Boston Celtics DEMOLISH New Orleans Pelicans, Nikola Vucevic gets BACK ON TRACK

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🗓️ 11 April 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Boston Celtics torch New Orleans Pelicans with historic three-point shooting, notching 29 threes and locking up the East’s second seed. Will Nikola Vucevic's renewed confidence and Neemias Queta's milestone season translate to playoff success? John Karalis of Celtics On SI breaks down the Celtics’ emphatic 144-118 win, spotlighting Payton Pritchard’s 29-point, 10-assist showcase and Sam Hauser’s hot hand. Key storylines include Luka Garza’s readiness off the bench, Jaylen Brown’s efficient night (despite seven turnovers), and the looming playoff matchup likely against either the Philadelphia 76ers or Orlando Magic. The show highlights Neemi’s rare statistical feat—joining Robert Parish and Dave Cowens in Celtics' history—while assessing Joe Mazzulla’s approach to player rotation before the postseason. Can Boston’s record-setting perimeter attack carry them through the playoffs? Don’t miss Locked On Celtics’ essential analysis of the road ahead.

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0:00.0	A record night for the Boston Celtics, Nikola Vucovich looks good, and Nemeesh Kada sets a nice milestone.
0:10.3	Welcome back to the Lockdown Celtics podcast. I'm John Corrales. The Celtics get an easy win over the New Orleans Pelicans. In a little bit, I'll get get to Namish Qaeda and Nikola Vucovich.
0:23.3	But let's just start at the top with the Celtics kind of cruising and clinching the second
0:30.3	seed. The win over New Orleans, 144. That's 144 points to 118. Hot shooting, yeah, hot shooting. The Celtics shot 29 of 59
0:44.4	from 3. That's 49%. The Pelicans shot 9 of 32. That's 28%. So the Celtics were plus 60 from the three point line.
0:59.0	The Celtics won by 26. They were, the pelicans got to the line 30 times. So they got to the
1:07.5	free throw line and made up 10 points there. It doesn't matter.
1:11.0	The Celtics were up by 40 at one point.
1:13.9	It really isn't even worth getting into the flow of this game or anything like that.
1:19.7	The Celtics came out.
1:21.4	They shot the lights out.
1:23.7	It was close for like five minutes and then it wasn't close anymore
1:28.2	Celtics got up 20 then they got up 30 then they got up 40 and then it was garbage
1:34.3	time basically most of this game was garbage time and uh that that's it
1:40.2	Celtics clinched the second seed now we we wait for the plan to sort itself out.
1:46.5	And after everything that happened on Friday night in the NBA, it's looking like it's
1:52.4	either the Philadelphia 76ers or the Orlando Magic.
1:57.9	Toronto can sneak in there, but it's pretty much Charlotte is out of the equation.
2:06.9	Who else is out of the equation here? The Miami Heat are out of the equation. So Charlotte and
2:15.6	Miami will basically be now the 9-10 game.
2:20.6	Orlando, Philly, Toronto will be one of the seven, eight participants,
2:29.0	and we'll go from there.
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