Challenges for the Celtics in Achieving Back-to-Back Wins

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00:00Coach, what would be the concern going through a long season, or did you see enough last

00:08night?

00:09I mean, the odds makers are telling us it's all about the Boston Celtics, everyone else

00:12is playing catch-up, but what could be the concern?

00:15What could bring them undone in trying to go back-to-back?

00:18Honestly, Dusty, when you shoot 61 out of your 95 attempts from three, that's your problem.

00:28When the games tighten up in the playoffs, and you play a team maybe seven times, and

00:33they know all your tendencies, you play them five times if you're in New York, or four

00:37times if you're in New York or Philadelphia in a regular season, you tend to start to

00:42get tendencies, right?

00:44So you hope that teams don't shoot the ball well.

00:48Listen, this is the outlier, like, this is what, like, the NBA, they probably enjoyed

00:55it, and McCord, it's a fandom, as a coach, I hated last night.

00:59There was no, it was Chuck and Duck, and they didn't have to talk, because they made everything.

01:04So listen, Dusty, they're the class of the NBA.

01:08We knew this going in.

01:09They're going to be only better once they get Porzingis back.

01:13Injuries, cold shooting, and a team that can get physical enough with them, and the inside

01:19is going to make them pay.

01:20That's why, although I still think it's the Knicks in the East that are going to challenge

01:24them, if, if Philadelphia can stay healthy, if Joel Embiid can play and not be injured

01:32in the playoffs, they probably pose the biggest threat, because of the fact that they could

01:36throw it inside, and he's going to bully ball Porzingis and Al Horford.

01:42We take a look at the Eastern Conference and how it sits here at the FanBlue Sportsbook,

01:45coach, and you're right.

01:46It's an 82-game season.

01:48If you're just basing it off of one game, well, the Knicks would be 33-1 to win the

01:51Eastern Conference, because they obviously can't play up to the Boston Celtics.

01:55We'll see how it plays out, and also keep in mind, the Celtics didn't even have Porzingis

01:58in that game last night.

01:59The Knicks will be just fine.

02:00They're listed at a plus 370 price, the Sixers, who are not going to have two of their three

02:04best players on the court for the foreseeable future.

02:06Whether that means a game or two, or weeks at this time, we know the NBA usually doesn't

02:09let us know that information right off the bat.

02:12But if we are surmising the Eastern Conference, it was a great start here for the Celtics

02:16But I know you're always locked in with the Knicks, coach.

02:18Bridges, Adenobe, Towns, Brunson, Hart.

02:20It does take some time to meld on the court.

02:23What did you see out of the Knicks moving forward?

02:25Because you know what I like, too?

02:26McBride, right back in form, coach.

02:2726 minutes, 8 of 10 from the floor, giving you that instant energy off the bench with

02:3122 points.

02:32They'll be fine.

02:33As you said, coach, they shot 55% last night, 37% from three-point range, and got blown

02:38out on a normal night.

02:39That's the Knicks winning and covering the spread.

02:41Absolutely, Donny.

02:42I think that's a key thing, and it's a couple things you want to look at for New

02:45York.

02:46Number one, they went inside to Kat.

02:50One thing I did not like is, I think Brunson's got to get you more than two or three assists.

02:54He's got to get more guys involved.

02:57Bridges, shot it one way first half, shot it a different way second half.

03:01All right, McHale, shoot it the way you did in the second half, not the first half.

03:05And then obviously, there's going to be some discussions on what they're going to do.

03:09Josh Hart made some interesting comments last week about being kind of lost and doesn't

03:14know where he fits in.

03:16I thought one of the easiest plays, something that came up last night, was Deuce McBride

03:19over 9.5 points.

03:20Because DiVincenzo's gone, right?

03:23Josh Hart isn't a scorer, and you could play those two guards and Brunson and Deuce together

03:30in the backcourt, because Deuce is actually a pretty solid defender.

03:33So to me, if they keep hanging with Deuce McBride about 9.5 points, he's going to be

03:38the one that's going to benefit the most from Dante DiVincenzo leaving, because they don't

03:42have the guard depth, Donny.

03:44If you really think about it, like, you could say that, I mean, Hart is more of a small

03:49forward, if you would say anything.

03:51So he's probably New York's second-best guard, and the third-best guard, to me, maybe Tyler

03:57Cole.

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