Kornet Shines as Celtics Overcome Raptors
The Celtics were beaten for the second night in a row, and losing to the Toronto Raptors would not have been a surprise. However, Luke Kornet showed the next-hand mentality that Joe Mazzulla expects from Boston. Jayson Tatum, Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis missed Friday’s game at TD Garden. Sam Hauser and Kornet got the start, but Boston beat the Detroit Pistons in overtime on Thursday.
The Raptors had the advantage, but Jaylen Brown, who sat out Thursday, was able to preserve the Celtics’ undefeated home record. Kornet also survived with a breakthrough performance. The ninth-year center scored 20 points on 9-11 shooting in 33 minutes and grabbed eight rebounds and three blocks.
Kornet has been out of the rotation since Dec. 12, when Neemias Queta earned minutes. However, he understood that sometimes sacrifices must be made and that selfless attitude is what he brings to the locker room and why he is called the “ultimate teammate.
” “I feel like I thought I was there earlier in my life and my career,” Kornet told reporters in an NBC Sports Boston video. “Honestly, I feel that there was enough suffering in my career that opened it up. You only realize that you didn’t play well when it affected you.
There is nothing higher than doing something for yourself. , accomplishing a goal. “Also, part of my life as a husband and father definitely helped shape things in the sense that I realized that the best things that I feel in life are the things that I really do for other people. In different points, but being in Maine, I’m really focused on that, being here as a team, figuring it out and making each other better.
You can share your joy much more and you can also spread your struggles when you are connected to everyone else. I find this to be the most satisfying way. It also makes you grateful that when days like this come, they can happen. But if it’s not for Derrick (White), (Jaylen Brown), Sam (Hauser) and Payton (Pritchard), they help me.
I try to do my job to help them. …” When director of basketball operations Brad Stevens traded away Marcus Smart, Grant Williams, Robert Williams III and Malcolm Brogdon last season, there were fears that Boston would lose depth on a top-heavy roster with the additions of Jrue Holiday and Porzingis. However, Kornet showed the Celtics still have plenty of depth in the regular season and letting others rest could pay off in the long run.
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