HISTORY: Celtics' Anfernee Simons RESCUES Boston in Miami—Why Jayson Tatum Needs to Pay Attention

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Boston Celtics rally past Miami Heat as Anfernee Simons makes history off the bench—should Jayson Tatum take notes on late-game decision making? John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal breaks down the Celtics’ wild 119-114 comeback, spotlighting Anfernee Simons’ record-setting 39 points and the clutch fourth-quarter adjustments that saved Boston after a disastrous start. Key discussions include Jaylen Brown’s bounce-back third quarter, Derrick White’s defensive impact despite a cold shooting night, and how Joe Mazzulla’s rotation choices shaped the rally. The episode also explores the bench’s critical second-chance points, Payton Pritchard’s struggles, and why Tatum’s willingness to let hot teammates cook could be pivotal for Boston’s championship hopes. Is Simons too valuable to move at the trade deadline? Can the Celtics sustain this new offensive rhythm as they chase the No. 1 seed? Don’t miss Karalis’s expert insights into Boston’s evolving identity and what this showdown reveals about the season ahead.

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0:00.0	Anthony Simon saves the Celtics by making history and why Jason Tatum should be paying very close attention to what happened in that fourth quarter right now on the Lockdown Celtics podcast.
0:11.7	Locked on Celtics pod home of the winners, baby.
0:15.5	Yeah, welcome back to the lockdown Celtics podcast right here on the lockdown podcast network, where it is your team every day.
0:25.4	Your team is the Boston Celtics and I talk about them every Monday through Friday plus bonus podcast when they play on the weekends they've got a Saturday night game in Atlanta I will be at
0:30.6	State Farm Arena giving you a podcast from State Farm Arena hopefully somewhere so make sure
0:37.3	you subscribe where you get your podcast watch a a show on YouTube. Enjoy it. Have some fun with me. I'm John Corallis, Beatwriter for Boston Sports Journal. I have been doing this podcast for 10 years. I've been covering the team for 20. And I've written a couple books about the team as well. Today's show is brought to you by Fandual.
0:54.7	It's Friday night. So it opened up the Fandual app at 6 p.m. Eastern from 6 to 7.30.
0:59.7	You get NBA happy hour with a bunch of specials dropping. So make sure you do that on the
1:05.7	fan duel app. All right, Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat by five, which is surprising to me,
1:14.6	a 119, 114 win because the way this game started, oh, awful, awful. If you missed it, just,
1:21.8	just watch the last 10 minutes or watch whenever Anthony Simons was in.
1:28.6	Later on, I'll tell you why Jason Tatum should be paying very close attention to how the fourth quarter went.
1:35.3	We'll get into individual performances.
1:37.5	Jaylon Brown, Derek White, Peyton Pritchard, a variety of different individual performances.
1:42.5	They're not the only ones I'll get to.
1:44.5	But we'll start with the story of the game, which is the just god-awful beginning.
1:51.2	Anthony Simon's making history.
1:53.0	And second chance points, those were the things that saved the Celtics.
1:56.9	The Celtics fell behind by 19.
1:59.8	That first quarter was, I mean, just, I can't even begin to accurately describe it without violating a bunch of rules and making you probably swerve off the road.
2:14.2	It's just if I, the joke would be for me to start talking and bleeping out
2:20.2	all of the things, be one long tone of all the things to describe how bad the Celtics looked,
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