Ten takeaways from the Celtics blowout win over the Wizards

Poole Party

Regardless of your personal feelings on Jordan Poole, he can fill that point column up quickly. Watching him drill 3’s off the dribble will probably always sting a bit after the 2022 Finals, but less so after seeing the Celtics raise a banner of their own.

In this game, the Poole party started with a splash.

JP was a big reason that the Celtics found themselves in an early hole. He hit a ton of 3’s, finishing the first half shooting 6/9 from behind the arc on his way to 20 points. There were a number of difficult looks that Boston couldn’t have defended much better, Poole knocked them down anyway.

Even with that big start though, the Celtics dug themselves out of an early deficit…