1 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up? 2 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 1: Straight Fire? Fam HiT's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire for Thursday, 3 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: June the thirteenth. Congratulations to everybody who's graduating high school 4 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: this week. Everybody who's graduating elementary school and getting promoted 5 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: to middle school. Yes I know one of those people 6 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: very closely. Congrats to all of them, but mostly congrats 7 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: to the Boston Celtics. Oh my goodness, what a roller 8 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 1: coaster ride of a Game three in Dallas. Celtics, hang 9 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: on for dear life, get the dub go up three nothing. 10 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: And the only stat you need to know teams going 11 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: up three zero are one hundred and fifty six all 12 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: time in the playoffs. So that's a wrap. The Celtics 13 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: are your NBA champions. It's a formality at this point, 14 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: Dallas Mavericks. We got we got i explaining to do, 15 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: but first we got to give the Celtics their flowers. However, 16 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: it wasn't easy. They fall behind by thirteen in the 17 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:11,759 Speaker 1: first quarter. Meanwhile, they get to the third quarter, they're down. 18 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: The Celtics have gone from down significantly to now up 19 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: by thirteen. They stretch it to twenty one. It feels 20 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: over early fourth quarter, Boston off twenty one. The crowd 21 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: is silent. Patrick Mahomes is just desponding in the front row. 22 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: Dallas goes on a hold on. I gotta check my 23 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: notes here. Twenty two to two, run twenty two to two. 24 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: They eventually cut it to two and Kyrie U missed 25 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: a shot. Luca fouls out. Boston survives a thriller. Listen, 26 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: I don't really care much. Maybe we can discuss the 27 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: MVP later. Jaalen Brown was tremendous. Jalen Brown got them there. 28 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Jalen Brown. I combined the guys. Jason Tatum 29 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: was tremendous in the first quarter. When it was it 30 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: was twenty two nine, Dallas looking for the early knockout blow. 31 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: Tatum is excellent. I mean, he was tremendous in the 32 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: first quarter. I see it. I have it as twenty 33 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: two to nine. Tatum hits a three, Brown scores four points. 34 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: Tatum hits the three, Tatum free throw, Houser three, Tatum 35 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: two more free throws, Tatum a dunk to end the quarter. 36 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: I mean he saved them, kept them in the game. 37 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: And then Jalen Brown in the second half twenty four points, 38 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 1: had the thunderous dunk. He had thirty points, eight rebounds atuses. 39 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: My guess is he's the favorite for the MVP. He 40 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: had a plus thirteen tatum with thirty one, six and five. 41 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: But the defense was the story. That is how Boston 42 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:32,959 Speaker 1: pulled this off. The Mavericks have gone three games now 43 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: and have not topped one hundred points. It's crazy. This 44 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: offensive machine, the greatest back court in NBA history. I'm told, like, really, 45 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: they can't crack one hundred points. And Luka Doncic, who 46 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: was an abomination twenty seven points on twenty seven shots. 47 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: If you follow me on the gram, I had under 48 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: thirty two and a half for Luca, he's forcing everything 49 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: in the fourth finally fouls out and Lanzar twenty seven. 50 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: It was a great night for Props, although so Mavericks 51 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: screwed me by half a point in the first quarter, 52 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: screwed me by half a point at halftime, and then 53 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: of course lose the full game. Not great, but the 54 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 1: Props came through whatever. It wasn't really about gambling. Kyrie 55 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: was good. This is the story though for me, at least, 56 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics winning the title. It's a formality. Now 57 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: it's over. They've got it. It's locked up, up three nothing. 58 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: They're not blowing this. They didn't even need Porzingis, who 59 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: was ruled out about an hour before the game. Right, 60 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: this is a victory for analytics. Threes and layups win 61 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: basketball games. It's a math equation. The Boston Celtics have 62 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: solved it. Look at how many shots they took tonight, folks, 63 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: eighty two shots. How many threes forty six more than 64 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: half their shots or threes they hit seventeen of them. 65 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: The Mavericks they haven't hit double digit threes in a 66 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: game all season. And if you just watched the fourth quarter, 67 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: it was very clear Boston for a few minutes went 68 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: away from their defensive game plan. They were collapsing with 69 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: Luca doubling on Kyrie, and PJ. Washington hits the three, 70 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: and PJ. Washington hits another three, and Josh Green hits 71 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: the three, and Boston went away from their great game plan. 72 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: But down the stretch final like two and a half 73 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: minutes or three minutes, it's like, Luca, you want to drive. 74 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: Maybe it wasn't. Maybe it was like the final five, Luca, 75 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: you want to drive. We'll let you go on I 76 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: want with Tatum. We're not helping because Luca is a 77 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: great passer, and Luca is going to find whether it's PJ. Washington, 78 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 1: whether it's Uh Jones who Derek Jones who didn't really 79 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: play that much, actually, whoever it was, we're gonna Luca's 80 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: gonna find him. But there's nobody to find when everybody's 81 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: hugged up on their defender, right, and Luka Donci is 82 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: one v one against Horford or Sam Hauser. They trusted Halser, 83 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: they trusted Peyton Pritchard, and sure Luca got a couple 84 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: of layups in there, but he had to work hard. 85 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: Twenty seven points on twenty seven shots. That's not efficient. 86 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: The strategy works for Boston. We're gonna shoot threes and layups. 87 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 1: We're not gonna let you shoot threes. We're not giving 88 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: you corner threes. We're just not we'll give up layups. 89 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: We won't give up corner threes. And Minnesota and okay, 90 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: see kind of both of them tried both strategies against 91 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: the Mavericks, and Dallas hit all their quarner threes against Oka. 92 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: See I mean, okay, see fans are so ticked off. 93 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: PJ Washington made like twenty three threes in the series. 94 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: He just he was on fire because they left him open. 95 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: They were like, we're not gonna let Luca and Kyrie 96 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: beat us. Well, Minnesota did the opposite. We're not gonna 97 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 1: double Luca and Kyrie. Bad choice. Luca and Kyrie both 98 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: went off despite Anthony Edwards Mike Conley, well, he's not 99 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: a great defender. He's old McDaniels. You pivot to this 100 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 1: Boston defense. Kyrie could not really kept by Drew Holliday. 101 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: I mean, Drew Holliday's a bulldog. Drew a huge charge. 102 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: Well not a charge illegal screen on PJ Washington. I 103 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: thought it was a questionable call. Whatever Tatum can hold 104 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: his own one v one versus Luca, Jaylen Brown can 105 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: The Boston Celtics are built perfect, and this win and 106 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: this series ultimately they need to give like them analytics 107 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: team a ring and they need to really put that 108 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: out prominently. This is the new NBA. Now. I don't 109 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: know if we're going to see a full on sea 110 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: change rob around the league, but if you're watching the Celtics, 111 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: essentially this is what we want a big who can 112 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: shoot threes, whether it's Porzingis or Horford, and defend a 113 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: little bit. And we want wings everywhere else long rangy 114 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: guys who can switch on to anyone. That's how we 115 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 1: want to build our team. Now it's not rocket science, obviously, 116 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: but I think if it helps anybody, I think this 117 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 1: ups the trade value of a Karl Anthony Towns. Why 118 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 1: can't he be You're Al Horford or you're a Kristaps Porzingis. 119 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 1: Now I don't know that he fits as well with Rudy. 120 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: Now that's crazy to say they knock off Denver. They 121 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 1: won fifty games. Blase Blase Blase. But I don't know. Rob. 122 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: For me, this this victory for analytics. Hey, we're not 123 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: giving up threes, but we're taking all the threes. It's working, 124 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: and Dallas looks dumbfounded. I mean eighty nine in game one, 125 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: ninety eight, in game two ninety nine and game three, 126 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: the Cells are winning the three point game and Dallas 127 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: it making any threes. And there's your series. 128 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know what, Jason, it actually goes even 129 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 2: beyond just the three point I know the three point 130 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 2: line is the heavy you know, analytics driven conversation. You know, 131 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 2: make threes, miss threes, or you make the threes they don't, 132 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 2: and that's usually different in the game. And that's true. 133 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 2: But I'll take it a step further. Boston, as you 134 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 2: alluded to, plays a very analytical style threes and layups. 135 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 2: That's how they play. I looked it up after the 136 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 2: game when you add up three points points in the 137 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 2: paint free throws, which is what every analytics mayven is 138 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 2: going to tell you, that's how you need to score. 139 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 2: That's that's where we live in Diebi. One hundred of 140 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 2: Boston's one hundred and six points for threes points in 141 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 2: the paint free throws. So they only, based on the analytics, 142 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 2: scored six points in the non analytical zones that you 143 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 2: want to that you want to play in Boston. It 144 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 2: hurts me to say, but they are fantastic. This is 145 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 2: one of the greatest teams in NBA history. I'm a 146 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,559 Speaker 2: Laker fan as much as you know. My head wanted 147 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 2: Dallas in this in this series because I thought that 148 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 2: Luca and Kyrie would be able to exploit some vulnerabilities 149 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 2: that we saw throughout Theater Cormon playoffs. But a lot 150 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,119 Speaker 2: of it was Also, I'm a Laker fan. I can't 151 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 2: possibly in good conscience pick Boston to win the championship, 152 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 2: especially given the way they kind of, you know, squeaked 153 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 2: through a very water down Eastern Conference, and yet all 154 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 2: of the numbers that existed in the regular season, the 155 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 2: point differential though, the plus mind is the defensive raiding 156 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 2: offensive rating, all screamed this is one of the greatest 157 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 2: teams we've ever seen, and I didn't want to believe it. 158 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 2: And then we saw them get through Miami and struggle 159 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 2: in Game two for no reason without Jimmy Butler, so 160 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 2: I was like, you know, these numbers, they can't be accurate. 161 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 2: So you see him against Cleveland no Donovan Mitchell again, 162 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 2: they lose Game two inexplicably on their home floor. So 163 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 2: I'm like, see, yeah, you know, the analyt I say 164 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 2: one thing, but my eyes are telling me that if 165 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 2: they're not making their threes, then you know they're really 166 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 2: that great. And then against Indiana no Halliburton, they struggle 167 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 2: for portions of that series. There's actually three games where 168 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 2: late in the game Indiana had a high over ninety 169 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 2: percent chance of winning according to the analytics, and they 170 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 2: found ways to fumble it away, So my eyes didn't 171 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 2: want to believe what the numbers were telling me. And 172 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 2: then we get to this series, and again that was 173 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 2: part of the reason why I pick Dallas coming in, 174 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 2: was because I didn't trust what I was seeing from Boston. 175 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: And in this series, we are seeing the peak version 176 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 2: of the Boston Celtics. We are seeing the team that 177 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 2: won sixty four games in the regular season. We are 178 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 2: seeing the team that all the analytics say is one 179 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 2: of the greatest teams in NBA history, and now they're 180 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 2: one win away from completing the second greatest postseason in 181 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 2: NBA history. This team, as much as I hate to 182 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:01,599 Speaker 2: admit it, is fantastic. They are great. They are everything 183 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 2: that the numbers say that they are, and now they 184 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 2: are one win away from passing up my Lakers as 185 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 2: the winning ist franchise in NBA history. 186 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: So they have peeled off now ten straight victories I believe, 187 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: in the postseason, three four and three, and that is 188 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: the second longest streak after the Lakers, Your Lakers, the 189 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: Kobe Shack, which I guess had twelve straight before Iverson 190 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: got him in Game one of the Finals. I think 191 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: that was two thousand and one. But it's interesting, Rob, 192 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: you mentioned just six points outside of the paint and threes, 193 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: and I went to the shot chart. If you go 194 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: to like the box score on ESPN, they have like 195 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 1: where every shot was taken. And it's crazy. Remember how 196 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: Dallas was living and dying by the corner three against 197 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:46,559 Speaker 1: ok see, Boston is not giving that up at all. 198 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:51,079 Speaker 1: They attempted Dallas three corner threes the entire game. They 199 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: made one of three the PJ Washington won the fourth. 200 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's staggering how smart this Boston team is. 201 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: And look at Boston. I mean, you can't and there's 202 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: so many dots on top of the corner three for Boston, 203 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: and both of them looks like they attempted like at 204 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: least nine or ten corner threes Boston. It's just there's 205 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: so many dots over there you can't see Dallas has one, 206 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: two or three. But it is interesting the three mid 207 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,959 Speaker 1: range shots, two of them were by Jayalen Brown, one 208 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: of them a tough clutch, one late a twenty footer, 209 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: and then Drew Holliday hit one on the baseline. But 210 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: it's like Boston has cracked the code. They know what 211 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: to do. And I guess Rob. We were told this 212 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: is the era of parody. They're trying to stamp out 213 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,680 Speaker 1: the dominant teams. No more Kevin Durant joining forces with 214 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 1: the super Team. Uh uh, we're getting rid of that. 215 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 1: It's all gonna be about the second Apron now and 216 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: luxury tax bills. And this is gonna be six straight years. 217 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: We've had six different champions You got on down the list. 218 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 1: But the thing is who is built like Boston to 219 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: really challenge them? And I know we do this now. 220 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: If you win one championship, everybody just expects you're gonna 221 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: be a dynasty because we've been bigd on the Magic 222 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: Lakers and the Bird Celtics and the Jordan Bulls and 223 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: the Kobe Shack Lake. It's all dynasties, right. Lebron with 224 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: the Heat, I don't know. If you went to the 225 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: finals four years in a row on two, I don't 226 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: know if that's technically a dynasty. But then he went 227 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: to Cleveland, went to the finals four more and one 228 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: another one, so maybe one yeah, one more? So the 229 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:25,080 Speaker 1: Lebron dynasty whatever, you the warrior, We're used to dynasty, 230 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 1: so we're looking for the next one. I this Boston 231 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: team's young enough that if they can find if they 232 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: can stay healthy obviously and find it capable replacement for 233 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: Horford because he's getting up there in age. There's no 234 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: reason this team should stay on top while everyone else 235 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 1: reconfigures rosters to try to get to what this team has. 236 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: I firmly believe this team was built with an eye 237 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: on those dominant Warriors. In twenty seven, you started to 238 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: see the Splash Brothers took over the league. Three point shooting, 239 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: James Harden was shooting threes, but it was really the 240 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: Splash Brothers pushed it to the fourth front. Darryl Moury 241 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: hyper charged it. If you remember in Houston they missed 242 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 1: like twenty six straight threes and in that Game seven 243 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: at home when they lost to the Warriors. By the way, 244 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: one of my favorite quarters of basketball ever in the 245 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 1: NBA is that third quarter where the Warriors were down 246 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 1: ten in Game seven. I was so loaded up on 247 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: them in that game. Warriors are down like ten at halftime, 248 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: and they just went off in Game seven with KD. 249 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: Curry in company, incredible shooting, but like, this is the 250 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: new league, Rob Now, I don't know if people don't 251 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: like it or not. I haven't really looked at the ratings. 252 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: I saw they're not great. But guess what Game one 253 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 1: was garbage blowout city, you know, people turning off the TV. 254 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: Game two was kind of good, a close close ish. 255 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: This was looking like a blowout twenty one points in 256 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, got close late. But I just don't know. 257 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,719 Speaker 1: The variance to me of all these threes makes it 258 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: kind of sort of more interesting, So I'm into it. 259 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: I'm a little disappointed that the MAVs couldn't put up 260 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 1: a better fight. And we'll get to Luka Doncicchier in 261 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: a second. But Rob, I don't know is this a 262 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: good thing or bad that we're seeing now? The Celtics 263 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: officially analytics win this championship. 264 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,319 Speaker 2: If you're the rest of the league, it's good because 265 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 2: what they do is not overly complicated. Now, granted, they 266 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 2: have better players than most of the teams they go against. 267 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 2: I mean, I think the closest comps in terms of 268 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 2: just talent across the board with size and shooting ability 269 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 2: would probably be the Clippers in the Thunder. So those 270 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 2: two teams I think can match them in terms of 271 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 2: that style of player. In terms of that portion of it. Obviously, 272 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 2: Boston's a better version of it than either of those 273 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 2: two teams, but the way that they play is not 274 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 2: overly complicated, and me it's a lot of isolation, high 275 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 2: pick and roll spray out to shooters. It is the 276 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 2: next step of the James Harden Houston Rockets. The difference 277 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 2: is that when James Arden was doing his thing back then, 278 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 2: it was him pounding the ball, pounding the ball and 279 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 2: either he would score or set everyone else up. In 280 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 2: this case, they always have at at least three guys 281 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 2: who can initiate initiate the offense. Usually it's four or five, 282 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 2: but at least minimum it's always three. And so again, 283 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 2: if you have the personnel, anybody can play this style 284 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 2: of basketball, high pick and roll. Get the ball in 285 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 2: our best player's hands, he either gets a layup or 286 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 2: he kicks it out for a three. And so because 287 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 2: of that, it's something that you can copy from a 288 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 2: schematic standpoint. The issue, though, however, is whether or not 289 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 2: you can find yourself with four or five six high 290 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 2: level rotation players at all times. 291 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, I mean, listen, it's not gonna sound sexy 292 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: when I say this, but I look at like the 293 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 1: Indiana Pacers. Bro Honestly, they've got a lot of these 294 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: wing dudes. They were able to hang with Boston. You 295 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 1: mentioned it well. I think the Sixers roster is so 296 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: clear that they can ultimately round it out with a 297 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: bunch of wing type players around Embiid. It's a little 298 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: early premature, but the Orlando Magic, they don't have the 299 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: shooting yet, but they have the length and the perimeter 300 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: guys on the wing. I think they they've got something 301 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: that they're building there. The Clippers had the right idea 302 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: with Paul George and Kawhi right, they had it. Then 303 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: they added Westbrook and Norm Powell. They've got all the wings, 304 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: but they just can't stay healthy, so they're in trouble. 305 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: I think it'll be really fascinating to see what happens 306 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: with Karl Anthony Towns because I think this raises his value. Okay, 307 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: he is built this way. Chet Holmgren right, the three 308 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: point shooting. You almost wonder when Ben Yama. I had 309 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: thought that maybe in the draft they would target the 310 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: kid clinging from Yukon and go with a center, and 311 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: when Ben Yama doesn't have to bang inside, and that's 312 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: possible I guess, But now it's almost like, dude, if 313 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: this is the way the NBA is headed, there's gonna 314 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: be even less interior banging one. Bin Yama, to me, 315 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: is ultimately a perfect unicorn for this. You just got 316 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: to surround him with the right parts. Houston's interesting, but 317 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: ultimately a lot of these teams are going to be 318 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 1: playing catch up. I don't even know where Dallas begins. 319 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: Maybe it's get Derek Lively some three point shots, because 320 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 1: it's clear based on the minutes, you know, they trusted 321 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: Gafford way less than Lively. Gafford only played sixteen minutes. 322 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 1: Twenty minutes, Yeah, sixteen minutes, and he was a minus eleven. 323 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 1: They went heavy to Lively, who finally looked like a player. 324 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: Eleven and thirteen in thirty minutes. And if he's able 325 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: to add a three. He's only twenty years old. He's 326 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: got a good stroke on free throws. I think he 327 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 1: could be a wing. But yeah, it's interesting. Dallas is 328 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: in good shape. I don't know what this does for 329 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: Denver rob anything for Yokics out of this. 330 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what the one thing again, if you 331 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 2: can't match Boston's talent, which to be honest, hardly anybody can. 332 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 2: You know you can match your style of play, but 333 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 2: the difference is they have more guys who can do 334 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 2: it than you do. That's just usually how it's going 335 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 2: to work out whoever they face. The counter through that, though, 336 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 2: is if you know you don't have the talent to 337 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 2: match up with him, is you have to go the 338 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 2: exact opposite direction. You have to say, you know what, 339 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,040 Speaker 2: we are going to beat you inside. We're going to 340 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 2: low it down. We're not gonna shoot a lot of threes. 341 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 2: We are going to grind it out and try to 342 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 2: get you to play an hour pace instead of yours. 343 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 2: That's one of the reasons why during this postseason run, 344 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,120 Speaker 2: I thought that if it was just a matchup base situation, 345 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 2: that Denver would give them the most problems because of 346 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 2: the Jokic factor of Fortunately it didn't work out that way. 347 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 2: But I think if you are going to try to 348 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 2: go heads up with this style of team, this monster 349 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 2: they have in Boston, you're not going to be able 350 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 2: to out Boston Boston. So you're gonna have to do 351 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 2: something completely different and hope that you can coax them 352 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 2: into playing your style of basketball. 353 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess I would largely agree with that. You 354 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: can't out I mean, listen, the perzingis injury Horford's age. 355 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: I think there's a world where you could maybe I 356 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 1: don't know, maybe just maybe this Celtics thing winning the title. 357 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 1: Let's just say Jalen Brown is the inside track on 358 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: the finals VP. I don't know. Is that gonna draw 359 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 1: a wedge between these Whose team is it? You know 360 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,120 Speaker 1: the media is gonna hype that angle. Maybe that drives 361 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: your guy Tatum to the Lakers. I have no ide. 362 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 1: Nobody knows what the future is gonna hold with these two. 363 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: Let's end with Luka Doncic, and you guys know, he's 364 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 1: one of my favorite players in the league. I'm a 365 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: huge fan. I said he's the MVP, the best player 366 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: in the league. Blah blah blah. I thought he was 367 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 1: an abomination in Game three, and he ultimately I thought 368 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:28,360 Speaker 1: cost them the game. Luca kept forcing the one on 369 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: one play. Literally, they stopped having him bring the ball 370 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: up because they were just hounding him up the entire court. 371 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,359 Speaker 1: So they would have like PJ. Washington or even Derek 372 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: Lively bring the ball up right and then get it 373 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: to Luca. So Now there's the shot clocks down in 374 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: like fifteen. Luca's reading the defense, seeing who he wants 375 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 1: to call over in the pick and roll, and Boston 376 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 1: does the switch before the pick and roll happens, so 377 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: you don't get your guy. Then you have to wait 378 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 1: for another switch. Now you're down on like seven seconds 379 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: on the shot clock, and they have initiated zero offense. 380 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,439 Speaker 1: And ultimately at that point it's like, Okay, what are 381 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: we doing? Lucas died. Step three, Lucas step back three, 382 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,679 Speaker 1: Luca drive. Luca complain he was complaining a lot. I 383 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: don't want to say they solved him, but they were 384 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: able to play him straight up. Derek White and Peyton 385 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:12,399 Speaker 1: Pritchard struggled against him, but ultimately Brown and Tatum I 386 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: thought did a fine job against him, and Drew Holliday 387 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 1: as well, and Luca just kept forcing stuff and if 388 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 1: his shot didn't go in, usually he put his arms out, 389 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 1: complaining to the ref. He had I believe one or 390 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: two where he missed the shot and then was so 391 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: frustrated he instantly committed the foul. But rob these are 392 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: possessions where nobody else touched the ball in the half 393 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: court that doesn't work. Man, it's not gonna work against Boston. 394 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: It could work, yeah against Minnesota, and okay, see sure, 395 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: sure it can work. Boston wasn't doubling, and it was 396 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: like Luca was waiting for the double to come and 397 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 1: he's like, oh, well, if the double's not coming, I'm 398 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 1: just going one on one because I'm better. And he 399 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: wasn't making the shots. He couldn't get to the middle. 400 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: The length of Tatum bothered him. I was just extremely 401 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: disappointed in him. Obviously I bet against him, so I 402 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: was kind of happy. But and then fouling out his 403 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 1: first foul out in the in the play his playoff career, 404 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 1: I just I just thought it was a bad performance 405 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,959 Speaker 1: from Luca. And I'm of the belief if you aren't 406 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 1: like an NBA fan and you're a casual and you 407 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: just tuned in, you'd be like, this guy so overrated. 408 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 1: He's out of shape, he complains a lot, he commits dumbfouls, 409 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: he forces bad shots. This is your king, like I 410 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: don't I don't know that. That was just my read 411 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 1: on Game three, rob And I don't want to crap 412 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 1: on Luca, but I gotta keep it real, like Kyriel 413 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 1: Kraybe was outstanding. He got his thirty five points. He 414 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: made four to threes. Of course the game, I don't 415 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: bet on his threes he makes him, but again, thirty 416 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: five two assists. Kyrie Irving is no one of the 417 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: better point guards in the league. He played forty five 418 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: minutes and had two assists. Rob twenty eight shots to assists. 419 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: That ain't it. It just doesn't work. You could see 420 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: this in the second quarter when it was like Luka, Kyrie, 421 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: your turn, MI turn, your turn, my turn, and they 422 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 1: were they were up by one. It was like, that's 423 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: not working. You gotta get other guys unlocked. They ultimately 424 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 1: ended with fifteen assists. Meanwhile, Jason Tatum had five and 425 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: Jayalen Brown at eight. Those two alone had thirteen. Boston 426 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 1: passed the ball much better. They had to play pick 427 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 1: and roll and Dallas couldn't hang with him. I'm disappointed 428 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,920 Speaker 1: in Dallas. I don't even know that it's a lot 429 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: that they get back here. No. 430 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, and we've talked about this, you know, as recently 431 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 2: as last week when we were talking about Luca Dachs 432 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 2: and the trajectory that he's on in the NBA, both 433 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 2: in terms of his all NBA accolades and his scoring 434 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:32,199 Speaker 2: that you're like, hey, the trajectory, the the way that 435 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 2: it's pointing, you would think that Luca has the potential 436 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 2: to be a top ten player in NBA history. And 437 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 2: our conversation was, yeah, The problem though, is he has 438 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 2: to win multiple championships for that to happen, and the 439 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 2: reality is in stage of parody, and the way this 440 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 2: team is set up, it's unlikely they're going to be 441 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 2: able to win, you know, more than one or two, 442 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 2: and with the what we've seen here in this series, 443 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 2: that's become even more obvious. And as far as Game 444 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:02,160 Speaker 2: three goes, to say that I'm disappointed and Luka Donji 445 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,120 Speaker 2: will be an understatement. If you are a casual. 446 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: As you alluded to, and you just looked at the. 447 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 2: Box score and you say, hey, he had twenty seven, 448 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 2: six and six and he was plus nine on a 449 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 2: night that they lost by seven, you know Luca was 450 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 2: not the problem. Then you were not watching the game then, 451 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 2: because Luka Doncic was the primary culprit in them going 452 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 2: down by twenty one to begin with, his incessant complaining 453 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 2: and arguing when he didn't get the call either on 454 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 2: offense or defense, was putting his team in terrible positions 455 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 2: in transition, putting him in terrible positions on the defensive end. 456 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,119 Speaker 2: And that's not even factoring in the times when he 457 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 2: was engaged quote unquote and he was locked in. He 458 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 2: was getting blown by like a traffic cone. They were 459 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 2: picking on him over and over and over and over, 460 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 2: and that's why they fell into such a big hole 461 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 2: across those second and third quarters. Then you get to 462 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 2: the fourth quarter, they go in this miraculous run, keyed 463 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,959 Speaker 2: in large part by Luka Doncic passing the ball, getting 464 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 2: drawing the coverage, getting two or three guys on him, 465 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 2: finding PJ. Washington, finding Kyrie irving to hit these open threes, 466 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,199 Speaker 2: Kyrie getting foul onto three to get three points, and 467 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 2: then they cut it down to six and you can 468 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 2: feel the momentum building. You could see the tight tookses 469 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 2: in Boston. They could feel it slipping away, and Luka 470 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 2: Doncic decides, you know what, I know that we got 471 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 2: back into this by me attracting attention and spraying it. 472 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:28,199 Speaker 1: We know what I'm gonna do. 473 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go one on one with Jason Frekin Tatum 474 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 2: and think that that's a matchup. It is gonna work 475 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 2: in my favor. He misses a three foot bunny, gets frustrated. 476 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 2: Fouls on the other end, comes down a few possessions later, 477 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 2: one on one against Tatum again forces something up. Missus 478 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 2: gets frustrated foul. Like everything that you don't like about 479 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 2: Luca Died, there's a lot to like about him. He's like, 480 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 2: he's a great player. He does a lot of great things. 481 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,680 Speaker 2: He's he's incredible as a talent. But everything you don't 482 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 2: like about him, the defensive inefficiency, the whining, the complaining, 483 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 2: to be honest, the selfish play was all on display 484 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 2: in game three, and he's gonna have to take a 485 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 2: long look in the mirror and reflect on what happened. 486 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 2: And it made it even worse for me in the 487 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 2: postgame when they asked him about falling fouling out, and 488 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 2: his response was not any kind of ownership. Hey, I 489 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 2: gotta be smarter, I gotta be better than that. YadA YadA. No. 490 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 2: His quote verbatim was, I don't want to say anything, 491 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,640 Speaker 2: but six fouls in the NBA Finals like this, Come on, man, 492 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 2: be better than that. Like the NBA owes it to him. 493 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 2: That they can't be calling fouls because he's Luka Doncic 494 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 2: and he gets a pass for being lazy and not 495 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 2: moving his feet. It was just a terrible performance all 496 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 2: around by Luka Doncic. 497 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:52,360 Speaker 1: Congrats to Joe Missoula, the head coach of the Celtics 498 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 1: going up three zero. Listen. I don't listen to the 499 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: Bill Simmons podcast, but I was told by Celtics fans, Oh, 500 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,679 Speaker 1: Simmons just killing Joe all the time. Time he make 501 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: I guess some nickname for him that I don't know 502 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: the name of second row Joe because what he was 503 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: the second row assistant last year's. 504 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 2: Because he wasn't a main guy on the main bench. 505 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 2: He was always behind the bench. 506 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: That's just wrong. The Celtics won the East by fourteen games, 507 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: fourteen games, and now they are what fifteen and two 508 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: in the playoffs and about to sweep the MAVs for 509 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 1: a second straight sweep in the playoffs. Larry Bird, Celtics 510 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:33,920 Speaker 1: never won this many games in a row in the 511 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 1: playoffs and I don't want to hear. Oh the eighties 512 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 1: was so tough, like stop stop, like this is an 513 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 1: impressive run by Missoula Jalen Brown, Jason Tatum, Derrek White, 514 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: Drew Holliday. I mean, they did this without Porzingis. That's 515 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 1: pretty impressive, and Porzinggis was a huge fact of the 516 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: first two games. Just all around impressive stuff. I'm not 517 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 1: a Celtics fan, you guys know I like Tatum, but uh, 518 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: that's a rough one. Anyways, we are back tomorrow and 519 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: I guess he's closed out Friday. Then it's like NBA 520 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,479 Speaker 1: Draft talk fun, fun, fun. Talk to you tomorrow.