{"id":144386,"date":"2025-03-22T10:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T14:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=144386"},"modified":"2025-03-22T10:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T14:15:52","slug":"celtics-defeat-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=144386","title":{"rendered":"Celtics Steal Victory Away from Jazz 121-99"},"content":{"rendered":"

The water was rough up in Salt Lake City, but the Celtics were able to calm it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During the first leg of a 6,450-mile journey, Boston beat the Utah Jazz 121-99, keeping number-one seed hopes alive. Kristaps Porzingis and Jayson Tatum performed most of the work in the first half, but the bench did their job to silence the Jazz\u2019s song.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be one of our longest road trips,\u201d Kristaps Porzingis told NBC Sports Boston after the <\/span>game<\/span><\/a>. \u201cAnd we want to have a good road trip even though it\u2019s not maybe the highest quality of teams we\u2019re gonna play against. We want to show up and not play down to the competition.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Boston started hot in the first quarter, building a 35-21 lead, with Jayston Tatum making two-thirds of his shots. One particular play saw Tatum channel his inner Messi after he stole the ball and did a rainbow flick, unintentionally hitting the ball up with the outside of his foot, right back into his hands for the basket.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Messi would be proud of Tatumpic.twitter.com\/GqERUnyvGI<\/a><\/p>\n

— Underdog NBA (@UnderdogNBA) March 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n