Hour 1: What Statement Did Celtics Make with Win Over Thunder?

First Take

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🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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First Take begins with the new SGA! Jaylen Brown used Shai's own foulbaiting tactics against him (two weeks after declaring he never foulbaits). Are we ready to put the Celtics in the Thunder/Spurs tier? (0:00) Then, with AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson going out in the first weekend, is Darius Acuff Jr. the best player left in the NCAA tournament? (27:10) Next, Luka already led one team to the finals. Is he playing well enough to carry ANOTHER past the Spurs and Thunder to reach his second? (39:15) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.6	These are the games you circle when the schedule comes out.
0:34.4	Preston first quarter by Oklahoma City.
0:37.0	The Celtics have found their rhythm offensively.
0:39.3	Coming up on three minutes left in the third.
0:41.3	The last two champions of the NBA going toe to toe here.
0:44.3	We went to come out and show that we can play against anybody.
0:47.3	The three-point shooting is deadly right now for Boston.
0:50.3	Thunder got it down to single digits.
0:52.3	Trying to apply a little late game pressure.
0:55.0	Celtics with the win. That's a statement by the Boston Celtics.
1:03.0	Hello everyone. Welcome to first take. Huge night in the NBA. We're going to dive into it. I am Shay Cornett, Steven A. Smith, Brian Windhorst, Jay Williams, all here with us.
1:12.3	Hi, guys. Good morning, everybody. Well, morning, good morning. Good morning, everybody.
1:18.7	Good morning, everybody. Brian Winters continues to make me proud. The orange tie, looking like a
1:26.5	politician, very astute.iams changed the background because
1:31.6	when he was on first tape on he's on get up earlier it looked like he was in the damn prison
1:35.8	cell or whatever now we see it's more expansive this is good i'm very pleased i'm very pleased
1:42.0	good morning everybody good morning i said thank you good morning all right Let's get into it. Let's dive into a huge night in the NBA last night. And we begin in Boston. The Thunder went to Boston yesterday on a 12-game win streak. They came out with an L after the Celtics pulled away in the fourth quarter. Jason Tatum, 19, 12 boards. Jalen Brown dropped 31 to give the Celtics a 119 win.
2:05.4	SGA at 33, but the Thunder's three-point shooting really hindered them going 12 of 37
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