Portuguese center Neemias Queta took advantage of injuries to the team’s other three posts and showed good form, despite being sent off for fouls, in the Boston Celtics’ 128-day victory over the Orlando Magic from Friday to Saturday. 111.
Expectations increased throughout the day and reached its peak shortly before the start of the game, when it became known that the Celtics were without Al Horford, Porzingis and Kornet (the latter will be out for a week) for the game with the Orlando Magic, leaving Portuguese Neemias Queta as the only free agent available. Joe Mazzulla, however, chose to start the game in small ball and gave the start to winger Lamar Stevens.
This option, however, did not go well and the Boston team had clear difficulties on both sides of the field, both in fighting the boards and in freeing shooters in attack, as there was no more physical player to make blocks. Realizing this, Neemias Queta entered with just seven minutes played in the 1st period and completely changed the game.
From then on, the Portuguese international played nine minutes in a row and the team gained a completely different offensive fluidity, even taking the lead with a pair of triples from Payton Pritchard, and in defense also with clear improvements, such that Neemias He made two great tackles and a steal in his short time on the field. Offensively he had little ball, so much so that he didn’t score in the 1st half, but he freed the team with his blocks and his big mistake was the usual problem with fouls (three in the 1st half), largely due to wanting to be, in excess, in everywhere on defense.
Its impact was such that the Celtics took advantage of it to build a large advantage, always between 15 and 20 points, which allowed for greater rotation from the middle of the 3rd period onwards. Neemias benefited from this and re-entered with five minutes to play in the 3rd period, but quickly made two fouls, reached the 5th and ended up having a 2nd spell on the court that was very brief and more discreet.
With the game resolved, despite the usual problems with fouls, he entered five minutes before the end of the game and even managed to improve his statistical sheet a little, scoring his first points in the match and adding another tackle, before being sent off. with faults. The match ended with more than 18 minutes, 4 points (2/3 FG), 3 rebounds (one offensive and two defensive), 1 assist, 1 steal and 3 tackles, in addition to 9+/-.
2023-12-16 02:48:00
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