Garden Party With Al & Mark
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.
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Episodes
170 episodes
JB for three.........or four picks and a 36 year old vet.
A JB trade processing pod......WTF
POST DRAFT: Giannis Trade goes down with Miami!
Giannis was traded, but not to the Celtics. Could JB be on the hot seat?
Post Finals Pod: One Week Behind! Kicks Beat the Spurs in 5
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.
Knicks Spurs Finals Preview!!! (recorded before game 1)
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 insi...
2025-26 Season Wrap Up Pod
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.
PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 7 - Season Closeout
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...
PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 6 - Celtics fall to close it out AGAIN!
The Celtics lose in Philadelphia, as their shooting woes continue.
PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 5 - Embiid gets comfortable
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.
PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 4 - Embiid is Back
The Celtics take control of the series up 3-1 after Payton Pritchard exerts his dominance over the 76ers from everywhere on the court.
PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 3 - Celtics go up 2-1
They made us sweat, but some timely 3s from Pritchard and Tatum sealed the deal for the Celtics.
PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 2
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.
PLAYOFFS: Round 1 Game 1 Celtics/Sixers
The Celtics dominate the 76ers in the series opener.
2025-26 Playoff Preview Pod
We discuss the first and future possible round matchups.
Week 25: Thumbs up to Baylor Sheierman and the stay ready crew!
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 K...
SPECIAL POD: A Knicks Fan assesses the Knicks’ season
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.
Week 24: JT found his form!
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 ...
Week 23: Statement Week! But what's the statement?
The Celtics went 3-1 beating OKC, ATL, and CHO before dropping the second night of a back to back against ATL.
Week 22: What is going down in Bean Town?
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 thank...
Week 21: Surviving the Road Trip of Death
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.
Week 20: The Return of Number Zero!
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 T...
Week 19: Al proposes "Portuguese Panther"!
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_markemail: gardenpartywithalandmark@gmail.com...
Week 18: Settling Family Scores Week
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 ...
Week 17: All-Star Weekend
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.