Boston Celtics shooting CRATERS in Loss To Nuggets, Jayson Tatum Getting Closer

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🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Boston Celtics’ road trip momentum stalls as fatigue, missed opportunities, and cold shooting doom their night against the Denver Nuggets. With Jayson Tatum’s return looming, can the team snap back into contender mode? John Karalis of Celtics On SI dissects the loss, spotlighting issues like the Celtics’ inability to feed the hot hand—despite Derrick White’s second-quarter surge—and Jaylen Brown’s ongoing tussle with officials. Key analysis covers the impact of travel, shooting woes (12-of-43 from three), live-ball turnovers, and the third-quarter collapse when Boston failed to capitalize on bonus opportunities. Karalis evaluates Neemias Queta's defensive effort, Boston’s stagnant bench production, and previews Tatum’s imminent return, asking: will his comeback restore the Celtics’ edge before they face the Brooklyn Nets? Don’t miss this essential Celtics breakdown.

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0:00.0	now in the Lockdown Celtics podcast, the Celtics were right there and then it all fell apart.
0:06.0	But at least it looks like Jason Tatum is coming back soon.
0:13.0	Hey, welcome back to the Lockdown Celtics podcast right here on the lockdown podcast.
0:16.7	Now record it is your team every day.
0:18.7	Your team's the Boston Celtics and I talk about them every Monday through Friday,
0:22.4	plus bonus podcast on the weekend and sometimes during the week.
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0:33.5	I'm John Corrales.
0:34.5	I'm a beat writer covering the Celtics for Sports Illustrated's Celtics on
0:38.6	SI. I've been doing a version of this job for about 20 years now. I've been doing this podcast for 10.
0:45.8	I also have a couple of books out about the Celtics. So check those out as well.
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1:08.7	Celtics lose to Denver 103.84. I'm sorry, the 40-20-20 dream is over. If you don't know what
1:18.2	40-20 is, it's the concept created by Phil Jackson that championship contenders win 40
1:25.2	games before they lose 20. The Celtics are at 38 wins and now 20 losses.
1:33.2	So this would have been 39 if they had won this game.
1:36.5	And then 40 would have been the Brooklyn game if they can go back and win that game.
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