When Jayson Tatum knocked down a 3 to get the Celtics again inside a basket late in Wednesday’s eventual time beyond regulation win over Minnesota, the gang at TD Garden obtained so loud you couldn’t hear your self assume.
The followers by no means let up from there, and when all was stated and executed the Celtics didn’t solely rally for one in all their most enjoyable wins of the season, however a historic one as nicely.
With Wednesday’s 127-120 victory over Minnesota, the Celtics have now began the season with a franchise-record 18 straight wins at dwelling. That’s no small achievement contemplating a number of the nice groups which have graced the parquet, and following the sport a number of Celtics acknowledged that beginning 18-0 at house is one thing they take pleasure in.
“That’s great. Any time you get a chance to, to sketch yourself down to history, there’s been a lot of great teams that have, you know, opened up and played in the Garden and for us to, to have the best start ever in franchise history, I think that says a lot about the group,” stated Jaylen Brown, who completed with 35 factors. “It’s an honor to be in that regard and, let’s keep it going.”
Even the 1985-86 Celtics, thought to be one of many biggest groups in NBA historical past, didn’t get off to as nice a begin on the Garden as this group has, as that staff began 9-0 at dwelling earlier than shedding to Portland 121-103. This yr’s staff received’t have a lot room for error although contemplating the 1986 staff didn’t lose at dwelling once more the remainder of the season, ending 40-1 earlier than going an ideal 10-0 at dwelling within the playoffs en path to a championship.
Still, the truth that the Celtics have as soon as once more made TD Garden a fortress is notable contemplating how poorly they performed at dwelling throughout the playoffs final spring.
Even the usually unflappable Joe Mazzulla acknowledged Wednesday’s crowd gave him chills.
“There’s been two times that I’ve actually showed that I have a pulse, and tonight was one of them and it was because of the crowd,” Mazzulla stated. “The fans are really smart and they know when we suck and they know when we don’t, and they’ve seen great basketball for a long period of time. So usually if they’re cheering it’s because you’re doing something right, and I think over the course of this season, they’ve seen moments of greatness, they’ve seen moments of Celtic basketball and they’ve responded to that really well and I think that’s had a huge impact on our team.”
“And to me, especially being from here, there’s nothing better than getting the Garden, the crowd to appreciate Celtic basketball. And so I think the connectivity between us and the identity of the city and the identity of the arena is kind of building something for us,” he continued. “And tonight specifically, even when we did suck, which we did at times, they did a good job of keeping us in it, and I think that’s important to have that relationship with the crowd and with the city.”
The Celtics will likely be again on the Garden on Saturday to face former coach Ime Udoka and the Houston Rockets. In the meantime they’ll fly out to face fellow Eastern Conference powerhouse Milwaukee on Thursday for the second half of this week’s back-to-back.
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