The Garden Report goes live to recap Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Celtics and Mavericks. Join Bobby Manning, Josue Pavon, Jimmy Toscano, A. Sherrod Blakely and John Zannis as they recap Game 1.
The Garden Report's Key Moments:
0:00 - Hard hats and lunch pails
6:30 - Celtics' smart game plan against Mavericks
9:52 - Celtics' smart reads in the first half
14:03 - Jaylen Brown's pivotal plays in the third
19:12 - Merchandise lineup: backpacks, mugs, hoodies, hats
29:36 - Celtics' unappetizing bet at minus 260
33:37 - Dallas strategizing against Celtics' strengths
39:43 - Porzingis efficient in 21 minutes
41:31 - Dallas needs more scoring beyond Luka
49:07 - Celtics' best second quarter performance of the season
50:42 - Kristaps discusses mental preparation for high-intensity games
58:56 - Proud of KP's performance
1:02:26 - Hauser's redemption and solid playoff performance
1:09:31 - Tatum's drive and kick performance
1:17:34 - Celtics' response to maintaining a lead
1:19:33 - Defensive plays
1:21:19 - Porzingis' impact and Celtics' defensive tactics
1:28:52 - Impact of player's leadership during the game
1:33:20 - Tatum's focus on team success over individual performance
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The Garden Report's Key Moments:
0:00 - Hard hats and lunch pails
6:30 - Celtics' smart game plan against Mavericks
9:52 - Celtics' smart reads in the first half
14:03 - Jaylen Brown's pivotal plays in the third
19:12 - Merchandise lineup: backpacks, mugs, hoodies, hats
29:36 - Celtics' unappetizing bet at minus 260
33:37 - Dallas strategizing against Celtics' strengths
39:43 - Porzingis efficient in 21 minutes
41:31 - Dallas needs more scoring beyond Luka
49:07 - Celtics' best second quarter performance of the season
50:42 - Kristaps discusses mental preparation for high-intensity games
58:56 - Proud of KP's performance
1:02:26 - Hauser's redemption and solid playoff performance
1:09:31 - Tatum's drive and kick performance
1:17:34 - Celtics' response to maintaining a lead
1:19:33 - Defensive plays
1:21:19 - Porzingis' impact and Celtics' defensive tactics
1:28:52 - Impact of player's leadership during the game
1:33:20 - Tatum's focus on team success over individual performance
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00:00:00 (upbeat music)
00:00:02 - Can you say hard hats folks?
00:00:06 Hard hats, lunch pails, steel tool, boots.
00:00:09 - Anything short of a championship this year is a failure.
00:00:11 - It's time to look at this boomer right here.
00:00:13 - You've just got so much talent here.
00:00:15 - Somebody said we need to apologize for Jamie.
00:00:17 - Can I pull the John?
00:00:18 What are we apologizing for?
00:00:20 What did we say?
00:00:21 What did we do?
00:00:21 (upbeat music)
00:00:29 (laughing)
00:00:31 - We don't even need the rolling.
00:00:34 What's up guys?
00:00:35 - What's up Jimmy?
00:00:36 - Hard hats, lunch pails, steel tool, boots,
00:00:40 Chris taps, poor Zingus after a little vacation.
00:00:43 Coming back to work today.
00:00:45 John, you know what we have to do.
00:00:48 You know exactly what we have to do.
00:00:50 - What do we have to do Jimmy?
00:00:52 - We told the people we would do it.
00:00:54 John has been avoiding it all year.
00:00:57 - The apology cam is front and center.
00:01:01 - Didn't we say this would be the happiest apology cam
00:01:04 of our lives?
00:01:05 - Yes we did.
00:01:06 - I gotta say man, like I said, this one's easy.
00:01:09 And this isn't me like doing an apology cam
00:01:12 'cause Luke had one good game type of thing
00:01:15 which Bobby tried to force over and over again.
00:01:18 This was look, this was fair to wonder
00:01:21 what was gonna happen 'cause Chris taps,
00:01:23 poor Zingus coming back.
00:01:24 And I gotta tell you like my panic level
00:01:26 was like seven and then he wasn't starting
00:01:30 and then it went to like 11.
00:01:32 I didn't like that at all.
00:01:35 But then he checks in less than five minutes in,
00:01:39 it's like oh.
00:01:40 - Buckets.
00:01:41 - And so you're like okay, it was more of a rotational thing
00:01:44 the way they wanted to manage the minutes.
00:01:46 They wanted him to come in but he came in that early.
00:01:49 So that was a good sign and then my God,
00:01:52 I mean that first half was the best game
00:01:54 he played all year.
00:01:56 - Absolutely. - Unbelievable.
00:01:58 - So I'm still not sure, I'll live,
00:02:02 I'll frame everything I'm saying within the apology cam
00:02:05 'cause I have no problem with that.
00:02:06 But I'm still not sure whether he was being coy
00:02:09 or what truly didn't know how he was going to be
00:02:11 and whether he'd be able to react.
00:02:14 First play to him, Tatum tried to kick it to him on a cut
00:02:17 and his hands were a little slow and it bounced off him
00:02:19 and went out of bounds.
00:02:20 It was like okay, there's that kind of game speed thing
00:02:22 that you were worried about there.
00:02:24 And then all of a sudden just fuck it, fuck it.
00:02:28 - I honestly think-- - Block shot, block shot.
00:02:30 Unbelievable for Zingus.
00:02:33 So if that's what the apology cam is gonna be,
00:02:35 I'll take it. - I'm gonna pause.
00:02:36 He was playing coy the whole time.
00:02:38 Yeah, you know what though?
00:02:39 I honestly think that he needed to prove it to himself.
00:02:42 Everybody told him within the organization
00:02:44 he was ready to go, go out there and do your thing.
00:02:47 He just needed to see himself do it
00:02:49 and I think it was like after,
00:02:51 I think it only took like a minute for him to be like,
00:02:54 okay, I'm going at full speed, I feel good.
00:02:57 I'm about to block this shot.
00:02:58 I'm about to throw down this dunk.
00:02:59 I'm about to hit this shot.
00:03:00 It was unbelievable.
00:03:02 Playoff, this is like one of those historic,
00:03:05 this is like one of those moments you remember.
00:03:07 Like Bobby likes to go there, like this moment in history,
00:03:10 that's what Bobby likes to do.
00:03:12 He might have something tonight with looking back
00:03:15 on years from now we're gonna be talking about
00:03:18 Chris Tapp's poor Zingus.
00:03:19 He's actually probably right in this case.
00:03:22 - Yeah, and some people are asking.
00:03:25 - I mean, yeah, Sherrod, you're muted.
00:03:27 Now you're not.
00:03:28 - Sorry, Sherrod, I muted you.
00:03:29 I'm popping out one second.
00:03:30 I'm making a technical switch here.
00:03:31 I'll let you guys carry it
00:03:33 and I'll be right back onto the show, okay?
00:03:34 - Oh, we will carry it.
00:03:36 - No, what I was saying,
00:03:36 this is exactly why you brought him in here
00:03:39 for games like this.
00:03:40 When you knew that your goal to win a championship,
00:03:44 you're gonna need all hands on deck.
00:03:46 And I, you know, the way that he was able to impact the game
00:03:49 I didn't think he would impact it this way.
00:03:51 I thought his presence would open things up
00:03:53 for Tatum and Brown and Drew and those other guys
00:03:55 but not the case.
00:03:57 He got his own damn offense going.
00:04:00 The mid-range, and the thing about it,
00:04:02 Dallas tried to make some adjustments, which was smart.
00:04:05 They tried to go with size.
00:04:06 He just beats them off the dribble.
00:04:08 They went small.
00:04:09 He just shoot right over the top of them.
00:04:11 There was nothing that the Dallas Mavericks
00:04:13 could do in that first half to minimize his impact.
00:04:16 And offensively, you know, and we'll talk more about it,
00:04:19 but you know, Luca did what Luca does.
00:04:21 This is who he is.
00:04:22 He is a bucket getter.
00:04:24 But the one stack that I think speaks to how well
00:04:27 the Celtics were able to frankly limit him,
00:04:30 which again, give him 30 points.
00:04:32 You don't think that's limiting a guy, but he had one assist.
00:04:35 When you can keep him from getting those other guys
00:04:37 involved, that is when you are having success against Luca.
00:04:41 It's those triple double games that are problematic
00:04:43 when he can get you 30 points, 10, 11 rebounds,
00:04:46 eight, nine, 10 assists.
00:04:48 So their ability to limit the others was huge.
00:04:51 - I am wrong.
00:04:54 I thought they could try to like, just focus on Luca,
00:04:57 take Luca out of the game,
00:04:58 and then make the rest of the team sort of figure it out.
00:05:01 But they let Luca do it.
00:05:03 I mean, they didn't let him do his thing,
00:05:03 but Luca did his thing, right?
00:05:05 30 points.
00:05:06 But they just did not get that supporting cast help.
00:05:09 Still in Sherrod, I mean, we all put our previews in earlier.
00:05:12 You can catch, you can find that on the CLNS website.
00:05:15 We all had the Celtics in either like five or six games,
00:05:18 I believe.
00:05:19 And a big part of that reason was,
00:05:21 after Luca and Kyrie, if you're Dallas,
00:05:24 again, no disrespect,
00:05:25 but the drop-off is pretty significant
00:05:27 compared to where the Celtics are,
00:05:28 where after Tatum and Brown,
00:05:30 like you got to, you're getting hit with Holiday.
00:05:33 You're getting hit with Porzingis now out of nowhere, right?
00:05:35 You're getting hit with White.
00:05:36 These guys are, they're going to keep coming after you.
00:05:39 So tonight, you know, shout out Jaylon Brown
00:05:41 for kind of, you know, being that, you know,
00:05:43 the alpha there again.
00:05:44 But Porzingis punched them in the mouth.
00:05:47 I don't know if they were ready for what Porzingis,
00:05:49 clearly they weren't ready for what Porzingis did to them.
00:05:52 - No, they weren't.
00:05:53 And they tried, they made some, I thought,
00:05:55 decent adjustments in the second half.
00:05:56 They tried to be a little bit more physical with them.
00:05:58 You know, when he caught the ball at the elbow
00:06:00 and even out near the three-point line,
00:06:01 they really made sure that they got up
00:06:03 in his space immediately.
00:06:05 And we saw what happened when that, when that occurred.
00:06:07 He put the ball on the floor and got to the hole for a dunk.
00:06:11 You know, and so Dallas,
00:06:13 when they go back and look at the film of this,
00:06:15 they're going to, I'm not sure that they can come up
00:06:18 with enough solutions to all the problems
00:06:21 that Boston caused them tonight.
00:06:23 'Cause you know, when they were able to get it down
00:06:25 to a single digit game,
00:06:26 that's when Jaylon Brown went into Jaylon Brown mode
00:06:28 and just took over.
00:06:30 And the next thing you know, I mean,
00:06:32 we even got a Sam Houser sighting.
00:06:34 - You got a decent Sam Houser.
00:06:36 - I mean, this was, this was, right.
00:06:38 And not only was he knocking down the three ball,
00:06:40 but he even did a decent job on Luke.
00:06:42 I mean, the first two possessions,
00:06:43 Luka had a miss shot and he had a turnover.
00:06:46 And it was an individual.
00:06:48 It wasn't like there was help side defense.
00:06:49 He actually forced Luka to turn the ball.
00:06:52 So this was a really good game.
00:06:55 I thought it was so many levels.
00:06:56 - 100%.
00:07:00 - Hey guys, how do I sound?
00:07:03 - On you there, you sound fine.
00:07:04 - Yeah, I sound fine.
00:07:05 I had to switch, I had to switch microphones.
00:07:07 I was making sure I got a little CN on.
00:07:10 - Oh, look at you with the flag.
00:07:11 Love that.
00:07:12 - Look at him.
00:07:13 - You almost look professional.
00:07:15 - I'm flying my freak flight.
00:07:16 Yeah, I'm here.
00:07:17 We're here at the garden.
00:07:18 We're having fun.
00:07:20 - Yeah, so we got you there.
00:07:20 - You guys wanna see Ahmed?
00:07:22 You guys wanna see Ahmed?
00:07:23 - Don't do it.
00:07:24 - I thought I saw Ahmed floating around here.
00:07:27 - It's a mystery.
00:07:29 It's a mystery.
00:07:30 - He's real.
00:07:32 - We got, so wait, John,
00:07:33 why don't you tell everybody what we have in store for them?
00:07:35 Who's at the garden?
00:07:36 - Ahmed exists.
00:07:37 He really is, he's a real person.
00:07:39 - We might get a six box tonight.
00:07:42 You know, a hexa box.
00:07:44 - That would be unreal.
00:07:44 Hexagon.
00:07:45 - Hexa box.
00:07:46 - We're not in homeschool.
00:07:48 - You're gonna get boomer nix.
00:07:50 Ahmed's running out right now to set up a headshot.
00:07:53 High five.
00:07:55 He's high fiving everybody on the way out.
00:07:57 - Ahmed's happy.
00:08:00 His guy, Jalen, did his thing tonight too.
00:08:03 - Yeah, what were you guys talking about?
00:08:04 - We got Bobby.
00:08:05 What were we talking about?
00:08:08 We were just kind of shooting around the horn for a minute.
00:08:10 I mean, we talked about Porzingis.
00:08:12 We talked about what Luca was able to do,
00:08:14 but the fact that basically, you know,
00:08:16 my thinking was, was do what you can to stop Luca
00:08:20 and force the rest of the Mavs to take care of business.
00:08:23 But the opposite happened.
00:08:24 - I thought what they did,
00:08:24 I thought their strategy was great,
00:08:26 except for that small lapse in the third
00:08:28 where they just kind of were sluggish,
00:08:29 particularly on offense.
00:08:31 I like what they did with Luca.
00:08:32 Their switching was beautiful tonight.
00:08:36 They were so good with their switches.
00:08:38 And again, this is what you like about the Boston matchup.
00:08:41 I thought Horford did really well
00:08:43 in space against the guards there.
00:08:45 As Joe's willing to concede some stuff,
00:08:52 they did a really good job.
00:08:53 When Luca would drive, they would pinch on his drives there
00:08:58 and try to make him make a decision.
00:09:00 And they did a really good job
00:09:01 kind of messing up the coverages on those lobs
00:09:03 where Dallas didn't really get that lob game going at all.
00:09:06 So they had a really, really, really smart game plan
00:09:09 that they executed really well.
00:09:12 And Dallas just couldn't get anything going.
00:09:15 And if you wanna look at it in really basic terms, yeah.
00:09:18 I mean, what did we say beforehand?
00:09:20 Luca and Kyrie can both have good games
00:09:23 and the Celtics can still win this.
00:09:25 Kyrie did not have a good game.
00:09:27 Luca's gonna do what Luca's gonna do.
00:09:29 Dallas just doesn't have enough elsewhere
00:09:32 where you're really, like I said,
00:09:34 you're gonna need Caleb Martin-like performances
00:09:36 or an incredible shooting variance.
00:09:38 And that's what I was saying in the previews.
00:09:40 And that's what I said in my previews and prediction is,
00:09:42 I think Dallas has to play a near perfect game
00:09:45 and get like incredible shooting variance in their favor
00:09:48 or else it's gonna be really difficult here.
00:09:51 And the Celtics did exactly what they wanted to do.
00:09:52 I thought in the first half,
00:09:53 the Celtics made every correct read.
00:09:56 I know we're gonna bust on Tatum a tad,
00:09:58 but we are, it's fine.
00:10:01 And then people are gonna be, "Dude, he did everything."
00:10:03 He did a lot of things.
00:10:04 You still wanna see him be able to score
00:10:07 a little bit better,
00:10:08 but Dallas threw bodies at him.
00:10:09 Dallas was clogging the paint.
00:10:10 He made all the right reads.
00:10:12 You wanna do a potential assist celebration for Tatum?
00:10:16 We can do one tonight.
00:10:17 He made a lot of drive and kick situations
00:10:21 that I thought was the right play
00:10:23 and the right pass all the time.
00:10:26 So he did well,
00:10:27 but he's having a tough time getting to his spot
00:10:29 to get shots off.
00:10:30 But every time he got to the lane
00:10:32 and there were bodies there,
00:10:32 he did not force it to his credit.
00:10:34 He did really, really good.
00:10:36 And again, going back to Luca, what you said earlier,
00:10:39 they made him work for all of it.
00:10:41 He scored 30 points on 26 shots.
00:10:43 Yes, take that.
00:10:44 He had one assist.
00:10:45 What are we doing here?
00:10:46 The Mavericks had, what did they finish with?
00:10:48 It was six assists at one point.
00:10:50 - They weren't getting to the line.
00:10:51 - Yeah, and that's what you want.
00:10:53 That's exactly what you want.
00:10:55 As far as Tatum is concerned,
00:10:57 we can talk more about him later, but-
00:10:58 - They finished with eight.
00:11:00 Yeah, geez.
00:11:01 - The thing about Tatum is that he was able to get beat,
00:11:04 whoever was guarding him off the dribble, all game long.
00:11:07 I mean, he had the driving kick game going,
00:11:08 but there were at least, I'd say, four or five times
00:11:11 where he could have just laid it up.
00:11:13 And he just elected to just kick it out to guys
00:11:15 wide open in the corner.
00:11:16 And if you're Dallas, I'm not sure how you embrace that.
00:11:20 I mean, the good news is that, you know,
00:11:22 he wasn't scoring a ton of points,
00:11:24 but the bad news is he got in the hole pretty much at will
00:11:27 and made the conscious choice to pass the ball
00:11:30 as opposed to trying to finish at the rim.
00:11:33 Depending on what Dallas does going forward in game two,
00:11:36 if they try to take away that passing lane that Tatum gets,
00:11:39 he's just going to look to score layups.
00:11:41 And if you're Dallas at that point, it's like,
00:11:44 damned if you do, damned if you don't with Tatum.
00:11:47 'Cause again, he didn't score a ton of points,
00:11:50 but I thought he was a major problem for Dallas' defense
00:11:53 because of his ability to get in that sweet spot
00:11:55 and just spray the ball to whoever was open.
00:11:58 - Facts, my dog.
00:12:00 Yeah, I mean, listen, you know, we'll talk about Tatum.
00:12:03 I mean, we talked about Porzingis.
00:12:05 I don't want to skip talking about Brown.
00:12:07 I know that's kind of our thing on this show,
00:12:10 but Brown has been the guy for a while now.
00:12:14 He's been the consistent playoff performer.
00:12:17 And I just love his mentality the last couple of months.
00:12:21 I love his mentality tonight.
00:12:22 Love the aggressiveness.
00:12:25 This is one of the reasons, again,
00:12:26 why I was confident in picking the Celtics in five,
00:12:30 by the way, no big deal.
00:12:33 It feels like Brown and Tatum understand the moment.
00:12:36 They understand what's at stake personally.
00:12:39 They understand how hard it is to get here.
00:12:42 They do have some help, obviously.
00:12:44 Porzingis did his thing tonight.
00:12:45 They have Drew Haldane, who's probably,
00:12:47 it's probably easy for Drew to drive home that point
00:12:50 of just how special it is to be here
00:12:53 and how special it is to win.
00:12:54 And then they've got Al Horford,
00:12:56 who's laying it all out on the line.
00:12:58 You can just tell that Al Horford is like, this is it.
00:13:02 Like, you know, I mean, talk about a guy who's,
00:13:05 who's been there over and over and over and over
00:13:08 and talking about just playoff games.
00:13:10 He's played in over two full seasons of playoff games.
00:13:12 And so everybody on this team understands
00:13:17 what's being called upon right now.
00:13:21 And I feel like Jalen Brown is kind of leading the way.
00:13:23 It's not to say that Tatum isn't,
00:13:25 it just feels like Jalen Brown is not going to let
00:13:28 anything get in the way of-
00:13:31 - Well, Jimmy, you-
00:13:32 - What they're trying to do.
00:13:33 - Where's Louise? Where's Louise?
00:13:35 Where's Louise? Is she in here?
00:13:37 - But Jimmy, here's the thing.
00:13:38 - She just fainted.
00:13:39 - When Dallas was making its run in that third quarter
00:13:42 and it got it down a single digit, who took over?
00:13:44 Jalen Brown.
00:13:45 His ability to get, not only get to his spots,
00:13:48 but just knock down shots and just push back
00:13:50 on that Lucas surge that they had.
00:13:52 And that's really, when you go back
00:13:53 to the Eastern Conference Finals,
00:13:55 that's kind of the role he's been cast in playing.
00:13:58 The guy, whenever things get a little bit of wobbly,
00:14:00 who's going to just right the ship?
00:14:02 That's been Jalen Brown.
00:14:03 It was Jalen Brown in the Conference Finals.
00:14:04 It was Jalen Brown in game one.
00:14:07 And again, he didn't score a ton of points,
00:14:09 but he scored really vital, impactful,
00:14:12 difference-making points in that third quarter
00:14:14 to take that single digit lead
00:14:15 and push it back up to 20 and some change.
00:14:18 - And the defense, you know, I mean-
00:14:20 - Three blocks.
00:14:22 - Setting the tone early, I mean, right out of the gate.
00:14:24 And obviously there's a ton of switching there.
00:14:26 So it doesn't end up being his only assignment all game,
00:14:31 but right out of the gate, he picks up Luka full court
00:14:34 and you're like, okay, here we go.
00:14:35 And it's kind of shades of that James Harden matchup
00:14:37 against Philly where he just decided,
00:14:41 "Nope, not going to do this again."
00:14:44 And so that was kind of the intensity
00:14:45 that he played with all night.
00:14:47 And I think the turning point of the entire game
00:14:49 was the third quarter where the Celtics,
00:14:52 where the lead got back down to eight,
00:14:54 and Jalen made those series of energy plays there.
00:14:58 He denies a lob and he gets a block,
00:15:01 you know, he hits a three and all of a sudden
00:15:03 just changes the entire, really, not to be cute
00:15:07 about the energy shifting, but he really changed the energy
00:15:10 of the third quarter when the Celtics were flat, flat.
00:15:13 And he was part of the offensive stagnation
00:15:15 that started the quarter,
00:15:16 but his plays particularly on defense,
00:15:18 and how many times we say like, turn defense to offense,
00:15:21 like, let the defense guide you.
00:15:25 When things go colder, you start to stagnate,
00:15:27 and they did, they were holding the ball too long
00:15:29 a little bit to start the third quarter,
00:15:31 and everybody was standing around,
00:15:32 they were taking the first available three,
00:15:34 or they were taking too long to get into their actions,
00:15:37 and that they really only had one pass
00:15:39 and one shot that was even available to them.
00:15:43 And that was just a shitty offense
00:15:44 and really, really bad start to the third.
00:15:46 And Jalen saved their ass.
00:15:47 And honestly, I didn't panic as much
00:15:50 as one would think.
00:15:52 It was annoying, and you're like, don't do this.
00:15:54 But like, they pulled it back pretty quick.
00:15:57 And they go from 21 to eight,
00:16:01 back to 20 to end that third quarter, and that was it.
00:16:05 That third quarter saved them.
00:16:07 If you let Dallas enter that fourth quarter
00:16:09 with a single digit lead,
00:16:13 then it's white knuckle time the rest of the way.
00:16:15 - Yeah.
00:16:16 - Yeah, I was fishing through the memes already
00:16:18 and the gifs trying to figure out what I was gonna post
00:16:20 when Dallas brought to a one,
00:16:22 like when Luka hits a three to bring it
00:16:24 within one possession, I was just ready for it.
00:16:26 But gotta give Selby credit.
00:16:28 And I think that's why that Pacer series
00:16:31 was so important to them too,
00:16:33 because they were able to stave off scoring in bursts
00:16:36 that Indiana was capable of doing.
00:16:37 So when they were cold, like they were in the third quarter,
00:16:41 like you said, John, sort of refocus,
00:16:44 focus on the defense, let your defense turn to offense,
00:16:46 and then the shot started to fall again.
00:16:48 It wasn't like a situation where they were just gonna
00:16:50 go cold and stay cold.
00:16:51 They started off hot too.
00:16:53 I mean, when you start off the way you start off,
00:16:54 you set the tone that way to go up,
00:16:56 they pretty much doubled Dallas up in that first quarter.
00:16:59 And a lot, again, talking about energy,
00:17:01 a lot of that was before Zingas entering the game
00:17:03 at like what, the seven minute mark.
00:17:05 And they just rode that momentum.
00:17:07 I mean, he was just, the block, I mean,
00:17:10 just him getting up and down the court,
00:17:12 I haven't seen anything like that.
00:17:13 I feel like Bill Wallen might have been in the building.
00:17:17 He might have been in the building tonight.
00:17:20 - Yeah, Jimmy, we've got,
00:17:22 between our two YouTube channels right now, Jimmy,
00:17:25 we have somewhere in the neighborhood
00:17:27 of 3,500 people in the room here.
00:17:30 I think this is as good a time as any
00:17:31 for you to tell them about what they can,
00:17:33 what they might be able to.
00:17:35 Jackson, do we have it?
00:17:37 Do we have the lower third?
00:17:38 Here it is.
00:17:40 - Oh yeah, yeah, we have it, we have it.
00:17:41 - So you see Jimmy's hard hat, right?
00:17:43 Why don't you tell them?
00:17:45 Why don't you tell them what's going on, Jimmy?
00:17:47 - Yeah, so I hope I'm not on any sort of delay here
00:17:50 internet wise, but guys, right now we've got to code
00:17:52 three more, you know what that means, three more.
00:17:55 It's for 20% off at shop.clnsmedia.com.
00:17:59 I've been promising hard hats.
00:18:01 I never make a promise I can't deliver.
00:18:04 We have hard hats for sale right now.
00:18:07 Pictures. - What?
00:18:08 - Pictures of what the hard hat looks like.
00:18:10 Very limited supply of hard hats.
00:18:11 So if you're thinking about getting one,
00:18:13 you need to pull the trigger probably
00:18:15 within the next 10 minutes,
00:18:17 'cause there's not that many of them.
00:18:18 We hope to have more later on in the series,
00:18:21 but this is more of just like a toss it out there,
00:18:23 see if people are interested.
00:18:25 The hard hats are for sale.
00:18:26 They were carefully and like very much love
00:18:32 and care put together.
00:18:34 We had to design them, we had to put the decals on them.
00:18:37 Shout out to Joe, who's hard at work right now in the lab,
00:18:41 putting them together.
00:18:42 These are real hard hats.
00:18:44 They're not like little toys,
00:18:45 like that you'd buy at like iParty.
00:18:46 These are real hard hats, guys.
00:18:48 So if you're thinking about getting one,
00:18:50 if you want to get fired up for the playoffs,
00:18:51 you've got three more wins to go.
00:18:53 These are gonna actually ship tomorrow, I am told.
00:18:57 So if you buy them tonight, they'll ship tomorrow.
00:19:00 And hopefully, I'm not gonna say
00:19:01 they're gonna get there for game two,
00:19:02 but they're probably gonna get there,
00:19:04 depending on where you live,
00:19:05 somewhere between game two and game three.
00:19:07 So that's my spiel.
00:19:08 Hard hats are in the merch store.
00:19:09 Not just hard hats, we've got phenomenal tees,
00:19:12 we've got Garner Report logo tees,
00:19:13 we've got backpacks, we've got mugs, we've got--
00:19:16 - We've got some hoodies in there too.
00:19:17 - We've got bucket hats, we've got hoodies,
00:19:19 we've got it all.
00:19:20 - We lost 200 viewers, all right, moving on.
00:19:23 - Phenomenal hats, bucket hats are in there.
00:19:27 - We gotta go, moving on.
00:19:29 Back to the game, but yes, anyway, go use that once in a time.
00:19:33 Maybe it might be sold out.
00:19:34 Use that code three more and head on out there.
00:19:36 So, I mean, Jimmy, I don't wanna take,
00:19:39 we don't wanna take victory laps per se,
00:19:42 but 'cause it's just one game,
00:19:45 but, and I don't expect,
00:19:47 I don't expect it's gonna be like this,
00:19:51 but like, I wanna take a victory lap, Jimmy,
00:19:53 because I wanna say--
00:19:54 - Honestly, George, it's sold, sorry.
00:19:57 - I wanna say what I've wanted to say the whole time,
00:19:59 I'm like, which is kinda like,
00:20:01 give me a fucking break with Dallas.
00:20:03 Like, I'm not, I'm not,
00:20:07 I'm not like, I'm not an anti ESPN,
00:20:11 I hate, you know, like, oh, the disrespect thing.
00:20:15 I don't think it's disrespect.
00:20:17 I think it's, like I said, I think it was boredom.
00:20:20 I think it was that the Celtics, to no fault of their own,
00:20:22 had an easy path to the playoffs.
00:20:24 And I think it's so easy and lazy almost to be like,
00:20:27 I don't think they're that good because it was boring.
00:20:30 They were so good all year in such a ridiculous,
00:20:34 historic way that you get bored with it.
00:20:37 And then you watch them fumble around a little bit,
00:20:40 and not eviscerate a couple of teams
00:20:42 that you think they should have,
00:20:43 and, well, they could've lost a couple of those games
00:20:45 against it, I get it.
00:20:47 It's a really easy, lazy thing to say.
00:20:49 I never got it, and like I said,
00:20:51 is I'm not ready to bury the Mavericks altogether,
00:20:54 but like, if they, if this,
00:20:56 if Dallas played Boston in the first round,
00:21:00 if they were in the same conference,
00:21:02 would you be like, oh, oh, that's, they're scary.
00:21:05 No, you'd be like, they're gonna,
00:21:07 they'll whip them maybe five or six,
00:21:08 and then move on to the next thing.
00:21:10 That's how you would've felt about it.
00:21:11 So I felt like, I feel like you created,
00:21:14 this Dallas monster was created.
00:21:16 And look, we could regret saying this right now,
00:21:18 and this could be freezing cold takes pretty soon,
00:21:21 you know, but like, I never got it.
00:21:24 I never got it.
00:21:26 I never got it.
00:21:28 I respect, I think they played really good defense.
00:21:31 I don't think they played an offense like the Celtics.
00:21:33 They really did not at any point in time during the playoffs.
00:21:38 I think, you know, the Celtics have the type of defense
00:21:41 that can absolutely, absolutely,
00:21:44 not neutralize, but slow down what Dallas does best.
00:21:49 And so it didn't make sense to me.
00:21:51 I was like, if you pick the final four teams
00:21:53 when they were in the semis,
00:21:54 we all, like, it's Dallas.
00:21:56 Like, Dallas is the matchup here.
00:21:58 I would rather play them than Minnesota and OKC and Denver.
00:22:02 So I never got where it all came from.
00:22:05 We'll see what happens here in game two
00:22:06 and what type of adjustments are made.
00:22:08 But as I said, that was kind of my feeling going in.
00:22:10 I didn't fully understand it.
00:22:12 We're gonna put up Joe Mazzuola real quick.
00:22:13 Hear what Joe has to say about the win.
00:22:15 - Just thought it gave us the best chance to win.
00:22:17 And it was great on both ends of the floor.
00:22:20 Defensive execution, game plan,
00:22:22 playing for a spot in the offensive end,
00:22:24 being physical and making plays on both ends of the floor.
00:22:27 So I thought he played great.
00:22:29 And, you know, that's the KP that helped us
00:22:32 get to where we are today.
00:22:34 - Okay, poor Zing is quick.
00:22:38 People are saying I'm looking over my shoulder.
00:22:40 I'm like Joe Mazzuola.
00:22:41 I don't like having my back to shit right now.
00:22:43 But this is the only way I can,
00:22:45 this is the only way I can set up.
00:22:46 - A lot of people don't like your take,
00:22:47 so you should be looking over your shoulder.
00:22:50 - Well, here's the thing though,
00:22:51 about what Joe has to say.
00:22:53 - The Dallas one?
00:22:54 - Although the reason why I think the Celtics,
00:22:57 you know, catch way more, you know,
00:23:00 negative national, you know, takes is because
00:23:04 they're not the sexiest team out there.
00:23:07 People love what Luka does.
00:23:08 People love with, you know, what Anthony Edwards does,
00:23:11 you know, in Minnesota.
00:23:12 But the Celtics, they've got a great player in Tatum,
00:23:15 but they've got a lot of really good players.
00:23:16 And they play as a team.
00:23:18 They win as a team and not one individual leads the way.
00:23:21 And that's just doesn't make for great discourse,
00:23:24 particularly when you beat teams
00:23:26 the way the Celtics have this year.
00:23:27 I mean, they beat not one, not two,
00:23:29 but three different teams by 50 or more points.
00:23:31 That doesn't happen.
00:23:33 It's never happened in the NBA.
00:23:35 And so to me, the Celtics,
00:23:36 they're a victim of being a balanced,
00:23:39 top tier elite team at both ends of the floor.
00:23:42 And when you get to this stage
00:23:43 and you're playing a team like Dallas,
00:23:46 you start to see, to John's point,
00:23:48 I don't know if this game would have a different outcome
00:23:52 if this were game one of the first round
00:23:54 versus game one of the NBA finals.
00:23:55 I think we're still looking at them up 1-0
00:23:57 in a game that they dominated.
00:23:59 That's where they are right now.
00:24:01 And it's not the sexiest topic, but it's real.
00:24:04 That's just who they are.
00:24:06 - Yeah. And go ahead, Jimmy.
00:24:08 Feel good about stuff?
00:24:10 - No, I just wanted to let everybody know
00:24:11 the hard hats just sold out.
00:24:13 So thank you guys so much.
00:24:15 That's unbelievable.
00:24:16 That is actually unbelievable.
00:24:18 - Are you serious?
00:24:19 - I'm dead serious.
00:24:20 I have the Shopify live next to me and it was unreal.
00:24:23 So first of all, thank you guys for the support.
00:24:25 - Wow.
00:24:26 - I appreciate it.
00:24:27 Second of all, we are going to have more.
00:24:29 So if you didn't get it, your hands on the first go around,
00:24:34 we're going to have more.
00:24:35 I can't tell you exactly when,
00:24:36 but we're going to have more of this playoff series.
00:24:39 Stay tuned.
00:24:41 The announcement comes on the show.
00:24:43 You got to watch the show to know when they go live.
00:24:45 Also guys, half you guys didn't use the discount code.
00:24:47 Like help us help you.
00:24:49 - That's because they were in a freaking hurry, Jimmy.
00:24:52 (laughing)
00:24:54 - Put the discount code.
00:24:55 You got to get the hat.
00:24:57 Damn.
00:24:58 - That's too funny.
00:24:59 - Well done, Jimmy.
00:25:00 - Well done.
00:25:01 - Yeah, we're good.
00:25:02 Anyways, I want to, that's it.
00:25:04 No more hard hat talk.
00:25:05 John.
00:25:06 - No more hard hats.
00:25:07 Yes, sir.
00:25:07 - What was, were you sitting near Bobby
00:25:11 or were you sitting with any of the jokes?
00:25:13 What were they thinking?
00:25:14 What's everyone's vibes during this game?
00:25:17 - 'Cause I wasn't really locked on a Twitter as much
00:25:18 'cause I was watching the game.
00:25:19 So I didn't get the play-by-play from those guys much.
00:25:22 - Bobby kept looking over at the bench to see if,
00:25:25 you know, what the substitution patterns would be.
00:25:27 And he was a little sad.
00:25:28 - Yeah, I can see that.
00:25:31 By the fourth quarter.
00:25:32 - Is that Luke?
00:25:33 No, it's not Luke.
00:25:34 It's not Luke.
00:25:35 (laughing)
00:25:38 No, I mean, Bobby and I were really impressed
00:25:41 with the defense,
00:25:43 just the way that the Celtics were switching all game.
00:25:45 That's why they won this game here.
00:25:48 They, you know, they just did such a good job,
00:25:53 such a good job with it.
00:25:54 And they just made 'em,
00:25:56 it just made 'em uncomfortable, the whole game.
00:26:01 They never got into a rhythm and you love to see it.
00:26:03 We didn't talk about it, but like, and I'll say it.
00:26:07 I thought the Kyrie chanting was like.
00:26:11 - Oh yeah, tell me about that.
00:26:12 Not as strong as.
00:26:13 - It wasn't as like kind of.
00:26:15 - It was what I expected.
00:26:17 It was perfunctory.
00:26:18 You know, it was just,
00:26:20 just 'cause. - It was there.
00:26:22 - 'Cause we're supposed to.
00:26:24 - Too many suits in the building?
00:26:26 Not enough real fans?
00:26:27 - Like I said, it faded, but you know what though?
00:26:30 Where it grew was him struggling.
00:26:32 And the more he struggled, the more people got into it
00:26:34 because it was like, maybe Kyrie does suck, you know?
00:26:37 - Was he breathing through it?
00:26:40 - Yeah.
00:26:41 - That was what he said he was gonna do, breathe through it.
00:26:43 - Just breathe. - Yeah, just breathe.
00:26:45 Just Kyrie being Kyrie.
00:26:47 I wanna double down.
00:26:48 - I mean, if you go back, if we did the stats here,
00:26:51 Kyrie's last X-File against herself,
00:26:53 it's pretty grisly, but yeah, go ahead, Jimmy.
00:26:55 - No, I just wanted to double down.
00:26:56 I mean, all week, and I put this in my prediction.
00:27:00 All week I was trying to sell myself on Dallas,
00:27:03 you know, to the point where.
00:27:05 - Why?
00:27:06 - Just to like, 'cause I had so many people telling me
00:27:10 that like I need, hey, there he is.
00:27:12 There's Jelso in the back.
00:27:13 - I got nervous.
00:27:16 I thought he was behind me.
00:27:17 This is that CIA shit.
00:27:19 - Right, I mean, listen, it is just one.
00:27:23 I understand that it's just one game,
00:27:24 but I wanna put, not just like,
00:27:26 there were a lot of experts, quote unquote,
00:27:28 talking head experts that had Dallas in this series.
00:27:31 And I'm not saying it's over, but if you're those people,
00:27:34 you have to be wondering what you saw differently.
00:27:37 I mean, Bobby Marks, Mavericks in six, Dave McMenamin.
00:27:41 He's a Mavericks guy, Mavericks in six.
00:27:43 Who else here that sticks out to me?
00:27:46 I guess I don't know some of these names.
00:27:51 Israel Gutierrez, Mavericks in six.
00:27:53 Chris Herring, Mavericks in six.
00:27:55 Tim Legler, Mavericks in seven.
00:27:57 So Zach Lowe had Celtics in six.
00:27:59 He's the Celtics guy.
00:28:01 But I mean, there's a lot of people
00:28:03 who did not give the Celtics the credit they deserve
00:28:05 for a team that was the best team in the league all year.
00:28:08 Right, I mean, basically from start to finish,
00:28:11 whatever metric you wanna use,
00:28:13 the Celtics were the best team in the league all year.
00:28:14 They came into the playoffs.
00:28:15 Yeah, they had a bit of a cupcake schedule,
00:28:17 but they treated it that way.
00:28:19 They took care of business.
00:28:20 They handily beat those teams
00:28:23 that they should have handily beat.
00:28:24 So on one hand, while it's like,
00:28:26 you wanna roll your eyes a little bit
00:28:27 at like when the guys in the team talk about disrespect
00:28:29 and lack of respect, you almost gotta kinda
00:28:33 gotta side with them a little bit here
00:28:35 because what else is there, what else can they do?
00:28:38 What else, they're getting punished for past seasons
00:28:42 with different rosters and they're getting punished
00:28:44 for the teams that they played.
00:28:46 So at this point, okay, now they're playing a Dallas team
00:28:50 that for all intents and purposes, nobody really,
00:28:53 listen, Dallas had a good second half of the year
00:28:55 and obviously they deserve to be here.
00:28:56 But to your point, John, if it was Celtics first,
00:28:59 Dallas in the first round,
00:29:00 or at some point in the regular season or whenever,
00:29:04 overwhelmingly it's gonna be the Celtics.
00:29:06 Now, it's funny because Vegas-wise,
00:29:09 they have the Celtics as a pretty heavy favorite
00:29:11 at minus 260, but there's so many people
00:29:13 who try to make it seem like it's a lot closer than that.
00:29:16 - Here's where people didn't read the room right on that,
00:29:21 is it's like all the money's coming in on Dallas
00:29:26 and there's so much Dallas chatter
00:29:28 and Vegas is sitting back like,
00:29:30 yep, keep that out of Mavericks.
00:29:35 - But they made the Celtics such an unappetizing bet
00:29:40 at minus 260 where I feel like maybe they-
00:29:41 - Jimmy, is it strange?
00:29:44 This is where we're gonna kind of talk about,
00:29:47 this stuff's gonna come up over and over and over again,
00:29:50 but like how many content houses right now
00:29:52 are heavily funded by betting sites?
00:29:55 You know, and you're gonna start to wonder,
00:29:57 it's like, oh, hey, why is everyone putting so much juice
00:30:00 on the Mavs right now?
00:30:01 - Interesting, interesting.
00:30:04 So I have my conspiracy theories, but like, I really-
00:30:08 - Yeah, exactly.
00:30:09 - At the end of the day, I don't think it's that as much
00:30:11 as I really do think it's boredom.
00:30:12 - The antennas are out for June right now.
00:30:14 Why would those predictions come in, right?
00:30:18 - Yeah, I might get murdered for that.
00:30:22 No, but I mean, all of that said, why is that?
00:30:27 So it's interesting to me,
00:30:32 but I really think the majority of it was straight up boredom
00:30:35 like-
00:30:36 - Yeah, we gotta make something out of this.
00:30:38 Yeah, exactly.
00:30:39 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
00:30:40 So we're gonna keep talking about it.
00:30:42 We're gonna be joined by Bobby.
00:30:43 Nick is setting up.
00:30:44 He's gonna jump on the court.
00:30:46 I may relocate, it's getting busy around me
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00:33:27 Now, I mean, let's jump ahead.
00:33:29 I got a lot of commotion around me.
00:33:30 Sorry, guys.
00:33:31 Is it over?
00:33:32 It's not that loud.
00:33:33 Is it over?
00:33:34 Is it over, Jimmy?
00:33:35 It's not over.
00:33:36 What is Dallas doing coming back?
00:33:37 What is Dallas doing coming back for real?
00:33:39 - I'd feel like an a-hole saying it's over,
00:33:41 but I mean, what do they do coming back?
00:33:43 I mean, now that they have the Porzingis film
00:33:46 and they know what the unicorn's capable of,
00:33:48 they have to figure out a way to limit him.
00:33:49 He was just everywhere.
00:33:50 He was the impactor in this game.
00:33:52 I mean, the fact that he was able to come in and,
00:33:54 I mean, it was close to a tie game at that point,
00:33:58 I think, when he came in,
00:33:59 and he just completely punched them in the mouth.
00:34:01 So the first thing they have to do is watch the film
00:34:03 and figure out how he was able to get up and down the court
00:34:05 the way he was.
00:34:06 Then they have to figure out a way to get Luca and Kyrie
00:34:09 in the mismatches that they want to get them in.
00:34:11 I mean, that's the name of the game in this series.
00:34:13 I thought it was going to be a purely ISO series.
00:34:16 It wasn't the case.
00:34:17 It wasn't really, it wasn't the case tonight,
00:34:19 but their only hope is to get Luca and Kyrie
00:34:22 to combine for 60 plus points.
00:34:24 So however they can figure out a way to do that
00:34:26 is their only chance of winning,
00:34:28 and they probably need even more than that.
00:34:29 So again, trying to get Porzingis and Horford
00:34:33 in some sort of switch,
00:34:34 but Porzingis is a lot more mobile
00:34:37 than I think any of us thought he was going to be.
00:34:39 So I don't know what the answer is for them.
00:34:41 - That's the problem, Jimmy.
00:34:43 There's not a mismatch that they can look at and say,
00:34:45 yup, that's going to get us buckets.
00:34:47 That's a big problem.
00:34:50 - I think the one thing you'll see them do
00:34:52 a little bit differently doing game two
00:34:53 is I think they're going to adopt
00:34:54 what they did in the second half more so.
00:34:56 And that is crowd Porzingis as much as you can,
00:34:59 whether he's behind a three point line on the block,
00:35:01 but make sure you stay, keep someone attached to his body
00:35:05 and force him to be more of a facilitator
00:35:07 as opposed to a guy that can just catch and shoot.
00:35:10 That I think is one way that you can try to address
00:35:13 the impact that he made.
00:35:15 But to me, the bigger concern if you're Dallas
00:35:18 is that Jason Tatum driving kick game.
00:35:20 I mean, he was getting to the middle of the paint
00:35:22 all game long and Dallas, I think compensated for that
00:35:27 by just trying to take away his ability to finish.
00:35:29 And all he did was just kick it out to open guys.
00:35:32 So Dallas has to figure out those two things
00:35:36 to really give themselves a shot at going back to Dallas
00:35:39 with distinct title at one game apiece.
00:35:41 I don't think they can deal with,
00:35:43 I don't think they can adequately address
00:35:45 both of those things.
00:35:46 One of them maybe, but not both.
00:35:48 And that's the problem.
00:35:49 - So that's the problem, the problem is the problems.
00:35:54 This is, that's the thing, you know,
00:35:56 like Dallas's problem is all of the problems
00:36:00 that the Celtics present.
00:36:01 No, I'm not ready for Nick.
00:36:03 I put Nick on.
00:36:04 - Speaking of problems.
00:36:05 - Who did that, you Jimmy?
00:36:06 - I didn't, my hands have been up here.
00:36:09 - Do I sound okay, Los Angeles?
00:36:11 - You think I put Nick on?
00:36:12 - He doesn't even know he's on.
00:36:12 - I'm gonna take him on.
00:36:14 - I know I'm on, I know I'm on.
00:36:16 I didn't do it, I don't even know how to work
00:36:18 during the stream or whatever it's called.
00:36:21 I'm here and I won't interrupt you anymore, go ahead.
00:36:24 Take me off the air.
00:36:26 - No, if you're here, if you're,
00:36:30 it's not here 'cause you're pretty, Nick.
00:36:31 You're here to talk, so yap it up.
00:36:33 - Your face is out of the, out of the--
00:36:37 - What a game, I'm sweating like a baby.
00:36:40 - Is that a sweating boomer I see?
00:36:42 - It's like I just played 48 minutes.
00:36:45 - You're black.
00:36:46 - I looked like Guillermo out there.
00:36:48 - Nick was not on a minutes restriction tonight
00:36:50 as you guys can tell.
00:36:52 - And I'll tell you, even though he may have been
00:36:54 on a minutes restriction, Chris Tompkins
00:36:57 was in this, guys.
00:36:59 Wow, John, you looked right at me
00:37:01 when we saw the first zone.
00:37:03 Okay, maybe he's okay, maybe he's okay.
00:37:06 Let's see how he responds after,
00:37:09 how many minutes did he play, 20 minutes?
00:37:11 20 points, 20 minutes, is that right?
00:37:14 (indistinct)
00:37:16 Can you guys hear me?
00:37:18 - Yeah, we can hear you.
00:37:19 - Nobody, everyone pretend you can't hear Nick.
00:37:22 - Nick, are you on?
00:37:23 - Nick, 21 minutes was the final.
00:37:26 - 21.
00:37:27 - 21 minutes, 20 points.
00:37:28 And Tatum, not scoring, having a lot of turnovers,
00:37:32 but that penetration and kicking out to the perimeter,
00:37:37 unbelievable.
00:37:38 And Al Horford's defense,
00:37:41 you didn't see a lot of the pick and roll
00:37:43 that I thought we would from Dallas.
00:37:45 And, wow, that's bright.
00:37:47 And I know eventually we are going to see that,
00:37:50 but overall, what a game.
00:37:53 If you look at the box score too,
00:37:54 I mean, Dallas really has nobody but Luka.
00:37:58 Kyrie was getting the business the entire game,
00:38:01 I think he ended up with like six for 20.
00:38:03 I mean, just a great overall way to start the finals.
00:38:07 And if they can carry this in for game two,
00:38:10 it might be over in four or five games.
00:38:12 - Yeah, we got to drop Nick for one second.
00:38:15 We're gonna work on that microphone.
00:38:17 We got to work on the microphone a little bit there.
00:38:19 A little-
00:38:20 - I feel like the mic's picking up from his ears,
00:38:22 from his AirPods maybe.
00:38:24 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:38:25 That might be, it's just a little bit underwater there.
00:38:28 Yeah, so that could be the case.
00:38:30 But, boomer.
00:38:31 - No, there's Nick.
00:38:31 - He'll figure it out in a few hours, I'm sure.
00:38:33 - He owns the company, he'll buy some shit.
00:38:37 - Yeah, just spend money to fix it.
00:38:41 - Yeah.
00:38:42 - No, the one thing that I could make out,
00:38:44 I couldn't make out everything Nick said,
00:38:46 but the one thing that kind of did come across
00:38:48 was the fact that the Mavericks don't really
00:38:51 have any options when you look beyond Kyrie and Luka.
00:38:55 And you look at what, I mean, like Derek Lively,
00:38:58 who was one of the key success stories in their run,
00:39:02 was horrible.
00:39:03 I mean, he had twice as many fouls as points.
00:39:06 And defensively, he just was a non-factor.
00:39:09 We got a little bromance action going on behind me.
00:39:11 Keep it moving, fellas, keep it moving.
00:39:14 There we go.
00:39:15 - Is that Gary?
00:39:17 - No.
00:39:19 Dallas has problems.
00:39:22 I mean, to go back to John,
00:39:23 their problem is that they've got lots of problems
00:39:25 and there's no clear-cut solution
00:39:27 on how they're gonna address any of it.
00:39:29 - Oh, good.
00:39:30 He's back.
00:39:30 - Nick, let's hear from you again.
00:39:32 - Okay, so basically everything I said there was,
00:39:35 Kwarzyngis, 21 minutes, so efficient.
00:39:39 I guess we could check that box and say, he's okay.
00:39:43 Hopefully he responds well.
00:39:45 The other side, Tatum, a lot of turnovers,
00:39:47 but man, he could get into the lane at any second
00:39:51 and he's popping out for three-point shots,
00:39:53 passing out to the three-point shooters.
00:39:55 And then Al Horford's defense.
00:39:57 I don't know if you guys discussed this yet,
00:39:59 but the old man was moving.
00:40:01 He was moving tonight.
00:40:03 All in all, you just saw that,
00:40:04 besides that little wall in the third quarter,
00:40:07 the Celtics had that,
00:40:08 the style of play that is indicative of 20-plus point wins
00:40:13 that they've had all season.
00:40:14 Dallas, if they don't find more scoring besides Luka,
00:40:18 they're gonna be in big trouble
00:40:19 because Kyrie was pretty much booed out of the arena,
00:40:23 was he?
00:40:24 Like six for 20 something.
00:40:25 And if the Celtics-
00:40:27 - He was six for 19.
00:40:28 - Six for 19.
00:40:29 You know, what's that?
00:40:30 30%, Jimmy?
00:40:31 I suck at math.
00:40:33 By the way, guys, do I look good?
00:40:36 No, I'm just kidding.
00:40:36 I'm kidding.
00:40:37 I'm just kidding.
00:40:38 All in all, I gotta say,
00:40:41 the biggest thing for me is I haven't been in TD Garden
00:40:44 covering a game.
00:40:45 Now, I've been here as a fan,
00:40:46 haven't since opening night two years ago.
00:40:49 Before that, I mean,
00:40:52 I've covered 10 years worth of basketball here.
00:40:56 I'd never seen this crowd this pumped up.
00:40:59 Like it was truly the NBA finals.
00:41:02 God bless John Zanis,
00:41:04 who got all the credentials approved.
00:41:06 - Oh yeah, what a great guy.
00:41:08 Rub it in.
00:41:08 Rub it in some more.
00:41:09 - Except Jimmy's.
00:41:10 Except Jimmy's.
00:41:11 - Give a round of applause for John.
00:41:14 - I think the fans can taste it.
00:41:15 I think they recognize that this is a moment
00:41:19 that you need to cherish
00:41:21 because this team is on the cusp of doing
00:41:23 what they literally set out to do from day one.
00:41:26 And they've checked up all the boxes to get here
00:41:29 and they're facing a team
00:41:31 that if we're being honest and candid,
00:41:32 this is of the final four teams out of less,
00:41:35 this is probably the one team
00:41:36 that they match up best against
00:41:38 in terms of being able to dispatch of them quickly.
00:41:41 They're a two man team
00:41:42 and the rest of the guys around,
00:41:44 not only are they,
00:41:45 I don't think as talented as the Celtics,
00:41:48 complimentary pieces,
00:41:50 but they don't benefit of experience
00:41:52 because often that experience can get you over the hump
00:41:54 if you're playing with guys with more talent.
00:41:56 So they're young, they have potential,
00:41:59 but they're just not,
00:41:59 I just don't think they're ready.
00:42:01 And I think the sad part for Dallas is that
00:42:04 if you don't get it this year,
00:42:06 you're probably not gonna get it anytime soon
00:42:07 because the teams that are still in the midst out West
00:42:12 are probably gonna be better than you a year from now.
00:42:15 So there's a lot of,
00:42:16 this is one of those things
00:42:18 where I give the Celtics credit for recognizing
00:42:21 not to play with your food in game one.
00:42:23 They, I mean, they had that little stretch
00:42:26 in the third quarter
00:42:27 where they didn't look like themselves.
00:42:28 But for the most part, at 48 minutes,
00:42:30 they probably played a good 43, 44 minutes out there.
00:42:35 - But Sherrod, Sherrod, how about,
00:42:37 not to change the subject,
00:42:39 but the minute that poor Zingas showed that he could move,
00:42:41 the whole garden like exhaled collectively.
00:42:45 And then the real, real cheers and chants started coming.
00:42:50 I think everybody exhaled
00:42:52 when they saw that poor Zingas was kind of,
00:42:55 I don't know if he was teasing with us
00:42:56 or just needed to get out there
00:42:59 and play to feel like he could play,
00:43:01 but damn, he could play.
00:43:02 I mean, he was just so disruptive around the rim,
00:43:06 which that's what you want.
00:43:08 - And I think Dallas had this,
00:43:10 I think Dallas was just basically trying to see early on
00:43:12 was, okay, let's see what you got.
00:43:13 Can you make a shot?
00:43:14 And he did over and over again.
00:43:17 And the mistake that they made was that
00:43:18 they allowed him to get into a flow and a rhythm
00:43:21 and he just didn't cool off until the second half.
00:43:23 But like I was saying earlier, though,
00:43:24 I think the one adjustment Dallas will make
00:43:26 is that they will have a body up on poor Zingas
00:43:29 pretty much every time he touches the ball.
00:43:31 So I don't expect him to necessarily have
00:43:34 the kind of early scoring output that we saw in game one,
00:43:38 but I do anticipate that that's gonna open things up
00:43:41 for Tatum and Brown and Drew Holiday and those guys
00:43:44 to get to the basket or knock down mid-range shots
00:43:48 and be impactful offensively
00:43:50 because of the attention that poor Zingas
00:43:51 is gonna be drawing.
00:43:52 That's gonna keep that big
00:43:54 who normally is around the basket
00:43:56 and protects the rim away from it.
00:43:58 - Let me ask you about this.
00:44:01 After what you saw tonight,
00:44:03 from poor Zingas and just overall the Celtics,
00:44:07 you put poor Zingas in the starting lineup for game two,
00:44:11 do you keep coming off the bench again?
00:44:13 - Such a good question.
00:44:14 Coming off the bench,
00:44:15 I'm gonna keep him coming off the bench.
00:44:17 I just think that right now you look at,
00:44:20 I mean, think about it.
00:44:21 When he came in for Al, Al had like, I think six points.
00:44:24 So that's pretty much what Al was averaging
00:44:28 when he was coming off the bench.
00:44:29 And you got that in his first stint.
00:44:31 So I wanna keep that going.
00:44:33 And Al, I think from a defensive standpoint,
00:44:36 he takes away a lot of the stuff that Kyrie
00:44:39 and then Luca wanna do when they get the switch,
00:44:41 because if poor Zingas is with that starting unit,
00:44:43 they're gonna immediately try to do some pick and roll switch
00:44:46 and go at him.
00:44:47 You try to do that with Al,
00:44:48 Al is a little bit better on those switches
00:44:50 than poor Zingas is.
00:44:51 And so I like having him come off the bench.
00:44:54 And frankly, if he's not broken,
00:44:56 what are you, he's still gonna wanna play more medicine
00:44:58 now at the end of the day.
00:45:00 If it's a close game,
00:45:01 he's probably gonna be on the floor instead of Al.
00:45:03 So it really doesn't, I think,
00:45:05 and it's that old coaching adage
00:45:07 where it's not about who starts, it's who finishes.
00:45:09 I think this is an example when that makes a lot of sense.
00:45:13 And poor Zingas, he's not tripping.
00:45:15 He's three wins away from being a championship.
00:45:17 So whether he's starting, coming off the bench,
00:45:19 he just wants that chip.
00:45:20 - Yeah, that ring looks the same on the finger.
00:45:22 Nick, boss man, thoughts?
00:45:26 - Yeah, man, I mean, I think he comes off the bench too.
00:45:29 Why disrupt good rhythm?
00:45:31 Not only that, but Al, I mean, Al,
00:45:33 his whole career has been a starter.
00:45:35 I think he's been great off the bench this year,
00:45:37 but he's played even better when he started.
00:45:40 - Nice little full circle moment for Al, huh?
00:45:42 You know, sacrificing the starting lineup spot
00:45:45 and then getting the call in the NBA finals like that.
00:45:48 And a lot of double big tonight,
00:45:49 and that rotation allows them to play together
00:45:52 for a couple minutes as well.
00:45:53 So I think all that combined, you're gonna see,
00:45:56 why would they not, why would Joe switch anything up
00:45:59 that's working right now?
00:46:01 If you're gonna change it,
00:46:02 wait till they lose a game or whatever.
00:46:04 - Yeah, we got you.
00:46:05 - Like where's Waldo, but it's Dennis in the TD Garden.
00:46:08 Where are you now?
00:46:08 - Where is John?
00:46:09 - Every time you look up,
00:46:10 he's just like in a different section.
00:46:12 - He's got a different, is that a green screen, John?
00:46:14 Where are you?
00:46:15 - Real quick, John, before we switch it,
00:46:17 I do wanna cut to this Porzingis soundbite
00:46:20 'cause we were just talking about Porzingis.
00:46:22 - That's what I'm going to.
00:46:23 And also, I also totally disagree.
00:46:26 If Porzingis is ready, he starts.
00:46:28 Don't be silly.
00:46:30 - You can't go to a night. - Well, he was ready tonight,
00:46:31 John, what are you talking about?
00:46:32 I mean, I think he was ready.
00:46:33 - No, the reason he came off the, first of all,
00:46:37 they lied to us again.
00:46:38 He was on a minute's restriction.
00:46:40 (laughing)
00:46:41 Well, he was on a minute's restriction.
00:46:43 He was there to play. - He was.
00:46:44 - Five, four, we said it, like hockey shifts.
00:46:47 He played four or five minute shifts and that was it.
00:46:50 So he wanted to, and so that's, they wanted to manage it.
00:46:54 So they moved him to the bench
00:46:55 because they knew he was limited in those minutes
00:46:58 because they wanted to set their rotations that way.
00:47:01 If the restrictions come off
00:47:03 and Porzingis truly goes to 30 minutes a game,
00:47:05 you're starting him 'cause then it's silly not to.
00:47:08 So the only reason to play him off the bench
00:47:09 is if you're planning on keeping his minutes low.
00:47:11 If he's going, if he's ready to go,
00:47:13 he's fucking, he's Chris Jabs Porzingis.
00:47:15 He starts, like it's not.
00:47:17 Let's not overthink this.
00:47:19 - But John, but that point that you made
00:47:21 about if he's still on a minute's restriction,
00:47:23 that's why I'm saying I still think
00:47:24 he's gonna come off the bench a game too.
00:47:26 'Cause I still think his minutes are gonna be
00:47:29 in that 20, 25 range.
00:47:30 And if that's the case,
00:47:31 you're better off having him come off the bench.
00:47:34 But if he's 100%, if he's 100%
00:47:37 and can go 30, 35, 40 minutes if necessary,
00:47:40 then yeah, you put him out there as your first group.
00:47:42 But I don't think he's there.
00:47:43 - Why are people mad at me that I wanna start
00:47:45 the Celtics second or third best player?
00:47:46 Like what am I?
00:47:47 (laughing)
00:47:48 - Because the risk of a re-injury
00:47:50 is still maybe a possibility with overuses.
00:47:53 - What's wrong with you people?
00:47:54 Like just guys, relax.
00:47:56 - I love when Zanis gets,
00:47:58 he literally goes one-on-one with the chat room
00:48:01 while we're all here.
00:48:02 It's kind of great.
00:48:03 I get such a kick out of this.
00:48:05 - I think there are more people agreeing with him
00:48:07 than he's telling me.
00:48:08 - That's fine.
00:48:09 - A lot of people would want Porzingis to start.
00:48:11 It's just a matter of when or not.
00:48:11 - I just don't know.
00:48:13 Listen, Jimmy, I hate to interrupt you.
00:48:14 I'm sorry.
00:48:15 I actually love to interrupt you.
00:48:16 - I love it too.
00:48:17 - Yeah, I enjoy it a lot.
00:48:18 But I'm just saying,
00:48:18 you won how many straight games right now
00:48:20 in the playoffs?
00:48:21 Eight, nine?
00:48:23 And you're 12, or 13-2 without Porzingis.
00:48:27 Why start him when he's obviously responded
00:48:31 well off the bench?
00:48:32 Let him come in off the bench in game two.
00:48:34 I think until you stumble,
00:48:36 you don't screw with what's working.
00:48:38 - I just think as long as he's only gonna play 25 minutes,
00:48:42 I'm keeping him coming off the bench.
00:48:44 If he's not gonna be able to play a full goal,
00:48:46 then we need to keep him in that 20 to 25 minutes
00:48:49 if you're the boss yourself.
00:48:50 If that's where he's at now--
00:48:51 - I'm on team Sherrod.
00:48:53 Callahan.
00:48:54 Found Andrew Callahan.
00:48:56 - Where's the shot?
00:49:00 - Hey, Andrew, welcome to the--
00:49:01 - This is a watch, bro.
00:49:02 What's going on?
00:49:03 - Welcome to the Garden Report.
00:49:05 It's this thing we do.
00:49:06 - Just following the column,
00:49:07 I thought the pass what we saw Celtics play
00:49:08 in the second quarter was the best I've seen
00:49:10 from them all season.
00:49:10 I think this is the team that we've been waiting for
00:49:13 against proper competition under this kind of pressure,
00:49:16 not knowing how they would react.
00:49:17 It's funny, a game where Tatum shoots six of 16
00:49:20 and has six turnovers,
00:49:21 and you're going,
00:49:21 "This is the best the Celtics have ever looked."
00:49:23 Hasn't been excited for the rest of the finals.
00:49:24 Doesn't mean they win game two.
00:49:26 But that's what you wanna see.
00:49:27 We waited a long time and they're here.
00:49:29 - And now I can leave--
00:49:29 - Who starts, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:49:33 Who starts week one for the Patriots at quarterback?
00:49:36 - Who starts week one for the Patriots at quarterback?
00:49:39 - Come on, guys, I'm here to get away from the Patriots.
00:49:41 You know they're supposed to pick number one next year?
00:49:43 What am I gonna do with myself for 12 months?
00:49:45 I'll probably be back here.
00:49:46 It'll be Jacoby Brissett.
00:49:48 I think he's the right guy to have in there.
00:49:49 A veteran, he's a placeholder, but excellent.
00:49:52 Oh, I'm not gone yet.
00:49:53 Johnny, you don't get to boot me out of this show.
00:49:55 I have an honored guest here, John.
00:49:57 - Man, that was talking Patriots.
00:50:01 - Yeah, I probably just missed every press conference
00:50:03 filing my column for the Herald
00:50:04 because we're still putting out papers in 2024.
00:50:06 Subscribe to the Boston Herald, by the way.
00:50:10 But no, Jacoby Brissett, guy who won the locker room,
00:50:12 leading the offense, knows the offense.
00:50:14 Good, good, somebody is.
00:50:16 But yeah, it's good to see you guys.
00:50:16 See you for game two.
00:50:17 - I can leave now 'cause Callahan
00:50:19 just said everything I wanted to say.
00:50:21 - Thanks, Callahan.
00:50:22 - Anyway-- - You wanted to talk
00:50:23 about Jacoby Brissett, okay.
00:50:25 - By the way, for those-- - I had nothing to say
00:50:26 about the Patriots.
00:50:28 - For those Patriots fans out there,
00:50:30 if you don't subscribe already,
00:50:32 Andrew Callahan, a terrific podcast,
00:50:36 Pat's Interference on the CLNS Media Network.
00:50:39 It's a really good podcast, so check out Andrew.
00:50:41 Let's hear from Chris Stapps and see what he says.
00:50:43 - A little bit of everything, a little bit of everything.
00:50:46 It's tough to not play for a month
00:50:48 and then jump into the highest intensity game in the finals.
00:50:52 It's obviously very tough, you know,
00:50:53 but as I said, I did everything I could
00:50:55 to prepare for this moment mentally.
00:50:58 And then just going out there and playing
00:51:02 instinctually almost, you know, and trusting my body.
00:51:06 And that was it.
00:51:08 As I said, like the support around me was great
00:51:11 to get to this moment.
00:51:12 And now, yeah, we just have to keep going
00:51:15 and take care of business.
00:51:18 - Completely different-- - Keep going,
00:51:21 take care of business.
00:51:23 - Attitude, confidence in his voice today
00:51:27 than what we heard--
00:51:28 - Which again-- - He just dropped
00:51:30 20 points in 21 minutes, Jimmy.
00:51:32 I'll be feeling pretty damn confident too
00:51:33 if I just dropped 20 in 21. - Again, Jimmy,
00:51:35 let me say this.
00:51:36 This leads me to believe slightly
00:51:39 that his concern was genuine.
00:51:42 It wasn't straight up coy.
00:51:43 He's way more ready than we expected.
00:51:45 I was worried that he wasn't gonna be close.
00:51:48 Like that when he was worried,
00:51:49 he was like, "I'm like at 60% guys."
00:51:51 So I do think there was a little bit of trepidation
00:51:53 there stepping out there.
00:51:54 He wasn't sure what was gonna happen for sure.
00:51:57 I actually think somebody put it on my Twitter,
00:51:59 which is perfect way to express it.
00:52:02 Day one press conference for Chris Stapps
00:52:06 when we talked to him at our back center
00:52:07 was like a witness got interrogated by a lawyer
00:52:10 and he just wasn't ready for it.
00:52:12 And then the second one was like with lawyers coaching,
00:52:15 and like he said more of the same,
00:52:16 but like in a more calm way.
00:52:18 But like the first one was legit panic inducing
00:52:21 for a reason.
00:52:22 It was like, "Oh my God."
00:52:24 It's like the 15 second pause to say if he's not in pain.
00:52:28 I was like, "Oh, it's so bad."
00:52:32 - Yeah, he had to like look around.
00:52:34 - He was in the back.
00:52:36 - Why didn't no one tell me that question was coming?
00:52:37 - Tell him you're healthy.
00:52:39 Tell him he can feel no pain.
00:52:41 - It was like Mark McGuire,
00:52:43 like I'm not here to talk about the past.
00:52:45 Like he was like, "I didn't know
00:52:46 it was gonna be like that."
00:52:48 But you can tell, right, Jimmy, you're right.
00:52:53 Totally, his tone there is like, "That was okay.
00:52:56 That was all right.
00:52:56 I'm okay.
00:52:57 I'm all right."
00:52:58 - He needed to see it.
00:52:59 - So he did.
00:53:02 - I wonder how much of that happened throughout his career.
00:53:06 I mean, 'cause it wasn't like he was forced
00:53:08 to come back early for a lot of those seasons
00:53:10 where he was banged up.
00:53:11 But it's like, maybe he just needed a little kick
00:53:13 in the butt.
00:53:14 Get out there, man.
00:53:15 You're fine.
00:53:16 And by the way, we need you.
00:53:18 - It's totally different here, Jimmy.
00:53:19 I mean, this is literally the, this is NBA finals.
00:53:23 This isn't like game 62 or, you know,
00:53:26 the game three of a five game West Coast trip.
00:53:29 This is like the NBA finals.
00:53:30 So I could understand his interpretation,
00:53:33 particularly when you have missed 10 straight games
00:53:36 in the playoffs and the team has looked pretty damn good
00:53:39 in your absence.
00:53:41 So yeah, I get it.
00:53:43 But I think the mistake that Dallas made,
00:53:47 and again, they'll go back and they'll look at the film
00:53:49 and I think they'll see it as that.
00:53:51 They basically dared him to make plays offensively
00:53:54 at the start of the game.
00:53:55 And then after a couple went down,
00:53:57 they were just like, "Oh shit.
00:53:59 What are we going to do now?"
00:54:00 - You know the rule, Sherrod.
00:54:02 There's no, you know, the whole no cheering
00:54:04 in the press box thing,
00:54:05 which has obviously gone a little bit out the window
00:54:07 with, you know, kind of, you know,
00:54:09 the way media has changed over the last few,
00:54:11 it doesn't matter.
00:54:13 What I will say this is, it was impossible
00:54:17 not to like kind of smile and giggle and like gasp
00:54:22 at what Porzingis was doing out there.
00:54:25 It was, it seemed surreal.
00:54:27 Like it wasn't supposed to happen.
00:54:29 It was just everything happening all at once.
00:54:34 And I don't think anybody thought that type of impact
00:54:37 was going to happen that quickly.
00:54:39 I mean, it was just that series of plays, you know,
00:54:42 with stepping into 27 foot threes
00:54:44 and like challenging at the rim.
00:54:46 - 'Cause like with each play he was getting stronger.
00:54:49 - But it was like, it was legit.
00:54:51 It was like, almost like he took his entire unicorn resume
00:54:55 and he's like, I'm going to show you this and this
00:54:57 and this and this and this and this.
00:54:59 And this is what makes me a unicorn.
00:55:01 And he did like all in one shot.
00:55:03 And it was like, not only like one, the fear was health,
00:55:06 but like, I think what a lot of people forgot
00:55:09 being so concerned with health with Chris Dapps was,
00:55:11 holy crap, he's really good at basketball.
00:55:13 Remember when he first,
00:55:14 remember the first game he played this year
00:55:16 and everybody was like, oh, this is different.
00:55:20 And it looked, and it was just that,
00:55:22 it took you back to that early in the season feeling
00:55:25 where you're like, oh, everything is different now.
00:55:28 And that's what it felt like again.
00:55:31 And so I think anybody watching
00:55:33 with whatever trepidation you have,
00:55:35 having watched the Celtics in years past
00:55:36 or in some of the early, in some moments and instances
00:55:40 in the early rounds of the playoffs,
00:55:41 I think all of that was wiped away
00:55:44 with what Porzingis was doing there.
00:55:45 And you could see it on everybody's face
00:55:47 as they were watching it.
00:55:47 And they were like, oh shit, oh shit.
00:55:51 It was like that.
00:55:52 - Yeah.
00:55:53 - That was the vibe and you could see it among media.
00:55:57 And again, where we're sitting,
00:55:58 we're all around tons of fans too.
00:56:00 So obviously that was just,
00:56:01 that was the vibe I got while I was here.
00:56:03 Everybody was thinking and feeling
00:56:05 the same exact thing at the same time.
00:56:08 - Yeah, I mean, remember when our good friend Isaiah Thomas
00:56:12 was doing some pretty amazing things,
00:56:13 dealing with obviously different type of-
00:56:16 - Yeah, great vibe.
00:56:17 - You're doing brother.
00:56:19 And that was a vibe that you got
00:56:21 when you watch Porzingis just absolutely killing it up.
00:56:24 It's as much as you as an opponent,
00:56:27 when you don't want your opponent to do well,
00:56:30 it's hard not to want to see that guy do well.
00:56:33 And Porzingis, again, he reminded us why
00:56:38 he was such a sought after guy.
00:56:39 And then how for most of the season,
00:56:42 we've been building him up as that X-Factor for the Celtics.
00:56:45 The guy that was gonna cause major problems.
00:56:49 - The elevator.
00:56:51 Can we hear, go ahead, follow up,
00:56:52 and then we're gonna hear from Jaylen Edwards.
00:56:53 - I'm gonna follow up just real quick.
00:56:54 This has to be one of,
00:56:55 maybe probably the greatest night of Porzingis' life.
00:56:58 Especially, certainly professional basketball career.
00:57:01 I can't speak to his personal life,
00:57:03 but this is a guy that was drafted
00:57:05 with obviously a lot of high expectations.
00:57:07 Got dragged through the mud in New York,
00:57:09 got dragged through the mud in Dallas.
00:57:12 Now he's playing against his Dallas.
00:57:13 He went to Washington,
00:57:15 kind of a forgotten player at that point.
00:57:17 Had a great season,
00:57:18 but on a franchise that was going nowhere fast.
00:57:21 This guy has had to just keep his head down
00:57:24 and trust that, trust in the player that he is,
00:57:28 trust that someday he's gonna get to
00:57:29 where he wants to get to.
00:57:30 And this was kind of like his, you know, vindication game.
00:57:35 I mean, and credit to him.
00:57:37 He went for it.
00:57:38 He just went balls to the walls and he didn't hold back.
00:57:41 He didn't play with any sort of, you know,
00:57:43 trepidation or any question
00:57:46 that he couldn't be this player.
00:57:48 And this is gonna be, you know,
00:57:51 certainly he's gonna think about for the rest of his life,
00:57:53 but Celtics fans are gonna be like,
00:57:55 hell yeah, Porzingis is my dog.
00:57:57 Absolutely.
00:57:58 He's, you know, if this continues to go
00:58:01 in the right direction for Boston,
00:58:03 Porzingis is gonna have a home here
00:58:06 for the rest of his life.
00:58:07 Put it that way.
00:58:08 He won't be able to go far without being noticed,
00:58:10 but he won't pay a penny for anything.
00:58:13 - So as we talk about being fans of Porzingis,
00:58:16 no bigger fan of Porzingis on this team
00:58:19 and maybe in life than Jalen Brown,
00:58:21 his roommate, his bosom buddy, you know,
00:58:25 and, you know, I guess also kind of lost
00:58:29 in like, if you're a Celtics fan,
00:58:30 what you've missed is that little chemistry
00:58:32 and the vibe that those guys have going in on the court.
00:58:35 And right now Porzingis probably came out,
00:58:39 you know, of the gate looking like,
00:58:41 oh, this might be the finals MVP type of performance here.
00:58:45 But by the end of the game, it was Brown who, you know,
00:58:48 overtook that and is a clubhouse leader.
00:58:50 But again, that's largely due to the fact
00:58:51 that Porzingis only played 21 points.
00:58:53 Nevertheless, Brown up there,
00:58:55 just talking about how proud he is
00:58:57 of his boy KP after the game.
00:59:00 - Jalen, your friendship with Christoph Porzingis
00:59:02 is the World Chronicle this year.
00:59:03 Just as a friend and as a teammate
00:59:05 and as someone who's been around him,
00:59:06 what did it feel like to see him have the kind of game
00:59:08 that he had right off the bat and have that energy?
00:59:11 - It was amazing.
00:59:12 Nobody's more proud and more excited for him than I am,
00:59:16 but, you know, we got to get better.
00:59:18 I mean, we got to, you know, almost forget about it
00:59:21 and get ready for the next one.
00:59:23 We can't be celebrating ourselves.
00:59:26 Dallas is probably getting ready for the next game right now.
00:59:29 So we got to prepare and get ready for the next one too.
00:59:33 - On to the next one.
00:59:38 On to the next one.
00:59:39 That's how you got to be.
00:59:40 That's how you got to be.
00:59:41 - So Brown was an assassin tonight all the way through.
00:59:46 - I mean, that donkey had a first half.
00:59:50 My goodness.
00:59:52 My goodness.
00:59:53 - Again, like I said, like I said,
00:59:55 it was a team effort in the first half
00:59:59 where they played near perfect basketball,
01:00:01 executed their game plan to precision.
01:00:04 When things started dragging,
01:00:05 Jalen Brown saved their asses there in the third quarter.
01:00:08 So Jalen gets the Brownie again,
01:00:12 and Jalen is the clubhouse leader right now for MVP.
01:00:15 - Jalen doesn't get the Brownie.
01:00:16 - Absolutely.
01:00:17 - Jalen can't get the Brownie.
01:00:18 That's right.
01:00:19 Jalen was ridiculous.
01:00:20 It was ridiculous.
01:00:21 The dunk was ridiculous, but it was the defense.
01:00:23 And again, like that's the best thing about Brown.
01:00:26 - I think it was the pregame fit.
01:00:27 - When he's engaged, everyone's like,
01:00:29 oh my God, he looked so mean pregame.
01:00:32 But like, that's the best thing about Brown.
01:00:34 It's like, you talk about that snarl,
01:00:37 you know, like Porzingis is out there winking and smiling
01:00:39 and you're like, oh, look how happy it is.
01:00:41 Jalen Brown's out there just wants to catch bodies.
01:00:44 You know, like he's angry, angry.
01:00:49 - I love it.
01:00:52 - Yeah.
01:00:53 - Love it. - Thank you, dude.
01:00:54 - Love it.
01:00:55 - Bobby Manning.
01:00:57 - We might get a smile out of him in a couple of weeks though.
01:01:00 Where is Bobby?
01:01:03 - What does this mean?
01:01:06 - Did you talk trash about Hauser?
01:01:08 Hauser had a solid game.
01:01:09 - No, in fact, I said Hauser,
01:01:12 the speed of the Indiana Pacers was too much for Hauser,
01:01:16 but I thought he'd be able to play in this series
01:01:18 was I believe what I'd said, but that's okay.
01:01:20 - We don't talk about that.
01:01:23 - That's okay.
01:01:24 - Bobby actually said he thought Hauser might not play.
01:01:26 - Hauser acquitted himself well this game.
01:01:29 You know what's interesting is that it's the odd man out
01:01:32 here I believe was Pritchard
01:01:35 because they were a little worried about mismatches there
01:01:38 on him and also him not being able to get a shot off
01:01:41 as easily on the driving kicks as some of the other guys.
01:01:43 Hauser had one of the most ridiculous
01:01:45 catch and shoot threes I can remember.
01:01:47 He caught the ball directly over his head
01:01:50 with his arms almost fully extended
01:01:52 and then shot it without bringing it back down.
01:01:54 I've never seen that.
01:01:55 It was the same thing.
01:01:58 - That was, I mean, it's like when your kids are little
01:02:04 and they're just, you know, you just throw the ball
01:02:05 and they just catch it and without even thinking
01:02:07 they just throw it back up.
01:02:09 - Yeah, it was like volleyball, but it was--
01:02:11 - There was no form at all.
01:02:13 - His hands were almost fully outstretched
01:02:15 over the top of his head and he splashed it.
01:02:17 I was like, what was that?
01:02:20 I couldn't believe that.
01:02:22 - Whatever it is though, he's working for it.
01:02:25 'Cause I mean, he was killing it tonight.
01:02:28 And he played good defense.
01:02:29 I mean, he first--
01:02:30 - He was great, he was great on D.
01:02:33 First two possessions against Luka
01:02:34 forced the turnover and forced to miss.
01:02:37 And Luka didn't miss that many shots early on.
01:02:38 So good for him, good for him.
01:02:41 He needed a game like this.
01:02:43 - And he had it, I was just gonna say,
01:02:45 he's had an abysmal, absolutely abysmal playoffs here.
01:02:50 I mean, he had 17 against Miami
01:02:53 and I think it was game five.
01:02:55 But since then, I mean, if he just packed his bags
01:02:59 and retired, I don't think anyone would have faulted him,
01:03:01 but not the type of guy he is.
01:03:03 And you know what I mean?
01:03:04 And like, you gotta give him credit.
01:03:05 Just like you gotta give Porzingis credit
01:03:06 for the rehabbing and coming back.
01:03:09 Gotta give these guys credit
01:03:10 for just believing in themselves, staying true.
01:03:13 And Hauser, a guy that could not hit the broad side
01:03:16 of a barn, just doing whatever he can to get in the court.
01:03:19 And we haven't mentioned his name yet, Sean.
01:03:22 - Yeah.
01:03:23 - Coach Joe, going to Hauser,
01:03:26 believing that he could still contribute
01:03:28 and sticking with him out there.
01:03:29 I mean, you gotta get--
01:03:29 - I was surprised how quick they went to all their rotate.
01:03:32 Like, I didn't expect they were gonna get into the benches
01:03:36 as early and often as they did.
01:03:37 And all of a sudden, Pritchard and Hauser are out there
01:03:40 and you're like, "Oh, so they're doing this."
01:03:41 You know?
01:03:42 - Yeah.
01:03:43 - I think Bobby said he didn't even know
01:03:45 if Hauser was gonna play this series.
01:03:47 - Oh, that.
01:03:50 - So.
01:03:51 - I don't know about that.
01:03:51 - No, I mean, look, you got 16 from Pritchard,
01:03:54 16 from Hauser.
01:03:55 Hauser finishes plus 17 with eight points.
01:03:58 You know what I mean?
01:03:59 Really, really, really, really solid performance for him.
01:04:04 That is, I mean, a plus.
01:04:08 I don't think you necessarily thought you counted on here.
01:04:10 And I liked it.
01:04:12 Bobby and I were talking about that too, up on nine.
01:04:15 Just kind of like, why?
01:04:16 And it just makes sense because of his ability
01:04:19 to get that shot off quickly.
01:04:21 And you knew this was gonna be one of those series
01:04:23 where there's just gonna be a ton of drive and kick
01:04:25 with Dallas having those bigs there, clogging things up.
01:04:27 That, you know, I mean, we predicted
01:04:29 that the Celtics would take, you know, 53
01:04:31 as they ended up with only 42.
01:04:33 It's actually below their season average.
01:04:35 But you knew it was gonna be one of those games.
01:04:37 And that's what you have a guy like Hauser out there.
01:04:39 If he can hang on defense, he can.
01:04:42 And that's the thing is like, outside of Luka,
01:04:45 who's gonna hunt to switch on somebody every single time.
01:04:48 And Kyrie being Kyrie, like, you're not super worried
01:04:51 that anyone's gonna cook Hauser, you know?
01:04:54 And so that's why he can probably survive here.
01:04:58 - And they've got, you know, and if that situation arises,
01:05:00 they've got to be ready to rotate.
01:05:02 - I'm on Shaq's single cam on TNT, I'm being told.
01:05:07 That's I'm right on the line here.
01:05:09 - That's awesome.
01:05:10 You wanna get Shaq on?
01:05:12 I'll give you a hard hat if you get Shaq on.
01:05:17 - We have no hard, Jimmy, we have no hard hats.
01:05:19 - We will have hard hats and I will save them for you.
01:05:22 Also, I wanna make an announcement.
01:05:25 I'm gonna be getting a hard hat too.
01:05:27 So maybe I'll give mine away
01:05:28 at the end of the playoff run.
01:05:31 We'll see how that goes.
01:05:32 Did John freeze?
01:05:35 - I did, I did.
01:05:37 Am I back?
01:05:37 I'm not back?
01:05:41 Sorry, I thought it blinked out for a second for me.
01:05:46 So like we said-
01:05:47 - How big is Shaq?
01:05:50 - He looks great.
01:05:51 I think all of these guys are on, you know,
01:05:53 all of, you know, Ozempic and all of that shit now.
01:05:55 So they all look terrific.
01:05:57 - I meant height wise.
01:05:58 - I actually have no idea if that's the case,
01:06:01 but like everybody's skinny now.
01:06:02 - Yeah, I'm not on Ozempic.
01:06:05 Just, I wanna put that out there.
01:06:06 - No, you're just frigging, you're just on Jimmy.
01:06:09 Yeah, Nick Jelso is thumbs up.
01:06:15 Jelso's thumbs upping me back.
01:06:18 - Yo guys, you got me for a couple more minutes, Bobby.
01:06:22 - We asked for you to be back.
01:06:24 - Well, the fans did, Jimmy,
01:06:26 and they've been asking all fucking year.
01:06:28 How about that?
01:06:29 - Whoa, whoa, hey.
01:06:30 - Boss man can say what the boss man wanna say, Jimmy.
01:06:35 You know what I mean?
01:06:36 - No, we're not gonna fire him.
01:06:38 - No, man, I got Bobby right here and Joe Sway.
01:06:41 They're gonna let me get my last take in.
01:06:43 I see, I see John.
01:06:45 He's right there.
01:06:46 - There's Bobby.
01:06:47 - Johnny, look.
01:06:48 - You see Shaq too?
01:06:49 - A fake Bobby just walked by.
01:06:51 He looks just like Bobby.
01:06:52 I swear to God.
01:06:53 - You guys look like you're having a lot of fun.
01:06:56 - We are.
01:06:57 We have a total of four laptops all not charged.
01:07:01 They're all not charged at this moment.
01:07:03 So we're doing our best.
01:07:06 I'm not gonna hijack anymore.
01:07:07 I'm just gonna say thanks for having me, guys.
01:07:09 I'll be back after game two and we'll be more organized.
01:07:12 And I may have on a hard hat
01:07:14 because I heard there are hard hats in inventory right now.
01:07:18 - They're gone, Nick.
01:07:19 They're sold out.
01:07:20 - All the hard hats sold out.
01:07:21 - All the hard hats sold out.
01:07:22 - All the hard hats sold out in five minutes tonight.
01:07:26 - Are you kidding me?
01:07:27 - We do have another order placed.
01:07:28 I'm not gonna say, I'm not gonna make any promises,
01:07:31 but there will be more hard hats available.
01:07:33 If you didn't get one,
01:07:34 gotta watch the show to know when they go for sale.
01:07:37 - Nick just thanked us for having him on his network.
01:07:42 - There was a time where this show was me and Jimmy's show
01:07:48 and man, I'm glad it's not anymore.
01:07:50 It's so much in better hands right now with you guys.
01:07:54 So Richie's-
01:07:55 - This is like when they own a team
01:07:57 and then signs himself to play in the games.
01:08:00 - No, I signed-
01:08:01 - Gary Jones over here.
01:08:03 - One day contract so I can retire a garden report guy.
01:08:06 - Why are you leaving, Nick?
01:08:09 - There you go.
01:08:10 - I'm leaving 'cause we don't have enough room for me.
01:08:12 And that's okay.
01:08:13 - Oh, you don't?
01:08:14 - 'Cause no, and because we have computer issues.
01:08:16 But on the next game, I will be ready.
01:08:19 And this is my parting shot, my last take.
01:08:22 - Okay.
01:08:23 - Order, no, I'm gonna say right now, Celtics in five.
01:08:25 That's my prediction.
01:08:27 Celtics in five.
01:08:28 - A little late on that one.
01:08:29 You don't get to make those picks.
01:08:32 - He makes his pick after the series starts, okay?
01:08:36 - And the other thing, I wanna formally apologize
01:08:39 to Joe Mazzuolo who's been outstanding in these playoffs.
01:08:43 Apology, Jim.
01:08:44 - It's okay, he doesn't know who you are.
01:08:47 (laughing)
01:08:49 - And you know what?
01:08:52 He has no idea who I am.
01:08:54 But you know who does?
01:08:56 Kyrie Irving, 'cause I checked today.
01:08:58 The fucker still has me blocked from four years ago.
01:09:02 Four years ago.
01:09:03 And I'm not doing any apologies for Kyrie.
01:09:06 That's it.
01:09:07 That's it.
01:09:08 Oh, boomerang!
01:09:09 (laughing)
01:09:11 Anyway, get over here and take a,
01:09:15 take a look at this.
01:09:16 - It's like Inception right now.
01:09:17 - I'm gonna get canceled here.
01:09:19 Joe Sway, get in here.
01:09:20 - Yeah, please.
01:09:21 - I'll see you after game two.
01:09:22 - All right, see you, Nick.
01:09:25 That was a lot.
01:09:29 That was a lot.
01:09:30 - That was a lot.
01:09:31 - NBA finals on the guard report too.
01:09:34 Everyone's coming for it.
01:09:36 - I believe that was an appropriate amount of gel.
01:09:40 So I believe that was just the right amount of gel, so.
01:09:43 - Just the right amount, yeah.
01:09:45 We don't need any more surprise.
01:09:49 - So you know what I'm gonna skip?
01:09:51 I'm gonna skip the Tatum Convo.
01:09:53 You know why?
01:09:54 I just don't wanna do it.
01:09:55 - I don't wanna do it either.
01:09:56 - We recognize that he did the drive and kick stuff.
01:09:58 I still think some people are gonna freak out a tad
01:10:00 because they're looking for more offense.
01:10:03 My only thing I will say on it is,
01:10:05 I do wanna see him be able to get to his shot
01:10:08 a little bit better than it is.
01:10:10 I'm sure I was saying he was getting by people.
01:10:11 I actually thought he was having a tough time.
01:10:13 Sometimes getting past guys
01:10:16 that he should be able to get past.
01:10:18 I just wanna see him decide and move a little quicker.
01:10:20 But you're right, his drive and kick was outstanding.
01:10:22 And even when you're looking at it,
01:10:23 you're like, he's not scoring.
01:10:24 But every minute he's on the court,
01:10:26 good things were happening.
01:10:27 So I don't wanna get into a you don't know ball argument
01:10:31 about complaining about Tatum and what he was doing.
01:10:34 Yeah, because you don't need to.
01:10:36 They won and--
01:10:37 - If they lose a game, if they lose.
01:10:39 - He was usually part of good things
01:10:43 rather than bad stuff.
01:10:45 So he was good.
01:10:46 - There's another clip. - We're waiting for Bobby.
01:10:49 - Yeah, why don't you play this clip?
01:10:50 - We're gonna play.
01:10:51 Oh, Kyrie, here it is on the environment.
01:10:55 Somebody told me that--
01:10:57 - On the environment, he's gonna talk--
01:10:58 - If I listen--
01:11:00 - Global warming and stuff, what?
01:11:01 - I'm sure the word,
01:11:04 I'm sure the journey is gonna come up at least once.
01:11:07 - Don't stop believing. - Mention the environment.
01:11:09 How did that either meet or kind of exceed
01:11:12 your expectations and how did it affect you tonight?
01:11:15 - No, I mean, it's basketball at the end of the day.
01:11:18 Being in this environment, I'm used to it at this point.
01:11:23 Early in my career, there was a different relationship
01:11:28 that I had with Boston, just being able to come here,
01:11:31 be settled with a veteran group.
01:11:33 Now I'm here as a veteran.
01:11:35 Over the past few years, just experiencing the playoffs here
01:11:38 even regular season, it's been the same thing.
01:11:40 I thought it was gonna be a little louder in here,
01:11:42 but I'm expecting the same thing going into game two.
01:11:45 Crowd's trying to get me out of my element,
01:11:48 my teammates out of my element,
01:11:49 but again, the energy's gotta be focused towards the game.
01:11:52 Felt like I had a lot of great looks.
01:11:54 They hit back around more.
01:11:56 They were just a little left or right.
01:11:58 So I just gotta stay confident
01:11:59 and stay poised throughout this, man.
01:12:01 This is the best time of the year to be playing this.
01:12:03 Only two teams left, let's put it in perspective.
01:12:06 So the environment's gonna be what it is,
01:12:08 but my focus is on our game plan
01:12:10 and making sure my guys feel confident
01:12:12 and I feel confident and continue to shoot great.
01:12:14 - Wow, I thought they'd be a little louder.
01:12:18 Thought the fans would be a little louder.
01:12:20 - Okay, where are the students?
01:12:23 - John, you're muted.
01:12:24 You're muted.
01:12:25 Can't hear a thing.
01:12:26 - I like that dig.
01:12:27 I do.
01:12:28 I like that.
01:12:29 That's a good little shot there.
01:12:31 I'm giving that to 'em.
01:12:33 It just slips it right in and that's fine.
01:12:35 Here's the thing, with Kyrie.
01:12:37 No, go ahead, Sherrod.
01:12:40 - I was gonna say, would any of us be surprised
01:12:42 if that just happens to find its way
01:12:44 onto the jumbotron right before tip-off?
01:12:46 - Right.
01:12:48 - I personally would do that.
01:12:49 Just to troll.
01:12:51 - The old days, they'd do it.
01:12:52 Now everybody's soft.
01:12:53 They don't wanna riot.
01:12:55 They don't wanna get everyone riled up,
01:12:56 but they should do it.
01:12:57 - Oh, they should do that.
01:12:59 - But I will say about Kyrie's game,
01:13:00 and sure, you can always say,
01:13:02 I rimmed out a couple shots.
01:13:03 I wish I did this.
01:13:04 I wish I did that.
01:13:05 And that's all fine and good.
01:13:06 But the key is, he's one of the best difficult shot makers.
01:13:11 He's one of the best shot creators
01:13:13 and difficult shot makers in the NBA.
01:13:15 So the key is, you just wanna make his shots
01:13:17 as difficult as possible.
01:13:19 And then if he beats you, you tip your hat.
01:13:22 If he doesn't--
01:13:22 - I thought they did that tonight.
01:13:24 - And they did.
01:13:25 These were difficult shots.
01:13:26 He's flying across the lane.
01:13:28 He's shooting fadeaways.
01:13:33 They're making him go left.
01:13:35 I mean, he's a natural left-hander actually,
01:13:37 but I mean, he can do it all,
01:13:39 but you're trying to make it harder on him.
01:13:41 You just don't want it to be.
01:13:42 And he wasn't able to get everything he wanted,
01:13:45 even when he was getting on switches.
01:13:47 Everything was challenging tonight.
01:13:49 This wasn't one of those where like,
01:13:50 well, he missed six open threes.
01:13:53 It wasn't that.
01:13:53 They think they made it hard on him.
01:13:55 So--
01:13:55 - Well, congrats to Kyrie.
01:13:57 Three more wins and he gets a ring, right?
01:13:59 I mean, he takes half the credit
01:14:01 for like what Tatum and Brown do.
01:14:04 You know, every other quote he wants to talk about,
01:14:07 you know, the veteran and the relationship
01:14:11 and all this stuff.
01:14:12 He doesn't look that bothered out there on stage,
01:14:15 which on one hand, it's good to be able
01:14:18 to stay level-headed,
01:14:19 but on the other hand,
01:14:20 all this stuff where, you know, it's just basketball,
01:14:22 we're just, you know, it's great to be playing,
01:14:24 all this stuff.
01:14:25 You guys just got worked.
01:14:26 You got smoked and you played like trash.
01:14:28 Like, how about a little bit of accountability?
01:14:31 How about a little bit of, you know,
01:14:33 we gotta be better. - That's not on brand.
01:14:35 That's not on brand for him, Jimmy.
01:14:36 You know that.
01:14:38 - I know, but--
01:14:39 - Well, I don't know what else he said there.
01:14:43 So, you know, it's possible.
01:14:45 Luca looked like he was pretty,
01:14:48 he looked like a sad girl at the podium.
01:14:51 - Did he?
01:14:52 (laughing)
01:14:55 - Yeah, for sure.
01:14:56 But yeah, I'm kind of curious
01:15:00 from the Dallas perspective,
01:15:01 like what their, what their like move is, you know.
01:15:05 I don't know that they did much in-game
01:15:08 to change things up.
01:15:10 I'm curious what they do next game to change it.
01:15:12 'Cause it's, again, it's one of the great things
01:15:14 about the Celtics versus not being the Celtics.
01:15:18 It would be Dallas is the Celtics can do
01:15:20 a lot of different things in beach,
01:15:21 a lot of different ways.
01:15:23 And, hi, Abby.
01:15:26 - Oh, hi, Sherad.
01:15:27 - Hi, Abby.
01:15:29 - Abby, you could say more to Sherad than that.
01:15:32 - I can't hear him.
01:15:34 - You can't hear him?
01:15:34 - I have headphones on.
01:15:35 - You're exactly right, but you can still say hi.
01:15:37 - Hello, Sherad.
01:15:38 - Hello, Abby.
01:15:39 - I enjoyed your post-game notes.
01:15:40 - He said good to see you.
01:15:41 - Nice to see you too.
01:15:43 - Keep killing it.
01:15:43 - Keep killing it.
01:15:45 - We're all former colleagues.
01:15:49 - Exactly, big team Kumbaya.
01:15:52 - Yeah, we used to hang out.
01:15:54 A lot of NBC peeps.
01:15:57 - No, but Dallas, I mean, it's,
01:15:59 I just don't know what more Luke could do
01:16:02 other than maybe get his teammates more involved,
01:16:04 but he tried.
01:16:05 They just couldn't make shots.
01:16:07 And when, and they passed up,
01:16:10 and to their credit, they didn't force the action.
01:16:13 But man.
01:16:15 (laughing)
01:16:19 I'm a cheerleader, that's funny.
01:16:20 I love that.
01:16:21 - They got us.
01:16:24 They got us.
01:16:25 - That was good.
01:16:26 That was good.
01:16:27 - That was good.
01:16:28 - I'm looking at something really nice over here, guys.
01:16:31 In the corner of our boxes here.
01:16:35 - Should we bring these guys out?
01:16:39 - Two studs.
01:16:40 There they are.
01:16:41 - I thought you were talking about something behind us.
01:16:45 - Harry and Lloyd.
01:16:46 - Don't do that.
01:16:48 Stop it.
01:16:49 - I love the lower,
01:16:50 look at the lower thirds.
01:16:51 - The lower thirds is Bobby and Josue,
01:16:53 but it's Josue and Bobby, but that's okay.
01:16:55 - Yeah, it's okay.
01:16:56 It's okay, you guys can be.
01:16:57 Everyone watching the show knows who you are.
01:16:59 - Yo, switch.
01:16:59 (laughing)
01:17:01 How we doing, fellas?
01:17:03 The finals.
01:17:04 You guys pumped up?
01:17:04 - You guys are doing great.
01:17:05 (laughing)
01:17:06 - We've been-
01:17:07 - Who are you wearing?
01:17:08 What'd you guys bring for the finals?
01:17:09 - We're exhausted.
01:17:10 We've been doing a show for an hour and 20 minutes.
01:17:11 So you guys can talk for three minutes
01:17:13 and then I'm wrapping it.
01:17:14 - There you go.
01:17:15 - That went by fast.
01:17:16 You know what, guys?
01:17:18 What I love the most about this win,
01:17:21 the NBA final, what?
01:17:23 What do you mean, what am I wearing?
01:17:24 - It's an Oscars thing.
01:17:26 - Let's go, Josue.
01:17:28 Let's go, let's go, let's go.
01:17:29 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:17:30 This is what we wanted.
01:17:31 Here we go.
01:17:32 Here's the closeup.
01:17:33 All right.
01:17:34 So, one of the biggest takeaways from this game,
01:17:38 or I should say after the game,
01:17:39 is the fact that I feel like none of the Celtics players-
01:17:41 - Is Bobby a cutout or is he real?
01:17:42 He hasn't moved yet.
01:17:43 - What am I supposed to talk about with Josue?
01:17:47 - Yeah.
01:17:48 - Why do you gotta move?
01:17:48 - Oh, what a hello.
01:17:50 - Why do you gotta interrupt Josue just to piss Bobby?
01:17:52 I mean, it's the finals.
01:17:53 - It's like angled this way and not straight up.
01:17:56 - We can't have our three minutes.
01:17:58 Bobby, I guess we can't have our three minutes.
01:17:58 - It's like you just saw a ghost.
01:18:00 Is Josue like naked behind the camera or something?
01:18:03 - All right, what I was gonna say is,
01:18:05 I don't think anyone in that Celtics team
01:18:06 is like particularly satisfied with this win.
01:18:09 Obviously, a win's a win as they say,
01:18:11 but everyone is like, we need to play better.
01:18:13 And that can't happen where that lead,
01:18:16 that 20 point lead turns into an eight point lead
01:18:17 in the third quarter.
01:18:18 Like the whole Joe Mazzuolo philosophy,
01:18:20 he's been saying all year, finishing the quarter strong.
01:18:22 They did that in a big way in the third quarter.
01:18:24 And I thought it was Jalen Brown again.
01:18:25 You know, it's been Jalen Brown a lot
01:18:26 throughout this post season,
01:18:27 but to do it on this stage, man, like that was huge.
01:18:30 Obviously what Chris Stapps did to start was incredible.
01:18:34 Like that's probably the biggest takeaway from this game.
01:18:36 I'm sure you guys spent like 35 minutes on that.
01:18:38 But the way this team was able to just
01:18:41 finally stop the bleeding,
01:18:42 because that's like Jalen said, right?
01:18:44 That's what this team's going to do.
01:18:45 They're gonna go on their run.
01:18:46 They're gonna, you know,
01:18:47 you're gonna have to punch back in a big way.
01:18:49 And obviously to get that lead down to eight
01:18:52 was huge for them, but the way they responded
01:18:54 and Derek White agreed with the same thing that Jalen said,
01:18:57 that's exactly what you're supposed to do.
01:18:58 And that's what Southern's basketball has been about.
01:19:01 Mazzuolo ball, if you will, right?
01:19:03 Being able to sustain those huge runs,
01:19:06 but you know, punching back, going into the fourth quarter,
01:19:10 back with a 20 point lead and then never looking back.
01:19:13 And that's exactly what we saw in this game.
01:19:14 - He's finals MVP so far for counting it off.
01:19:17 Front runner off one game.
01:19:19 - The playoff MVP.
01:19:20 - Brown takes pole position again here in this game.
01:19:23 And it's that third quarter, like Joe Sway said,
01:19:27 they're in huge trouble at that point.
01:19:30 They're going stagnant offensively.
01:19:32 Someone who navigates the interior,
01:19:34 makes those kick out passes, the defensive play.
01:19:37 Mazzuolo getting big credit for those.
01:19:39 Getting back to some of their individual efforts
01:19:40 on that end, 'cause they started weighing,
01:19:42 you know, Joe said, you can lose your defense
01:19:46 when your offense starts to stagnate.
01:19:48 And that didn't happen tonight
01:19:49 because of that stretch by Brown there.
01:19:51 And then Porzingis had a first half
01:19:54 where he finals MVP.
01:19:56 And listen, I'm not gonna noctate him too much on this one.
01:19:58 There were certainly sloppy stretches.
01:20:00 This was the exact game you look at and say,
01:20:03 he's driving into three, four people
01:20:06 and just has to kick it out again and again and again.
01:20:08 And are the Mavs gonna continue to play him that way?
01:20:10 That's the biggest question going forward in the series.
01:20:12 'Cause if they do, this is a sweep.
01:20:14 Like they're not gonna be able to compete.
01:20:15 - You know what Bobby though?
01:20:17 It wouldn't surprise me if they do the same thing
01:20:19 in game two, because I'm looking at this-
01:20:21 - It might be the only way they can do it.
01:20:23 - Well, if you look at the quotes from Luca,
01:20:24 from PJ Washington, I mean, guys that are talking
01:20:27 about buckling down defensively,
01:20:28 because in their minds, they're probably thinking
01:20:30 the Celtics, the chance of them shooting
01:20:31 the way they shot in game one is less than likely
01:20:35 if it was another team, right?
01:20:36 So I think with that in mind,
01:20:38 they may do the same approach with Tatum
01:20:40 and just roll the dice in that the threes won't fall
01:20:43 to the same rate or anywhere near that
01:20:45 if they're able to buckle down defensively
01:20:47 and it'll be a much closer game throughout.
01:20:49 - But they can't buckle down defensively.
01:20:51 I mean, I don't think they're gonna be much better
01:20:54 defensively because the Celtics,
01:20:57 they don't have the bodies and the Celtics
01:20:58 have the personnel that makes it difficult
01:21:00 to lock in one or two guys.
01:21:03 The minute you lock in on those one or two guys,
01:21:04 you got three other guys are gonna bust you.
01:21:07 - It was kind of a shocking approach, Gerard.
01:21:10 - Yeah.
01:21:11 - I agree.
01:21:13 - What was shocking to you, Bobby?
01:21:15 - The way the lead went down like that?
01:21:17 - Oh, that they sold out on Tatum to that degree
01:21:20 because I think that's exactly what the Celtics
01:21:22 wanted them to do.
01:21:23 - I would have done the other thing.
01:21:24 I would have let Tatum get the switch that he wanted
01:21:28 and just try to ISO and do it all himself
01:21:31 because that takes everybody else out of the game.
01:21:32 That's what I thought was gonna happen.
01:21:35 And we in fact talked about it as kind of like
01:21:37 the thing I'm most worried might happen
01:21:39 is that they'll bait him into doing that,
01:21:41 into going ISO, into just holding the ball
01:21:43 and like doing his own thing.
01:21:45 I thought that I was most concerned with that.
01:21:47 I am surprised that they took that.
01:21:49 Tatum's not beating us, we'll make everyone else.
01:21:51 I didn't get that at all.
01:21:52 And maybe part of that was due to,
01:21:54 yeah, let's have Horford shoot the threes
01:21:55 and it's not gonna go down
01:21:56 or Porzingis hasn't played in a while
01:21:59 and let's make him, let's see if he's got any juice,
01:22:02 you know, and let's, you know.
01:22:04 But it was-
01:22:05 - Oh, they ignored Porzingis earlier.
01:22:07 - 100%.
01:22:08 - How many times was-
01:22:09 - So they did, it was a bad tactic.
01:22:11 - Yeah.
01:22:12 - It was a bad tactic.
01:22:13 - Well, I was gonna say, yeah,
01:22:13 I mean, that's what happens when it's a bad tactic
01:22:15 and you're overlooking what Porzingis
01:22:17 is gonna bring to the table.
01:22:18 How many times did Lively get caught on the switch
01:22:20 and they lived with it.
01:22:21 It was like, they were okay with that.
01:22:22 And Porzingis was looking around like, is this it?
01:22:24 Okay, I'm gonna shoot right over him.
01:22:25 And it was nothing but net.
01:22:26 Like, you know, those two plays in particular
01:22:28 in the first quarter and then, you know,
01:22:30 the up fake and the dunk
01:22:32 and he really just found his rhythm early, you know?
01:22:35 And I think a lot of that had to do with those switches,
01:22:38 those favorable matchups
01:22:39 that he was able to take advantage of.
01:22:40 - And it was shocking how effective he was.
01:22:43 I mean, me and John just kept looking at each other like,
01:22:45 wow.
01:22:46 - It's insane.
01:22:47 - Yeah, I'm sure there's a play for this.
01:22:48 - It was in like 38 days, like whatever,
01:22:49 like an NBA game, he hasn't played in 40 days.
01:22:52 - It was like made up.
01:22:55 It seemed silly.
01:22:56 We were like, we were giggling.
01:22:57 We were like, you know, it was stupid.
01:23:02 - And so what do you think?
01:23:05 Was he just 100% in Indy and they held him back
01:23:07 and he's more fresh a week or two later?
01:23:10 It might've been the playing coy that you thought it was.
01:23:12 - I mean, not necessarily, I wouldn't call it 100%,
01:23:15 but more so better than we thought
01:23:17 and running on fumes, adrenaline,
01:23:20 like he even used that word himself.
01:23:22 He said, just coming out of this tunnel,
01:23:24 hearing the crowd and just that initial-
01:23:26 - You think they played up his health?
01:23:27 - Getting onto the court, like that was huge for him.
01:23:30 I mean, they may have a little bit, that's true.
01:23:31 I mean, Joe Mazzullo's definitely that guy.
01:23:32 He's not gonna show all those cards.
01:23:33 You know, he's not gonna be like, you know, last Friday,
01:23:36 hey, this is 100%, man.
01:23:38 We've just been sort of, you know,
01:23:39 being cautious with things.
01:23:40 No, what was his go-to line
01:23:42 for the first two, three weeks after Porzingis was out?
01:23:44 I have no idea, right?
01:23:46 Like that was the exact line.
01:23:47 So maybe a little bit.
01:23:48 - Normally you say that, who cares?
01:23:50 That stuff doesn't work, that's silly,
01:23:51 but it might've worked tonight.
01:23:53 Like the way they ignored Porzingis was crazy at times.
01:23:57 Having him in single coverage in those mid-range areas,
01:24:00 it just picked those guys apart.
01:24:02 That seemed to be emblematic to me of a team
01:24:05 that thought he was gonna be more limited than he was.
01:24:08 And if the Celtics played that up
01:24:09 and did a whole game here with this, credit to them.
01:24:12 'Cause at least for game one, it seemed to work.
01:24:15 - Bob, I do wanna point out,
01:24:16 we did in fact open with an apology cam
01:24:18 and we did it gleefully.
01:24:20 So again, if you miss the top of the show,
01:24:22 you can always watch it back.
01:24:23 For those of you-
01:24:25 - We did it.
01:24:26 I had to text John and say we had to.
01:24:28 - You can also catch the audio version.
01:24:30 We have it uploaded in the morning
01:24:31 if you wanna catch it on your morning drive here.
01:24:34 You know, and again, cast of characters.
01:24:36 We had us five, we had Nick Jelso,
01:24:39 we had Andrew Callahan, a brief appearance from Abby Chin.
01:24:42 Star-studded affair.
01:24:43 This was an ensemble cast tonight.
01:24:48 - And you never knew who you were gonna get the guard.
01:24:52 - We got Alex Barth down the road here.
01:24:55 - Barth, Vader.
01:24:56 - Yeah, they're all here.
01:24:59 - We could get a Jack Harlow side.
01:25:01 And you never know a TDP guard.
01:25:02 That's a good point, Jimmy.
01:25:03 - Okay, Joe Swaig.
01:25:04 - You never know.
01:25:05 You're the king of getting people on the show.
01:25:07 So if you see anybody, just grab 'em, man.
01:25:10 - I got you, Jimmy.
01:25:12 - It's gonna be fun.
01:25:13 - Here or in Dallas.
01:25:14 - Sunday's gonna be a celebrity-
01:25:16 - You mentioned Taco?
01:25:17 - Taco.
01:25:20 - Taco was in the building?
01:25:21 - Taco Fall was on the celebrity list.
01:25:25 - Well, you know, 'cause it's the athletes.
01:25:26 We've got the saddest celebrities.
01:25:28 - Such a Boston lineup.
01:25:32 - I was waiting for you guys to realize.
01:25:34 But Jimmy was like, "You gotta get one of these guys."
01:25:36 I'm like, "All right, I got it."
01:25:37 - We do.
01:25:38 - It's usually a random group of celebrities.
01:25:41 - You're not getting an AF.
01:25:42 - Joe Swaig and Bobby might be the two biggest celebs
01:25:47 on the court.
01:25:47 - But I mean, is that the best we could do?
01:25:49 Like a couple of Wahlbergs and a plus one?
01:25:54 Like you can't get an AF Lek or a Damon or a-
01:25:56 - Damon, I mean.
01:25:57 - Or a Krasinski?
01:25:58 Like, get us-
01:25:59 - I don't think-
01:26:00 - I'll take B-
01:26:01 - I don't think Clemen's a big fan.
01:26:02 He was probably-
01:26:03 - I don't know if Ben Affleck wants to be
01:26:05 making a lot of public appearances right now.
01:26:07 Yeah, true.
01:26:08 - Give me Krasinski.
01:26:09 Get him out here.
01:26:10 - Well, when it comes to Boston,
01:26:11 John, I hate to say it,
01:26:12 but you gotta have the hope that someone of relevance
01:26:16 has a concert going on soon.
01:26:17 You know, they happen to be in town for a reason
01:26:19 because it's rare that celebrities will pull up
01:26:22 just for a game unless there's someone playing
01:26:25 that they're related to or something like that.
01:26:27 - John, I don't know if you've noticed,
01:26:28 but a lot of chatter in the chat
01:26:30 about getting me to one of these games.
01:26:32 It's just something to think about.
01:26:34 We should ask Bobby and Joe Sway
01:26:35 since we all gave our opinions.
01:26:37 Game two, starting lineup is announced.
01:26:42 Should Kristaps Porzingis be in it?
01:26:44 - Well, is that gonna be the next layer of deception here?
01:26:48 Oh, he might come in the starting lineup.
01:26:50 He might be on the bench again
01:26:51 'cause everybody was pretty-
01:26:52 - I don't like him coming off the bench.
01:26:53 - Everybody was pretty tight-lipped
01:26:54 about those conversations, the process.
01:26:57 I didn't ask anybody if that's gonna continue
01:26:59 to be the case.
01:26:59 I continually ask that at practice whenever it is,
01:27:02 but that's probably the next thing
01:27:05 that they're gonna try to toss around here.
01:27:06 How much are we gonna see him?
01:27:08 Is he on the bench?
01:27:09 Is he starting?
01:27:10 'Cause there was no minutes limit tonight,
01:27:12 but you certainly saw them be careful with-
01:27:14 - There kinda was, there kinda was.
01:27:16 - Yeah, that's what I mean, yeah.
01:27:17 - You know what was a great little bit of subterfuge there
01:27:20 with Joe being coy about,
01:27:22 like, I don't know if he's gonna start,
01:27:23 and everyone's like, "Ha, ha, ha, he's starting."
01:27:25 Then on the Jumbotron, all game long,
01:27:26 they had the Celtics starting lineup listed,
01:27:29 and Porzingis was on it.
01:27:30 And it was like, even the Jumbotron knows.
01:27:33 And then, boom, it ends up being out.
01:27:36 Anyway, we got briefly into this here.
01:27:39 And by the way, we were a little split
01:27:43 on whether Porzingis should start,
01:27:45 but if he's only gonna be able to play 20, 21 minutes
01:27:48 in a game here, and maybe he would've played 24, 25
01:27:51 in a tighter game, I still think bench makes sense.
01:27:54 - Yeah, but having the ball in the bench, yeah.
01:27:56 Oh, I thought you were gonna say the other thing, yeah.
01:27:58 - He was definitely tired.
01:27:59 One thing we talked about was Jason Tatum, how good.
01:28:02 Let's, rather than argue with each other about,
01:28:06 you know, he sucks, or you don't know ball,
01:28:09 he did a lot of good things,
01:28:10 let's say it was a good, not great game.
01:28:12 Yeah, he can do a little bit more,
01:28:14 but he did what was needed,
01:28:15 and he made a lot of good plays and a lot of good reads.
01:28:18 Well, he wasn't perfect, but Al and Drew Holliday
01:28:20 are gonna tell us why we don't know ball
01:28:22 and why Tatum was, in fact, extremely impactful.
01:28:25 And he was, and he was.
01:28:27 - You know, I think JT was unbelievable.
01:28:30 I feel like, when you look at our team,
01:28:32 the things that we're able to do out there,
01:28:35 they all initiate with him.
01:28:37 He gets so much attention.
01:28:38 They're trying to double him,
01:28:40 they're trying to give him different looks,
01:28:42 and he has to continue to make the right reads,
01:28:44 and tonight he continued to make the right reads.
01:28:46 Every time, taking what the defense gave him,
01:28:49 and then on the defense event, he did well too.
01:28:52 He rebounded very well for us.
01:28:53 You know, the stuff that he did doesn't measure
01:28:57 in stats or numbers or anything like that,
01:29:00 but his impact on the game was felt tremendously,
01:29:03 in my opinion.
01:29:03 - No, he's been doing it all year.
01:29:07 He's been doing it all through the playoffs,
01:29:09 but he was the one in their town that's like,
01:29:12 "We're okay, we're good, keep your poise."
01:29:15 And he went out there and led us,
01:29:17 got into the paint, made plays.
01:29:18 If it was him at the rim,
01:29:19 or getting lively in foul trouble,
01:29:21 or if it was him getting to the paint,
01:29:23 kicking out for multiple threes or plays,
01:29:27 I think he did a good job of leading.
01:29:29 Him and JT, JT was getting almost
01:29:31 at a triple-double playmaking.
01:29:33 I know sometimes people see him as a scorer,
01:29:36 but he's an actual playmaker.
01:29:38 He's doing a lot of everything.
01:29:40 - So there you have it.
01:29:43 There you have it.
01:29:44 - A lot of JT love.
01:29:45 - I love that last line too,
01:29:47 'cause we've talked about that.
01:29:48 Like, who is he, who does he need to be?
01:29:51 The challenge of that, you know,
01:29:53 our last show we did, John,
01:29:54 and we're like, who is he?
01:29:56 If it changes every night, that's a challenging thing.
01:29:58 And it changed drastically again here tonight,
01:30:01 from where the Pacers series,
01:30:03 he's getting easy match-ups, easy lanes to the basket.
01:30:06 And tonight, even when he gets by two people lively,
01:30:08 standing right there at the rim,
01:30:09 it was crazy how much pressure he saw tonight.
01:30:12 - Yeah, no, no question.
01:30:13 But I think what's most important is that he doesn't,
01:30:16 he stays in tune with what's going on, you know?
01:30:19 He doesn't get frustrated.
01:30:21 He's not mouthing off to the officials,
01:30:22 or he's not, you know, trying to take over, so to speak.
01:30:26 But yeah, I mean, those six turnovers
01:30:28 is what really stood out to me.
01:30:30 Just seemed like he was just kind of loose with it,
01:30:33 for sure.
01:30:34 And that's a testament to their coverage.
01:30:36 - Too slow.
01:30:37 - Too slow, yeah, that's not too, it wasn't that like--
01:30:39 - He lost it on a few drives too, you know?
01:30:41 I mean, as well, where he was just, yeah.
01:30:44 And again, I think too slow--
01:30:45 - It wasn't like games three or four,
01:30:46 where he was just much more, like you said,
01:30:48 just take advantage of the match-up,
01:30:49 he was really just taking it to the pacer,
01:30:51 so you didn't see that tonight.
01:30:53 - Yeah, it's never great when you get the switch,
01:30:55 and then you kind of set that guy up,
01:30:56 because the defense is really,
01:30:58 especially when they were playing
01:30:59 the way they were playing tonight,
01:31:00 they're really setting up what they're gonna do.
01:31:03 They're waiting for you here,
01:31:05 and especially as the clock dwindles.
01:31:08 And if they know that they're gonna leave lively
01:31:10 in the paint, there were a couple of times
01:31:11 I'm surprised he didn't turn over even more,
01:31:13 because he would drive with really no hope
01:31:15 of getting the shot up, and the only option
01:31:17 was a kick out to the wing there.
01:31:20 You could almost stand in that passing lane.
01:31:22 So he definitely has to, if he's gonna go to the hole,
01:31:25 you wanna see him do it a little bit more quickly.
01:31:27 But he made some, he made great passes,
01:31:29 and they missed threes early.
01:31:31 He had a great one to Holiday underneath the basket,
01:31:35 where Holiday wasn't quite ready for it.
01:31:36 His angle was off, and he hit the side of the backboard.
01:31:39 But that was a really pretty pass.
01:31:40 So he did good, and he found people
01:31:41 at difficult angles too.
01:31:43 So I think Tatum, it's not just gets a pass.
01:31:46 I think, again, the biggest fear we had going in
01:31:48 was that he would feel like he had to out-Luka Luka,
01:31:51 and make this a, I'm gonna cook and step back
01:31:55 and get my 24 shots off sort of game.
01:31:58 And he didn't, he didn't do that at all.
01:32:01 He took what the game gave him,
01:32:03 which was exactly what was needed on this night.
01:32:07 Guys, go ahead, Jimmy.
01:32:09 - I think we said this in our preview show,
01:32:11 is that Tatum doesn't have to duel Luka.
01:32:16 I think we all kind of said,
01:32:17 he has the supporting cast for it.
01:32:19 Go ahead, Luka, you can win the matchup.
01:32:21 Go for it.
01:32:22 Congratulations, you outscored Tatum,
01:32:24 and you probably will maybe every game in the series.
01:32:26 But that's not the type of player Tatum is.
01:32:28 Whether or not you want him to be,
01:32:29 he's not gonna be that guy who's gonna force a takeover.
01:32:32 And so when Jaylin Brown got hot, fine, feed Jaylin Brown.
01:32:36 When Christoph Porzingis came in, gangbusters, fine,
01:32:38 let him do his thing.
01:32:40 Derek White hit a couple of big threes to start the game.
01:32:42 Like, it's not, this team has not been winning games
01:32:45 that way, and they're not gonna start now.
01:32:47 And like, with your Tatum, yeah,
01:32:50 I'm sure there's a piece of you
01:32:51 that wants to just show everybody that,
01:32:53 yeah, I can drop 30 if I take as many shots
01:32:56 or if I just focus on that.
01:32:57 But these guys know what ultimately
01:33:00 is gonna be said about them.
01:33:01 And it's gonna be whether or not
01:33:03 they can win a championship.
01:33:04 And so maybe at some point in their careers,
01:33:07 Tatum and Brown, the focus will shift
01:33:10 and they'll look for their own stats more.
01:33:12 But right now, it seems pretty obvious
01:33:13 that they're just gonna do whatever it's gonna take
01:33:16 to win a title.
01:33:17 And tonight was a perfect example of that.
01:33:19 - No, no question.
01:33:20 Yeah, no question, Jimmy.
01:33:21 I mean, Boston, they're at their best,
01:33:24 well, they're at its best when everyone's involved like that.
01:33:27 Seven players scored at least two three-pointers in this game.
01:33:30 That's the first time that's happened
01:33:31 in NBA Finals history.
01:33:32 I mean, like, when you have a surrounding cast like that,
01:33:35 which is one that, let's face it,
01:33:36 I mean, maybe we're like five, six years removed
01:33:39 from this Finals, we may look back and say,
01:33:41 "Man, that was the deepest Celtics team
01:33:43 we've seen in the last decade or so."
01:33:45 And I think Tatum, guys like Tatum and Brown,
01:33:46 they understand that because it's not just the depth,
01:33:49 but it's the experience.
01:33:50 It's guys that have been here before,
01:33:52 one guy who's actually won it all.
01:33:54 But overall, I think it's the experience
01:33:55 and the fact that the core has been intact,
01:33:59 relatively intact for like the past three, four years,
01:34:02 helps as well.
01:34:03 So yeah, I think Tatum is such a,
01:34:05 it's a much smarter player now and much more mature
01:34:08 and knows that that's when the team is at their best,
01:34:11 especially when the three-point shot is falling.
01:34:13 So I don't think he was necessarily worried
01:34:15 about his individual performance, but cleaning it up,
01:34:18 you know, the way they bounced back out of that timeout
01:34:20 midway through the third quarter,
01:34:22 he hit some big shots down the stretch
01:34:23 that really put the Mavs away for good.
01:34:26 And what, about four minutes left to go,
01:34:28 three minutes left, Luka was on the bench.
01:34:29 - Yeah. - Yeah.
01:34:30 - And this is why it shocked me so many people
01:34:32 who are picking the Mavs in this series.
01:34:33 You look at the depth of Boston's roster
01:34:35 and the number of guys that can hurt you.
01:34:37 You're just not scared of the Joneses and Washingtons
01:34:40 and those types, so.
01:34:42 - No, you're not.
01:34:43 And it's why Jimmy and I talked about it
01:34:45 at the top of the show.
01:34:46 It's why you just, I just never got it.
01:34:48 I'm not saying, you know, Dallas is incapable
01:34:53 of winning the series or winning multiple games
01:34:55 in the series.
01:34:56 I just didn't get it.
01:34:57 Like I didn't get everyone's rush to declare it.
01:35:00 It's, you know, I think the reasonable take would be like,
01:35:03 it's a good team, they're pretty good.
01:35:05 They could give them problems.
01:35:06 That would have been reasonable to just flat out declare,
01:35:08 like, this is the better.
01:35:10 I didn't get that.
01:35:11 I don't get how you--
01:35:11 - Did people play themselves a little bit?
01:35:13 - Yeah, they did, you did.
01:35:15 It's a little weird recency bias.
01:35:17 Like I said, the boredom,
01:35:17 the Celtics have been this good all year long.
01:35:19 You see them, you see them futz around and said,
01:35:21 you know, mess around with those, you know,
01:35:24 the crappy, the Eastern Conference looks weak.
01:35:26 Are you guys whispering to each other or?
01:35:28 - Oh, I'm wondering if you could take a deep breath.
01:35:30 - Because we're getting bounced out of here,
01:35:31 but I might as well just say it now.
01:35:33 We're getting bounced out of here.
01:35:34 So we're about to check out.
01:35:36 - We can do this.
01:35:37 We can do this organically.
01:35:39 - Who's telling you--
01:35:40 - No, I know.
01:35:41 I'll just wait.
01:35:42 TD Garden employees.
01:35:45 - Get him on, get him on screen.
01:35:47 - Well, not that we have to leave altogether,
01:35:49 but we got to move from this exact spot.
01:35:50 - We can do it.
01:35:51 - They're telling us.
01:35:52 - We can do it.
01:35:53 - Oh yeah.
01:35:54 - I hear you.
01:35:55 - All right, ready guys?
01:35:57 We're going to say goodbye together then.
01:35:59 - Wait, we're going to end the show?
01:36:01 - Well, I didn't know.
01:36:02 John had to go.
01:36:02 I was just trying to--
01:36:04 - We're back.
01:36:05 Did I blink out?
01:36:07 We're going to end the show.
01:36:08 - 3,800 people in here.
01:36:11 - We're going to end the show.
01:36:12 Guys, we're 90 minutes in.
01:36:13 We're 90 minutes in.
01:36:15 (indistinct)
01:36:17 People are starting to like drill things.
01:36:20 I think we can wrap it up.
01:36:22 I think we can wrap it up.
01:36:23 We'll be back down with more preview stuff in a little bit.
01:36:27 But I think we've said all we can say.
01:36:29 We do appreciate you guys coming in here.
01:36:30 Are they going to leave or no?
01:36:32 Actually leave.
01:36:34 - Yeah, it's hard at work.
01:36:37 I think Amit's being arrested.
01:36:39 - Yeah.
01:36:41 - It's okay.
01:36:41 - Amit's being arrested.
01:36:43 - Bill Money, here we come.
01:36:45 - Yeah.
01:36:45 - Yeah.
01:36:46 - It's okay.
01:36:47 As long as he brings his laptop in jail.
01:36:49 - I know.
01:36:50 - As long as he gets everything posted, we're good.
01:36:52 - Yeah.
01:36:52 - If wifi in jail is good, we're okay.
01:36:56 We'll be okay.
01:36:58 - As long as the wifi is good.
01:36:59 - As long as the jails are in Boston.
01:37:01 (laughing)
01:37:03 - Thank you guys for watching.
01:37:05 We do appreciate it.
01:37:06 We thank you for cleaning out our hard hats.
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01:37:16 Great, great audience tonight.
01:37:18 And a lot of good reasons why we had a terrific game one
01:37:21 as the Celtics take down the Mavericks 107-89 lead.
01:37:25 (indistinct)
01:37:28 - Did we lose John?
01:37:29 - Yeah.
01:37:30 - Did we lose John?
01:37:32 We may have.
01:37:33 Sherrod, you're muted.
01:37:34 - I could tell I froze, so I stopped talking.
01:37:38 - You're back.
01:37:40 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:37:40 So we're gonna wrap it from the garden.
01:37:43 Sherrod is here, Bobby and Josue.
01:37:46 They've got more coming up.
01:37:47 So you wanna definitely stay tuned.
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01:37:57 We're gonna call it a night.
01:37:58 We love you guys.
01:37:59 Thank you very much.
01:37:59 - Thank you guys.
01:38:00 - Three more wins.
01:38:01 - Three more.
01:38:02 - Three games to go guys.
01:38:03 Banner 18, we're getting close.
01:38:05 - Monday night.
01:38:06 We got stuff this weekend too though, right?
01:38:08 - We'll see you guys.
01:38:10 Like I said, we'll have more preview shows over the week.
01:38:13 We got a practice coming up on Saturday,
01:38:14 but we will definitely see the majority of you back here
01:38:18 on Sunday night with the Celtics.
01:38:19 Hope to take a two nothing lead.
01:38:20 Take care everybody.
01:38:21 - Wait, Amit's got an outro for us I think.
01:38:24 - No he doesn't.
01:38:25 - He said he was gonna work on an outro.
01:38:26 - Man, he had a phenomenal game.
01:38:29 - Phenomenal.
01:38:31 (laughing)
01:38:32 - Poor for doubt, I think it's an option.
01:38:34 (laughing)
01:38:37 - That did not sound like a chair.
01:38:39 - It was a freaking chair.
01:38:41 It does sound like a chair.
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