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Speaker 1: after boston six point win to go three and oh

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Speaker 1: on the season out in Detroit, sound Off with me,

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Speaker 1: folks on the Boston Celtics going three and oh on

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Speaker 1: the season for the third straight season under Joe Mazzulu.

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Speaker 1: That's right, the man has coached three seasons and Boston

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Speaker 1: single one of those campaigns, and tonight they did it

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Speaker 1: a little bit differently than they did during the first

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Speaker 1: I mean, over and over and over, you never know

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Speaker 1: and we saw it during the final few minutes of

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Speaker 1: Drew Holliday making back to back threes with about three

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Speaker 1: I love the fact that we had to win this

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Speaker 1: Then we're gonna go over to a comment from the Locke,

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Speaker 1: Richard White, on his takeaway from tonight's game. All Right,

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Speaker 1: Richard White, our first time participant in the sound Off podcast.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you, Richard, Hope you're doing great and everyone.

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Speaker 1: If you don't follow him on X his handle is Ramblin'

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Speaker 1: his comment tonight says, first close game, trailed late, turned

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Speaker 1: Richard White spot on commentary. If you guys don't follow him,

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Speaker 1: The Celtics are ten men deep and they're almost impossible

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Speaker 1: to contain for forty eight minutes. The Pistons led after

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Speaker 1: So the Celtics are even more than ten deep. But

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Speaker 1: So to the Locks point, it's why he says he

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Speaker 1: doesn't think anyone can beat this Celtics team four out

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Speaker 1: talk about the playoffs, that are still seventy nine games away.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if this team stays whole, if this team

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Speaker 1: difficult to be able to outplay these guys, out execute them,

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Speaker 1: It's going to be almost impossible. This Celtics team is

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Speaker 1: just so deep, so talented, and so smart. I just

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Speaker 1: don't know if I could see it happening, all right.

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Speaker 1: Last one coming in tonight is Matt who says Tatum

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Speaker 1: might be starting to enter top three NBA territory. He

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Speaker 1: is lighting it up, and that might be an understatement, Matt.

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Speaker 1: I mean another thirty seven points tonight. This is the

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Speaker 1: second time in three games to open the season that

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Speaker 1: Jason Tatum has gone off for thirty seven and in

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Speaker 1: all three games this season, he has come out of

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Speaker 1: the gates from the opening tip on Fire, fifteen points

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Speaker 1: during the first quarter on opening Night, fourteen points during

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Speaker 1: the first quarter on Thursday in DC, seventeen points during

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Speaker 1: up with thirty seven tonight on forty six percent shooting

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Speaker 1: from the field, forty six percent shooting from long distance,

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Speaker 1: in seven of nine from the free throw line. Right now,

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Speaker 1: if you want to look at a season averages, with

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Speaker 1: those two thirty seven point games sprinkled in with what

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Speaker 1: I believe, it was a twenty five point game. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it was a twenty five point game Saturday night, he

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Speaker 1: is averaging thirty three points on fifty five percent shooting

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Speaker 1: from the field, in forty nine percent shooting for three

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Speaker 1: point range. I will repeat that. Through three games, Jason

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Speaker 1: Tatum is averaging thirty three on fifty five percent shooting

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Speaker 1: from the field, forty nine percent shooting from long range.

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Speaker 1: Good luck to the other team trying to stop that.

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Speaker 1: He just seems like he is even more comfortable this

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Speaker 1: to even say those words, because Jason Tatum is already

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Speaker 1: a three time All NBA First Team performer. But it's

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Speaker 1: what it looks like. I mean, the three point shot

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Speaker 1: like there's much less motion in it. There's that there

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Speaker 1: used to be that tiny little hitch. It's not there anymore. Tonight,

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Speaker 1: he was posting up, he was driving to the basket,

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Speaker 1: he was making shots from all over the field. And

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Speaker 1: he's been doing it all season long so far through

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Speaker 1: the first week. And on top of that, he's getting

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Speaker 1: a double double with points and rebounds. He's already had

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Speaker 1: attacking teams not only with the ball in his hands

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Speaker 1: and scoring, but he's finding other ways to significantly impact

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Speaker 1: the game as well, all while being extremely efficient from

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Speaker 1: the field. There are not many players in the league

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Speaker 1: smaller when you talk about players who can do that

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Speaker 1: and also defend at an extremely high level at the

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Speaker 1: other end of the court. Jason Tatum is that he is.

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Speaker 1: That he has logged at least one block and at

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Speaker 1: least one steal in two of the three games this season,

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Speaker 1: he did grab a steel, So already four steals in

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Speaker 1: two blocks through three games. He gets it done defensively,

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Speaker 1: he always gets it done offensively, and offensively he looks

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Speaker 1: even better this year. So top three is what we're

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Speaker 1: claiming here, Matt, that Tatum is entering top three territory

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Speaker 1: in the NBA. I mean, it's hard to argue with

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Speaker 1: the way that he's playing right now now. Is this

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Speaker 1: going to be maintained for an eighty two game season.

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Speaker 1: We'll have to wait and see. But so far he

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Speaker 1: has been the top of the top. You can't get

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Speaker 1: much better than what Jason Tatum has been through the

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Speaker 1: first few games of this season. And by the way,

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Speaker 1: let me just remind everyone, through the First, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: four ish years, four or five years of Jason Tatum's career,

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Speaker 1: do you remember that there used to be this thought

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Speaker 1: process that, Okay, Tatum always comes out of the gate slowly,

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Speaker 1: but by December and January he always catches fire. Do

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Speaker 1: you remember this? Because I remember this because I used

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Speaker 1: to watch the numbers. He used to struggle a little

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Speaker 1: bit out of the gates and really like heat up

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Speaker 1: as the season went on and catch his rhythm during

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Speaker 1: the second half and just dominate during the second half

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Speaker 1: of the season. That is. But right now he's getting

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Speaker 1: it done from the very start of the season, and

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Speaker 1: it's hard to see a guy of his level, a

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Speaker 1: guy of his acumen in his resume regressing. I think

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Speaker 1: this is here to stay. And with that being said,

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Speaker 1: it's hard to think that he is outside the top

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Speaker 1: three and definitely not outside the top five in the

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Speaker 1: NBA right now. So that's it for tonight's episode of

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Speaker 1: Sound Off. After Boston's third straight win to open the season,

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Speaker 1: they are three to zero for the third straight year

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Speaker 1: under Joe Mizzoula. Tonight, it was a different type of win.

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Speaker 1: They had to close this one out in the clutch,

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Speaker 1: the final three minutes to come back from trailing by

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Speaker 1: six points to the Detroit Pistons, who, by the way,

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Speaker 1: played very hard, played very well. They got some talent

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Speaker 1: on that team. Boston found a way to win. And

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Speaker 1: now they head back to Boston with a perfect, undefeated

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Speaker 1: three to zero record. And guess who they're gonna meet

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Speaker 1: Monday night. It's Giannis, It's Dame, it is the Milwaukee

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Speaker 1: Bucks coming to TD Garden for these two teams first

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Speaker 1: matchup of the season. It's Monday night at seven point

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Speaker 1: thirty and you're gonna have to tune in and watch.

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Speaker 1: And please, after the game, reply to my tweet, send

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Speaker 1: So thanks for listening and we'll see you all Monday night.