We so return home and prepare for Wednesday.
The Celtics will look to continue their momentum on the road starting on Tuesday night as they begin a five-game road trip in Cleveland.
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