It has already been reported that the Latvian stood out with 19 points and nine steals, but the “Celtics” lost to the leading team of the Western Conference with 92:105 (35:32, 30:23, 15:21, 12:29).
“In the first half, everything was fine, but in the second half of the game, they increased the speed and we played stupidly,” concluded Porzingis after the loss.
As the Liepaja player pointed out, “Celtics” wasted several of their attacks, but the home team played better and more aggressively, made several long shots and fired up the fans.
“They forced us to make mistakes, we made mistakes ourselves, we rushed something and didn’t give each other space on the court,” said Porzingis about the unimpressive second half in which the Celtics scored only 27 points. “In general, I would say that in the second half we definitely did not play at our level offensively.”
The Latvian basketball player pointed out that you should play smarter and teammates should work for each other.
Meanwhile, “Celtics” head coach Joe Mazulla emphasized after the loss that 17 points were lost in the second half after their own mistakes, which was one of the main reasons for the failure.
“It is due to the poor positional play, poor performance in the battles for the ball and the inability to read the opponent’s game,” the number of errors and losses was described by the “Celtics” captain.
With 26 wins in 36 matches, “Celtics” are in second place in the Eastern Conference, while “Thunder”, which won their 15th consecutive victory, maintains the leading position in the Western Conference with a 30-5 record.