{"id":32639,"date":"2025-02-11T08:13:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=32639"},"modified":"2025-02-11T08:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T08:13:51","slug":"breaking-celtics-jayson-tatum-issues-challenge-to-boston-ahead-of-home-date-vs-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=32639","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Celtics’ Jayson Tatum issues challenge to Boston ahead of home date vs. Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jayson Tatum is proud of the Celtics’ road wins, but he wants to bring that energy back home to Boston.<\/p>\n

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The Boston Celtics did their best snowbird impression on Monday night, leaving the New England cold and making themselves at home in Florida at the Kaseya Center en route to a 103-85 beatdown of the Miami Heat. The Celtics have won seven straight games in the Heat’s building (including the playoffs) and are a league-best 22-6 on the road this season.<\/p>\n

Although the Celtics were without two starters, four-time All-Star Jaylen Brown and two-time NBA champion Jrue Holiday, six-time All-Star Jayson Tatum led the way with a game-high 33 points. He shot 50% from the field on 26 attempts and tallied more points than a third of the Heat’s total offensive output.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/celtics\/status\/1889140855446896942<\/p>\n

A road victory is nothing new for the C’s, but Tatum is determined to make winning more common back home at TD Garden.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe give up too many easy ones at home, so we got to make up for it,\u201d Tatum said in a postgame interview via John Karalis. \u201cWe need to get back on track at home. We let our fans down too many times \u2026 so we owe it to them to play better at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Celtics are just 16-10 in Beantown during the 2024-25 campaign. That’s already four more losses than they had at home all of last regular season and postseason.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Celtics have notched six consecutive road wins, with half of them coming by at least a 15-point margin of victory. The Kaseya Center might not have felt like an opposing arena for them, though, as Boston fans started multiple \u201cLet’s go Celtics\u201d chants during the double-digit win. Veteran center Al Horford loved that, yet he wasn’t surprised.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a privilege when you’re a Celtic and when you go to an opposing arena and you have so many Celtics fans,\u201d he stated. \u201cAnd that’s how it usually is.\u201d<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoaDalzell\/status\/1889141750360420434<\/p>\n

Horford earned those cheers tonight, posting 16 points, 10 rebounds, and zero turnovers in 33 minutes of play. At 38 years old, he helped lock down Heat star center Bam Adebayo, who finished with 22 points on 6-of-17 shooting. Nobody else scored over 13 points for Miami.<\/p>\n

Each member of Boston’s starting five scored at least 13 points or more, including sharp-shooter Sam Hauser. He finished with 15 points (all coming in the first half) on five made 3s, which tied a season-high.<\/p>\n

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Sam Hauser DRILLS the corner three \ud83c\udfafpic.twitter.com\/0m5KAAC9ll<\/a><\/p>\n

— Celtics Nation (@CelticsNationCP) February 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n