{"id":383197,"date":"2025-12-31T19:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/383197\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T19:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:31:07","slug":"derrick-white-tied-impressive-nba-record-in-win-over-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/383197\/","title":{"rendered":"Derrick White tied impressive NBA record in win over Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"

While there were multiple big men on the court for Celtics vs. Jazz, the leading shot-blocker of the night was a guard. But that can happen on any given night with Derrick White<\/a> prowling defensively for the Celtics.<\/p>\n

White elevated his game to a new level in the Celtics\u2019 win over the Jazz<\/a> on Tuesday in Utah. He blocked a career-high seven shots, which also tied an NBA record for blocked shots by a guard, per Celtics stats<\/a>. So White entered the history books Tuesday in a way only he can with his shot-blocking.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a couple of them came on-ball, a couple of them came off-ball,\u201d C\u2019s coach Joe Mazzulla said, via the NBC Sports Boston broadcast. \u201cThis year, his role has grown. Tonight, when we went Derrick, Payton (Pritchard), Anfernee (Simons) and Jaylen (Brown), he has to guard the other team\u2019s best players. So he got a couple on pick-and-rolls, on pull-up 3s.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the beginning of the game, when he\u2019s kind of roaming and guys he can shift off of, he does a good job of knowing when to help and knowing when to not. Just his defensive versatility. But obviously, he was great tonight, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

White put his imprint on the game with the blocks, but he was also huge for the Celtics in the second half. He scored 22 of his 27 points after the halftime break, shaking off a cold-shooting night. Despite missing his first seven 3-pointers on the night, White was effective for a Celtics team looking to shake off the loss to the Trail Blazers<\/a> last time out.<\/p>\n

It was an impressive performance from the C\u2019s guard considering who else was playing in the game. The Jazz employ multiple big men up and down their roster, including 7-foot-1 Lauri Markkanen, 6-foot-11 Kyle Filipowski and 6-foot-11 Jusuf Nurkic. Despite that, the Jazz had three total blocks compared to White\u2019s seven on the night.<\/p>\n

White\u2019s shot-blocking prowess has been a consistent factor for the Celtics. It\u2019s why he\u2019s been named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team two times with the C\u2019s. White\u2019s team defense, where he seems to come out of nowhere, is also a part of his great feel for the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the stuff you can\u2019t teach,\u201d Anfernee Simons said of White. \u201cAs much as you try to emulate what he does, you can\u2019t teach that stuff. He\u2019s just so gifted at having a nose to the ball and making the right play, the right defensive play. Like I said, it\u2019s crazy to see. You see it from afar when you\u2019re not on the team, and then now, you see it first-hand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While there were multiple big men on the court for Celtics vs. Jazz, the leading shot-blocker of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-383197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}