{"id":36378,"date":"2023-10-31T16:10:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T16:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.celticsblog.com\/2023\/10\/31\/23939848\/boston-celtics-how-bout-them-celtics-washington-wizards-new-nba-in-season-tournament-courts"},"modified":"2023-10-31T16:10:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T16:10:56","slug":"how-bout-them-celtics-celtics-embarrass-wizards-and-the-terrible-new-nba-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/31\/how-bout-them-celtics-celtics-embarrass-wizards-and-the-terrible-new-nba-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"How \u2018Bout Them Celtics: Celtics embarrass Wizards and the terrible new NBA courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<figure>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NBA: Boston Celtics at Washington Wizards\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/oW9PdcFU9ZZ1XDlM8-ZLbuMTOLs=\/0x0:3891x2594\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/72813816\/usa_today_21777833.0.jpg\" \/><figcaption>Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the same day the NBA unveiled their awful new courts, the Celtics made a mockery of the Wizards.<\/p>\n<p id=\"o7cccR\">As Cedric Maxell once uttered after the <a href=\"https:\/\/celticsblog.com\/\">Boston Celtics<\/a>\u2019 Eastern Conference Finals victory over the Miami Heat in 2022, \u201cHow \u2018bout them Celtics!\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"WGKicE\">This tri-weekly column will be coming at you in tandem with the full-length podcast of the same name, which releases at 5:00 am EST every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eHCC8H\">CelticsBlog\u2019s Sam LaFrance and Jack Simone will each select a topic discussed on that day\u2019s episode to dive a bit deeper into.<\/p>\n<p id=\"L7jRWm\"><em>(Side note: Tri-weekly does, in fact, mean three times a week AND\/OR every three weeks. This was a topic of conversation when discussing the outline of this column. A Google search confirmed the suspicion of a dual definition.)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"p-entry-hr\" id=\"dfhCm8\">\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" \" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/FICIiXIYD4qEEMhlNgfubLLYDkc=\/400x0\/filters:no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25046782\/cs_court.jpg\"><br \/>\n      <cite>NBA<\/cite><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"Ksri8x\"><strong>Sam\u2019s Pick: No one asked for these hideous new NBA In-Season Tournament courts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"xPzKq3\">Unfortunately, the NBA unveiled all 30 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celticsblog.com\/2023\/10\/30\/23938726\/boston-celtics-alternate-court-nba-in-season-tournament\">new alternate courts<\/a> for the new In-Season Tournament. If you haven\u2019t already seen them, consider yourself lucky because they are AWFUL.<\/p>\n<p id=\"RRIyGu\">If you\u2019ve ever wondered what the NBA\u2019s favorite color is, it\u2019s gray \u2014 tons and tons of gray.<\/p>\n<div id=\"YpqoLb\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallasmavs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dallasmavs<\/a> all-new court for the NBA In-Season Tournament <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NVbFARgL11\">pic.twitter.com\/NVbFARgL11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1719020392835104931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"XLCfUp\">This truthfully feels like a major project that the league asked an understaffed team to handle. The entire \u201cCity Edition Uniform\u201d campaign can be looped into this, too. Many of the designs don\u2019t go along with each team\u2019s brand, and it just looks weird.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UBzTwW\">For example, the San Antonio Spurs will be playing on a green and gold court as if they\u2019re the Seattle SuperSonics.<\/p>\n<p id=\"MtTf5e\">Not to mention that the league justified the decision to assign all these teams the alternate court designs by essentially calling its fans the dumbest of the dumb. <\/p>\n<p id=\"9iUkYz\">In a statement, the NBA explained that the goal is to have viewers realize that they are watching a special game \u2014 as if a giant trophy painted at mid-court wouldn\u2019t be able to do the trick alone.<\/p>\n<p id=\"kZsIrc\">\u201cThe courts, which will be used for Group Play and the Quarterfinals, showcase a bold and distinctive design scheme league-wide, making it instantly clear to fans when a game carries NBA In-Season Tournament implications,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-debuts-in-season-tournament-courts-for-all-30-teams\">the NBA\u2019s statement read<\/a>. \u201cThe unified look represents the first time that the league has implemented an alternate court for all 30 teams and the first time that any NBA team has played on a fully painted court with no woodgrain details.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"e-image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Boston Celtics v Washington Wizards\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/kUyxCotIA438GjWIAYXCwe5b-hQ=\/400x0\/filters:no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25046787\/1766040840.jpg\"><br \/>\n      <cite>Photo by Greg Fiume\/Getty Images<\/cite><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"ze0Nc5\"><strong>Jack\u2019s Pick: Celtics good, Wizards bad<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p id=\"ED7Nnz\">When looking back at Celtics games, there\u2019s normally an attempt at some sort of analysis, some semblance of a reasonable reaction. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celticsblog.com\/2023\/10\/30\/23939519\/boston-celtics-dominate-washington-wizards-on-the-eve-of-halloween-126-107\">This game<\/a> left room for none of that.<\/p>\n<p id=\"K8mVTH\">The majority of the conversation surrounding the Celtics\u2019 game against the Wizards should be as simple as the subheading of this section.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4lO7GY\">From the jump, Boston\u2019s talent completely overwhelmed the rebuilding Wizards. It looked like the freshman team practicing against varsity. Kyle Kuzma was the only guy close to making JV, and even he couldn\u2019t come close to affecting the outcome of the game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ItsVeC\">This is the sort of game that makes you sit back and wonder: \u201cWow, are the Celtics so talented that they could cakewalk to the one-seed?\u201d Even through the first couple of games, when the Celtics\u2019 passing wasn\u2019t ideal, they were still getting by on sheer talent alone. And against the lowly Wizards, the effect was multiplied.<\/p>\n<p id=\"COMWwm\">All that said, a few niche things stood out in the Celtics\u2019 win over the Wizards: Derrick White\u2019s beautiful entry passes, Sam Hauser\u2019s quietly solid defense and rebounding, and Lamar Stevens breaking Washington\u2019s zone in garbage time (something last year\u2019s Celtics failed to do time and time again).<\/p>\n<hr class=\"p-entry-hr\" id=\"mDxaPO\">\n<p id=\"mvYXbl\">Those were just a few of the main talking points from Tuesday\u2019s podcast. Also featured were Al Horford\u2019s thoughts on coming off of Boston\u2019s bench, Damian Lillard\u2019s rough showing against the Atlanta Hawks, and the famous \u201cRat List.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"QfHYJX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4xAVFMuB_zA\">Watch the full pod here<\/a> or listen below:<\/p>\n<div id=\"Scws3M\"><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3Kjf81UQq8Y3od8Rt8jkZB?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p id=\"8qo1GI\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>        Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>  On the same day the NBA unveiled their awful new courts, the Celtics made a mockery of the Wizards. As Cedric Maxell once uttered after the Boston Celtics\u2019 Eastern Conference Finals victory 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