Celtics PROGRESS, Jaylen Brown's BEST SEASON, and definitely NOT tanking

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Boston Celtics redefine their playstyle as Jaylen Brown steps up in Jayson Tatum’s absence. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal and Tom Westerholm of Boston.com analyze the Celtics’ first-quarter surge, spotlighting Jaylen Brown’s leadership, Payton Pritchard’s clutch impact, and Neemias Queta’s emergence as a reliable backup big. The breakdown covers Joe Mazzulla’s tactical adjustments, the team’s dominance in isolation scoring, and the rise of young contributors like Jordan Walsh. Key topics include Boston’s deliberate pace, offensive rebounding, lessons learned from rival teams like the Pacers, and whether 44 wins can secure a top-six playoff slot. Intriguing questions linger: can Brown maintain his All-NBA level, and will Queta’s unexpected progress reshape Boston’s championship hopes? Catch this rapid-fire analysis of the Boston Celtics’ evolving identity and postseason ambitions.

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0:00.0	The first quarter of the season is over.
0:02.5	Where do we stand on the Celtics play style, Jalen Brown, Namish Qaeda?
0:06.7	It's all right now on the Lockdown Celtics podcast.
0:11.7	Uh-huh.
0:13.0	Yep.
0:14.9	Beantown.
0:16.3	Be ever ready.
0:17.6	It's the seas.
0:18.5	Who else could it be?
0:19.5	What they going to say now?
0:20.8	Screaming like J.T. Corralice. We kept a man. It's the C's. Who else could it be? What they're going to say now?
0:40.1	Screaming like JT. Corralic. We kept a madness every game, every practice. Crime time, deputy, white on the sideline. Rain and Jace. How we started, raise a business. How we finish. Locked on Celtics Pod home of the winners. Be. Hey, welcome back to the lockdown Celtics podcast. right here on the lockdown podcast Podcast Network, where it is your team every day. Your team is the Boston Celtics. And I talk about them every Monday through Friday bonus podcasts, like when they play Friday night against the Lakers. I will do a bonus podcast for you. Every podcast is free. It's available everywhere. It's on YouTube. So go hop into the comment section there. Join your fellow
0:55.6	every day or the people with me every Monday through Friday and have a fun conversation there.
1:01.1	If you're new to the show, I'm John Corrales, beat writer for Boston Sports Journal, covering the Celtics in some form for 20 years and doing this podcast for 10.
1:09.0	I've also written a couple of books about the team.
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1:16.7	bets if that first bet wins. So head to fandul.com to get started. The Celtics have played 20
1:22.6	games. That's basically 25% of the schedule. So the first quarter has ended. Where do the Celtic stand at the end of the first quarter of the season? Later on, we'll get to Namish Qaeda. We'll get to Jalen Brown. We're going to start, though, with the play style. And we're going to do it by introducing our guy, Tom Westerholm. It's good that you introduce me in case people aren't sure who I am at this point.
1:46.8	If you're new to the show, this is Tom Westerhom.
1:49.1	You can find his work at Boston.com.
1:52.5	He's here on a regular basis.
1:54.6	It's just, you know, my guy, my guy, Tom.
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