
Boston Celtics climb to 3-3 with crucial win over Philadelphia 76ers. Can Jaylen Brown's scorching three-point shooting sustain an All-NBA campaign? John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal breaks down the Celtics' third straight win, analyzing their championship-caliber first half where they built a 24-point lead before nearly surrendering it all. The discussion covers Brown's 32-point performance on 50% shooting from deep, Xavier Tillman and Anfernee Simons stepping up from the bench, and Hugo Gonzalez's reckless hustle plays that energize but risk injury. Karalis examines why Payton Pritchard and Derrick White struggled from three, how the team lost composure against Philadelphia's aggressive double-teams, and what this winning streak means for playoff positioning after an 0-3 start. Key topics include the mental preparation required from depth players who bounce between DNPs and significant minutes, Brown's emotional reactions to officiating that cost the team momentum, and whet...
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Hey there. Welcome back to the lockdown Celtics podcast right here on the lockdown podcast network where it is your team every day. Your team is the Boston Celtics. I talk about them every Monday through Friday. Bonus podcast when they play in the weekend like this win in Philadelphia. So subscribe wherever you get your podcast, watch the show on YouTube. It's free, it's available everywhere. Get into the comments section. Share your thoughts with me. John Corrales, beat writer for Boston Sports Journal covering the team for 20 years now and I've written a couple of books about them as well. Big win here. Third, third win in a row. Later on we'll get into some of the negatives, the slumps that are still happening. We'll get into some of the individual performances like Jalen Brown, Ugo Gonzalez, Xavier Tillman, Anthony Simons. But let's just start at the top three wins in a row. This is huge. We talked about this on the show yesterday with Tom Westerholm. This is a real tone setter for the beginning of the season. And the way I wrote about it on Boston Sports Journal was like, this is like flying a small plane through a storm. You're constantly like, are we, are we going forward here or are we gonna have to land this thing on the highway? The Celtics, as they navigate the early part of the season, the early wins and losses are going to kind of dictate how they proceed through the season. And right now it's like, hey, let's just fly through this thing, let's go. Because it's not much of a storm at all. They're three and three. They had the three game losing streak. They answered with a three game winning streak. They are looking, looking good. I thought the first 20 minutes of this game was basically perfect basketball. Now, of course, it's a 48 minute game and that's where the problem came in. But for now, celebrating the fact that they've won three in a row, that they were able to keep Tyrese Maxey in check, that they were able to kind of survive the Joel Embiid minutes where he was, he was scoring pretty well, that they didn't do. They didn't get the, the VJ Edgecomb kind of like dominant performance. And they, they were able to do the things when they needed to do them. Now they've, they're three and three. I still don't have high hopes against the Houston Rockets, but hey, who knows, you know that they, as they say, that's why they play the games. I think the Rockets are too big and Stephen Adams is too, too much on the offensive rebounds on the offensive boards. So we'll see how that goes. But even if they lose that game, they're three and four. The next four games after that, as we've talked about, you got Utah, Washington, Orlando, twice. All of those are winnable games. If you, even if you say tough to win in Orlando twice, three and one is reasonable after a three and four start, six and five after 11 games, that's that's really great. That's really great. And so even if they lose, I don't have a schedule. Even if they lose that 12th game, which I think is a tough one. Let me get this up real quick. Even, even if they do that, there's, let's see here they have Washington, Orlando. Orlando. Oh, Philly, Philly again as the 12th game. So okay, win or lose that, it doesn't matter. But let's just, let's just for the sake of argument, just chalk it up as a loss and say it's their 500. Now you've got 70 games left where if you play two, three, four games above.500, you got yourself a chance to get yourself to the playoffs. So getting through this initial stretch, getting through that second Orlando game, you come out of that 6 and 5. Even if you come out 5 and 6, that Philly game, if you come out of that at a.500 clip or better, then you really feel good about pushing forward. And in this team being a playoff team, I said from the beginning of the season, 44 wins in the six seed is reasonable for this team. And that if they can get through this stretch again, my assumption is lose to Houston, be Utah, Washington, Orlando, one of those times. And then the, the Philly game is a toss up because they've both, both of the games against Philly have been toss ups. So let's just flip a coin on that one. I don't care their Celtics, if that goes how I, I think it could go, they're looking forward. You say, okay, we're a team that has made a lot of progress, that has shown real good stretches of, of high quality basketball, that even if they go up against some of the best teams in the league and, and lose, they have shown that they're good enough to a compete against all of those teams on any given night, that the effort is there, that they can go 10, 11, 12 deep. And any combination of those guys can situationally give you a chance to win a game that against the bad teams, they should beat those teams. And those, the middle of the road teams can be, you know, some nights good, some nights bad, it might just depend on how well you're shooting. All of that adds up to a chance to win 44, 45 more games, that this is a team that can be a, a succeed a fifth seed. You know, obviously it depends on a lot of other teams, but getting this third win here in, in the first seven games is just huge because you know where I was saying? Oh, and seven is not on you know, out of the question. One and six, Two and five. Like, I thought two and five would be all right. It's okay. Three and six is, you know, I mean, I'm sorry. Yeah. Three. Three and four. You go the other way, John. Three and four is great. Three and four would be. I would sign me up for that. Four and three would be amazing. So, you know, you can't. Can't just chalk that up necessarily, but I'm just making certain assumptions here. This win, holding on for this win sets them up, sets the tone for the rest of the season. Like I said, the first 20 minutes of this game, first quarter, and up until three and a half minutes to go in the second quarter, Celtics were playing absolutely gorgeous. I mean, basketball that if last year's team played that style of basketball at that level, that that team would have won a championship. Going away, obviously, providing that they were healthy. But that team, the way they played this team, the way they played the first, most of the first half, minus the last three and a half minutes or so, that was. Bottle that up. The effort, the energy, the offensive rebounding, the. The forcing turnovers, getting out there running, hitting shots. Jalen Brown, superstar level basketball, that. That whole first quarter was gorgeous. The second quarter, up until the late Sixers run over the final three and a half minutes, that was exactly. That was exactly how the Celtics want to play. That's everything that they promised. The pace, the tempo, the execution, the ball movement, the shooting. Everything, everything, everything was there. You can nitpick little things here and there with some of the fouls and. But that. That was just gorgeous, gorgeous basketball and frankly, kind of impressive that the Celtics already are able to put together that long of a stretch of continuous great basketball. They're not ready yet to make that a full game. They're not ready yet to. I mean, clearly they didn't make it a full half. That was some of the best basketball I've seen this team play. And I'm talking about, like, over the course of the past few years, like this. This has been like that first half. Most of that first half was great. Now the last three and a half minutes happened, and ultimately the Celtics did give up all 24 points of that lead, but they did never trail. They never trailed. That was a horribly structured sentence. They did never trail. That is just. Wow. I can't believe that sentence came out of my mouth. But that's okay. I'm gonna press forward. They never did trail in this game, and that's important. And it's one of those things where somehow we've seen this type of thing before where a team makes its run. You, you get all the way down in time. You can't break through. Felt like if the Sixers had taken a lead, then it would have snowballed, but they never could. 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Then the afternoon show five days a week covering all the big stories. So the Celtics were okay. They were okay in the middle parts. They had their late game issues. They went from this amazing, incredible basketball to like, oh, all of a sudden they gave up a run. They lost their poise. Jalen Brown after the game talked about, he's like, I lost my poise. I started getting too into it with the refs. And that happens sometimes, right? The emotions get the best of you. And when that happens, especially when it happens to your best player, there's, you know, things start to go wrong. You start to turn your head and talk to the refs instead of getting back, you lose your focus. And obviously you don't want that to happen, but it's gonna happen sometimes. And the hope is that you pull out of that stuff and quickly. Now, the Celtics never really pulled out of it in the same way like they didn't. They never got back to that first 20 minutes of basketball. But I will say that I am impressed by the fact that they never let it kill them. They let it hurt them. They almost let it kill them. But again, they did never trail. And they answered every time. When it got tied, when it got down to three, they answered. The only time they didn't really answer was at the very, very end. They made a lot of mistakes. Jalen had a bunch of turnovers that really like, they started blitzing Jalen. They started really aggressively double teaming and kind of gave the Celtics a taste of their own medicine and forced the turnovers and got out into transition and they, the Sixers made the Celtics pay. Celtics lost their poise there. They got a little sped up and then they stopped making shots. They had some trouble with some of the. The offense. It kind of slowed down, got a little just. There were a couple of stretches where the Celtics got a few offensive rebounds that they just couldn't cash in. And on the one hand, they're making the, the push you get the offensive rebounds. But the second, on the other hand, it's like, come on, guys, let's, you know, there was one who shot the airball from the corner. I forget who it was. And then Ugo gets the rebound and he shoots an airball from the, the left block. And you're like, okay, this is, this is not going well. But the Celtics are shooting so good early in the game that there had to be a little bit of leveling off. But the late game stuff was, is something that they can improve, obviously. But on the plus side, you get the win. Most important thing is you find a way to get the win. Now you go to the film session, you say, okay, we, we can, we can figure out, okay, this is how we end up causing a lot of, or giving up a lot of turnovers. These are shots that we are taking that maybe we shouldn't take. There are a couple of shots like Derrick White continues to press just a little bit. Some of the offensive rebounds, I, I, I really think that the Celtics coaching, they are trying, they, they want the guys to get that first. Like, if you got a good look right away, just take it. Because with the pressure, the full court pressure and the way Philly and teams are doubling and being aggressive, you're probably not going to get a lot, a lot better looks than some of these early offense looks that the Celtics get. So they're just firing them. And so I just think that's a, that's a coaching thing and I do understand the philosophy behind that. But the Celtics do have to clean some things up and they do, I think, have to make sure that they're, they're hunting for the best shot possible later in these games or when, when they're trying to hold off a run. It's about poise and making baskets to, to stop the, a run where your lead goes from 24 down to, you know, 13 or 11. Like that, that's, the Sixers are good enough obviously that, where they're going to make a run, but the, the execution has to be better. The poise has to be better. And I think whenever Jalen is turning and barking at the refs, there's that, that's kind of like a sign of like, okay, got it. Got to get your head back in the game because Jalen's been playing so great. He's been playing all NBA basketball. But on this team, the, the margin for error is just so small that, okay, you have an emotional reaction. Fine, totally fine. However, you got to get it Back. You got to find a way to get that back quickly, individually. Like I just said, Jalen. 32 points, six assists, three rebounds. The five turnovers aren't great, but just Jalen's on a heater to start this now. He's not going to keep up 50 shooting from three. That's going to go away. But where does it settle? And if it settles at 38 to 40% this season, then we're looking, we're looking at all NBA. Jalen. It's only five games. You can't sit there. And Jalen is definitely an all NBA player. But the five games that he's played, aside from maybe the Knicks game, these have been all NBA level games. And the Knicks game wasn't that bad, but it wasn't great. But the rest of these games have been all NBA level games. He's playing, he's playing great basketball, generally speaking. Hugo Gonzalez, the, the, the block attempt, forget who was. I was it on Grimes, maybe it was a breakaway and it looked like a very clean, like, easy, like, all right, just pull up, let them dunk it. It's, you know, he's too far gone, but Ugo is like, nope, I'm chasing this guy down. I'm trying. I'm going after him. And he, we talk about, you know, the Aaron Neesmith. Oh, my God, I think he's going to die if he keeps playing like this. That was the, that kind of play. He went flying into the stanchion. I thought he was really hurt. And it's the type of play you can get really hurt on. Like, I think one of the lessons, like, I, I, first of all, I appreciate that play. I appreciate that play so much. That's hustle and desire and all of that stuff. I think as his career goes on and you learn, like, buddy, there's 82 of these things, like, yes, that's awesome. And you're earning your spot. But you know, year two, year three, year four, when he's a regular starter or whatever it is, like, he's, he might just be like, you know what? I'm. I'm pulling back on this. You can't play your whole career making those kinds of plays. Sometimes you got to make a business decision because like I said, 82 games plus playoffs, right? You play maybe 100 games throwing your body around like that is awesome. Like, we all love it. But, oh, my God, you can't do that all the time, Buddy. But he played great. The, you know, the steel and the donk. Like, he had a couple of steals. There's one, one sequence, you know, gets a, a basket on one end, comes down, plays great defense, forces a steel. Like he just, he, he plays with that energy. So I think when you talk about him and, and like, look, Xavier Tillman as well, the, the way the Celtics depth is playing right now, it's incredibly impressive that so far these guys have been able to maintain this, this mental edge. I'll talk about that when I come back because I don't know if this can last all season, but the way they're getting this done is very, very unique. And whether it's sustainable might be the key to this entire season. That's coming up next. Today's show is brought to you by peloton. Peloton is shaping the future of fitness with the brand new peloton cross training Tread plus. It's powered by Peloton iq, which is their most advanced equipment yet. It's designed to give you real time guidance, endless ways to move. 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I'm kind of staying back. But that made him a little tentative. So Joe went with a different direction down the stretch and it went with Tillman and the last couple of possessions, he was great. Tillman obviously hits a big three pointer the the possession where Tyrese Maxey, it gets the ball, head of steam, driving down. Pick, pick and roll with Joelle and Bead kind of like a brush screen. And Xavier switches onto Maxi, rides him to the right and forces the miss. And I think that's where Josh Minot went in and grabbed a. A huge rebound. So X comes in and kind of like, kind of like a relief pitcher, right? So Neemi gives you the 20 minutes and gets a quality start. I thought he played generally well. You just had that like she's got a little tentative defending Embiid. And so Joe said, okay, that's fine, we're gonna go with X because X is strong enough and Embiid's not backing anybody down. If Embiid's gonna be the face up guy and you're afraid, then we need, you know, X who's A little bit more like mobile and nimble. And so they went with that. And sometimes that's the difference. Like, Ugo Gonzalez goes from starting to off the bench, to not playing, to playing. And he comes in and performs. Josh Minot gets a start and goes from like a DNP against the Knicks to suddenly starting three games in a row to not playing in certain stretches and then playing in certain stretches. Luca Garza, all of these guys, Anthony Simons, like, everybody is getting their opportunities in different pockets of this game. And for now, everybody is contributing. Now Chris Boucher has a couple of DNPs. Jordan Walsh has a few DNPs. There's going to be a point here. And maybe Boucher is being saved for the, the Rockets game because of the back to back that in the Rockets game. Maybe Boucher goes in and. And is the, the hero of the fourth quarter if the Celtics win. I can see a world where Boucher comes in and does that. The whole thing that I'm talking about here is all of these guys, Ugo, Minot, Boucher, Tillman Garza, the guys who are like, hey, I'm kind of fighting for my spot here. They're doing a great job of staying engaged. And when they're called on, they come in and play. They, they come in and contribute and make an impact. There's no, like, oh, God, I didn't play for a while and now you're going to put me in here? Like, no, they just, they're ready. These guys prepare. This is a really incredible mindset to have. This is all mental game. So shout out to those guys. Anthony Simons, I mentioned him a little bit in that group, but also a little bit not. But he was a plus 23, 19 points off the bench. Aggressive. He said after the game, they've been begging me to be more aggressive. This is the most aggressive that I've been. Good. That's great. You need a scorer like that off the bench. He's the second leading scorer in this, in this game for Boston. So. But even that, like, whatever they ask him to do, like, go out there and do it. You're, you're, you're playing a new role. Go out there and do it to the best of your ability. So I am impressed. Now, of course, it's October. Well, November now, but it's October basketball. Everybody's kind of like, anxious, let's see it in November. Let's see it in December and January. Like, as the season rolls on, can you still keep that mentality, that edge? So I'm I'm very impressed with that. Now. A couple of slumps, obviously. Peyton, Pritchard, Derek White, still slumping. Pritchard was one of nine from three. White was two of seven. The crappy part for White, I. He had a couple of catch and shoots early and I was like, okay, this could be the breakout game. And then he just struggled. The couple of offense, offensive rebounds. It was a fourth quarter where he got a good look. Offensive rebound goes right out to him. Another wide open, good look and he missed both. Those would have been huge shots. So I do think that some of the Celtics kind of struggles in the fourth quarter where, where they let other teams kind of start to come back. Some of that is Derek just not hitting shots. Some of it is Peyton not hitting shots. Again, they, they hit 14 of 45, but Peyton and Derek, they, they could have hit easily. Two, two more apiece. Four more of that. You go 18 of 45, well, you know, it's a little bit more acceptable and it holds off the Sixers a lot, a lot more easily. So I still think those guys will be fine. Pritchard was great inside the three point line. He really set a good tone for this game. Getting into the paint, little turnaround jumpers. That was really, really good. And Derrick White, now 2 of 7 overall, would be 4 of 9 from 2. So he still did other things. He was a team worst -15, which is rare. It's very rare. I'm looking forward to when Derek can get a little bit more of a rhythm and feel more comfortable. I hope it happens soon, but kind of sucks that he's going through this, but that's. I don't know what else to say about that. Good win. We'll just leave it at that. Did I miss anybody? Luca Garza had had some pretty nice moments in this game. Like I said, Ugo, Baylor Scheimman didn't really play much. That's it. That's everybody. So I'll be back tomorrow. The Houston game. You know, look, I'm not gonna lie. That game probably won't go well. I, I look at the size that the, the Rockets have and their defensive ability and I think, boy, this, this could be a tough one. And if it is, so be it. That's okay. What I want to see is the sellers compete, go out there, play, you play their best. And I'm very curious to see what they do with Stephen Adams and how they identify him on offensive rebounds. If they can control that, they have a chance to win this game. 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Podcast: Locked On Celtics
Host: John Karalis
Date: November 1, 2025
Episode Theme: The Celtics’ dramatic victory over the Philadelphia 76ers—their third win in a row—highlighting Jaylen Brown’s All-NBA level performance, the team’s strengths, areas of concern, and the impact of Boston’s deep, flexible roster.
John Karalis recaps the Celtics’ nail-biting win against the 76ers, which marks Boston’s third consecutive victory after a turbulent start to the season. He discusses why this win sets an optimistic tone, analyzes the Celtics' execution, especially in high-pressure moments, and breaks down standout individual performances—especially Jaylen Brown, who continues to play at an All-NBA level. Karalis also examines the contributions of depth players like Ugo Gonzalez and Xavier Tillman, the challenges ahead, and lingering slumps for some rotation pieces.
Early Struggles, Current Momentum: Celtics bounced back from a three-game losing streak with three straight wins, bringing optimism (03:00).
"This win, holding on for this win, sets them up, sets the tone for the rest of the season." (13:15)
Karalis compares the season to flying a small plane through a storm—emphasizing the team’s resilience under pressure (03:39).
Mantra for the Month: Even if the Celtics lose the next game (vs. Houston), the upcoming schedule is favorable, and they could realistically emerge from their first twelve games at or above .500—crucial for playoff aspirations (05:22).
"Getting this third win here in the first seven games is just huge… three and four is great. Four and three would be amazing." (08:38)
On early season panic:
"Getting this third win here in the first seven games is just huge because… 0–7 is not… out of the question. One and six, two and five… Three and four is great. Four and three would be amazing." — John Karalis (08:38)
On Jaylen Brown’s maturity:
“I lost my poise. I started getting too into it with the refs.” — Jaylen Brown quoted by John Karalis (16:01)
On Celtics’ response to adversity:
"They answered every time. When it got tied, when it got down to three, they answered… They did never trail." — John Karalis (14:00)
On the value of hustle plays:
"Throwing your body around like that is awesome. Like, we all love it. But, oh my god, you can't do that all the time, buddy." — John Karalis on Ugo Gonzalez (25:49)
On the “next man up” culture:
"They're doing a great job of staying engaged. And when they're called on, they come in and play… This is a really incredible mindset to have. This is all mental game. So, shout-out to those guys." — John Karalis (29:31)
This episode delivers an insightful breakdown of a season-defining win for the Celtics. John Karalis highlights the controlled chaos of early-season NBA basketball, the Celtics’ ability to surge and come together in moments of adversity, and the growth and contributions from stars like Jaylen Brown and key bench pieces. The show ends with cautious optimism—Boston’s depth and mental resilience are strengths, but continued shooting slumps and late-game lapses are issues to monitor. The host emphasizes both the importance of this win and the road that remains ahead.
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