Al Horford always there to shake up his teammates

32 assists for only 5 lost balls. On the floor of the Kings, the Celtics were very clean in terms of ball circulation last night. ” We were just ourselves. We took up the challenge. We understood that Sacramento is a very good team, we had to produce this type of match to win tonight “, REMARK Al Horford.

Author of an outing at the height of his production over the year with 11 points (4/6), 5 rebounds and above all +25 when he was on the floor, the veteran of the team has reason to rejoice in this collective benefit.

The Athletic reports that the 36-year-old recently asked his teammates, in a video session, to rev up, be more in a hurry and start taking care of the small details. According to his comrades, his speaking, frequent in the Celtics locker room, had a little more impact than usual.

According to Robert Williams, the five-time All-Star insisted on the need ” to be able to talk to each other, accept criticism and not let problems drag on “. A discourse to which the pivot, according to which ” something bigger awaits the Celtics, adheres.

In search of a first ring

The timing of his speech is not surprising. The Celtics have only nine games left before the playoffs. And their results have sometimes disappointed in recent weeks. The C’s are currently showing a good dynamic of five wins in seven games. But their “road trip” to the West was marred by two narrow defeats against the modest Rockets and the Jazz.

Also, before this series of trips, Boston had suffered in the East against lower-ranked teams with four losses in five games. Milwaukee thus took advantage of this bad patch to sting Boston for the place of No. 1 in the conference. ” In the end, I think we all have to realize what we play for “, insists the former Hawks player, in reference to the title ambitions of the title finalists.

” We all agree with (this speech),” reports Marcus Smart, who sees as a teammate someone who ” keep making noise in this league. You can see how much that means to him. His positioning is that of the oldest and most experienced player on the team who does not want to retire without having won a title.

” He deserves it, we deserve it too. But just because we deserve it doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. We have to go find him. But Al really deserves our best “, ends his leader.