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This will unlock the team as one of the guys that may not be one of the first dudes who comes to your mind when thinking about this Boston Celtics season continues to show how he is making a very, very positive impact on this team and becoming a larger and larger factor in this project that the Celtics have going on this year. They picked up a huge win on a back to back last night in Toronto to move to 10 and 2. The Celtics are now sitting pretty atop of the Eastern Conference. Welcome back to Celtics Digest, folks. I am your host, Kellen Frangione. It's a pleasure to be back talking about Celtics basketball, as always. Also, look at this new base bar. It's pretty nice, isn't it? Digest Sports, stay tuned. We're continuing to make amazing updates here. This is going to grow into something huge, so make sure you guys stay here, right here on this channel. Tell your friends as well. Folks, we have a lot to talk about today, and there's one particular guy who had a great performance last night in this back-to-back game where the Celtics had their backs against the wall. They were down 20 at one point in this game to a shorthanded Toronto Raptors team that was missing Kawhi and missing Scottie Barnes. Those are basically their two key guys right there. Celtics looked like they were in a tough spot coming off the huge win in Philly, went right up to Toronto. They made it happen. They got a W. It was fantastic. But folks, before we get any further into this video, I do want to tell you guys about today's sponsor, because today's sponsor is Kalshi. And on Kalshi, you are trading directly against other users and not the house like traditional sports books. You're buying yes or no contracts on the outcome of events across, you know, sports, politics, or even the weather. For example. 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Well, folks, it may not be the first guy that comes to your mind, but it is Nemyi Keita. Nemyi Keita has been driving the Celtics, and he drove the Celtics' comeback against Toronto last night. Now, it was a good game against Toronto. This is the wrong box score. Apologies, folks. But the end of this Toronto game, the Celtics scored 98 points in a W, and Nemyi Keita really, really stood out. 98-93 W, 11 points, 13 rebounds, three assists on plus 27, which was a team best, and one of one from three. Nemyi Keita has been expanding the shooting arsenal a little bit this year now. Hey, folks, don't be surprised when Keita starts knocking that thing down and really becomes a stretch five, Luke Garza, but even better. He also had three blocks and a steal in 30 minutes. Hustling, making the right plays. Nemyi Keita, I was thoroughly impressed with your performance last night. It was honestly fantastic to see. And now you can see the Celtics numbers with Keita on and off. On the floor, they are plus 17.3 net rating, plus the 13.4. So the offensive rating goes up and the defensive rating improves with Nemyi Keita on the floor. He's been nothing. But a positive impact, something that we can't say the same for, unfortunately, for Mitchell Robinson yet. He's still getting there, but we talked about this in previous videos. He said he needs about 20 games. I expect him to get there. Now, what about Keita with and without Tatum? With Tatum, you see the change goes up. His usage rate actually goes up with Tatum. His points go up with Tatum on the floor. His true shooting goes up with Tatum on the floor. His assists and his rebounds go down ever so slightly. And his three-point percentage also goes up with Jason Tatum on the floor. So, Neemias Queta and Jason Tatum seem to fit very well, mesh very well in Joe Mazzulla's lineup together. So, that is a very positive sign. Queta's recent form, I mean, you see it, his rebounds last five games, he's snagging a lot more rebounds than he typically does with 8.6. Now, his assists have also gone up in the last five games, 2.8. He's making a ton of progress. It's just all positive signs. 1.2 blocks his previous seven, 1.4. But Neemias Queta, man, shout out to you. I'm just very impressed right now. And I knew that he was going to continue getting better when I saw Joe Mazzulla investing his personal time traveling to Portugal with him this previous summer. Really working things out. Working out kinks in his game. Folks, Queta is here to stay. He's on a new deal. And I'm really, really excited to see what he can continue to do. Continue to grow. For a little bit of Queta's history versus Toronto. As that was the matchup last night. You see he does pretty well. Versus Toronto. His field goal percentage goes up 20% from his season average. Pretty darn good. Those are all very high field goal percentage numbers. Now, obviously, keep in mind, grain of salt, Queta's not really shooting a ton of outside shots. Yet, he has been taking his occasional corner three, which he's actually been converting on the majority of, but Queta clearly likes playing in Toronto, against Toronto, et cetera. If we take a look at his shot chart from last night, you will see a ton of his points basically came from free throws. Only two buckets, two for four, but the free throws accounted for a lot. And once again, the corner three. I like that. I like that, Keita. I want to see more from you. Shout out to him. Played a great game. But he wasn't the only story in tonight's game. Also, why is this a Ryan Kalkbrenner dunk? I'm sorry, folks. I really should check this image. Why am I seeing Ryan Kalkbrenner dunk it? Moving on, what happened else? What else happened? Jason Tatum. Jason Tatum also sealed the Celtics' comeback last night. He did not shoot very well, but he was still key in the game. He has been getting his guys involved, doing what he needs to do. Jason Tatum had a nice little game last night. If it popped up for us right here, folks, give it a second. It's delayed. Taking a second here. Not too sure why. If it doesn't pop up, I'll try and make something else pop up. But apologies here, folks. Okay, one second. Apologies, folks. We are back. So as I was saying to Jason Tatum's stat line last night, he did not shoot too well, but he still had 24 points, 7 rebounds. Eight assists was plus nine, made a positive impact in his minutes. Also threw in two blocks on the defensive end, just had a solid game. And now if we take a look at some more Tatum numbers, you should be able to see right here. Apologies, folks. My thing is a little slow. Obviously, I just had to make a cut in this video because it's not working out too well, but you see it. Tatum in the clutch in the regular season has been very effective. He is 99th percentile in clutch points. He's 82nd field goal percentage, 79th three-point percentage. Jason Tatum is a clutch player. Do not be fooled by other narratives that you hear because this guy can do it. The top 1%, the top 12% in plus minus, the top 6% in assists in the clutch. My cap goes off to Jason Tatum. He still only feels like he's at about 80%, I believe he said recently, in terms of his health as well. He is still trying to get that full Jason Tatum burst back. And when he really, really gets it back, it's gonna be an absolutely scary sight because Jason Tatum, you have been fantastic this season. I'm very excited to see what else happens. But if we take a look at his shot chart, it's true. Tatum got most of his points from the line as well in this game. You see he went 10 for 12 on free throws. Not efficient from three, not efficient from the field. That has been his biggest issue this season, but the volume is all there. The typical Jason Tatum stats are there. So we love to see it. But Tatum was also not the biggest factor in this game. There was more, folks, because let's get into it right here. It was really also the Celtics' defense that really brought things back. It erased the Raptors' hot start in that first half. They just came out and started playing a lot better. Derek White had himself a solid game against Toronto last night with 19 points, a rebound, 7 assists, plus 18 on 7 of 15 shooting, 3 of 7 from 3, a steal, and 4 blocks. 4. Four of them things. Four blocks for Derek White last night. He has been a lot quieter on the defensive end than he has been in years past. This was his best defensive performance of the season so far. So that's a positive sign from Derek White, who has been playing pretty subpar, if we're being honest. Peyton Pritchard also had a solid game with 14-1-1. Unfortunately, he was minus 17. He was on the court a lot for the big Raptors run when they were playing absolute magnet ball, just netting every single three. It was ridiculous. Five for 13, two of seven from three, nothing too impressive. Also five turnovers, not the best stat line from Pritchard, but moving on. If we take a look at Derek White's blocks, as I was saying, he has been struggling this season on the defensive end. He has not had more than two blocks in a game. Toronto last night goes there, doubles that four blocks. He's also had a ton of games with zero blocks. So once again, just a positive sign. If we take a deeper look at Derek White and his shot chart in this game last night, you can see where his shots came from. He had a three above the break. He had some at the rim. Add in some mid-range. He was scoring from pretty much everywhere. It's positive to see him making some threes as well, where he hit two of his threes above the break, threw in a corner three. So all around positive signs there. But moving to the conclusion of today's video, folks, the Celtics did complete a historic road trip. They went undefeated on this road trip. They have five straight wins now. So if you thought that hot start this season after the loss to Houston was going to be done, you are completely wrong. They are nine and one in the last 10 games. You see it here, a win against Milwaukee, a win at Charlotte, a win in Milwaukee, a win in Philadelphia, and now a win in Toronto. They are absolutely flying, top of the Eastern Conference. You absolutely love to see it. To get a look right here, you can see where everyone else stands. We just put Philly right under us where they should be. That is Little Brother. Detroit is in there. Atlanta's in there. New York's in there. Cleveland's in there. But none of them are too close right now. We have been absolutely flying. And honestly, I feel great about it. I feel good about this team. I want to know what you guys think. Very, very exciting stuff. If you take a look at our team profile, you can see that we have a plus 13 margin per game, 114.4 points per game scored with 104 allowed. 2-2 versus teams with winning records and 8-0 versus the losers. I know it's a little bit of a discrepancy with the amount of losing teams we've played versus the winning teams, but what you do love to see is that there's no losses to the losers. This Celtics team is also second in threes made, no surprise. It's a Joe Mazzulla team. Fourth in three-point percentage, again, no surprise. And seventh in offensive rebounds. Hasn't really been a theme in years past. Mitchell Robinson is certainly contributing to the change there. But the road trip was a very, very successful one. And you love to see it, folks. So I want to hear from you guys in the comments down below. Let me know your thoughts on this road trip from the Celtics. Who has been a standout for you this season so far? I want to hear it all. And thank you guys very much for watching this video. Once again, I am your host, Kellen Frangione with Celtics Digest. Stay right here on the channel. Don't forget to like and subscribe. And we'll have... Plenty more Celtics content coming your way soon, so thank you and see you soon.