Check out highlights from the Celtics’ 118-112 loss to the Golden State Warriors
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The Warriors earned their fifth straight victory and snapped the C's three-game win streak.
Jayson Tatum dropped a game-high 32 points in the losing effort.
Stephen Curry notched a team-high 27 points for the Warriors.
Derrick White scored 26 points on 7-of-16 from 3-point range.
Boston will look to bounce back Friday night vs. Brooklyn at TD Garden.
The Boston Celtics overcame a slow start but couldn't finish the job against the Golden State Warriors in Wednesday night's matchup.
Golden State limited Boston to 40 points in the first half. The C's finally broke through with a 41-point third quarter and erased a 14-point deficit in the fourth, but the Warriors held on late to secure a 118-112 victory.
Jayson Tatum did his part in his "revenge game" against Steve Kerr and Co. He finished with a game-high 32 points on 10-of-20 shooting (5-10 3-PT).
Derrick White stepped up with Jaylen Brown (left hip flexor) still sidelined, scoring 26 points on 7-of-16 from 3. Big man Neemias Queta came through with 14 points, eight rebounds (five offensive), and two blocks in his second career start.
Warriors superstar Stephen Curry dropped a team-high 27 points. Buddy Hield and Andrew Wiggins added 16 points apiece to help secure Golden State's fifth consecutive win.
The Celtics will look to bounce back Friday night vs. the Brooklyn Nets at TD Garden. For a complete recap of Wednesday's action, check out our live blog below:
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Jayson Tatum speaks following the Celtics’ loss to the Warriors, a game with a lot of build-up due to the way Warriors head coach Steve Kerr used him during Team USA’s Olympic run, and gets candid discussing how he deals with outside noise.
Not only was it a marquee matchup between two of the league's top teams, but it also was considered a "revenge game" for Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum against Warriors coach Steve Kerr. Kerr drew the ire of C's fans when he benched Tatum twice during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Tatum had the second-fewest minutes of any player on Team USA's roster.
While he had every reason to use that motivation for Wednesday's game, Tatum downplayed the drama following Boston's 118-112 defeat.
“It wasn’t on my mind," Tatum said. "Just another Wednesday. Another game. Another opportunity to come in and try to be the best player I can be. Another day to just try to get a win.”
Head coach Joe Mazzulla praised Jayson Tatum after the C's star's 32-point effort in Boston's loss to Golden State.
Joe Mazzulla praises Jayson Tatum for how he handled the pressure and noise in Wednesday night's loss to the Warriors. Tatum finished with a game-high 32 points in the effort.
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Instant reaction to the Celtics' loss to the Warriors
Celtics big man Neemias Queta had 14 points, eight rebounds (five offensive) and two blocks in his second career start. Head coach Joe Mazzulla recognized his effort.
“He’s doing a good job just understanding tendencies. He’s doing a good job executing the coverages that we have," Mazzulla said during his postgame press conference. "He’s just getting better and better at understanding what the scheme is and what the tendencies are. ... He’s definitely growing.”
Jayson Tatum’s game-high 32 points weren’t enough for the Celtics in a 118-112 loss to the Warriors at TD Garden.
The Boston Celtics battled until the final buzzer, but they couldn't overcome a sluggish first half in Wednesday's showdown with the Golden State Warriors.
Boston made a valiant comeback effort with a 41-point third quarter after scoring only 40 points in the entire first half. The C's trailed by as many as 14 points but pulled ahead briefly in the fourth.
Stephen Curry (27 points) gave the Warriors the edge with multiple clutch shots down the stretch and set up Buddy Hield for this dagger 3-pointer with under a minute to go:
Jayson Tatum has a game-high 25 points on 7-of-14 shooting (5-8 3-PT). Big man Neemias Queta has been outstanding in his second career start, racking up 10 points, eight rebounds (five offensive), and a block. He's a game-high +18.
The Celtics offense woke up with a 41-point third quarter, one more point than they scored in the first and second quarters combined. Jayson Tatum played a key role with 17 third-quarter points after scoring eight in the first half.
Tatum drills the 3 to cap off a 17-point third quarter 💥@warriors 82@celtics 81
Boston has cut Golden State's lead down to six with a strong start to the second half. Derrick White (18 points) and Jayson Tatum (11 points) have led the charge.
White is 5-of-11 from 3-point range. Tatum is 2-for-3 from deep, including this big shot to finish off a wild possession:
The Warriors have a double-digit halftime lead in a defensive battle at TD Garden.
Boston is shooting an uncharacteristic 35.1 percent from the floor, including just 6-of-20 (30 percent) from 3-point range. Golden State is shooting 42.2 percent with a 9-of-19 clip (42.1 percent) from deep.
Derrick White leads the C's with 12 points. Jayson Tatum has eight and Payton Pritchard has seven off the bench.
Kyle Anderson (9 points), Buddy Hield (8 points), and Andrew Wiggins (8 points) lead the Warriors in scoring. Golden State's bench totaled 28 points in the first half.
Score: 33-29 Warriors, 7:20 left in second quarter
Warriors forward Kyle Anderson entered Wednesday's game shooting just 19 percent from 3-point range, but he's 3-for-4 from deep with his makes coming on three consecutive possessions.
Meanwhile, Boston is shooting just 5-of-17 from beyond the arc.
Boston has the early lead behind a game-high 12 points from Derrick White. Jayson Tatum got on the board with an and-1 after starting 0-for-4 from the floor. He has five points at the break.
"I'm telling you right now, the Warriors will not have an answer for this play" pic.twitter.com/zlXY2DFDy3
"I didn't enjoy not playing Jayson against Serbia, not playing Joel (Embiid) against South Sudan. Those are not fun decisions, but our guys were all amazing. They committed to each other, they committed to winning a gold medal. They brought the gold home for the country. They all handled themselves with incredible dignity and class. That's the real story. But we live in a time where we have to talk about stuff that actually doesn't really matter. ...
"I’m sure a lot of Celtics fans will cheer me for being part of Team USA, winning a gold medal for the country," he sarcastically added."
Steve Kerr talks with the media before Celtics-Warriors and discusses the backlash he faced after not playing Jayson Tatum in the Olympics.
Jaylen Brown remains out for the Celtics with a left hip flexor strain. Head coach Joe Mazzulla spoke about the injury and his "mumbling" conversations with Brown ahead of Wednesday's game.
Joe Mazzulla responds to Jayson Tatum’s comments that he was ‘the happiest person in the world’ that Tatum didn’t play in two games during the Olympics
Whenever the Golden State Warriors come to TD Garden, the loudest boos are usually reserved for instigator Draymond Green.
But there will be a new Public Enemy No. 1 in Boston on Wednesday, and he won't be wearing a uniform.
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr got on the bad side of Celtics fans this summer due to his (mis)management of Jayson Tatum at the 2024 Paris Olympics. As head coach of Team USA, Kerr bafflingly left Tatum on the fringe of his 10-man rotation, playing the recent NBA champion a total of 71 minutes -- the lightest workload of any player on the roster outside of Tyrese Haliburton -- and outright benching Tatum for both of the team's matchups vs. Serbia.
So, why did Kerr limit Tatum's minutes in Paris? How did Tatum feel about it, and how did his Celtics teammates and head coach react? Here's a refresher on all that's transpired since the summer, and a reminder of why the C's should have extra motivation heading into Wednesday's matchup with Kerr's Warriors (7:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Boston).
Joe Mazzulla responds to Jayson Tatum’s comments that he was ‘the happiest person in the world’ that Tatum didn’t play in two games during the Olympics
The much-ballyhooed Jayson Tatum revenge opportunity is finally here.
For that reason, Steve Kerr unseated Kyrie Irving as Villain No. 1 in Boston.
It’s probably not the biggest slight to have your playing time curtailed on a 12-player, six-game summer exhibition featuring a slew of Hall of Fame-bound teammates. Alas, the great ones find motivation in even the tiniest slights.