Boston Celtics DOMINATE Early, Jaylen Brown and Payton Pritchard POWER Sloppy Night

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Boston Celtics stomp Portland Trail Blazers with a dominant first quarter, but questions linger after a cold, sloppy finish at TD Garden. Did Jaylen Brown, Payton Pritchard, and Derrick White do enough to quiet doubters as the Celtics cruised on early momentum but struggled with turnovers and free throw disparities the rest of the way? Celtics on SI's John Karalis spotlights Amari Williams’ rapid development and the intriguing mix of Celtics’ big men. The episode also celebrates Jrue Holiday and Rob Williams’ return to Boston, recaps key defensive highlights, and previews critical trade deadline decisions as the Celtics look to fine-tune their roster for a deep playoff push. Can Boston maintain their dominance, or will the recent sloppy play expose bigger issues down the stretch?

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0:00.0	Now in the Lockdown Celtics podcast, it was sloppy and cold outside TD Garden, and it was sloppy and cold inside TD Garden.
0:08.3	And the Celtics made 12 minutes of work, last for 48.
0:15.4	Hey, welcome back to the lockdown Celtics podcast right here in the lockdown podcast.
0:19.2	Derek, where it is your team every day. Your team's the Boston Celtics. I talk about them Monday through Friday, bonus podcasts when they play on weekends. So make sure you're subscribed to wherever podcasts exist. It's on YouTube as well. You can watch the show there. If you're new to the show, I'm John Corrales. I'm a beatwriter covering the Celtics for Sports Illustrated Celtics on
0:38.1	SI page. I've been covering the team for about 20 years doing this podcast for 10. I've also
0:43.5	written a couple of books about the team. Coming up on today's show, Drew Holiday, Rob Williams,
0:50.0	we're back, talked to them. That's coming up later on.
0:54.4	We'll save that for last, probably the best for last.
0:57.3	We're getting to individual performances, Amari Williams.
0:59.9	A lot of Amari Williams lately, Peyton Pritchard, Derek White, all those guys, Jalen Brown coming up.
1:06.3	I want to start with the beginning, which is where the Celtics won this game.
1:10.7	The first 12 minutes of this game. The first 12 minutes of
1:11.8	this game was the best 12 minutes of the game where the Celtics outscored the Blazers 32 to
1:19.0	11. 11 points in the first quarter for the Blazers. Ultimately, too big a hole to climb out of.
1:29.4	And by the way, it is climb out of, not dig out of.
1:32.3	You don't dig out of holes.
1:35.0	Unless you're the Simpsons, in which case you say,
1:37.3	dig up, stupid.
1:38.8	But no, you climb out of holes.
1:40.6	And the Blazers couldn't climb out of holes,
1:43.0	this hole, the Celtics
1:46.4	put up 32 on two pointers. They were four of 13 from three. That meant they were 10 of 13 from
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