CLUTCH: Celtics recover, RALLY to beat Toronto, win FIFTH STRAIGHT game

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🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Boston Celtics rally for a fifth straight win with clutch fourth-quarter execution—can this level of play last? John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal unpacks Boston’s 121-113 victory over the Toronto Raptors, spotlighting Derrick White’s timely three-pointers, Payton Pritchard’s elite mid-paint efficiency, and Jordan Walsh’s surprising impact. The show features sharp analysis on the team’s resilience under pressure and the supporting cast’s evolving roles, including key minutes from Neemias Queta and Sam Hauser. Main topics include Jaylen Brown’s MVP campaign, the Celtics’ gauntlet of wins during a tough schedule stretch, and whether Boston’s three-point shooting and injury luck are sustainable. With Joe Mazzulla’s coaching now drawing praise, Karalis questions if the Celtics’ 51-win pace can hold. Don’t miss this breakdown of Boston’s playoff positioning, player development, and what lies ahead with a more forgiving December schedule.

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0:00.0	five in a row for the Boston Celtics, a clutch win at that.
0:06.1	But can they sustain this?
0:08.0	I'll talk about it right now on the Lockdown Celtics podcast.
0:12.9	Uh-huh.
0:14.5	Yep.
0:16.4	Beantown.
0:17.7	Be ever ready.
0:19.1	It's the C's.
0:20.0	Who else could it be? What they go and say now screaming like
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0:28.6	sideline rain and jace how we started raising business how we finish locked on self this pod home
0:33.5	of the winners be in welcome back to the lockdown selics podcast, right here in the Lockdown Podcasts.
0:38.9	Network, where's your team every day?
0:40.3	Your team is the Boston Celtics.
0:42.1	And I talk about them every Monday through Friday.
0:44.7	I'll do a bonus podcast like I did this past Friday when they play on the weekend.
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0:55.3	If you're new to the show, I'm John Corrales, Beatwriter for Boston Sports Journal. I've been doing this job or a version of it for 20 years now. I've been doing this podcast for 10, and I've written a couple of books about the Celtics. Today's show is brought to you by Fanduel. If you want to be right in the middle of the action this season with
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