Celtics players react to playing first Finals game in Boston

This Celtics’ core in no stranger to enjoying in Boston. Marcus Good has been with the staff for eight years, Jaylen Brown for six, and Jayson Tatum for 5. They know what this metropolis is about on the subject of its sports activities groups.

But championship rounds are one thing completely different. And on Wednesday night time Good, Brown, Tatum, and the remainder of the Celtics received to expertise that for the primary time.

“It positively felt completely different. It positively provides gas to the hearth for us, offers us goosebumps to have the ability to say that,” Good mentioned after the sport. “Took this staff, took this group 12 years since they’ve been right here, to have it again and be within the Finals. After we lookup and see these banners, see these numbers, it’s one thing that offers us, like I mentioned, that motivation to go on the market and attempt to be the following particular person up.”

“All through this complete Playoffs, we haven’t been pretty much as good at residence. We positively really feel dangerous about that, to our followers, as a result of they provide us a lot vitality and a lot juice. Such as you mentioned, earlier than the sport even began you possibly can really feel the vitality all through the constructing. First Finals recreation since 2012 or ’10, no matter it was. They had been excited,” Tatum added.

“It simply felt nice. Felt prefer it’s been some time since we’ve performed on this constructing,” he continued. “So glad to get a win in entrance of the group. They’ve been so nice for us all through the Playoffs and all season and all through my profession. It was nice to get a win for them. We’re going to wish them on Friday, as nicely.”

To date this postseason, the Celtics are 6-4 at residence versus 8-3 on the highway. Nonetheless, a few of their most spectacular performances have taken place at TD Backyard, together with a number of 20-point wins in opposition to the Bucks (with one coming in Recreation 7) and their 102-82 beatdown of the Miami Warmth in Recreation 3 of the Japanese Convention Finals.

Nevertheless, not everyone was impressed with the Boston crowd Wednesday night time. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr and level guard Klay Thompson took exception to the jeers from the group directed at ahead Draymond Inexperienced. Yow will discover their feedback right here.

The Celtics will look to get an identical enhance from the group Friday night time, after they have an opportunity to take a commanding 3-1 lead in Recreation 4. That one begins at 9:00 p.m., with pregame protection starting at 8:30 on 98.5 The Sports activities Hub and the Celtics Radio Community.