Kristaps Prozingis, Warriors visit the Celtics
Warriors heart Kristaps Porzingis has been seeing a variety of acquainted faces currently, and that can proceed when going through the Celtics on Wednesday.
Porzingis spent two seasons with the Celtics earlier than he was traded to the Hawks in the offseason. Atlanta shipped him to Golden State in change for guard Buddy Hield and ahead Jonathan Kuminga in February.
“He’s quite a talent,” Golden State coach Steve Kerr stated. “We’re also on the Kristaps Porzingis reunion tour. It’s kind of crazy, we are playing every one of his former teams. The Knicks, Washington, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas. All five of his teams, we’re seeing on this trip. Players usually get up for playing against their old team and I think that’s the case with Kristaps.”
Porzingis had a 30-point efficiency — the most factors he is scored in a recreation since becoming a member of the Warriors — to assist Golden State finish a five-game shedding streak by beating Washington 125-117 on Monday evening.
Porzingis performed in opposition to Boston in his debut with Golden State on Feb. 19, however this can be the first time he is performed in Boston since he left the Celtics. He was a giant piece of the puzzle when Boston gained the 2024 NBA championship.
The Celtics are coming off a 120-112 victory over Phoenix, however are 2-2 of their final 4 outings. Jaylen Brown scored a game-high 41 factors, and Jayson Tatum completed with 21.
Tatum stated he and Brown have all the time fed off one another throughout crunch time.
“I think we’ve done a really good job of that over the last nine years, especially probably these last six,” Tatum stated. “We’ve just found a way to really complement each other on both ends of the floor and win a bunch of basketball games and win a bunch of playoff series and win a championship, so just something we’ve been doing for a long time.”
Tip-off Wednesday at is at 7 pm at TD Garden and on NBC Sports Boston. Here’s a preview.
When: Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Where: TD Garden, Boston
TV, radio: ESPN, NBCSB, WBZ-FM 98.5
Line: Boston -11.5. O/U: 216.5.
WARRIORS
Season document: 33-35. vs. unfold: 31-37. Over/beneath: 41-27
Last 10 video games: 3-7. vs. unfold: 5-5. Over/beneath: 7-3
CELTICS
Season document: 45-23. vs. unfold: 39-29. Over/beneath: 24-44
Last 10 video games: 7-3. vs. unfold: 6-4. Over/beneath: 3-7
TEAM STATISTICS
Points per recreation: Golden State 115.3, Boston 114.3
Points allowed per recreation: Golden State 114.4, Boston 107.1
Field aim share: Golden State .459, Boston .464
Opponent area aim share: Golden State .473, Boston .441
3-point share: Golden State .357, Boston .362
Opponent 3-point share: Golden State .353, Boston .359
Stat of the day: The Celtics scored 14 of the closing 16 factors in Monday’s victory over the Suns.
Notes: Monday’s victory over Washington was Kerr’s 600th teaching victory of his NBA profession. He turned the twenty eighth NBA coach to win at the least 600 video games. Kerr reached 600 wins in 943 regular-season video games. Only three NBA coaches have wanted fewer video games to realize 600 victories: Phil Jackson (805), Pat Riley (832) and Gregg Popovich (887). “It’s surreal to hear my name in that group,” Kerr stated. “But I can tell you one thing that bonds us all together, those names and mine, (and) it’s talent. You can’t win in this league without great players, and I was blessed from the day I took this job with incredible talent.”
Cam Kerry could be reached at cam.kerry@globe.com.
