1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: The volume The Colin Coward Podcast, presented by FanDuel Sports Book. 2 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: No better place to make every moment more than with 3 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: Fan Duel Basketball Football. They have awesome new and existing 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: user promotions. It's easy to use, it's safe and secure. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: You can get your winnings back in two hours. My 6 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: favorite the Same Game parlays. You can bet five or 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: ten bucks in one, one hundred and fifty bucks or more. 8 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: If you are new, just download the FanDuel Sports Book app. 9 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: Get started now, sign up promo code Colin so they 10 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,919 Speaker 1: know we and I sent you. The Colin Coward Podcast, 11 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: presented by the Fan Duel Sports Book. Here we go. 12 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: It is great to have everybody in you know me 13 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: hour along with Jason Tenth, host of Hoops Tonight. You 14 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: know my initial takeaway and I'm glad he played well 15 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: late and it's not buried. You can connect almost all 16 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: of the Warrior's success to Andrew Wiggins. So Tatum is 17 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: struggling and has been awful in the fourth quarter. Who's 18 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: guarding him? Andrew Wiggins. Early in this series, Jason, we 19 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: talked about, Oh Celtics feel huge. They're dominating the Warriors 20 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: on the glass. Wiggins has emerged as a double figure 21 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: rebounder ended the series. We talked about early, who's scoring 22 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,800 Speaker 1: besides Steph. He needs a compliment, he needs his Robin 23 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: Wiggins has emerged as the second score. If Steph didn't 24 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: start so well early in this series, I think Wiggins 25 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: could get MVP votes. He's a former number one pick. 26 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: You and I have talked about. We've always known he's athletic. 27 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: You know, in Minnesota he had I believe four coaches 28 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: in either six or seven years. There was just an 29 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: organizational chaos. You know, we always blame the player. You 30 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: put him in a solid culture, and I think the 31 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,959 Speaker 1: Warrior's a bit surprised by how good he is Defensively, 32 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: He's just been willing to fit into their ecosystem. But 33 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: I think you can tie almost all of the Warrior's 34 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: success from like Game two on in this series, and 35 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:26,519 Speaker 1: almost all of it is linked defensively, rebounding scoring to Wiggins. 36 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: I think he's had an unbelievable series. With how physical 37 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: the series has been, and with the athleticism advantage that 38 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: Boston has, everyone is struggling to create shots. I mean, 39 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: even Tatum and Brown are struggling to create shots to 40 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: a certain extent, just in the physicality of the series. Steph. 41 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,119 Speaker 1: It's not like Steph's getting a ton of separation. He's 42 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 1: just so unbelievably skilled that every time he gets even 43 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: the tiniest fraction of space, he's been able to consistently 44 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: make Boston pay. But where Andrew's value has been in 45 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: the series is his athleticism. He can look eye to 46 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,679 Speaker 1: eye with Tatum and Brown and be every bit as 47 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: much of the dominant force of an athlete that they are, 48 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: and that bit of creation that he had. I mean, Colin, 49 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: coming into the series, we're all like, you know, what 50 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: are they What are they going to get from Jordan Poole, 51 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: What are they going to get from Clay Thompson? And 52 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: we were looking in the wrong place because in a 53 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: series like this, with the way that it's gone down, 54 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: it was always going to be Andrew Wiggins that ended 55 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: up being the guy who could be a release valve, 56 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: a guy who when things break down, could create his 57 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: own shot because he's six eight and he's got all 58 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: that athleticism. And here's the other thing too, Colin, Like, 59 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: you know, we talked a lot earlier about, you know, 60 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: whether or not he was miscast as a number one. 61 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: But that was when he was in Minnesota. But that 62 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: was a personality thing, that was not a talent thing. 63 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: Like he just didn't have the audacity to consistently be 64 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: aggressive enough to be that guy. He shied away. He'd 65 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: be that guy that disappeared from the game for too long. 66 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: But he's got all of the turnaround jump shot, step 67 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: back jump shots, all the dribble combinations, all the post moves. 68 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: He's got all of the stuff, all of the tools. 69 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: He just never had the confidence to lean on it. 70 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: And I mean he hit an arsenal of complex shots 71 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: tonight on fadeaway. He had to drift drifting hook through 72 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: the lane there in the fourty. I wrote that down. Yeah, 73 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: you know it's funny and Kevin Durant go ahead, Yeah, 74 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, I think was bothered eventually he wanted it 75 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: to be his team, and it was always Steffs. It's 76 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: the opposite with the Wiggins. He's never wanted it to 77 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: be his team. It's not his personality. He loves that 78 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: it's Steff's team. It takes all the pressure off him. 79 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: So and I'm not saying he's Durant, but but It 80 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: is interesting how chemistry works. Is that Kevin Durant always 81 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: had this feeling like I'm the best player. Why isn't 82 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: it my team? Well, it's just not. You're You're not 83 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: the soul of this organization. Wiggins is like, oh, finally, 84 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: no chaos, and I don't have to be the alpha. 85 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: I don't have to be that guy after every game. 86 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: And so it's a classic example of there's a lot 87 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 1: of good ballers in this league, right, Hooper's everywhere, but 88 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: where do you fit? The other thing that jumped out 89 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 1: at me is you and I had talked about this earlier, 90 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: is that even on the Celtics best nights, they had 91 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: these six seven minute holes, these these dark, offensive holes. 92 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 1: They're just unwatchable. Their movement stops. Everybody is kind of 93 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: rigid tonight. There's an argument that they had six and 94 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: a half great minutes and that's it. I mean, they 95 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: didn't play well. They were they were uncharacteristically bad in 96 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,119 Speaker 1: the first half. You know, it was funny, Jason so 97 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: had I had to be on a call for the 98 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: first seven to eight minutes of the game, so I 99 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: watched the first part of the game with the sounddown. 100 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: The Celtics body language was so bad. I didn't get 101 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,799 Speaker 1: influenced by the officials or the crowd. It was so tight, 102 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: like shoulders up tight, and the and the Warriors body 103 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: language not just because they were leaving. It was so 104 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: loose and fun and aggressive. And I'll hand it off 105 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 1: to you, but I felt like it was almost like 106 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: in the first six or seven minutes, the Warriors kind 107 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: of sensed they could smell blood, they could kind of 108 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: sense that Golden the Boston was a little tight. This 109 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: was a big moment, Game five winner wins the series, 110 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: and I felt with a sounddown, I was just watching 111 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: body language, and I'm like, oh, the champion smells blood, 112 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: he's got he's got the dog in the corner on 113 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,239 Speaker 1: the ropes. A little bit now they turned it around, 114 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: but I felt most of the night Boston was tentative. 115 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 1: Their body language was tentative. You know. It was such 116 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: a classic Boston game. We talked after Game one. If 117 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: you remember, Golden State had a eight point run, an 118 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: eight o run in thirty seven seconds, and then there 119 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: was another possession where they scored seven points on the 120 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: single possession. Boston has always been the team that has 121 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 1: these extended stretches where they play good basketball and things 122 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,479 Speaker 1: go well for them, but then they these lapses in 123 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: judgment is where the more experienced and smarter team always 124 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: takes over for them. You know, Colin in this series 125 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: coming into this game. So through four games when both 126 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 1: teams were in the static half court environment, meaning no advantages, 127 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: staring each other eye to eye, my offense, firs. Your defense, defense, 128 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: who can score in that setting, Boston was averaging about 129 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: five points more than Golden State per one hundred possessions. 130 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: That's a pretty sizable gap. That means in that half 131 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: court static environment, Boston is flat out a better basketball team. 132 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: But everything surrounding that static half court environment is a 133 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: massive advantage to Golden State, And in this case, I mean, 134 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: look at look at the pathway of this game. So 135 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: Golden State starts twenty four to eight, and Jason Tatum 136 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: was awful during that stretch. We definitely have to get 137 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: to that at some point. But after that, Boston's settles 138 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: down and plays a long extended run of good basketball. 139 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: They go in a sixty six to forty eight run 140 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 1: to take a two point lead there towards the end 141 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: of the third quarter, but then immediately after that point, 142 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: they give up a thirteen oh run. So I've got 143 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: an extended stretch of high quality basketball where Boston looks 144 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 1: like the clearly looks like the better team over a 145 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: large sample size, and in two short sample sizes they 146 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: blew it. The beginning of the game, they didn't come 147 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: out serious. Their star came out lacksadaisical. Tatum literally zero 148 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: shot attempts in a turnover in his first shift, goes 149 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 1: to the bench minus eleven. Like you, it's hard enough 150 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: to win on the road in the NBA Finals and 151 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: you're spotting the other team a huge lead because you're 152 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: not serious. It's just it's genuinely confounding to me that 153 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,319 Speaker 1: I've never I've never seen a team like this because 154 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,439 Speaker 1: you see hot and cold teams all around the NBA, 155 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: but they're bad teams. Colin. You don't see hot and 156 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: cold teams that have a bone of five championship ceiling. 157 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: It's so strange. As I was preparing on Fox Sports 158 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: this morning, the staff, one of the guys on the staff, 159 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: he said, because we were talking about I had said 160 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,439 Speaker 1: before the series started, and I think I told you this, Jason, 161 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: I said, I think the Celtics could outplay the Warriors 162 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 1: in five games and losing six because they'll just get tight. 163 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: Shoulders will go up. And he went and looked at 164 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: clutch stats this year for the Celtics, and I don't 165 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: like bottom of the league. This team is a lot 166 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 1: of things. But when you don't have that ring, when 167 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: you don't have that bag, it's before you get it. 168 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: I've seen this happen to so many quality teams. I 169 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: saw it happened to Lebron in Miami. You know that 170 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: Dallas series. It's just you've never been there, you've never 171 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: hoisted the trophy. And you know, maybe it happens in hockey, 172 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: but there's something about basketball, the balls in your hand, 173 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: you're the crowds on top of you. And I just 174 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: feel like in the last couple of games, the Celtics 175 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: have gotten really, really tight. You can see it in 176 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: their body language. And you and I have both talked 177 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: about this, is that you feed off your star. And 178 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: Jason Tatum looks tight and the team looks tight, and 179 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: Steph for All is flailing tonight. You know, he's really 180 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: zilly game he's ever played without a three. He's still shooting, 181 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,959 Speaker 1: he's still confident, he's still driving, and I think you 182 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: feed off that. You're like, hey, our guy, he's not 183 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: like at And I thought it was funny. At the end, 184 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 1: they showed a picture of him sitting next to Steve Kerr, 185 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 1: and I could just picture him looking at Stephen gone, 186 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: you ever had one of those nights when nothing goes 187 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: you know that could see He's Kerr going, You'll just 188 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: be hotter the next game. But there is something to 189 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: be said, is that Tatum sometimes lacks confidence playing well. 190 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: Step never lacks its shooting like he did tonight. And 191 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,199 Speaker 1: I think I think teams feed off it. You're you 192 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: played college basketball. When your star is tight, the team 193 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:07,719 Speaker 1: gets tight. You follow the persona of the leader. And 194 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: that's what's so disappointing about the Jason Tatum thing is 195 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: like Big Game on the road series tied it two. 196 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: You feel like you blew an opportunity. You're already having 197 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: a bad series. Like Colin, I'm driving home from the 198 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: gym today and I'm just listening to the radio and 199 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: I hear you throw out a stat that literally almost 200 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: caused me to spit out my drink. You said that 201 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: that Jason Tatum's field goal percentage was below Steph Curry's 202 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 1: points per game average through four games. I can't believe it. 203 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: Like that's that is an absolutely insane stat And again 204 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: like that, and that's the thing. It's you know, what's 205 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 1: funny is with Steph it used to be early on 206 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: in his career that he was prone to a lot 207 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 1: more of these bad shooting nights, Like in the twenty fifteen, 208 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: two thousand and sixteen, two seventeen range, it was about 209 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: a one out of three chance. If you look at 210 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 1: his stats, he was below from three and about from 211 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: the field and about a third of his games. But 212 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: he's become much more consistent. The difference was is, you know, 213 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: and this is the difference between a really good team 214 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: like Golden State and a team like Boston that's a 215 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: lot more flawed. Is Golden State can win in a 216 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: bunch of different ways. Like tonight, Steph didn't have it 217 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:20,959 Speaker 1: going to any extent, But obviously Andrew Wiggins kind of 218 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: stepped into that KD role as the guy that could 219 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: make things work with his physicality and athleticism when the 220 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: Golden State machine isn't working. Clay Thompson hit some big 221 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: shots and then honestly, their defense. I thought Golden State's 222 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: defense and this entire game was incredible. I think, you know, 223 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 1: it's funny calling because it reminds me of the NFL 224 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: with a line play. All of us casual fans were 225 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: watching and we're obsessed with the quarterbacks doing, or what 226 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: the skill positions are doing, or what the secondary is doing, 227 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 1: and little like unbeknownst to the casual fan, there's like 228 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: this huge war taking place right in the middle of 229 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: the screen and the trenches and there's a push in 230 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: a poll there that usually has a much bigger effect 231 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: on the outcome of the game. Then most fans realize. 232 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: It's like you always talk about, like if Tyrn Smith 233 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: is out, Dak Prescott suddenly becomes a different quarterback. And 234 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 1: in this game, there's been a push and pull in 235 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: this series. But Golden State in two of the five games, 236 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: namely Game two and in Game five, they've been the 237 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: more physical team that's been more of a resistance on 238 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: the perimeter. It's like watching the twenty sixteen Dallas Cowboys 239 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: offensive line get completely run over by a skinny, small team. 240 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: It's it's really strange. It's kind of a bizarre thing. 241 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: That's taking place, but that's one of the many ways 242 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: that Golden State can win. They can win with defense 243 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: and with other guys on their team scoring, whereas with 244 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: Boston it's like if they don't get a certain style 245 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: out of their offense, they literally are incapable of scoring. 246 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: And you see that for extended stretches in this series. 247 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,439 Speaker 1: The NBA Finals are here, and so is your chance 248 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 1: to score big on fandel sports Book. Throughout the Finals, 249 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: Fandals giving new customers two hundred dollars in free bets, 250 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: tunor Bucks, free bets guarantee when you place your first 251 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 1: five dollar bet bet the money line, point spreads, player props. 252 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: Just sign up. The promo code is oways column. That's 253 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,959 Speaker 1: mean cli in. If you haven't tried FanDuel, now is 254 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: the perfect time give it a shot. The only thing 255 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: sweeter than watching the Finals is cashing in on the 256 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: action Joint Today promo code column turn a five dollars 257 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: bet into two hundred dollars in free bets. Win or lose, 258 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: make every game feel like Game seven with fan Duel Sportsbook, FanDuel, 259 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: official partner of the NBA twenty one plus some present 260 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, and Louisiana. Permitted parishes only Michigan, 261 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Virginia or West Virginia. First 262 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: online real money wager only. Refund issued as non withdrawal 263 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: psyche credit that expires in fourteen days. Restrictions to plyce 264 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: terms at sportsbook dot FanDuel dot com. Gambling problem one 265 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: hundred next step or text next step to five three 266 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: three four two Arizona one eight eight seven, eight nine, 267 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: seven and seven and seven or visit CCPG dot org, 268 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: slash chat Connecticut one hundred gambler or visit fandel dot com, 269 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: slash RG and Colorado, Indiana, Jersey, and Virginia one eight seven, 270 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: seven seven seven zero stop in Louisiana one hundred two 271 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: seven O seven one one seven for confidential health in 272 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: Michigan one eight seven seven h O p E n 273 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: Y or techs h O P E n Y for 274 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: six seven three six nine in New York, Tennessee redline 275 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: one eight nine nine seven eight nine Tennessee visit one 276 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: eight hundred gambler dot in West Virginia. Well, one of 277 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: the things I wrote down everybody but staff was good tonight. 278 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: Um Wiggins was good. Clay hit big shots, Jordan Poole 279 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: hit big shots, Looney got rebounds. Draymond bounced back. And 280 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: it's interesting the role players the al Horde first, the 281 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: mar al Horp for Jalen Brown, Marcus Smart, Robert Williams, 282 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: to me, didn't quite feel as effective. And so when 283 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 1: Tatum struggles, what's left to the offense. There's just not 284 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: much there. You know, it was Draymond. It's interesting is 285 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: he is. He got that sixth foul and probably should 286 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: have been on Steph. You know, I'm watching it at 287 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: the end and we're just getting ready to come in here. 288 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: It was late, late, late, and I was thinking, that's 289 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: a perfect game for Draymond. Eight rebounds, eight assists, play 290 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,240 Speaker 1: great defense, and then you know, a minute left, foul 291 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: out because lost in all of this, and he was 292 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: really tentative. He was really tentative in Game four, but 293 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 1: I thought tonight he bounced back. But I mean, what 294 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: they need of him in this series now, wiggint to 295 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: soaring pool scoring plays now scoring Steph didn't, but he would. 296 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: It's not the scoring, the rebounding issue. They've solved a 297 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: little bit of that, but Draymond already serves a purpose, 298 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: and if he gets fouls, he gets fouls. He has 299 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: to be active, and I thought he was really active tonight. 300 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: Glass assists, he fouls out, he fouls out. You're not 301 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: looking for him at the end of the game necessarily. 302 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: But I you know, I kind of I watched him 303 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: tonight and I'm like, whatever the whatever, whatever the stat said. 304 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: I thought Draymond was really effective. You know, a couple 305 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 1: of times Jason Tatum had a fall away in the 306 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,239 Speaker 1: lane and Draymond was switched over on and I'm like, oh, 307 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: that's a terrible that's a hard nine foot fall away. 308 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: And I mean Jason was falling away Draymond six seven 309 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: and long. And so my takeaway was tonight Draymond really 310 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:27,960 Speaker 1: did what they need from him. Annoying. I mean, when 311 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,239 Speaker 1: he's following Tatum over to the bench, that's exactly what 312 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: Draymond should be. By the way, that's what he often was. 313 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:36,119 Speaker 1: We forget, you know, a couple of years ago when 314 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 1: they didn't need his offense either. He wasn't you know, 315 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,199 Speaker 1: he was a catalyst occasionally. I just thought tonight was 316 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 1: a when he's like that annoying, rebounds, assists, they're a 317 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: hard they're a hard team to be because because they're 318 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: getting now scoring from other people beyond Staff. I thought 319 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,880 Speaker 1: this was Draymond's first truly great game of the series 320 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: by his standards. The big thing was he was at 321 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: to score rolling towards the basket, which is so important 322 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: to punish Boston for helping off of him elsewhere on 323 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 1: the floor. To be honest, though, Colin, I thought the 324 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: whole Draymond storyline in this Finals was so overblown, Like 325 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: he's he's the last player in the entire NBA to 326 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: look at box scores with. Did you know that the 327 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: best lineup for Golden State in this series includes Draymond. 328 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: It's Draymond, Looney, Clay Wiggins, and Steph and they were 329 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 1: coming into this game. They were like plus twenty three 330 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 1: points per one hundred possessions in this series in like 331 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: fifty minutes. Like Draymond has been doing Draymond stuff all series. 332 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: He's been amazing defensively all series. He's been great passing 333 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: the basketball all series. He just had some rough offensive 334 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:46,120 Speaker 1: highlights in some rough offensive stretches earlier in the game, 335 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: earlier in the series, and that's going to happen with Draymond. 336 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: First of all, Boston's in incredible defense, and this is 337 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,239 Speaker 1: a terrible matchup for him. That under one of the 338 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:58,199 Speaker 1: huge subplots of this series is Boston's defense is geared 339 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: towards trying to get step to score in taking away 340 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: a lot of the four on threes that Golden State 341 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: loves to run on the back end that classic Warriors basketball. 342 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: There hasn't been a ton of that in this series 343 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,959 Speaker 1: because of the way Boston's defending, and Draymond is one 344 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: of the many victims of that. You've seen that across 345 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:16,919 Speaker 1: the whole roster that I thought that I thought the 346 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,239 Speaker 1: whole story was overplayed. Draymond's been Draymond. He was a 347 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: little bit below his standards coming into this game, but 348 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: he played great tonight. And he's just not a guy. 349 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: He's not a guy that the highlights or the box 350 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: score will ever do justice for. Yeah, so let's talk 351 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: game six. You know, first time Boston's lost back to back. 352 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: They haven't been a team in the playoffs. They've been 353 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 1: very resilient. God, you know, I thought Tatum would play 354 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: well tonight. I almost bet the under on staff at 355 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 1: thirty and a half, but I was like, I'm not 356 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: gonna I thought Boston would play great first half. I 357 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,360 Speaker 1: thought they would be just desperate and they came out flat. 358 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: But um, you know we have remember Boston goes home, 359 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: hold serve. We got a Game seven and anything happens. 360 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: I just I look at the body language for the 361 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: Celtics tonight. They looked so, I mean, Steph's not going 362 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: to play like that. It's almost like reality is set 363 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: in for Boston. Al Horford's back to reality, Marcus is 364 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: back to reality. Grant Williams, they're fine players, but all 365 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: the secondary players for the Warriors have now kind of 366 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 1: found their confidence and groove. They're all really comfortable. We've 367 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: gotten the best of Boston second tier players. The difference 368 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: is Steph's obviously gonna play. Is gonna shoot better? I'm 369 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: not sure. Tatum is. I'm not shocked if Golden State 370 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: goes back and wins Game six. I'm not I picked 371 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: the Warriors in six. I just feel like, forget step 372 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,040 Speaker 1: and Tatum. I kind of feel like I've seen the 373 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 1: best of the Celtics reserves, and I feel like the 374 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 1: last two games, I think the Warriors reserves have been 375 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: completely empowered by what's happening. I mean, let's face it, 376 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: stars are almost souls confident. It's that sixth guy and 377 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 1: seventh guy or the fourth score when he's feeling it. 378 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: Momentum is a huge factor. I think Wiggins is on 379 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: top of the world. I think Drey is back. I'm 380 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: interested to see Boston will probably be a one or 381 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: two point favorite, but I wouldn't be surprised if Golden 382 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: State finishes. At your thoughts, so, I think this series 383 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 1: is over in the sense that I feel more confident 384 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 1: than ever about my Golden State and seven pick. But 385 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: we have seen this exact same situation twice with Golden 386 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 1: State now where they have a road closeout opportunity and 387 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: they're just like, now, we'll get him at home next game. 388 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 1: So like, I could totally see Boston just utterly destroying 389 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,719 Speaker 1: them in Game six the way that Memphis did right 390 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: before the end, the way that Dallas did right before 391 00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,719 Speaker 1: the end, just because Golden State has a little bit 392 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 1: of that kind of arrogance as well. But I gotta say, Colin, 393 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: I have been so unbelievably disappointed in Jason Tatum in 394 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:11,639 Speaker 1: this series. Like, this series is sitting at three, two. 395 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 1: They damn sure should have won Game four. That was 396 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: a blown opportunity for Boston. You had a sixty six 397 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: to forty eight run in the middle of Game five 398 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: and you've gotten next to nothing at a your best player. 399 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 1: The gap, the gap between the way that Steph Curry 400 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 1: has played in this series and the way that Tatum 401 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: has played in this series is so unbelievably massive. And 402 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: if it was even half that Boston wins this series 403 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 1: in five or six games like it's been, it's been 404 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:43,439 Speaker 1: a really really interesting indicator of how a team, and 405 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: it really should factor in more when we're making our 406 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,719 Speaker 1: predictions and we're making our analysis. But it's been so 407 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 1: interesting to see how a team with like Golden State, 408 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 1: at such a huge personnel disadvantage on so many spots 409 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 1: on the floor, just wins a game with all of 410 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: the smart elements of the game, all of the things 411 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,639 Speaker 1: that go beyond the physicality, all the things that go 412 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: beyond the god given gifts that you have as an athlete. 413 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: It's all just it's just they're a well oiled machine. 414 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:10,959 Speaker 1: Call and I don't know what to tell you. They 415 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: had no business beating this Boston team and their one 416 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 1: win away. It's been an unbelievably impressive performance from them. 417 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 1: Here's my notes. In the first quarter Boston no rhythm, 418 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 1: twelve four Draymond two early buckets. Second quarter Wiggins hitting shots, 419 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:34,639 Speaker 1: Draymond more productive, Boston one bench point all half. Third 420 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: quarter Celtics excellent start, defensive intendant City steph way off 421 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: set eight straight threes. Fourth quarter Wiggins, wow drive, No 422 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 1: Robert Williams on the floor. Clay three, boy, that was fast. 423 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: Marcus smart Ta losing composure, Wiggins thirteen rebounds. What a game, 424 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: MVP question mark. So there's my notes, my condensed version. 425 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: I guess of my notes, this is fun. I think 426 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 1: that composure is so interesting to me because they've had 427 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,360 Speaker 1: bad stretches of basketball, but tonight was the first time 428 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:15,640 Speaker 1: where I felt like they looked a little shell shocked 429 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: at stretches, like they're what you talked about at the 430 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,479 Speaker 1: beginning of the game was bizarre, like they were like 431 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: they were surprised to show up and gold State wanted 432 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 1: to beat him, like it was confounding that Jalen Brown 433 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 1: was the only guy who looked like he was really 434 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 1: mentally engaged in the opening minutes. That was so bizarre 435 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 1: that at that engagement level was a super interesting subplot 436 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: in this game. I'll tell you what would worry me, 437 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 1: as if I was Boston flying back, Like if I 438 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 1: was the coaches and I'm looking at the film or 439 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: the players, it's like, boy, Clay, last couple of games, 440 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 1: he's driving the ball. Clay looks more confident. So we 441 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: talked about that often injury a couple of them. I mean, 442 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 1: forget Wiggins and Staff, they're gonna be fine, but boy, 443 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:00,360 Speaker 1: when Clay, now you have three scores and and as 444 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 1: I watched that, I'm like, yeah, you're you're You're the 445 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,159 Speaker 1: coaching staff thinking, listen, we can't get our star Jason 446 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: Tatum to produce. Now they've got Wiggins and Clay playing 447 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: with confidence. Like that's where you're a Celtic fan, You're like, 448 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: it feels like we got we gotta get off to 449 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:20,679 Speaker 1: a really good start at home. We can't feed that 450 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: monster because I mean, you know it, there are times 451 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:29,679 Speaker 1: Clay gets hotter than Staff. I mean Clay Clay has 452 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 1: had a half a dozen of those moments in his 453 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,199 Speaker 1: career where are like yikes, like he is just and 454 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 1: he's bigger than Staff. He's got a beautiful looking shot. 455 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:43,880 Speaker 1: Sometimes I feel like he doesn't quite need the separation. Yeah, yeah, 456 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: I'm just thinking what Boston's thinking flying back, and I 457 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: think Golden State flying back. They'll probably do it tonight 458 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 1: or tomorrow morning. Is thinking, you know, we've solved the 459 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,360 Speaker 1: Robert Williams thing a little like we don't feel as 460 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: small between Looney Otto Porter by the way, he's given 461 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 1: him decent men. Auto Porter's been nice. I'm I think 462 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: he started tonight. Auto Porter's played pretty well. Yeah, he 463 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: started the last two games. You know. One of the 464 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 1: one of the interesting little subplots from Steve Kerr that 465 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 1: I thought was really interesting, and I thought Jeff Van 466 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 1: Gundy did a good job of calling this out on 467 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: the broadcast tonight. But one of the things that the 468 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,199 Speaker 1: Golden State perimeter defenders I talked about earlier, how the 469 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: perimeter defense in the NBA is like line play in 470 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 1: the NFL. It's like it's the push and pull. How 471 00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 1: easily are guys getting dribble penetration. That's that's a huge 472 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: indicator of the way basketball game goes. Well, what Golden 473 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 1: State is having Wiggins and Gary Peyton and Clay Thompson 474 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: and Draymond Green do is he's sitting on these guys 475 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: right hands. So almost every basketball player who plays from 476 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: the perimeter who's right handed. When they drive right, they're 477 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: very good at getting all the way to the rim 478 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: and finishing. When they drive left, they're very good at 479 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,919 Speaker 1: getting to their pull up. But all of the footwork 480 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: is weird for the alternative going both ways, So finishing 481 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 1: driving left, it's strange footwork, so a lot of players 482 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 1: are weak there. Pulling up to a jump shot driving 483 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,120 Speaker 1: right is a lot difficult because your body is turned 484 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 1: a different way. Most people like to have their shoulders 485 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 1: turned the other way. So one of the things that 486 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: Golden State is doing is they're perpetually making Jalen Brown 487 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 1: and Jason Tatum feel super uncomfortable by sitting on their 488 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 1: right hands and trying to bait them into driving left 489 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 1: and then stepping back into their pull up jump shot, 490 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 1: which is one of the best ways that they can 491 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,679 Speaker 1: get Boston to settle. You know, one of the things 492 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,199 Speaker 1: I had in my notes calling I'm not sure if 493 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: you notice this, but there's this persistent theme in this series, 494 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 1: and it's been a persistent theme for Boston through this 495 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: entire playoff run. They are a bad transition defense team. 496 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: They when they're in the half court, they're great, but 497 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 1: as soon as it gets helter skelter up and down, 498 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 1: they really struggle, which is really strange for a team 499 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: as athletic as they are, because you would think that 500 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: would be an advantage for them. But one of the 501 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: big reasons why Colin is they You'll see this all time, 502 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: smart Brown Tatum beat somebody off the dribble, there's help 503 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: in the lane, it's crowded down there, nobody's calling anything like, 504 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: there's no whistle, but they'll just fly into all the 505 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: bodies row up, some garbage, goes sliding into the camera 506 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: row with their arms up in the air looking at 507 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: the refs, complaining, and Golden State's running down the other way. 508 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 1: So they literally spot the other team like twenty to 509 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: thirty five on fours every game by driving into the 510 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 1: teeth of the deep. And when all you're supposed to 511 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 1: do in that situation is hey, there's three bodies in 512 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: the paint. That probably means someone's wide open over there. 513 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: And when did things look good for Boston when they 514 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,200 Speaker 1: were driving and kicking to wide open threes and when 515 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 1: they did their record, they made like eight in a row. 516 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: You got to take what the defense gives you. Calling 517 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,679 Speaker 1: it too often, Boston just plays right into their own weaknesses, 518 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 1: and it's it's really painful to watch. Yeah, it is. 519 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,479 Speaker 1: It's been really The playoffs has been great, and I 520 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: think a credit to this is that the coaching on 521 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 1: both sides has been very good. But I think Kerr 522 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: has more to draw from. Wiggins was a number one pick. 523 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: You know, we gotta remember that it was a number 524 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: one pick. And Clay Thompson's a multiple time All Star 525 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: and Steph has been a unanimous MVP, and so email Dooku. 526 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: He can he can go ask guys to do things, 527 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 1: but he didn't. He didn't have a number three or 528 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 1: four on this team that was a number one pick. 529 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: And so both coaches, I think have really done a 530 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: good job of retooling and addressing some issues. But man, 531 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,440 Speaker 1: it's clearly Kerr has gotten in the ear of Wiggins 532 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: and said, Andrew, you're you're our best athlete, Go be 533 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 1: our best athlete. And some of this is just Andrew. 534 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:37,720 Speaker 1: I mean a couple of times that I was just like, Okay, 535 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 1: that's that's what a world class athlete looks like. You 536 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 1: can teach. There's a ceiling on teaching, and I think 537 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: as both coaches have reached into the toolbox, Steve's had 538 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: a few more tools to work with more, you know, 539 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: as we both kind of thought coming into the series, 540 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 1: they got more offensive tools, and he has you know, polished, 541 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:00,720 Speaker 1: found pulled stuff out like Jordan Pool. Jordan Pool in 542 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: the first like six quarters of the series was just unplayable. 543 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: He was just I mean I remember writing it down 544 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: on my notes, like get him off the floor. Curs 545 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: got a way to get him, get his mojo back. 546 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: Now he's become a real threat. So you can always 547 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 1: go into your toolbox. But if I've got a few 548 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 1: more offensive tools, I mean, this is still a seventy 549 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: thirty offensive over defensive league. You know, good players get shots, 550 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 1: and I think I feel like Boston Email is doing 551 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: as much as he can. But if Tatum is playing 552 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 1: like this, you know, some of it's like, guys, I 553 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: can't rely on Al Horford and like getting twenty eight 554 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: from Marcus Smart, Like I get there's limitations on what 555 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:43,880 Speaker 1: I can do, right, Yeah, I think, Like to be clear, 556 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 1: I think Boston has a little bit more two way 557 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: talent in terms of just overall talented basketball players link 558 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: athleticism offensive skill, But we both said from the beginning 559 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,640 Speaker 1: of the series, Golden State is more offensively talented and 560 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: more importantly offensively versatile. Like Atum and Brown are both 561 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 1: like textbook slashers. They like to have the ball from 562 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 1: the perimeter. They like to drive to the basket, or 563 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: if you cut them off, they'll pull up. They'll pull 564 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 1: up off the dribble for a jump shot. That's basically 565 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 1: their style of play. Jason Tatum has been exposed as 566 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 1: a guy who can't play in the post in this series. 567 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: He's done it periodically over the course of his career, 568 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,800 Speaker 1: making tough Kobe fadeaways, but his entire post game has 569 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 1: been completely unreliable in this series. So that's been exposed essentially. 570 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: But Golden State has all these different styles that they 571 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: can play. They can run a ton of high pick 572 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:31,959 Speaker 1: and roll with Steph Curry and Jordan Poole, or they 573 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: can be like, no, step you don't got to go 574 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: in tonight, So we're just gonna have you run around 575 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 1: on screens, off screens, off the ball with Clay That 576 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 1: classic Golden State offense where you know it's Draymond at 577 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: the top of the key and he's the decision maker 578 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: and everyone else is running around. They can throw the 579 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 1: ball to Andrew Wiggins in the post and he can 580 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 1: do things, or he can create his own shot off 581 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 1: the bounce. Like, is there a single Boston Celtic who's 582 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 1: played nearly as well other than Tatum and Brown? Is 583 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 1: there a single role player for Boston who's played nearly 584 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: as well as Andrew Wiggins. No, Marcus Smart has been 585 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 1: horrible in this series, not a guy you can rely on. Wiggins, 586 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: like we've said, is arguably been better than Clay, better 587 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 1: than Draymond, better than George Pooley's arguably the second best 588 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 1: warrior in this series. And getting that type of production 589 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: off of from a guy you weren't expecting it from 590 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: it just again buys Golden State additional flexibility. This is 591 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: a game where Steph didn't have it going, and the 592 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: whole Golden State offense didn't really have it going, but 593 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 1: they had this release valve and Andrew Wiggins. And when 594 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 1: you get twenty plus points efficiently from a release valve, 595 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 1: that can literally swing a game. And I mean that 596 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 1: those are the types of margins that we're talking about 597 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,520 Speaker 1: in these tight series. It's like, I mean, Boston, you 598 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:37,920 Speaker 1: gotta be looking on your flight home. You gotta be like, 599 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 1: we had a lead late in the third quarter in 600 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: this game and we spotted them twenty four to eight 601 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: like that. That's that's these are these all the time. 602 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: I look back at these playoffs series and I realized 603 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,960 Speaker 1: they're They're decided by these little tiny things that happen 604 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 1: over the course of a seven game series that often 605 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 1: get glossed over, and it's like, man, if one thing 606 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: goes differently here or there, it could have been a 607 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 1: different champion. But in this case, Golden States flexibility has 608 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: allowed them to win in multiple ways, and so they've 609 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: won with Steph playing well, and they've won with Steph 610 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 1: playing like garbage, whereas Boston has only won when Jayalen 611 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 1: Brown and Jason Tatum have played well because they only 612 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: have one punch that they can go to. Well. We 613 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: hired him before the basketball season. He's been amazing Hoops Tonight. 614 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: He's the host, Jason tenth. I hope you like these 615 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 1: live shots we do on our YouTube channel. Pete please 616 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: subscribe to the Volume Sports YouTube channel. It's fun. I 617 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 1: just love coming on and shooting the bowl at one 618 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 1: cocktail tonight. I only poured it with four minutes ago. 619 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 1: It's four minutes. We need to clarity. I needed clarity, 620 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 1: all right. This is great everybody, Thanks for watching. Jason, 621 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 1: It's great to see you again. We'll talk to see 622 00:33:46,440 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: you next time calling the Volume. Make sure to check 623 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 1: out The Draymond Green Show. I brought Draymond Green into 624 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 1: the Volume because one of the more entertaining voices in sports. 625 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:17,359 Speaker 1: Unique perspective understands behind the rope. Also chops up with 626 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:21,200 Speaker 1: guests like Gary Peyton, Zach Levine, Tracy McGrady. Make sure 627 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: download The Draymond Green Show wherever you get your podcasts, 628 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: only on the Volume Podcast Network.