Neemias Queta BETTER THAN EVER, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown GREAT in WIN Over Raptors

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🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Boston Celtics overpower Toronto Raptors with rising star Neemias Queta’s dominant two-way performance. As Tatum and Brown combine for 49 points, is Queta’s growth the x-factor Boston needs heading into the NBA playoffs? John Karalis of Celtics On SI spotlights Queta’s advanced pick-and-roll decision-making, rim protection, and impressive impact on both ends. Discussion highlights include Jayson Tatum’s fluid passing and rebounding surge, Jaylen Brown’s crafty finishing, and critical fourth-quarter contributions from Payton Pritchard and Derrick White. The episode also breaks down Nikola Vucevic’s return, how Joe Mazzulla is managing rotations, and what Boston must do to tighten up turnovers. With playoff seeding on the line and the Celtics’ depth rising, can this squad make a push for the Finals? Don’t miss this Locked On Celtics breakdown of Boston’s surging momentum.

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0:00.0	It wasn't pretty, but the Celtics get the win in Toronto.
0:04.0	Namish-Keda on a roll.
0:10.8	Welcome back to the Lockdown Celtics Podcast.
0:13.5	I'm John Corrales.
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0:27.2	The Celtics get the win against Toronto 115 101 later on.
0:31.4	We'll talk about Nicole Vuccivic, who is back.
0:34.1	We'll talk about the turnovers, which nearly costs them.
0:39.4	We'll get into Jalen, Jason,
0:44.4	what makes them so good and what they're doing so much better than they have in the past.
0:49.9	But we've got to start here from TD Garden. If you're watching on YouTube, you can see there's an intense, I'm going to back out of here there's an intense game of i think it's knockout
0:56.6	going on down there so i moved up into the i don't even know what section this is this is a nice
1:02.8	bar over here though i wonder if they're still open anyway there the celtics uh got an incredible
1:10.0	game from nemeish kad, who is just absolutely, I think, rolling right now.
1:17.0	He had 18 points, seven rebounds.
1:20.5	He's just been phenomenal for the Celtics recently.
1:26.4	And as I try to call up my box score, things just disappear on me here.
1:34.9	The way he's been able to here, on offense, read what the defense is doing and make the appropriate play, especially in the pick and roll, just when to get in and out of the picks, when to stick on the pick, when to slip.
1:57.6	Just the variety of things that he is able to do and how he's able to execute these things
2:04.0	offensively has been great not just the finishing because he's a big guy he's going to finish
2:07.8	at the rim uh he has a nice little floater and all of that stuff but for him understanding
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