Thunder Down Celtics in Boston for Monumental Victory

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00:00The Boston Celtics hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder VRS in a game that everybody,

00:05including the odds makers, project to be that NBA finals matchup come early June.

00:11And we talked about this game, not just from a breakdown perspective with a marquee matchup on

00:17paper, but the statement that would be made by either side if the Celtics hold serve on their

00:23home floor. All right, Boston still untouchable at the top of that odds board and the NBA.

00:29If OKC goes into TD Garden, albeit a regular season game, the Thunder are making things, no,

00:36they are not to be taken lightly. And that's exactly what Oklahoma City did last night as a

00:42two and a half point road dog inside TD Garden, 118, 112, the victory for the Thunder. They went

00:49outright as that two and a half point underdog, a total of 229 barely pushes to the over.

00:57And in games like this, Donnie, who needs to step up most? Your MVP front runner,

01:02Shea Gildress Alexander, game high, 34 points to pace OKC.

01:06Yeah, it was a nice night for OKC. And also sometimes you look at that line,

01:10like opening up yesterday at the FanDuel Sportsbook, minus four and a half points.

01:13By game time, it's down to two and a half. And I told you, I liked Oklahoma City Thunder

01:16and the game tips off like, boy, I mean, I know I like the Thunder, but you're telling me the

01:20Celtics at home minus two and a half points, which means the Thunder probably have to win

01:24this game if they want to cover that game. And you see how close it was all the way through,

01:27where you're waiting for Boston to explode. You're waiting for the bench to get involved,

01:30like Sam Houser just to launch nine triples into the night or Peyton Pritchard. It didn't happen

01:35because OKC plays pretty good defense. And there's no excuses where, well, poor Zingas wasn't in the

01:40lineup there for the Celtics. Nonsense here. We've seen the Celtics win with a B grade lineup,

01:45particularly against a lowly Philadelphia 76ers team and just have some fun. But stepping up in

01:49class, you do need all of your starters there. But there's no excuses coming from a Boston side.

01:53They were favorite. They're at home and they lost that basketball game. But more importantly for me,

01:57this is one of those games. And I understand like Oklahoma City in their locker room,

02:01fifty four and twelve at this point, even if they lost that game, like it's not seasons over,

02:06like we're not buying into that. But I just felt like the narrative in the NBA starts to change

02:11the same way we take a look at the Cleveland Cavaliers been all season long. Yeah, it's nice

02:15what they did through the first twenty five games. Right. Yeah, it's OK through 50. Oh,

02:19wait a second. They might be absolutely legit. This is one of those games for the Thunder that

02:24tells me, yes, even though they're fifty four and twelve, they are legit. File this one away where

02:29if they meet up in the NBA finals like you have, the Celtics took care of them in the regular

02:32season. They'll do the same thing in extras here or let's just say in the playoffs.

02:36Love that win for Oklahoma City Thunder. I thought it would happen and it did. That's

02:40impressive there. That's one that you can look forward to down the line and say, hey,

02:43we're here to play. Our record isn't a fallacy.