Warriors vs. Celtics: Play-by-play, highlights and reactions

Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
“For you to win…you have to check your ego at the door.”
Festus Ezeli shares how Klay Thompson has embraced his temporary bench role
Hear the Warriors on NBA Radio right now sxm.app.link/nbaradiolive pic.twitter.com/PhdZUxkwa2 – 3:31 PM

Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
Heading into this afternoon, Boston is 25-11 against teams with a .500+ winning percentage and is 14-6 against the West – 3:25 PM

Kerith Burke @KerithBurke
Defending the three or interrupting the kick outs will be critical for the Warriors. The Celtics get 40.2% of their points off threes (highest in the league) and they predominantly come from the corners. C’s lead the league with 957 threes made. – 3:23 PM

Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
Big boos for the Warriors as Golden State Takes the floor here in Boston – 3:20 PM

John Hollinger @johnhollinger
Possibility is on the table that we get Paul Reed – Sam Hauser walk off interviews in back-to-back national TV games. Speaking this into existence. – 3:19 PM

Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
Warriors at Celtics – TD Garden March 3, 2024 – Starters
Boston – Holiday, White, Brown, Tatum, Horford
Golden State – Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Moses Moody, Jonathan Kuminga, Draymond Green
OUT – Boston: Porzingis, Queta Golden State: Andrew Wiggins, Bradin Podziemski pic.twitter.com/qvEsGJqRHx – 3:05 PM

Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Steph Curry officially playing today in Boston. Here are the Warriors’ starters.
Steph Curry
Klay Thompson
Moses Moody
Jonathan Kuminga
Draymond Green – 3:01 PM

Kendra Andrews @kendra__andrews
Curry is playing today in Boston, the Warriors say. – 2:40 PM

John Karalis @John_Karalis
Klay Thompson just ran onto the floor for warmups and casually tossed in a corner 3 hook shot so this might be a wild one today – 2:39 PM

Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
Jaylen Brown signing a few autographs ahead of Celtics-Warriors pic.twitter.com/Iki1tmQfZN – 2:31 PM

Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Steph Curry going through some extensive stretches in the #Warriors‘ locker room. As Steve Kerr said pre-game, it looks like he’s intending to play today. – 2:31 PM

Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
New: With Kristaps Porzingis ruled out for Sunday’s game with a quad injury, be on the lookout for more Xavier Tillman minutes this afternoon masslive.com/celtics/2024/0… – 2:22 PM

Boston Celtics @celtics
Joe just praised the Stay Ready Group, and suggested their professionalism gives us a wide range of lineup options. Mazzulla: “The great thing about our team is we complement each other really well, and there’s a lot of different avenues we can go down in the midst of a game.” – 2:14 PM

Kerith Burke @KerithBurke
While we’re talking pregame injury stuff, I saw a weird comment that calling Wiggins’ absence a family matter means reporters are revealing too much (???). The Warriors game notes state it’s a “personal family matter.” pic.twitter.com/A5oMvyze3l – 2:12 PM

Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
Birthday boy Jayson Tatum getting some pregame post touches ahead of Celtics-Warriors pic.twitter.com/kXDzv5cCvj – 2:11 PM

Steve Bulpett @SteveBHoop
Steve Kerr talks about the difference Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis have made and adds that this is the “best version” of the Celtics he’s seen. – 2:04 PM

Jay King @ByJayKing
Steve Kerr said he believes this is the best version of the recent Celtics teams. – 2:03 PM

Kendra Andrews @kendra__andrews
Stephen Curry will warm up before his status for tonight is decided. He’s listed as questionable with a left knee inflammation. Brandin Podziemski (right knee inflammation) is out. – 2:01 PM

Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater
Steph Curry is expected to play today in Boston, per Kerr. He will warm up and test his knee pregame but plan is for him to go. Brandin Podziemski is out. – 2:01 PM

Kerith Burke @KerithBurke
Latest injury report for Warriors-Celtics shows Kristaps Porzingis has been downgraded to OUT. – 2:01 PM

Jay King @ByJayKing
Stephen Curry will warm up but Steve Kerr expects him to play today against Boston. Podziemski will be out, per Kerr. – 2:01 PM

Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Steve Kerr says he expects Steph Curry to play against the Celtics today – 2:01 PM

Golden State Warriors @warriors
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in the building pic.twitter.com/lOCZ3Tsgh4 – 2:00 PM

Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
Mazzulla on beating a team like the Warriors:
Gotta start quarters well, gotta end quarters well pic.twitter.com/0SqwQw5YO8 – 1:52 PM

Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
Remember when the Celtics were struggling in the 3rd quarter (and what that was code for…coaching)?
During the 10-game win streak, the Celtics in the third quarter have essentially been the greatest basketball team, like ever…
NBA 3rd QUARTER – NET RATING
(Last 10 games) pic.twitter.com/lDarVrLyZY – 1:50 PM

Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
Fun fact…in the last 10 NBA years there have been 29 road winning streaks of 8 games or more.
Both the Celtics and Warriors are on one right now.
Warriors @ Celtics – 3pm – @985TheSportsHub – 1:47 PM

Brad Townsend @townbrad
Mavs are gonna have to suck it up. They look lime a team that landed back from Boston at 2:42 a.m. yesterday, but bad TV-related scheduling is part of the NBA and you’ve gotta push through it. – 1:44 PM

Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
Is Derrick White a Garfield fan?
“A little bit” pic.twitter.com/TToH402kWK – 1:38 PM

Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
Draymond Green is in the building here pic.twitter.com/w9Si3d6sHb – 1:25 PM

John Karalis @John_Karalis
Kristaps Porzingis has been ruled out today because of a left quad contusion – 1:05 PM

Brad Townsend @townbrad
Watched NBA Countdown and got a sense of why it would be frustrating as a Mavs fan.
Very little Mavs talk other than showing a few scenes around Dallas and 2 minutes of Luka-Irving talk and Doncic to a microphone today.
Vast majority of discussion was about 2:30 Celts-Warriors. – 1:01 PM

Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
NBA Twitter reacts to Warriors victory over Raptors for eighth straight road win warriorswire.usatoday.com/lists/nba-twit… pic.twitter.com/JziPcNTB9c – 1:00 PM

Chris Forsberg @ChrisForsberg_
Celtics say Kristaps Porzingis is out today. Missed last Warriors meeting as well. – 12:58 PM

Souichi Terada @SouichiTerada
No Kristaps Porzingis for the Celtics vs. the Warriors as he’s been ruled out with his quad contusion. – 12:57 PM

Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
Porzingis is OUT today per Celtics – 12:57 PM

Jay King @ByJayKing
Kristaps Porzingis has been ruled out of today’s game against Golden State, per the Celtics. – 12:57 PM

Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
Seth Curry on Tyrese Maxey: “From day one, I knew he would be a good player in this league…It’s good to see him get the opportunity to run the team and keep getting better and better.” #Sixers sixerswire.usatoday.com/2024/03/02/set… via @SixersWire – 12:17 PM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
The LA Clippers are 4-8 this season against the current top six defenses in the NBA:
1. Minnesota (0-2, play there this afternoon)
2. Cleveland (0-1)
3. Boston (1-1)
4. Oklahoma City (1-2)
5. Orlando (1-0)
6. New Orleans (1-2) – 10:07 AM

Chris Biderman @TheWarriorsWire
Chris Paul praises Moses Moody’s defensive effort against the Knicks warriorswire.usatoday.com/2024/03/01/chr… pic.twitter.com/kL0xP5mh04 – 10:00 AM

Vivek Jacob @vivekmjacob
Fun day of sports ahead
Man City vs Man Utd
Napoli vs Juventus
Celtics vs Warriors
Clippers vs Wolves
Thunder vs Suns – 9:46 AM