Boston Celtics & Payton Pritchard EXPLODE Early—How Neemias Queta IMPACTED Celtics win

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🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Boston Celtics cruise past the Sacramento Kings as Payton Pritchard drops 29 points in a commanding win. Can Pritchard’s energy and offensive spark carry Boston through key absences like Jaylen Brown’s hamstring concerns? Neemias Queta and Baylor Scheierman make their mark with gritty interior play and versatile contributions, highlighting the team’s depth behind the stars. John Karalis breaks down major performances, including Luka Garza’s relentless offensive rebounding and Scheierman’s emergence as a utility player. The episode spotlights player development, Joe Mazzulla’s rotation tweaks, and lessons for rookie Amari Williams inspired by the Celtics’ bench. With trade rumors swirling and the Milwaukee Bucks up next, Boston’s postseason ambitions are under the microscope. Is this the turning point for the Celtics’ frontcourt?

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0:00.0	Now on the Lockdown Celtics podcast, Peyton Pritcher does all of the scoring while Jalen Brown sits out.
0:07.7	But it was Nemesh Keda and Baylor Shireman who did the dirty work in an easy win over the Kings.
0:13.0	Locked on Celtics pod, home of the winners, baby.
0:17.3	And welcome back to the Lockdown Celtics podcast right here in the Lockdown Podcast Network.
0:21.1	Where does your team every day? Your team is the Boston Celtics podcast right here in the lockdown podcast network. Where does your team every day?
0:22.2	Your team is the Boston Celtics.
0:23.9	And I talk about the Monday through Friday plus bonus podcast like this one right here, Friday night from TD Garden.
0:29.6	I always love when they leave the floor out.
0:31.7	So I can sit here and have a nice podcast background.
0:34.0	If you're watching on YouTube, you can see I'm here.
0:37.4	I'll just back out of the way and be like, hey, look, it's the floor. That's where they just played a game and beat the Sacramento Kings, 112, 93. Shows free available everywhere. If you're new to the show, I'm John Corrales. I'm a beat writer. I cover the Celtics for Sports Illustrated Celtics on
0:54.1	SI. I've been covering the team for about 20 years, doing this podcast for 10,
0:58.6	and I've written a couple of books about the team. So today,
1:03.6	we're just going to bonus podcast, so I tried to keep it a little bit shorter.
1:09.8	Later on, I'll get, I saw a lot of lessons in this game for Amari Williams.
1:14.4	And I'm going to, I'm going to cover that because I want Amari Williams to do well.
1:20.3	I think he can be a really good player.
1:22.3	But he has a lot of work to do.
1:24.8	We've seen flashes of it.
1:26.2	That's coming up later.
1:28.8	Individual performances,
1:35.1	including Luca Garza, Baylor, Shireman, becoming a utility guy for the Celtics. Let's start at the top,
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