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Monday 13 February 2023
White’s 23 points helps Celtics past Grizzlies 119-109

By KEN POWTAK 34 from beyond the arc.
Associated Press Celtics: Pritchard hit his first
BOSTON (AP) — Derrick three shots from the floor
White scored 23 points to — all 3s. “It’s big, especially
help a shorthanded Boston as a role player,” Pritchard
team hold off Ja Morant said of his start. “When
and the Memphis Grizzlies hit your first one it defi-
119-109 on Sunday. nitely, anybody that says
Sam Hauser added 20 it doesn’t is lying to you, it
points, tying his career- definitely gives you confi-
high with six 3-pointers, Al dence.”
Horford had 16 points and OFF WHEN AWAY
Payton Pritchard added 12 The Grizzlies’ road struggles
for Boston, which won its continued, dropping them
fourth straight. Celtics star to 11-17 away from home.
Jayson Tatum didn’t have “How do you correct that?”
his sharpest game, finishing coach Taylor Jenkins said
with 16 points but making 3 before the game. “It’s got
of 16 shots and missing 7 of to be a mentality, for sure,
8 on 3-point attempts. obviously you trust all the
“That’s the beauty of this work you’re putting in. …
team,” said White, who Guys have to be even more
also had 10 assists. “We’re Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) drives toward the basket past Memphis Grizzlies forward confident together on the
just so deep. We’ve got a Brandon Clarke, left, in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, in Boston. road. We know what our
Associated Press
lot of guys that can do a standard is and that’s what
little bit of everything.” Bucks for the Eastern Con- that void of the guys that in the playoffs. He brought it’s about and we don’t live
Morant led the Grizzlies with ference’s best record were out. They bring a lot it up again Sunday. up to that standard on the
25 points, seven assists and ahead of their matchup in to the table. We try to do “The confidence I had road.”
six rebounds, while Des- Milwaukee on Tuesday. our best to do whatever we when I said that is the con- NICE MOMENT
mond Bane scored 18 and The Celtics were clinging can to help the team win.” fidence that got us to the Jeannine Russell, wife of
Jaren Jackson Jr. had 15 to a one-point lead early Horford nailed three point where we’re at now late Celtics legend Bill Rus-
points and seven rebounds. in the final quarter before 3-pointers in the final five — being one of the top sell, was seated courtside.
Boston was without starting White scored six points — minutes. teams in this league,” he She got a standing ovation
point guard Marcus Smart, with a conventional three- Trailing by 13 at halftime, said. when the PA announcer
who missed his 10th straight point play and 3-pointer the Grizzlies used a 13-point TIP-INS welcomed her as she was
with a bone bruise in his from the right wing — dur- third quarter by Morant Grizzlies: Center Steven Ad- shown on the videoboard.
right ankle, as well as for- ing a 16-7 spurt that moved that featured one-handed ams missed his 10th con- UP NEXT
ward Jaylen Brown (facial them ahead 104-94 with driving baskets, flips in the secutive game with a knee Grizzlies: Host the Utah Jazz
fracture he suffered from just over four minutes to lane and twisting shots to injury. … Morant missed on Wednesday, starting a
an inadvertent elbow by play. wipe out the deficit, taking his first three free-throw at- stretch of three of four at
Tatum) and reserve guard “We have some of our top the lead briefly late in the tempts. … They held a two- home.
Malcolm Brogdon (sore dogs out now and it’s just third, point lead after one quar- Celtics: At the Bucks on
Achilles). an opportunity for guys to Morant said last month that ter despite hitting only 2 of Tuesday in a matchup
Boston moved to 1 1/2 showcase what they can he wasn’t worried about 9 3s while Boston was 6 of of the league’s top two
games ahead of the idle do,” Hauser said. “Try to fill facing any team in the West 13. They finished just 12-for- teams.q

Derek Jeter joining Fox Sports’ baseball

studio team

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — (David) Ortiz kept showing teammates for the Yan-
Derek Jeter and Alex Rodri- me his World Series rings. kees’ run of four World Se-
guez have been reunited. I figured I would join the ries championships in five
Fox Sports announced Sun- team and humble him a years from 1996-2000.
day during its Super Bowl little bit,” Jeter joked. The two, though, have
pregame show that Jeter Jeter and Rodriguez were seemed to put things be-
will be part of the network’s teammates on the New hind them.
studio coverage for the York Yankees for 10 seasons, Jeter — who won five
coming season. but their relationship wasn’t championships during his
Rodriguez hugged Jeter close. The two were good 20-year career with the
as he came on stage and friends early on during their Yankees — said last season
presented him with a Fox big league careers, but during Rodriguez’s ESPN
Sports baseball jersey. Jeter acknowledged dur- show, “Sunday Night Base-
Jeter, who was elected to ing his ESPN documentary ball,” that the two had met
baseball’s Hall of Fame in series “The Captain” last to talk and clear things up.
2020, also joins fellow Hall of year that they had grown Jeter was part of the Miami
Famer David Ortiz and host apart after comments Ro- Marlins’ ownership group
Former New York Yankees baseball player Derek Jeter attends Kevin Burkhardt as part of driguez made in a 2001 in- for 4 1/2 years and was
a news conference at Yankee Stadium, Wednesday, Dec. 21, the studio team. terview with Esquire maga- baseball’s first Black CEO.
2022, in New York.
Associated Press “I was on set at the World zine. He resigned last February.q
Series in Philadelphia and Rodriguez credited Jeter’s