Celtics Destroy Trail Blazers, Extend Streak

When asked why people don’t respect the Celtics, the 5-foot-9 point guard responded with a dig at one of his most recent critics.

Terry Stotts, Portland Trail Blazers – When are people going to realize that Terry Stotts is fantastic?

If the Celtics want to win their 12th straight in front of their hometown fans, they’ll have to shut down on the NBA’s best scorers.

Lillard reached the 30-point mark for the eighth time in nine games and had 14, almost half of them, in the final 4:25 of the first half. They’re much like the Blazers in this way that they’re a bunch of young guys who you can never tell “it’s over”.

Isaiah Thomas had 30 points to lead the Boston Celtics to their fourth straight win, 116-93 over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.

He’s also taking advantage of what’s being given to him.

However, while his stats pre-all star game are certainly impressive its what he did afterwards that have shown the coaches what a big mistake they made.

Today, the Blazers are 32-28, good for seventh in the Western Conference, two and a half games in front of the Rockets, who Sports Illustrated ranked sixth in the same rankings.

Yet apparently the C’s aren’t feeling the love, as the main theme in the locker room after the win was Boston’s determination to play with a chip on its shoulder.

But considering the damage the Celtics were able to exact once they got out on the open floor, Sullinger’s work in the paint was merely one element.

MILWAUKEE – Jordan Hill had 19 points off the bench and Paul George knocked down four 3-pointers as IN snapped a three-game losing streak. Kristaps Porzingis continued to remaim optimistic, and said “We’re not playing the way we should be playing, but going through these tough times will make us stronger“. George wasn’t exactly sharp from the field – he went 1-for-7 from inside the 3-point arc – but finished with 15 thanks to his effectiveness from distance. He’s covered the National Basketball Association for four seasons. Lillard had a career high of 51 points and he also had six steals, seven assists and no turnovers.

– New York’s next opponent will be the Boston Celtics, who are now trailing them in the season series 2-1.

The rest of the quarter only seemed to go worse as the Blazers couldn’t hit a shot to save their life and the Celtics turned a close game into a blow out.

“I think all night their offensive rebounds, their putbacks hurt us, and their transition hurt us”.

This game will likely be decided by who scores the most out of Lillard and Thomas, so strap in for the show.

The Trail Blazers, falling to 3-10 in the back end of back-to-backs, built their 12-point lead in the first 8:24, but the Celtics had their deficit down to three by the end of the first quarter and then took a 36-35 lead 90 seconds into the second. Not sure how I missed that RoLo and Afflalo started for Portland in the playoffs previous year, so perhaps they had something to prove to their “little brothers” in Portland.