
Boston Celtics dominate the Washington Wizards with a 45-point statement win. Derrick White erupts for 30 points, while emerging talent Jordan Walsh delivers another electrifying performance that has fans rethinking the team’s ceiling. Thanks to the Toronto Raptors pushing the Lakers to the limit, the Celtics are primed for a favorable stretch. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal also highlights Payton Pritchard’s consistency, and major developmental leaps from Neemias Queta. Discussions center on the Celtics’ deep bench, Anfernee Simons’ uncertain role amid trade rumors, and how Joe Mazzulla’s rotations are cementing Boston’s position among Eastern Conference playoff hopefuls. Can the Celtics keep up this momentum and capitalize on their Eastern rivals’ missteps?
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Inspires Boston Celtics get the Biggest Win in the NBA this season I don't know what's up with Jordan Walsh, but he was awesome again. And thank you Toronto Raptors for what you did tonight. It's all right now on the Lockdown Celtics Podcast.
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Podcast right here on the Lockdown Podcast Network. Where does your team every day? And your team is the Boston Celtics. I'll talk about them every Monday through Friday. Bonus podcasts when they play on the weekends, like this Friday night against the Lakers. So you'll get a sixth podcast for me after that game. So subscribe wherever you get your podcast. If you're new, the show is available Everywhere. It's on YouTube. If you're watching on YouTube, get into the comments section and join me. I'm John Corrales, beat writer for Boston Sports Journal. I've been covering the team for about 20 years doing this podcast for 10, and I've written a couple of books about the team as well. Today's show is brought to you by fanduel. If you want to be right in the middle of the action this season, this NFL season, visit FanDuel.com Place your NFL Live bets all season long. Celtics get the biggest win in the NBA this year. A 45 point demolition. Absolute complete destruction of the Washington Wizards who were missing a bunch of guys. So not only are the Wizards bad, they were missing the few good players that they have really. And that showed. Later on I'll get to the Raptors what they did and why the Celtics should absolutely be thanking them. We'll talk about Anthony Simons a little bit on the a negative side, although he did get hot in this game. Just one of the things I didn't like, the few things I didn't like. But let's start with the just a very typical blowout. This is, you know, very much good team. Celtics are a good team. I don't know how good, but they're good. They're not bad. They're better than average. So they're good. Beating a bad team. They're beating a bad team. Take a lead early, make it look kind of easy. They were so casual about the early lead. Jordan Walsh was getting steals, they were getting some like leak outs and they were playing fine and you know, just casual. And so they gave up too many offensive rebounds and the Wizards were sticking around. The Celtics made another push and the Wizards stuck around. They got it to 17 in the second quarter, then it was seven at halftime. And then they unleashed holy hell in the second half where it was, I think what was the 80. I tweeted it out. I had to find. It was they. I outscored them 80 to 42, 80 to 42 in the second half alone. So.
In the most general sense, Celtics went in and did exactly what they had to do. And you know, as is the case in these games, the minutes tend to be the best statistics that you can find. Only Peyton Pritchard played more than 30 minutes, so that's great. Derrick White played 20 less than 29. Jaylen Brown sat this out, which is fantastic. We talked about this on the podcast yesterday. They made it official on Thursday afternoon. Derek Jaylen Brown was out with the illness, quote, unquote illness. So he will probably be fine. I assume he's going to be fine for the Lakers game. And you get 29 minutes from Jordan Walsh, you get 24, Hauser, you get 25 for Simons. And a lot of that was garbage. So these guys didn't play a lot in this game. They shot well. They 20 of 47 from 3. They, they did all the things that they had to do. They walked into Washington. They, they kind of smoked him and Derrick White. This is the. I knew somebody's gonna have a get right game in this one. Derek was the guy. 30 points, nine assists, seven rebounds. He shot 57%, 42% almost from three. And the one thing I've been waiting for for Derrick White is to build on these games. So I want to see like this is good, this is un, unquestionably good. And Derek has been playing better lately, although his shot has been kind of in and out the past few games. But Derek has been in, you know, generally speaking, he's been himself in other areas of the game. And the nine assists, seven rebounds, the steal. He did not get a block in this one, but he did hit his 1000th three pointer of his career, which is nice. He's putting a, you know, more typical Derrick White season together. Now let's see the shot start to fall a little bit more consistently. I want to see. Now he's not going to shoot 57% and 42% from three all the time, but can, can you get to the high 40 to 50% shooting on a more regular basis? Can you get to the 37 to 40% three point shooting on a more regular basis? He's going to be a more high volume guy, which always leads to more high variance when you're a three point shooter. But can you get to just that little bit more consistency? The Celtics have been consistently like putting little bits together all season long. They've, they continue to improve and you know, look, they're, they're the fifth seed now. It, I don't really like talking about seeds before Christmas, but they're 13 and 9. They're coming out of the stretch in much better shape than I thought they would remember. I think what I was saying.
When they came out of like I was hoping that we come out of the Lakers game somewhere above like, can they be 500 by the time they get out of this stretch and they get into this few weeks of a game three days off, a game three days off. Can they just survive? They're better than survive. They're 13 and nine. They've got more wins than Orlando, Philly, Cleveland, Milwaukee.
Chicago. I think maybe the people thought the Celtics were going to be in Chicago's class.
For most of the season. So they're right there. Four games out of first. They're, they're in the mix.
So can, can Derrick White be.
The more consistent player that, that we're hoping that he can be? Like Peyton Pritchard, you know, has been a little bit more Consistent. But his shot didn't fall exactly the way he wanted it to in this game. 20 points, eight assists, six rebounds, though a steal. He was, he was still pretty good. Like, and there were stretches, you know, Derek had a stretch early, Peyton had a stretch in the second quarter, then Derek came back. Jordan's stretch in the, in the second quarter was just mind blowing. Man, this guy is just, I cannot begin to express how, like, we're at the point where this is like shocking the, the turnaround. And I know people, this is, you know, my favorite, slash, least favorite thing that people do. Because it's like there's no room for somebody improving. If you're, if you're a Jordan Walsh fan or an Amishkeda fan or a fan of like Jalen Brown, like, the, the improvements that guys make aren't improvements. They're just. It was always there. You just didn't see it or they just never got the opportunity. It's never an actual improvement, which is actually giving the guy more credit, you know, than just saying it was always there. Give the guy the credit for putting in the work, like saying that Jordan Walsh improved. If you're sitting there saying, no, no, no, he was always as good then. No, he wasn't always this good. And he'll tell you he wasn't always this good. He is this good now because of the hard work and the confidence that he's getting set after the game. You know, the confidence is a huge part of this. Let's talk about that. Because his second quarter stretch was, I think, where this game changed. I know that the second half was as dominant as it was, but once again, Jordan Walsh comes in and changes the game and has a stat line that we haven't seen since Kevin McHale. We'll talk about it when we come back. Today's show is brought to you by. Doordash. The season is heating up. Even though it's freezing outside. Doordash has a way to keep fans in their bag the whole way through. When you're watching highlights, whether you're watching the highlights tunnel fits or your favorite player, Doordash makes the entire season fun because every, every player has their bag. And with doordash, you have one too. Doordash keeps your snacks stocked, your gear fresh and your watch party vibes absolutely on point. There are teams, there are nights where your team stresses you out. We know that. Let doordash become your post game therapy. Just need some dessert now. Those late game interviews hit the and suddenly you need chips at midnight. Then doordash is built exactly for that. And if the group chat says pull up, DoorDash makes sure you show up prepared snacks, cups and even a phone charger for the friend who's always at 2% from tip off to overtime. Stay in your bag and order on DoorDash. Get snacks, drinks, gear and whatever gets you through the season delivered right to your door. DoorDash in your bag all season long. The holidays mean more travel, more shopping, more time online and more personal info in more places that could expose you more to identity theft. But LifeLock monitors millions of data points per second. If your identity is stolen, our US based restoration specialists will fix it, guaranteed or your money back. Don't face drained accounts, fraudulent loans or financial losses alone. Get more holiday fun and less Holiday worry with LifeLock. Save up to 40% your first year. Visit LifeLock.com SpecialOffer terms apply. Thank you for making Lockdown Celtics the number one Boston Celtics podcast in the world on the number one sports podcast network on the world. Yeah, both are number one thanks to you. You are the everydayer with us Monday through Friday. I appreciate that. If you're not with me Monday through Friday. If you haven't subscribed yet, come on in. Monday through Friday, free podcasts. Like I said, bonus podcast when they play in the weekends. So your Celtics die hard becoming every day here and you will hopefully. I just want to make this more fun and enjoy this together. And who cannot have fun watching Jordan Walsh? The Jordan Walsh party is raging on. Listen, I've talked about the Jordan Walsh party. I've talked about how it was 11 o' clock and I was ready to leave in the last podcast or the podcast before that. I said nope, you know What? Now it's 18 1am and the DJ is rocking, is playing all your favorite songs. Now it seems like this party is going to go till till sunrise. All of a sudden you went from or I went from maybe I feel like going home to second wind. Let's party. Let's keep this going. Oh, you're shutting this down. We're going to find a new place to go. We're going to an after party on Jordan Walsh. That's how good he's been playing the second quarter that in this game, that stretch where he came in and again kind of changed the game.
The and one the.
He had a layup, a dunk off of a steal. He assisted on a three pointer. He hit a three pointer. He had. He got himself up to 13 points pretty quickly. One off of his career high Halfway through the quarter, he ends up with his first ever 20 point game. Obviously a career high, since his career high was 14. But you know, the steals, the chase down blocks, the footwork, the, the speed, the. Yes, he's got the reach right. But the most impressive thing with Walsh, I think has been.
He'S, he is straight ripping guys.
I don't know if people understand how hard this is to do.
Normally you get steals, there's, you know, the Celtics do a great kind of like run and jump. Guy turns his back and they, they from behind they come and rip it or, you know, a double team or jump in a passing lane. It is very difficult to just check a guy one on one and then poke, poke the ball free and to do it in a way where first of all, you're not fouling. Second of all, you're, the timing of it is just perfect.
I don't know what has gotten into him. Maybe it's just one of those, you needed time and some things clicked and sometimes it's just, you get that, take a breath, the confidence is there and you're just like, okay, no, I can do this. And it's like riding a bike or juggling or hula hoop. Once you figure out like, okay, no, no, no, I can do this. And you just calm down, you focus on it and you do it. You're like, oh, this isn't that hard at all. Jordan is checking guys straight up. They're going to dribble and he times, he just pokes it. They're going this way. The ball is going that way. Sorry for hitting my microphone. The ball is going that way and Jordan just zips right past them and gets a breakaway.
That is very difficult to do on a consistent basis. That's something that all defensive players do. Jordan's not going to make an all defensive team this year, I don't think. But hey, if the Celtics continue on this pace and he's.
Defending at this level in national broadcasts, national media starts looking at me like, you know, this dude is really, he's really putting up some numbers. The steals, the breakaways, all that stuff. And those guys, they start listening to this podcast, right? Like a lot of the national people listen to this podcast and other podcasts like this and we start talking about this stuff and they pick up on it, the momentum can start to build for people to be like, hey, you know what? This Jordan Walsh is really a high level defender. Now that won't, probably won't get him onto an all defense team this year still, but all of these awards are like a year late.
So if Jordan keeps doing this and the momentum starts to build, next season, he'll come in and start to get that reputation. And what happens when you get that reputation? The refs start to say, like, well, this dude in a, In a bang bang play, you have that mental like, well, he's so good at this. I don't think that he fouled. Even if you get a little bit of contact, suddenly the fouls that still tend to plague him a little bit, he gets that on a 50, 50 call. He gets that benefit of the doubt. So Jordan Walsh's defense, just keep doing this, man. Just keep doing this. Keep playing with this confidence. This was just sublime stuff. And again, I know it's the Wizards and not just the Wizards, like the worst half of the Wizards. No disrespect to CJ McCollum or Chris Middleton, but, you know, this is. There's only so much you can do. I kind of feel bad for those guys kind of wasting away on. On that team, but it is what it is, man. That's. That's NBA life. Sometimes you end up on a bad, bad team to end your career. So Walsh, Walsh's run in the second quarter kind of changed everything. Now they got a lead up to 17 and it got whittled down to seven. I don't really care about that necessarily. That was. They. They went into halftime, they got their heads on straight. They came out, they stopped. They stopped giving up offensive rebounds and second chances. They started playing better defense. Just overall, they start running out a little bit more and they were hitting shots and then Derek was just awesome, like I said before in the third, and they. They ran away with it. But Josh, I mean, I'm sorry, Jordan was. Was incredible. But then you get Josh and Ugo and Nemi, like all of those guys deserve their fair share of the credit here too, because though they have all had their own stretches, like Kada, 17 points, four rebounds, two assists, four block shots. The progress just from the season, and Scal was talking about it on the broadcast where Nemi is playing faster. He's just playing at a.
He's making the decisions faster. He's getting in and out of the screens faster, but he's going up with the ball faster.
Look at him from a year ago. And I know there's a lot of Nimish K fans here and people who have given me a lot of crap for, for being down, no doubt being down on Keda. Like I've had to come around On K. But the reason I've come around is because he has improved tremendously from this point last year when he was bringing the ball way down, there was a play, I think it was the dunk early in the game, second quarter maybe. There was no way he was making that play last year. No chance because he was in and out of the screen. He got the ball, he went right up with it. And.
Last year he. I don't even know if he rolls. I don't know if he, if that timing even gets to a point where he catches the ball. But even if he did catch the ball, that thing would have been down at his knees, guaranteed. And now he's keeping that ball up. It was the number one thing that I was asking for last year. He came around, he learned it, and he's been great with it. He. He doesn't bring the ball way down anymore. Massive improvement. And I think the one thing that I didn't give him enough leeway for was how much he could improve over, you know, last year to this year. I, I figured he would improve some. But this level of improvement is super impressive. And you know, I didn't see this much coming. He, he's been really, really good. Minot has settled into this role where, you know, now, now he's coming off the bench. He's still hitting threes. He's still like he 2 of 5 in this one. He's 40 plus percent from 3 this year. That shot does not look like it should go in 40% of the time, but it does. So you know, that's. And then Ugo, the incredible instincts from this kid, that chase down block from him, even though the Wizards ended up scoring on that, on a real nice pass. Who is it? Vucevich. That through the Vuic. I don't know this kid, but he's a young kid that made a great pass. But anyway, regardless, the chase down block the defense from Ugo, he has some things to learn. And also shout out to Scal for asking the question. I was asking this question at the beginning of the season with the, with the lull in games coming up, like three days off this an opportunity to let Ugo go to Maine and play a game or two and play 35 minutes and go spread your wings and, and play basketball. Just go play basketball. If for nothing else, just reward the kid with an opportunity to just go play 35 minutes of unencumbered basketball. Like just go let him play. I think, I think, I mean he's. He plays now, but he's in a specific role. Just go, let him play. I never thought that we would be in any game regardless of the Wizards and regardless of how shorthanded they are. I never thought we would be in any game where I was talking about Jordan Walsh changing things, Ugo Gonzalez making key plays, Minot hitting big threes. It's unbelievable. And that's really the most important thing the Celtics should have gotten from this season. Now you look at Walsh and Minot and Ugo and Neemi and you're like, wow.
They didn't just hit on one or two of these guys. They're hitting on all of them. Like, maybe Luca Garza is not a hit. Okay then if that's the one that doesn't hit, then amazing. Amazing to have that level of success and it's like a minimum contract. So good luck. Luca Garza. Like, I'm sorry, but good luck.
So.
Just impressive to see all those guys not impressed with Anthony Simons again, but I am impressed with what the Toronto Raptors did. That is coming up next. Today's show is brought to you by FanDuel. NFL Sundays move fast. One big play and suddenly everything feels different. That's what makes live betting with FanDuel so exciting. You're not just watching the game, you're reacting to it in real time. With FanDuel, you can place bets as the action unfolds. Every drive, every momentum swing, every highlight moment. Live betting is best when the game starts to shift. A receiver gets hot, defense tightens up or the momentum flips after a turnover. FanDuel lets you jump into the moment. Live spreads, money lines adjust instantly. Player props update as guys heat up. You can bet the next touchdown drive. Results, totals and more. It keeps you locked into every snap, every drive, every possibility. If you want to get into it, go to FanDuel.com place your NFL Live bets all season long. When you sign up, make sure you use the tools that are available to you. Set your limit. Set your budget so you can gamble responsibly. If you hit a cold streak, they'll stop you until you can replenish your funds. So don't worry about it. If you set your limits that you be, you'll be good. So go to FanDuel. Game moves fast. So can you. Thanks for making Lockdown Celtics your first listen every day. Plenty of options for your second listen. How about locked on NBA game night Covering every game every night. Seven nights a week. I host on Wednesdays. Every I think Jake Madison is back from his honeymoon after getting married in New Orleans a couple weeks ago. So we'll be there. Locked NBA in the afternoons, locked on fantasy basketball. Josh Lloyd, all great options on the number one sports podcast network. That's why we're number one, because we have so many great options. You can check them out. Also check out lockdown Wizards get their reaction after these games. Okay, Anthony Simons is my one little quibble from this game. He did get hot. He had a fourth quarter where he, you know, hit was it four, three pointers, 12 points, four of seven from three, couple of steals in the fourth. But it was the fourth quarter. Game was over. It was garbage time. I don't know what's going on with Anthony, and I'm perfectly willing to give him more time. This is a tough situation. Traded to Boston, unsure of his future. Like, we're talking about trades. We did a trade show yesterday. I wrote a trade piece on Boston Sports Journal. We talk about Anthony Simons as a player like this, but sometimes we talk about him and just in terms of his contract and we just talk about $27 million and blah, blah, blah. And that's tough. It's not easy. I'm sure there's, you know, he's putting pressure on himself. Lord knows what his agent and family or whatever his, you know, friends are telling him.
And, you know, on top of what the team is telling him. So I. I do think there's going to be some level of kind of being uncomfortable. So I know how, like, he got super steaming hot in the fourth quarter. He's capable of that. I don't expect him to be that every night, but I do expect him to be a good offensive player. So I'm just hoping that he can kind of find that a little bit more. I'm hoping that he can settle into whatever role it is. But, you know, I.
I feel like his situation weighs on him to some degree. I mean, just from being in the locker room, you see, like, Jason Tatum's locker has a bunch of stuff in it. Jalen Brown's locker has a bunch of stuff in it. Peyton Pritchard's has a bunch of stuff in it. Anthony Simon's locker is empty. It's empty. And I think that's for a reason. I think that's just. He doesn't want to have a bunch of stuff in there whenever he gets traded. Like, that's what it feels like to me. I'm just guessing, but he's, I'm sure.
Aware of the Celtic situation. They want. Like, we talked about Zubac yesterday and this would be a. There's a absolute deal to be done. You know, you could do Simons and, you know, Simons to la and they can send Zubac and, you know, player here, player there. You can make the numbers work fairly, fairly easily, you know, which is not always possible in, in this second apron era. But point is.
If Anthony Simons is on this team past the trade deadline, I wouldn't be surprised if he has, like, a monster march, you know, just. Just so he can, like, settle down and be like, okay, I know we're here and I know this is, this is where I'm staying at least through the summer. So I just, I think there's so many factors here with Simons that, that make it difficult for him. I just hope that he can find some consistency. The. The last thing I wanted to get to here is thank you, Toronto Raptors. Thank you, Toronto Raptors, for pushing the Lakers to the limit. Lakers won that game 123. 120 on a RUI Hachimura buzzer beater. So they were right down to the wire. Luka Doncic didn't play. He's in Slovenia. He. His.
Fiance, I guess, is. He just had a baby, so he had a second child. So good for him. Like, you want to be with your family, you know, be there for your. Your child being born.
I don't think that he's flying from Slovenia to Boston overnight to get there and play a basketball game. If he does, that'd be insane. Like, but I think that Luca is probably going to miss this game. And LeBron, you heard Maverick Carter talk about he hopes that LeBron doesn't play back to backs. I haven't seen. Maybe there's been something that I missed, but I haven't seen any declaration from the Lakers that he isn't playing back to backs. But he shouldn't. He played 36 minutes in this game. Played shot terribly. Oh, wow. He only scored eight points. Oh, I didn't even notice that. His streak of 10 points per game, double digits, is over, if that. Yeah. Oh, wow. I didn't even notice that. So that. That's been a big deal. Like the other day, he stayed in the game to specifically score 10 points. So.
He'S. His streak is over, so now there's no reason for him to play. But he. He probably isn't gonna play the back to back. So LeBron is out.
Luca is probably out. So thank you, Toronto Raptors, for pushing them to the limit because Austin Reeves played 41 minutes. Rui played 35 minutes. This is, this is going to be a tired Lakers team coming in from Toronto.
That, that helps the Celtics a lot. So I know the Celtics are on a 3 and 4 and a 4 and 6 and maybe the Toronto Raptors game on Sunday, which is at 3:30 in the afternoon, maybe that's going to be a tough one. But however this goes, I don't know how they're going to do on Friday night, but they're set up to have a nice, a good chance. Even tired because like I said, Jalen didn't play all of the Celtics played. The most we got was 32 out of Peyton Pritchard. And yeah, Peyton gets tired. But if anybody's a robot out there, Peyton's the closest thing. Like it feels like he could play 48 minutes a game every night. Like he's very, like, I don't know, maybe he's a descendant of John Havlicek. I mean, that dude just can, can run and run forever.
The Celtics are going to be in a better position coming home. At least they get to sleep in their own beds. They, I think, will be in a good spot and the Lakers will be shorthanded and they'll be tired. Austin Reeves, like I said, coming off a 41 minute night, did a great job. Wow, 44 points, 10 assists. Nice night for him. Can he duplicate it in Boston? It's going to be tough. So thank you to the Toronto Raptors. Thank you to the Washington Wizards for making this one easy. Celtics, if they can do that, man, they'll be 14 wins. That, that is incredible. It's incredible for them.
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Episode: DESTRUCTION: Boston Celtics DOMINATE Wizards, Derrick White and Jordan Walsh SHINE in Blowout
Host: John Karalis
Date: December 5, 2025
This episode of Locked On Celtics, hosted by John Karalis, recaps an emphatic Celtics victory—a 45-point blowout over the shorthanded Washington Wizards. Karalis breaks down individual performances, with a spotlight on Derrick White’s “get right” game and the dramatic development of rookie Jordan Walsh. He also touches on the Celtics’ young supporting cast, trade rumors around Anthony Simons, and why Celtics fans should be grateful to the Toronto Raptors for wearing out the upcoming Lakers opponent.
Nature of the Blowout:
Performance Rotation:
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“They walked into Washington, they kind of smoked them…Derrick White: 30 points, nine assists, seven rebounds. He shot 57%...That’s great.”
— John Karalis (04:19)
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“Can you get to just that little bit more consistency? The Celtics have been consistently like putting little bits together all season long.”
— John Karalis (06:19)
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“We’re at the point where this is, like, shocking—the turnaround…give the guy the credit for putting in the work.”
— John Karalis (09:13)
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“He’s straight ripping guys. I don’t know if people understand how hard this is to do…normally you get steals, there’s…the Celtics do a great kind of like run and jump…It is very difficult to just check a guy one-on-one and then poke the ball free.”
— John Karalis (13:55)
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“Saying that Jordan Walsh improved…gives the guy more credit than just saying it was always there. Give the guy the credit for putting in the work.”
— John Karalis (09:34)
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“He doesn’t bring the ball way down anymore. Massive improvement…and I didn’t see this much coming.”
— John Karalis (19:51)
Jaylen Minott:
Ugo Gonzalez:
Team Depth:
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“His situation weighs on him…Anthony Simon’s locker is empty. It’s empty. And I think that’s for a reason…He doesn’t want to have a bunch of stuff in there whenever he gets traded.”
— John Karalis (26:20)
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“Thank you, Toronto Raptors, for pushing them to the limit because Austin Reaves played 41 minutes, Rui played 35 minutes—this is going to be a tired Lakers team coming in from Toronto.”
— John Karalis (29:46)
On the Jordan Walsh Party:
“I went from maybe I feel like going home to second wind, let’s party…we’re going to an after party on Jordan Walsh. That’s how good he’s been playing.”
— John Karalis (12:27)
On Peyton Pritchard’s Stamina:
“If anybody’s a robot out there, Peyton’s the closest thing. Like it feels like he could play 48 minutes a game every night.”
— John Karalis (30:57)
| Timestamp | Topic | |-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:11 | Celtics deliver NBA’s “biggest win” of the season | | 04:19 | Blowout game analysis, Derrick White’s performance, resting stars | | 09:13 | Jordan Walsh’s development, the “Jordan Walsh party” metaphor | | 13:12 | Walsh’s game-changing second quarter stretch | | 13:55 | Detailed appreciation of Walsh’s elite defensive steals | | 19:14 | Queta’s development lauded, admitting prior doubts | | 22:33 | Celtics’ surprising hit-rate on multiple young players | | 25:43 | Anthony Simons: struggles, trade rumors, locker room observation | | 29:36 | Raptors help Celtics by pushing Lakers and tiring out their key players | | 30:57 | Positional analysis for upcoming Lakers game, Celtics’ rest advantage |
John Karalis maintains an upbeat, candid, and occasionally humorous tone—fusing sharp basketball analysis with locker room insights and anecdotes.
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