Kristaps Porzingis played against Boston in his debut with Golden State on Feb. 19.
Kristaps Porzingis played against Boston in his debut with Golden State on Feb. 19.Jeff Chiu/Associated Press
Warriors center Kristaps Porzingis has been seeing a lot of familiar faces lately, and that will continue when facing the Celtics on Wednesday.
Porzingis spent two seasons with the Celtics before he was traded to the Hawks in the offseason. Atlanta shipped him to Golden State in exchange for guard Buddy Hield and forward Jonathan Kuminga in February.
“He’s quite a talent,” Golden State coach Steve Kerr said. “We’re also on the Kristaps Porzingis reunion tour. It’s kind of crazy, we are playing every one of his former teams. The Knicks, Washington, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas. All five of his teams, we’re seeing on this trip. Players usually get up for playing against their old team and I think that’s the case with Kristaps.”
Porzingis had a 30-point performance — the most points he’s scored in a game since joining the Warriors — to help Golden State end a five-game losing streak by beating Washington 125-117 on Monday night.
Porzingis played against Boston in his debut with Golden State on Feb. 19, but this will be the first time he’s played in Boston since he left the Celtics. He was a big piece of the puzzle when Boston won the 2024 NBA championship.
The Celtics are coming off a 120-112 victory over Phoenix, but are 2-2 in their last four outings. Jaylen Brown scored a game-high 41 points, and Jayson Tatum finished with 21.
Tatum said he and Brown have always fed off each other during crunch time.
“I think we’ve done a really good job of that over the last nine years, especially probably these last six,” Tatum said. “We’ve just found a way to really complement each other on both ends of the floor and win a bunch of basketball games and win a bunch of playoff series and win a championship, so just something we’ve been doing for a long time.”
Tip-off Wednesday at is at 7 p.m. at TD Garden and on NBC Sports Boston. Here’s a preview.
When: Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Where: TD Garden, Boston
TV, radio: ESPN, NBCSB, WBZ-FM 98.5
Line: Boston -11.5. O/U: 216.5.
WARRIORS
Season record: 33-35. vs. spread: 31-37. Over/under: 41-27
Last 10 games: 3-7. vs. spread: 5-5. Over/under: 7-3
CELTICS
Season record: 45-23. vs. spread: 39-29. Over/under: 24-44
Last 10 games: 7-3. vs. spread: 6-4. Over/under: 3-7
TEAM STATISTICS
Points per game: Golden State 115.3, Boston 114.3
Points allowed per game: Golden State 114.4, Boston 107.1
Field goal percentage: Golden State .459, Boston .464
Opponent field goal percentage: Golden State .473, Boston .441
3-point percentage: Golden State .357, Boston .362
Opponent 3-point percentage: Golden State .353, Boston .359
Stat of the day: The Celtics scored 14 of the final 16 points in Monday’s victory over the Suns.
Notes: Monday’s victory over Washington was Kerr’s 600th coaching victory of his NBA career. He became the 28th NBA coach to win at least 600 games. Kerr reached 600 wins in 943 regular-season games. Only three NBA coaches have needed fewer games to achieve 600 victories: Phil Jackson (805), Pat Riley (832) and Gregg Popovich (887). “It’s surreal to hear my name in that group,” Kerr said. “But I can tell you one thing that bonds us all together, those names and mine, (and) it’s talent. You can’t win in this league without great players, and I was blessed from the day I took this job with incredible talent.”
Cam Kerry can be reached at cam.kerry@globe.com.