{"id":118359,"date":"2026-01-10T19:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/118359\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T19:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:56:13","slug":"boston-welcomes-victor-webanyama-san-antonio-to-td-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/118359\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston welcomes Victor Webanyama, San Antonio to TD Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Celtics shot 14 of 28 from 3-point territory in a 125-117 victory over Toronto<\/a> on Friday night. The win followed Wednesday\u2019s 114-110 home loss<\/a> to Denver. <\/p>\n

\u201cI like that we come in the next day (after a game) and can\u2019t tell if it\u2019s a win or a loss,\u201d Boston coach Joe Mazzulla said. \u201cThat to me is my favorite. … If we want to get better, that\u2019s important.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Celtics own a sterling 8-2 record over the team\u2019s last ten games. The recent run of form has Boston atop the Atlantic Division standings.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the preview for the first meeting of the season between Boston and San Antonio:<\/p>\n

When: Saturday, 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Where: TD Garden, Boston<\/p>\n

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Line: San Antonio -1. O\/U: 230.5.<\/p>\n

SPURS<\/p>\n

Season record: 26-11. vs. spread: 20-16, 1 push. Over\/under: 16-21<\/p>\n

Last 10 games: 6-4. vs. spread: 4-6. Over\/under: 2-8<\/p>\n

CELTICS<\/p>\n

Season record: 24-13. vs. spread: 21-16. Over\/under: 17-20<\/p>\n

Last 10 games: 8-2. vs. spread: 6-4. Over\/under: 4-6<\/p>\n

TEAM STATISTICS<\/p>\n

Points per game: San Antonio 119.0, Boston 117.8<\/p>\n

Points allowed per game: San Antonio 113.3, Boston 110.7<\/p>\n

Field goal percentage: San Antonio .477, Boston .475<\/p>\n

Opponent field goal percentage: San Antonio .462, Boston .451<\/p>\n

3-point percentage: San Antonio .350, Boston .371<\/p>\n

Opponent 3-point percentage: San Antonio .361, Boston .372<\/p>\n

Stat of the day: Anfernee Simons has scored at least 14 points in each of his past six games.<\/p>\n

Notes: Although San Antonio is shooting 35% from 3-point territory this season, the Spurs have made only 27.6% of their attempts from beyond the arc (72 of 261) over the past seven games. The team has a 3-4 record during that stretch. \u201cI feel like we were taking the right shots, making the right plays, they just (aren\u2019t) falling for us,\u201d San Antonio\u2019s Stephon Castle said. \u201cJust trying not to get away from that. Trying to stick with what\u2019s working for us whether the shots are falling or not, and trusting that if we continue to make the right plays they\u2019ll eventually fall.\u201d … Despite shooting 4 for 25 from behind the 3-point arc, the Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 107-91 Wednesday night. … Victor Wembanyama returned to action Tuesday after sitting out two games with a bone bruise in his left knee. He came off the bench and tossed in a game-high 30 points in a 106-105 loss to Memphis. Wembanyama is averaging a team-high 24.2 points per game. … Johnson said Wembanyama\u2019s playing time will be closely monitored Saturday. \u201cWe will be mindful of his minutes, which means there will be a restriction,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s not going to play 40 minutes anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cam Kerry can be reached at cam.kerry@globe.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Celtics shot 14 of 28 from 3-point territory in a 125-117 victory over Toronto on Friday night.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[26181,82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-118359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-celtics","9":"tag-san-antonio","10":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","11":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}