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Garden Party With Al & Mark
by Mark & Owyn
Al & Mark, both lifelong Celtics fans, break down the boxscores, recap the games, and keep you up to date with which players are streaking, slumping, and coming in clutch. Missed the games? We've got you covered. For questions, comments, or requests for emergency pods: [email protected]
Episodes
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2026-27 Season Preview!
Send us Fan Mail The boys are back, and reloaded with a few new faces. Will they continue as a top seed in the East once again?
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Summer Reading List: Heartland - Keith O'Brien
Send us Fan Mail Here it is! The long awaited summer reading list pod! The List? One book - Keith O'Brien's Heartland: A forgotten place, an impossible dream, and the miracle of Larry Bird.
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JB for three.........or four picks and a 36 year old vet.
Send us Fan Mail A JB trade processing pod......WTF
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POST DRAFT: Giannis Trade goes down with Miami!
Send us Fan Mail Giannis was traded, but not to the Celtics. Could JB be on the hot seat?
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Post Finals Pod: One Week Behind! Kicks Beat the Spurs in 5
Send us Fan Mail Sorry to our listeners, this is our Finals Reaction Pod. It's from last week, obviously before Giannis was traded last night. We will talk about that trade after the Draft on our Draft/Trades Reaction Pod Coming next week.
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Knicks Spurs Finals Preview!!! (recorded before game 1)
Send us Fan Mail We know it's off brand for us to discuss a non-Celtic series, but we're basketball fans and we thought we'd hop on after ex-Garden-Party-favorite Luke Kornet got his team to the finals! Our apologies for posting this pod late, but we insist it's not out of disrespect for a series...
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2025-26 Season Wrap Up Pod
Send us Fan Mail After a successful regular season (56-26) securing the number 2 seed in the East, the Celtics fall in the first round to the 7th seeded 76ers in 7 games.
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PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 7 - Season Closeout
Send us Fan Mail The Philadelphia 76ers were one step faster, and an Embiid bigger on enough plays to knock out The Celtics 109-100. That's the fist time that Philadelphia has beaten Boston in a playoff series since 1982, and the first time the Celtic franchise has lost a playoff series when they...
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PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 6 - Celtics fall to close it out AGAIN!
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics lose in Philadelphia, as their shooting woes continue.
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PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 5 - Embiid gets comfortable
Send us Fan Mail Al slept through the Pre-Pod, and the Celtics slept through the assignment and lost 97 - 113 in a closeout game at home! Embiid hits his stride and gets support from Maxey and Grimes.
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PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 4 - Embiid is Back
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics take control of the series up 3-1 after Payton Pritchard exerts his dominance over the 76ers from everywhere on the court.
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PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 3 - Celtics go up 2-1
Send us Fan Mail They made us sweat, but some timely 3s from Pritchard and Tatum sealed the deal for the Celtics.
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PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 2
Send us Fan Mail Celtics drop game two in the best of seven series when VJ Edgecombe becomes the only rookie since Tim Duncan in 1998 to score 30 points and grab 10 rebounds in the playoffs.
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PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 1 Celtics/Sixers
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics dominate the 76ers in the series opener.
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2025-26 Playoff Preview Pod
Send us Fan Mail We discuss the first and future possible round matchups.
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Week 25: Thumbs up to Baylor Sheierman and the stay ready crew!
Send us Fan Mail The Season's final week and the stay ready crew close it out with a big win for the Cs against Orlando. Three players had career highs in points, Baylor, Luka, and Ron. Earlier in the week the Celtics beat the Hornets, lost to the Knicks and beat the Pelicans. The Celtics finish…
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SPECIAL POD: A Knicks Fan assesses the Knicks’ season
Send us Fan Mail Friend of the Pod and Knick Superfan, Nick Scharlatt, comes on the pod to update us on the state of the Knicks going into the playoffs, and to preview the upcoming matchup.
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Week 24: JT found his form!
Send us Fan Mail This week the Celtics went 3-0 blowing out Miami and Milwaukee before beating Toronto easily. JT seems to have found his place -- starting out the week with a triple double, and then being one assist shy of a second triple double in the second game, while in the third game he...
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Week 23: Statement Week! But what's the statement?
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics went 3-1 beating OKC, ATL, and CHO before dropping the second night of a back to back against ATL.
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Week 22: What is going down in Bean Town?
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics started the week ok, but then descended into the horrible depths of despair, or maybe I'm just talking about Mark's attitude! The Celtics beat the Suns, and Warriors, before narrowly escaping a loss to Memphis' deeeeeeep bench thanks to D White and the GarZILLa, and...
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Week 21: Surviving the Road Trip of Death
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics split the week 2-2 by beating the Cavs in Cleveland and then after losing to the Spurs in San Antonio and OKC in OKC, coming home to demolish the Washington Wizards.
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Week 20: The Return of Number Zero!
Send us Fan Mail Recorded a game early, dropped a day late! This pod includes the Milwaukee, Charlotte and Dallas games. But once Tatum returned we jumped on the mics! The Celtics went 2-1, and the embarrassing loss to Charlotte was forgotten immediately upon Tatum's return for the Dallas win.…
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Week 19: Al proposes "Portuguese Panther"!
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics get to 40-20 after winning 3 out of 4 this week, but unfortunately they had 20 losses before 40 wins. instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gardenparty_with_al_and_mark email: [email protected]
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Week 18: Settling Family Scores Week
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics beat both rivals, the Warriors and Lakers, this week and go 2-0 putting them at 37-19, 3 shy of the vaunted 40-20 rule. Where if a team gets to 40 wins before 20 losses they are considered REAL contenders. Also Al gives another 5 question quiz! Send answers to...
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Week 17: All-Star Weekend
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics had only one game against the Bulls before heading off for the All-Star break. Vucevic had his best game as a Celtic and they won 124-105.
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Week 16: 1 for 21 isn't gonna get it done...... or is it?
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics go 3-1 this week pulling off a surprise win on the second night of a back to back against Houston, but dropping one at home against the Knicks.
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Week 15: Atlanta's revenge!
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics lose to a motivated Atlanta Hawks team, before taking care of business against the Kings and Bucks to finish out the week 2-1.
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Week 14: Hugo, Amari and Brown have a big night beating a bad team.
Send us Fan Mail The Patriots make the Super Bowl, and a winter storm delay the podcast so we've included the first game of this week. The Celtics went 3-2 losing to the East leading Pistons and the 9th seeded Bulls and beating the Pacers, Nets, and Trailblazers.
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Week 13: Anfer-No-F-ing-Way!
Send us Fan Mail After dropping a road game to the Pacers the Celtics are able to get their mojo back on the shoulders of Anferney Simons and his hot shooting in the 4th quarter against the Heat, and follow it up with a rout of an identity-less Atlanta Hawk team. At the half point of the season…
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Week 12: Anfer-Oh-No!
Send us Fan Mail After the Anferno heats up in game one against the Bulls, the Celtics drop two out of the next three games, losing to the Nuggets (without The Joker) and San Antonio, while beating the Raptors for the third time this season.
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Week 11: Jaylen goes for 50 in LA!
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics go 3-0 to close out their West coast trip, beating the Jazz, Kings, and the Clippers, and close within a half game of the #2 spot in the East. Mazzulla Rule Number 8: TBD - Al called the pod early due to parental duties.
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Week 10: 31, 30, 37........JB keeps his hot hand.
Send us Fan Mail The Cs go 2-1 this week, beating the Pacers twice and losing a close one to the Trail Blazers. JB stretches his streak of games with 30+ points to 9 games. Mazzulla Rule Number 7: Defense Builds Everything.
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Week 9: Derrick White is White Hot Against The Heat!
Send us Fan Mail Celtics go 2-1 losing to the East's best team the Pistons, and beating conference rivals the Heat and the Raptors. Derrick White hits 9 threes against Miami. Mazzulla Rule Number 6: Win The Numbers Game
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Week 8: Celtics split the week!
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics go 1-1, and the pod is posted late! Sorry to our listeners who may have felt adrift heading into week 9. Mazzulla Rule number 5: Habits Over Hype.
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Week 7: Rivals week? I don't think so. C's beat Knicks, and Lakers
Send us Fan Mail Celtics continue to climb the Eastern conference ladder, going 3-0 beating the Knicks, Wizards, and Lakers. Mazzulla Rule number 4: Egos off. Advantage on.
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Week 6: Are the Celtics this season's "Trap Game"?
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics go 3-1 against 4 playoff caliber teams. Dropping one to the Timberwolves but beating 3 Eastern conference rivals. Mazzulla Rule number 3: Respect the Jersey
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Weeek 5: Brooklyn Bites Back!
Send us Fan Mail In a 2-1 week the Celtics lose to one of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference. Not a trap game, but also not a "gift". Mazzulla Rule Number 2: Every Loss is a Gift
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Week 4: Maximum Effort is Minimum Effort
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics went 2-1 this week, beating the Magic and Grizzlies, losing a close one to the 76ers.......gotta get those DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS!!!! Mazzulla Rule Number 1: Maximum Effort is Minimum Effort
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Week 3: JB for 30, three times in a row!
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics go 1-2 losing to Utah, and Orlando, and taking home a lopsided victory in the capitol city, some consider a state.
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Week 2: Why Not Minot!!!
Send us Fan Mail In the second week of the season the Celtics go 3-1 and find a new starter in Josh Minot.
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Week 1: Three Games. No Wins.
Send us Fan Mail The first week is in the books and it was an inauspicious start to a developmental season. Last season we were keeping pace by losing only one game a week. This season can we only hope to WIN one a week? Sorry, The Podcast was recorded late, and posted even later! Both teams, The...
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2025-26 SEASON PREVIEW POD: Guess Who's Back!
Send us Fan Mail The 2025-2026 Celtics Season Preview Pod. Al and Mark are back with a new name this season, officially updated now that Owyn is away for his sophomore year of college, new artwork representing JT's injury, and a new attitude since it's a rebuilding/treading water year while JT...
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2024-25 SEASON WRAP UP POD
Send us Fan Mail After the disappointing ending to the season, Al and Mark recap the season and talk about what the future could look like. Have a great off season, and thanks for listening!
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PLAYOFFS: Round 2 Game 6 - Midtown Massacre
Send us Fan Mail 81-119. The Knicks destroyed the shorthanded Celtics by 38 points, and win the second round series 4-2. Season Over.
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PLAYOFFS: Round 2 Game 5 - The Green Kornet Game!
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics Defended the Garden with great play from Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, and surprise, surprise, LUKE KORNET!
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PLAYOFFS: Round 2 Game 4 - The Horror!
Send us Fan Mail Jayson Tatum goes down in the 4th quarter with what looked like a severe non contact injury. The Celtics were in the hunt, but the Knicks took control of the game and the series 121-113.
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PLAYOFFS: Round 2 Game 3 - The Celtics Strike Back
Send us Fan Mail Finally the Celtics started hitting shots - a balanced attack and no letdown in the fourth was the recipe for a big Celtics Win, 115-93.
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PLAYOFFS: Round 2 Game 2 - Sky is Falling Meter set to 11!
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics blow the second 20 point lead in two games to fall behind 0-2 in the best of 7 series.
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PLAYOFFS: Round 2 Game 1 - Luckily The Celtics are Better on the Road!
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics Blow a 20 point lead in the series opener to fall behind 1-0 and give up home court advantage.
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PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 5 - Abracadabra, Make the Magic Disappear!
Send us Fan Mail The Celtics close out the Magic on their home court with a 31 point blowout.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Al & Mark, both lifelong Celtics fans, break down the boxscores, recap the games, and keep you up to date with which players are streaking, slumping, and coming in clutch. Missed the games? We've got you covered.
For questions, comments, or requests for emergency pods: [email protected]
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