Eastern Conference Finals: Celtics vs Pacers Game Analysis

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00:00So now let's go to tonight's Eastern Conference where Indiana is at Boston again, Indiana

00:07nearly stole game one, but the odds makers are telling us probably not going to happen

00:13in game two.

00:14What do you think Jacob?

00:15Nine point favorites Celtics tonight, total of two 25, man.

00:19I'm not an over guy.

00:20I always think the values on the under, but my gosh, there's just, I don't see any scenario

00:24where I could ever go under with the Indiana Pacers playing.

00:28And even if they don't shoot 67% or 65%, it's, it just seems like the way that they

00:33play is conducive to an over here, but I don't know how I'm really feeling about this game

00:40tonight.

00:41I sort of feel like another close game is possible.

00:44And is it, is it also possible Jacob that, that Boston is just simply overrated in terms

00:49of where these lines are here?

00:50Like should the line be five and a half, six, is this too much?

00:54I do think this is a little too much just because of what we know about the Celtics

00:57as a team, they tend to lack killer instinct.

01:00They get up big in games, they're up 13 in game one, and they tend to blow it and get

01:05into these clutch time situations that, you know, they should pull out of more often than

01:10not, but they tend to tense up.

01:12They tend to take difficult shots.

01:13They play some hero ball.

01:15They don't have a true playmaking passer, like not a Luka Doncic type as a passer.

01:21I think that kind of hurts them here.

01:23And the other thing I'm looking at, just from what I saw in game one, Al Horford is going

01:27to be at a disadvantage in this series.

01:30He's a great defender typically, but the pacers have such size with Miles Turner and speed

01:36with all their other players that if they get Al Horford in the pick and roll, if he

01:40tries to do drop coverage, he's going to be late to come out and defend the three.

01:44And then if he tries to defend the three, they're going to be able to blow by him.

01:47He's just a step slower than these guys, which you'd expect from a guy in his late thirties

01:51who has a lot of NBA miles on the tire.

01:53So I think that they're missing Kristaps Porzingis a lot right now.

01:58So I think as long as Porzingis remains out, I'm not going to trust the Celtics as massive

02:03favorites.

02:04And I agree with you.

02:05I like the over here.

02:06It doesn't feel right to be betting that in an Eastern Conference Finals game, but both

02:09of these teams can score and the Celtics seemed willing to play into the pacers and where

02:14they want to play a fast pace.

02:16So that happens again.

02:17I think this is going to go over.

02:20Yeah, it could tonight.

02:21I mean, it definitely seems like that's the pace of play with Indiana.

02:25They're the ones sort of controlling the pace.

02:26All right, let's move on to the NBA draft, which is coming up.

02:31And look, they're really just, Jacob, isn't a lot of talk about the first few picks in

02:36the NBA draft.

02:37All the talk is around Bronny James and where he's going to go.

02:42Jacob, I can't make heads or tails of this.

02:45I don't know if this is LeBron's camp or real scabby.

02:49It seems like such varying opinions on where Bronny's going to get drafted, if he's going

02:55to get drafted.

02:56Like two weeks ago, we were told, oh, he's still, look how great he looks.

02:59He's a potential first round pick.

03:01Now we hear he may not get drafted at all.

03:02Like how does that even happen in two weeks?

03:06Some of the ESPN analysts say that he's like a late second round pick.

03:09I mean, I think he's going to get drafted, Jacob, but my gosh, like the messaging I think

03:16is really the issue for me here.

03:17I don't know what to believe.

03:19I don't really know what to believe either.

03:21But the one thing I'll say about this whole draft is it's considered one of the worst

03:26in NBA history.

03:27And that's taking nothing away from the talented guys in this draft.

03:30And there will probably be really good NBA players that come out of it.

03:33But there aren't these top tier prospects.

03:36It's not viewed as a deep class.

03:37So I think Bronny James is going to get drafted for that reason, for his bloodlines, for the

03:42fact that, hey, he didn't have a great season at USC, but he was also coming off of a cardiac

03:48arrest and playing off the bench.

03:49So, you know, you can project him to grow a little bit.

03:53And I think any team that takes him is also going to be thinking, hey, if we take him,

03:57we're going to have an outside shot at landing LeBron if he wants to play one season with

04:01his son.

04:02So, hey, it might be worth it in the end.

04:04I think he's going to go somewhere in that second round range, though.

04:07Yeah.

04:08We'll see where Fandel sets the line.

04:10I know the draft is coming up in June.

04:12All right.

04:13Thanks again, Jacob.

04:14Great to see you again.

04:15And have a great rest of your week.

04:16Happy Memorial Day to you as well.

04:17Same to you, Craig.

04:18Take care.

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